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...Other Tales of China. It's a work that has nothing to do with introducing an up-and-coming writer, but rather seeks to widen appreciation of the long-dead Lu Xun - the pen name of Zhou Shuren, who succumbed to tuberculosis in 1936 at the age of 55. (Read "China's Troubled Coming-Out at Book Fair...
...know how to care for flowers. Fukuda is settling in as the upcoming session of the Diet, Japan's parliament, approaches. Her office is filled with bouquets and orchids sent by well-wishers, adding a splash of color to the building's dreary halls - as does Fukuda herself. At age 29, she is the country's youngest member of the Diet; her pink cell phone with a tiny plush Chihuahua dangling from it, her pink blouse and black flats with bows until recently would have seemed grossly out of place in the locker room of Japanese politics...
...worked. Fukuda, for example, handily defeated LDP incumbent Fumio Kyuma, a former Defense Minister and nine-term parliamentarian. Yet, despite her lack of on-the-job experience, she and other Ozawa princesses are not political novices. A former psychology student who holds a black belt in karate, Fukuda at age 23 became a health care activist after discovering she was infected with the hepatitis virus by a contaminated blood transfusion she received as a newborn. She was just one of thousands of Japanese who received contaminated clotting agents in blood in the 1970s, '80s and '90s, which became a major...
This year, the HRO leadership has opted to use a politically-correct, alternative moniker for that age-old tradition known as "Secret Santa." The festivities will now be called 'Super Sexy Secret Secular Santa,' according to HRO percussionist Elizabeth C. Bloom...
...they heard suddenly. The two looked up at a group of men around their age. Austin was a more liberal part of Texas than most, but the two began to worry. They hadn’t encountered any homophobia until now in their time together—was their love going to be challenged the very night they got engaged? One of the men standing above them spoke...