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...sports. I've not only known but had coaches who are just as tough, if not tougher, than the coaches described in this article. And, oh, yeah - the "propaganda director" of Weifang City Sports School? I believe he would be called a "public relations" agent in the U.S. Samantha Chen, Alameda, California...
...makes his case through engaging portraits of those who have refused to forget--from causes célčbres like blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng to the villagers and workers who have demanded change in the face of corruption and brutality. As with its past, Pan writes, the Communist Party is still "winning the battle for the nation's future." But his book is a reminder that even in a nation of 1.3 billion people, individuals can make a difference--and that China still has plenty of heroes left...
...Today Chen Yun (yun means cloud) trains at the Weifang City Sports School, one of 3,000 state-run athletics academies that consign nearly 400,000 youngsters to a form of athletic servitude. Sitting under the watchful eyes of her coach and a man who identifies himself as the school's "propaganda director," Cloud tells me that weight-lifting is her favorite sport. Any hobbies? I ask. "Weight-lifting," she answers. Anything Cloud likes besides weight-lifting? "Weight-lifting," she repeats. I try again. Cloud glances at the two men near her. Behind them is a poster of Chairman...
...Benny E. Chen ’08 was unimpressed by the larger significance of the speech...
...think playing a lot of games has a lot to do with our late season turnaround,” Fraser said. “Unfortunately, we just couldn’t go far enough this time to win it.”—Staff writer Lucy D. Chen can be reached at lucychen@fas.harvard.edu...