Word: liu
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...minutes, and the accused were not even present. Even so, the air was filled with suspense when a five-judge military panel last week found Vice Admiral Wang Hsi-ling, the former head of Taiwan's military intelligence bureau, guilty of plotting the murder of Chinese- American Writer Henry Liu, who was gunned down at his Daly City, Calif., home last Oct. 15. The sentence: life imprisonment. Wang's two aides, Major General Hu Yi-min, deputy director of the bureau, and Colonel Chen Hu-men, another Defense Ministry official, were each given 2˝-year jail terms. The verdicts came...
...Dalai Lama wants to really improve relations with China, he must ... give up any claim of the independence of Tibet." LIU JIANCHAO, spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, saying that Beijing's position on the Dalai Lama remains unchanged despite his recent concessions...
Kristina J. Liu...
...strengthen police powers and penalties for disturbing public order. According to a draft of the proposed changes seen by TIME, the new law would allow police to increase fines, seize property, close down businesses, and hold under house arrest anyone who "violates public-security management." Says Liu Junning, a political scientist at the Chinese Cultural Research Institute in Beijing: "If the ?harmonious society' is the carrot, then these laws are the stick...
Buswell embraced the fluctuations of the music, using the violin as a vehicle for his subtle artistic interpretation. Joining Buswell were his wife, cellist Carol Ou, and pianist Meng-Chieh Liu. In the Mendelssohn trio, the performers conveyed both the grand statements and the quiet nuances of the music, and their conversational demeanor on stage showed a simple joy of playing together. Liu’s quiet, thoughtful opening of the second movement of the Beethoven Sonata was another highlight. Throughout the recital, all three musicians demonstrated their mastery of both the musical concepts and the instrumental challenges...