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...Wenlou area in just over a month. Although the government is still embarrassed by the AIDS crisis in the province, it's unlikely the raids were ordered by Beijing. Local police "probably acted out of a long-ingrained habit of using any means possible to suppress information," says Hu Jia, a Beijing-based AIDS activist. That's not explanation enough for Cheng. "I have two small children," he says. "How am I supposed to make them understand why this is happening...
...days of the Cultural Revolution, and provides vivid proof that Chinese artists now have the right to be just as zany as their Western counterparts. Among the show's best offerings are short films and clips from full-length productions by filmmakers like Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou and Jia Zhangke. But like most contemporary shows, video is the dominant medium here. Among other endless loops, visitors can watch Zhang Peili's triptych featuring tight close-ups of a man cutting food on a plate and audibly chewing it. In Cui Xiuwen's three-hour Metro No. 2, a woman...
...Jia Lynn Yang, a Junior at Yale, is the Editorials Editor of the Yale Daily News...
...places like Hong Kong and Beijing, hospitals have had to scramble to create discrete infection wards and procure enough respirators to treat SARS. Economically laggard cities like Hohhot simply can't muster the resources as quickly. "Facilities at Beijing hospitals pale in comparison to those at American hospitals," says Jia Xueyi, a deputy director of Inner Mongolia's propaganda department, "and facilities at Hohhot's hospitals pale in comparison to hospitals in Beijing...
...Cheese," says the Chinese man. "Cheese, Mr. Jia...