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...There is nothing to be afraid of or that should not be talked about at universities." LI AO, controversial Taiwanese author and legislator, stressing the importance of freedom of speech in a lecture broadcast live from Peking University in Beijing. Mainland officials censored coverage of the event following his remarks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 9/26/2005 | See Source »

...only employs the traditional hip-hop technique of sampling but uses samples of influential artists like Nina Simone, Shirley Bassey, Marvin Gaye and Luther Vandross. West's songs pay homage to the origins of hip-hop while simultaneously giving today's generation a chance to experience legendary musicians. Justin Li Ottawa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 9/26/2005 | See Source »

...only employs the traditional hip-hop technique of sampling but uses samples of influential artists like Nina Simone, Shirley Bassey, Marvin Gaye and Luther Vandross. West's songs pay homage to the origins of hip-hop while simultaneously giving today's generation a chance to experience legendary musicians. Justin Li Ottawa Who cares about Kanye West except other hip-hoppers? I'll bet that 90% of your subscribers have never heard of him. Homer C. Lamborn Redding, California, U.S. Levels of Barbarism "The New Bin Laden?," your notebook item on Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An American Tragedy | 9/19/2005 | See Source »

...with the poison-filled syringe arrived two days before Li Juan's due date. They pinned her down on a bed in a local clinic, she says, and drove the needle into her abdomen until it entered the 9-month-old fetus. "At first, I could feel my child kicking a lot," says the 23-year-old. "Then, after a while, I couldn't feel her moving anymore." Ten hours later, Li delivered the girl she had intended to name Shuang (Bright). The baby was dead. To be absolutely sure, says Li, the officials--from the Linyi region, where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Enemies Of the State? | 9/12/2005 | See Source »

...freedoms proliferated in other areas of life, parliament voted to ease the deeply unpopular policy. Instead of forbidding extra children outright, the new law, among other reforms, allowed couples to have multiple offspring if they were willing to pay big fines. The costs can be exorbitant for peasants like Li--$365 or more for the first additional child in Linyi, around four times the average annual net income in this impoverished region. But at least the Chinese now possess a modicum of choice in family matters, which they lacked a few years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Enemies Of the State? | 9/12/2005 | See Source »

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