Word: jianli
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Jian: Unsafe Havens
...much attention now swirling around the buddha's construction, Liang and his employees are rapidly backtracking?even claiming that the replica isn't really modeled after the Afghan statue. "Yes, it is a standing buddha, maybe like the one at Bamiyan," concedes Oriental Buddha's general manager Chen Jian. "But in many ways it's quite different." Chen also asserts that no tombs were destroyed during the statue's construction. But local archaeologists say the entire hill was pockmarked with ancient burial sites, and there is no way a 37-meter buddha could have been built without displacing many tombs...
...gymnasium across campus for the pregame shootaround, which is endured by the shivering players in parkas and toques. Outside it is 7?C; inside it feels about half as warm. During the halfhearted workout the coaches' infrequent instructions are translated for McClintock and Byrne by an exceptional teammate: Ma Jian, the 2-meter power forward who, a decade ago, became the first mainland Chinese to play basketball at a major U.S. college, Utah. Like McClintock, Ma?whose given name, Jian, means Healthy?had a brief taste of the NBA: a handful of preseason games for the Los Angeles Clippers...
...their fault," says Ma, who, with his ailing knee, played only a few minutes of the rout but drew the loudest ovation from the faithful. ("Ma Jian jia you!" they cried when he took the court. Add fuel, Healthy Ma!) "It's tough for them," he continues. "They come on short-term contracts. They are people who love this game, and they make our league look better. But their language is different, their culture is different, their playing system is different?you can't expect a Chinese coach and American players to work together so quickly...
...Authors who stick with the Chinese language, such as Hong Ying and Ma Jian, are able to get Western exposure thanks to diligent translators. Ma's girlfriend, Flora Drew, and Hong's husband, Henry Zhao, are their avid advocates and translators. Ma stubbornly defends his unwillingness to read or write in English: "I believe one might benefit from reading great works in English. But I haven't tried to learn English at all. I'm a genius. I write because of my talents and inspiration. I don't need another language...