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...were allegedly tortured to death in police custody, the group kept up its peaceful protests, unfurling banners in Tiananmen Square on a near daily basis. But despite its outward cohesion, Falun Gong is struggling to redefine its philosophical heart. "We all believe in Falun Gong," says an acolyte from Chengdu, central China. "But not all of us believe in the same Falun Gong...
...Observers dutifully wonder why avalanche story given much greater coverage than death of 61 in crash of Chinese airliner en route from Chengdu in Sichuan province to coastal city of Wenzhou...
Zhong Qizhi is going to make it, whatever the cost. "I am the son of a farmer and a factory worker," he says. "It was impossible for me to get help from anyone." So the 31-year-old from Chengdu taught himself English while working as an elementary school teacher, went off to run a travel agency in Tibet for four years, then set up a computer store in the southern city of Kunming. In 1996 he passed a university entrance exam to study international finance and economics. He paid for his sister to study Japanese; she now works...
Chen has two sons and two daughters; his elder son and a daughter work in the provincial capital, Chengdu. His other son has gone south to the booming city of Guangzhou, where he works as a welder while his wife does shift work at a shoe factory. They send back $75 a month to the family. "Just about every family in this village has someone in Guangzhou. They say life is all right there. They have fish and meat to eat every day. Of course it is better to be in the village where you come from, but there...
...postponed, the People's Daily thundered, "We demand that the American government rescind this wrongful decision." Speculation about reprisals was the buzz of both capitals. Possible countermeasures discussed range from China's cancellation of Boeing jetliner purchases to the still unlikely option of closing the U.S. consulate in Chengdu, capital of the hinterland province Sichuan and a doorway to restless Tibet...