Mother's Day Gift Ideas

FREE Brocade Lipstick Case

These marvelous Brocade Lipstick Cases are created from a lovely flower brocade. You can receive one FREE Brocade Lipstick Case when your order totals more than $25. To apply the coupon to your order, enter the coupon code 1176774475 in the coupon box on the Shopping Cart page and hit the "Apply Coupon" button. After the coupon is successfully added to your order, you will see the message: "Coupon Applied." Offer good while supplies last.

Apparel

Accessories

This week, we added an elegant polished stone and Chinese coin collection. For those who prefer silver, we also have new double happiness and dragon pendants. Put any of these lovely pieces in our brocade bag or panda box to make a thoughtful gift package. For the little ones, we have new hair ties and adorable toddler bracelets.

• Brocade Jewelry Bag
• Panda Jewelry Box
• Ancient Coin and Stone Earrings
• Ancient Coin and Stone Necklace
• Ancient Coin and Stone Bracelet
• Double Happiness Pendant
• Dragon Pendant
• Satin Hair Ties
• Silver Toddler Bracelet

Home Decor

If you enjoy tea, you will love our new teacups, each with an elegant Asian design. We also have two new cloisonné magnets that will bring a touch of China to your fridge or filing cabinet. For a fun gift idea, check out our diminutive radios. Kids will love showing off  these little pocket-sized playthings!

• Cloisonné Mandarin Dress Magnets
• Cloisonné Panda Magnet
• Peacock Teacup Set
• Dragon and Phoenix Mug
• Flying Dragon Teacup
• Peking Opera Radio
• Panda Radio

Books

Growing Girls shares a mother's touching perspective on one of the toughest jobs there is -- being a mom to girls. We also have wonderful new books that provide an insightful look into Chinese culture, as well as texts for intermediate language learners. At story time, Pa Pa will help teach children to find courage within themselves.

• Growing Girls: The Mother of All Adventures
• The Silk Road/Festivals and Customs
• Beijing for Fun
• Expressions of Written Chinese
• Learning about China from Newspapers
• Meeting China
• New Step Intensive Reading Course of Intermediate Chinese
• Pa Pa the Elephant

The San Francisco Chronicle wrote, “Letha Hadady, one of the nation’s leading experts on natural Chinese remedies, is leading a quiet lady-like revolution to bring herbal medicines from the Far East and elsewhere into everyday use in American homes.” Read the latest on her blog Letha's Health Secrets.

Teas for Eye Strain

Greetings to fellow computer addicts. Here are simple, natural ways to deal with computer-related pain and injuries.

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The China Related TV list is compiled weekly by Kirby Bartlett-Sloan. Kirby, an adoptive parent of three Chinese girls, has one of the most comprehensive TV listings of programs on China and from China that are in the English language. 

The Monkey King (2001) (part 1)

Thomas Gibson plays an American businessman living in China who, with the help of a wisecracking Monkey King, must stop an epic battle among Chinese gods. Kwan Ying: Bai Ling. Confucius: Ric Young. Click on the Movie Title above to link to the Internet Movie Data Base entry about this movie (which was originally titled "The Lost Empire") Sunday April 22, 2007 1:00pm-3:00pm on SCIFI - Science Fiction Channel - Movie / Adventure

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2008 Beijing Olympics Tickets Go on Sale

NY Times April 15, 2007 - BEIJING (AP) -- It could be a lonely outing for people lucky enough to get tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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