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...help but think of Willy Wonka when you meet Tsang Heh-kwan. While walking around her factory in Hong Kong's New Territories, the 80-year-old giggles as she offers samples of a candy product she's developing. The subtly sweet ginger confectionery is a delight, and Tsang - hale and lively - declares that she has finally perfected the formula that prevents it from sticking to teeth...
...each sentenced to 12 years in prison by North Korea's highest court. Their crime: illegal entry into the country and "hostile acts." The sentence - "reform through labor" - raises the prospect that the two could be sent into North Korea's notorious system for political prisoners - the so-called kwan li so, which are infamous for their mistreatment of prisoners...
...This show has literally hosted all the big names out there,” he said, mentioning Michelle Kwan and Sarah Hughes. “Skating has changed; Harvard has changed. Yet every year we find the same passion for philanthropy...
...number of newborn American boys who get circumcised appears to be declining, the number of men uncircumcising themselves seems to be rising. Ron Low, who makes the conical silicone TLC Tugger, has sold about 9,000 Tuggers since 2003. Stephen Kwan, sales manager of 4restore.com, which makes a competing product, says sales of his stainless steel apparatus increase by about 15% each year. Many men, like Prince, restore their foreskins to improve sex; circumcision, after all, removes some of the most sensitive cells in the body. Others do it because they feel dry and uncomfortable. Some feel abnormal - though circumcision...
...given Beijing's preoccupation with maintaining social harmony, that isn't likely to happen soon. "Most of China's population simply can't afford international prices," Kwan says. Chinese drivers, of course, agree. "They could have at least been more patient," says Huang Youfeng, waiting in line to fuel his sedan at a Beijing gas station Thursday. "Start the increase at 0.2 renminbi [2.5 cents] per liter - it would have been more acceptable." The irony is that Chinese demand has driven much of the nearly fourfold increase in oil prices since 2000. The country is now the world's second...