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DIED. Anthony Li Du'an, 79, Chinese Archbishop of Xian who spent years in jail under Mao Zedong, then helped revive the Catholic Church after the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution; in Xian. One of four Chinese bishops invited to a conference at the Vatican last fall by Pope Benedict XVI...
Halfway through, when the story moves from Beijing to Berlin, the film careers off the tracks, and I wouldn't recommend it in toto. But I respect Lou Ye's audacity. And I'll be watching for Hao Lei, while hoping that other Chinese filmmakers, who routinely tilt against their...
Mao Zedong's unsmiling visage inspired Andy Warhol and adorns China's currency. Now the original portrait of the founder of the People's Republic is--heresy!--going under the hammer in Beijing on June 3. Painted in 1950 by art-school instructor Zhang Zhenshi, the image was reproduced and...
Layovers between flights are always a drag, but Taiwan's PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN discovered last week that they can also be an embarrassment. En route to Costa Rica and Paraguay, two of a dwindling number of nations hat still have full diplomatic relations with Taiwan, Chen wanted to stop...
Russia is not only blocking efforts to threaten sanctions against Iran; it is also planning to sell it advanced surface-to-air missiles that would help Tehran defend its airspace against any attack. Moscow has also evolved a stronger strategic partnership with Beijing than existed during the Cold War, when...