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"When are you
going to buy a car?" is a question frequently heard these
days. Over the past few years, automobiles have become a feature
of Chinese households....
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In 2001, director Zhang Yimou was
asked to adapt his 1991 film Raise the Red Lantern into a
ballet. The story, set in the courtyard of a 1920s feudal
household, depicts the dysfunctional relationship between
three wives and their lord and master....
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The bamboo plant, fargesia spathacea, is
the staple food of the giant panda and a cultural icon in
Chinese history. In sharp contrast to other plants, the bamboo
only blossoms every 60 to 80 years, and perishes soon after.
It takes one to three decades for its seeds to grow...
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Chinese football
fans have never expended so much on one football game. Real
Madrid's six football superstars, two million euro the richer
after this trip to China, will doubtless look back on it
as the pinnacle of their earning power...
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Shanyan, "perilous
terrain" in Tibetan, is believed to be site of the largest
primitive forest in the upper reaches of the Jinsha River.
Located south of Baiyu County in Garze Tibetan Autonomous
Prefecture, Sichuan Province....
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TUCKED away in China's
southeast coastal area, Xiamen, the second biggest city in
Fujian Province, has a fitting nickname: "Garden on the
Sea." Xiamen is surrounded by ocean on three sides, and
faces Taiwan straight across.....
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