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...ripping yarn, for sure. But it is in the nuance Rogers brings to Zimbabwe that he truly excels. His characters, and his country, are full of contradictions. His parents' defiance of Mugabe's regime is partly based on ignorance. Their enemies can be cruel, greedy and bloodthirsty, but also kind and righteous. As the country implodes, Rogers' tough, cynical mother breaks down in the middle of a bungled backstreet deal for a fake passport. Her idea of Zimbabwe, she realizes, is a long way from the daily reality faced by millions of her countrymen, or even, now, herself...
...Yang is excited about his Pingyao debut, if a little uncertain about how some of the raunchier images - of naked bodies and nude men embracing - will be received by the country's conservative art establishment. The photos, he says, are "all kind of vaguely erotic, without being in-your-face. What I wanted to do was open up a discussion about homosexuality, which is something that's not talked about much [in China]." (Read "Why Asia's Gays are Starting to Win Acceptance...
...started searching for his lost Chinese ancestry by researching his immediate family and the history of the Chinese in Australia, and in 1983 he changed his surname from Young to Yang in a symbolic reclamation of his identity. "I described it as a kind of coming out as Chinese," he says. "It was a big thing for me to embrace." His first trip to China was in 1989. "The people welcomed me - they said, 'You've come back, you've come back home.' It was incredibly meaningful and moving...
...green evangelist, Chu has chosen global warming as his theme to inspire America to move forward on his true quest - for the achievement of clean, abundant and cheap energy produced in and for America. This kind of energy will free us from our dependence on foreign oil and encourage venture capital to create new technologies that will in turn generate jobs. Climate change addressed in this way will not require sacrifices by Americans but will open a new chapter of American prosperity. W. Philip Schirm, Los Gatos, Calif...
...second half.“We’ve played 4 games and only have got 3 goals, and that’s not going to get it done,” Leone said after the game. “We’ve really got to get that kind of focus now, because now we are defending very hard, we just need to add that attacking part of the game.”Defense was key in the game, especially with Long Beach’s unique way of surrounding the goal on all five corner kick oppotunities that...