Word: jing
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...Tiffany, halter tops from Vivienne Westwood, even fresh sea urchin flown in from northern Japan. One of the most coveted items, however, is a certificate handed out for every 150 yuan ($19) donated for the construction of an $18 million, 2,000-kg gold Buddha at Nanjing Road's Jing'an Temple. The donation certificates are flying off shelves faster than Gucci wallets. Since 2002, the temple has collected 180,700 contributions from people who want to exchange part of their newfound wealth for spiritual sustenance. "Our society is in need of religion," says Cao Pingjiang, the director...
...allowed-Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Protestantism-they were tightly circumscribed and had to express fealty to the Communist state before any divine entity. During the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution, believers of these watered-down religions were attacked. Red Guards razed thousands of temples, churches and mosques. Shanghai's Jing'an Temple was converted into a flour factory and portraits of the Great Helmsman replaced those of the Buddha...
...dumpsters outside the door. Dunster K-51: This geometric marvel features a hexagonal common room with two trapezoidal fire doors, a bedroom the size of an Apley closet, and ceilings so slanted that the rooms are virtually pyramidal. The lucky Yoshitaka Yamamoto and Andrew Q. Jing live directly under Dunster’s belltower and above ongoing construction; scenic Leverett Towers, Mather House, and the leaky, taped-over skylight all do their part to keep sunlight from ever entering. In a word: ridiculous. Pforzheimer Holmes, 3rd Floor: Those the lottery truly hates don’t just...
...change your diet, but you will be getting what you need.” A number of obstacles remain before the research can move from the lab to the supermarket. Scientists are still uncertain as to whether Omega-3s will have the same benefits when eaten in pork. And Jing X. Kang, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and lead author of the study, said that the level of Omega-3s in the pigs is not as high as it is in fish, and that several years more research may be required to produce pigs with sufficient...
...hard to be a free Chinese person. Damn Great Wall, damn Microsoft." ZHAO JING, Chinese journalist, in a message posted on a new blog after his previous site on Microsoft's MSN Spaces service was shut down under pressure from Chinese authorities...