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...Jing, China...
...change my name to Shanghai Lily." Shanghai is no longer trendy, modern or even cosmopolitan, but its streets are still tops for infant watching. Sadly, though, the toddlers I see seldom cry or laugh or even suck their thumbs. Most seem sullen. And in the beautiful Jing an Park, which used to be a cemetery before the bodies were exhumed for cremation (the old story about the land's being too valuable for the dead), the kids ride around in bumper cars in careful circles and don't wave and don't smile and stare straight ahead and never once...
...defendants include three U.S. citizens of Chinese descent: Kuang-shin Lin, 38, of Lincroft, N.J.; Kwong Allen Yeung, 34, of Cortland, N.Y.; and David Tsai, 30, of New York City. Also charged are two Hong Kong residents: Da-chuan Zheng, 41, and his sister-in-law Jing-li Zhang...
...latest dip in the ebb and flow of China's uncertain liberalization came in a sudden midnight raid by Public Security Bureau agents. Their targets: Xu Wenli, 37, and Yang Jing, about 30, the editors of a hand-mimeographed dissident newsletter, April Fifth Forum, named for a 1976 antigovernment demonstration. Though Chief Editor Xu scrupulously avoided outright criticism of China's leaders and shunned the label of dissident, he has been outspoken in demanding more freedom of expression. Last year he noted that "if only views that echo the leadership are allowed, there is no way to speak...
...Chiang Ching (Jeong Jing (unranked...