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When Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao took to the ice in the pairs figure-skating final in Torino last week, most Chinese knew the song they skated to by heart. The Offspring of Dragons celebrates the glory of a mighty civilization. "There's a dragon in the ancient East, its name is China," go the folk song's stirring lyrics. By the time the final standings were tallied in the Olympic competition, the Zhangs' choice of music seemed particularly prescient. Although Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin won the 12th consecutive pairs gold for Russia (or, previously, the Soviet Union...
...Bollard ’09, explaining why he attended the event. Before the bidding began, excitement about the event ran high among both attendees and contestants, many of whom were dressed to the nines. “I’m a little nervous,” said Patricia Hao ’09, before going on stage. “But we just want to make a lot of money for charity.” The date auction drew almost 100 attendees. “We’re very happy about the turnout, especially for a Saturday night...
...half of the foreign books from Harvard. Shao said instructors recommend that students use the books for research and that many students made copies to take back to their dorms, though usually only the best students took the initiative or possessed the language abilities to read them. Qun Hao, a foreign books librarian at Fudan, said many professors have already started to use them to teach in class. According to Hao, many students say the books have been a boon for the university, especially the law school books, with cases and contents that are fresh and original. When asked...
...Lesser teams, too, are parading before Asian fans. Rotterdam's Feyenoord went to work in Nanjing late last month, and even Sheffield United, from England's second division of clubs, rounded off its own three-game tour of China last week. The team's big attraction? Veteran Chinese star Hao Haidong. "We're looking at [China] as a long-term enterprise," says Terry Robinson, Sheffield United's vice chairman. The perception has been that Chinese fans are easily pleased, but expectations are rising. Beijing's Workers' Stadium was two-thirds empty for Man U's game; fans in the same...
...chain can start again, as the residents of Srisomboon are now aware. They've turned to local monks to rid the village of malevolent spirits. "The evil that happened here in the last month was a sign," says village chief Hao Juikratoke. "We have done something wrong and we need to put things right again." Their diagnosis of the problem might not go over at the WHO?but the attitude is right...