William Shakespeare once said, “Beauty is bought by judgment of the eye.” In the modern 21st century that we live in today, it's difficult to avoid superficialities and focus on the inner self. But truth be told — when it comes to beauty, despite what people tell you, what's on the inside matters much more than what's on the outside. This is why the importance of inner beauty has been talked about for centuries.

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing and get 25 per cent off an annual plan.China’s new premier, Li Qiang, holds his first press conference following the closing ceremony of the National People’s Congress on Monday. As a long-time aide to President Xi Jinping, Li is expected to have more leeway to express his thoughts in public without being seen as a challenge to Xi.

This dish is good to serve during the Lunar New Year holiday because it’s full of expensive, auspicious ingredients that are supposed to bring wealth and happiness. It’s not difficult to make, but it does take a long time, so spread the work out over at least two days. In restaurants, it would be made with dried abalone - which is extremely expensive, and not easy to prepare, but I’ve substituted fresh abalone.

DANIEL G. LIFONA Actualizado 19/01/2021 - 10:31 El aluvión imparable de scooters eléctricos prosigue con el desembarco en España del Niu MQi GT, un modelo diseñado específicamente para Europa que llega con una interesante oferta de lanzamiento para las primeras reservas. Aunque está a la venta por un precio de 3.399 euros en sus dos versiones (L1e y L3e), hasta el 30 de enero dispone de una promoción de lanzamiento con un descuento de 400 euros, por lo que el precio final se reduce hasta los 2.

Gender equality divides the generations in South Korea. “My mom went to medical school where they had a quota for women,” the woman said. “She was one of the top students, but when she walked up to podium to receive her scholarship, another woman in the audience yelled ‘B***h, you stole a spot from my son.’” Now, in South Korea’s highly wired society, feminism has taken root more extensively among younger women, perhaps even more so than in neighbouring nations such as Japan and China.