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...glimpse of the hellish conditions in which millions of Chinese miners work can be seen in the documentary Yuan Shan (Distant Mountain), by filmmaker Hu Jie. Although the film was made more than 10 years ago, industry observers say conditions have changed little in China's private mines. Shot in Qinghai province, near Tibet, the film shows miners working in tunnels so low that they crouch at the coal face, dressed in little more than loincloths. After they fill their quota, the miners have to turn and crawl hundreds of yards, pulling a basketful of coal twice their body weight...
...difference is that fewer and fewer women feel compelled to put up with it. The ex-husband of Li Jie, 34, a sales manager for a Shanghai trading firm, kept a mistress for years, even introducing her to his co-workers. But after Li walked in on her husband and his girlfriend in the bedroom, she ended her six-year marriage. "Women have more expectations from marriage now," she says. "They won't put up with the things their mothers or grandmothers might have, and they're not ashamed about divorce, either." (Li's name has been changed to protect...
...research, “He’s a real pioneer....This is exactly the type of research we really hoped to encourage with the Director’s Pioneer award.” The study was co-authored by graduate student Long Cai and researchers Nir Friedman and Jie Xiao...
...spurt–before these robots make it to the big (human) league. In the more immediate future, the CRFC is focused on dominating the US Robot Futbol League—without a goaltender. “We might design a goalie, but probably not,” says Jie Tang ’08, a club co-technical director. Apparently the CRFC will depend on its superb defense and offense to vanquish its opponents. Their latest mode of attack is the “chip kicker,” a specialized robot that can propel the ball into...
...Chinese women ranked among the world's top 100 tennis players. But following a women's doubles gold in the 2004 Olympics, they're headed for center court. Last week, in a tough match against Australian Samantha Stosur and American Lisa Raymond, China's YAN ZI and ZHENG JIE survived two match points to win the Australian Open women's doubles final-and claim China's first-ever Grand Slam title...