Word: liu
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...Turned away by banks, Sichuan's budding entrepreneurial class must rely on unconventional lenders, including pawnbrokers and loan sharks, to meet its capital requirements. Liu Qingrong, for example, borrowed money from friends and family to set up a Chinese medicine factory in 1992. Within two years, her traditional remedies were outselling those produced by her biggest state-owned competitor by a margin of 5 to 1. But her rival, which was backed by local officials, still received every advantage, including governmental assistance to raise capital via a stock-market listing. "It was bitter medicine," Qingrong recalls...
...after the Guangdong debacle it becomes evident that for McClintock and Byrne, the Year of the Goat has begun about three weeks early. "The players that we invited from the U.S.A. are not doing well," says Sharks coach Liu Qiuping after practice. "Usually we bring in one tall American and one short one. When Yao Ming went to the NBA, we got two tall guys to take his place, but it didn't work out as we had wished. They do not play as if they are in a war. They should be full of spirit and energy. Instead, they...
...Though its pace drags and its tone is too unvarying, the movie shares the sweet melancholy of the novel. Both versions evoke a wistful longing for the irretrievable drama of youth. Teenage pals Ma (Liu Ye) and Luo (Chen Kun), inheritors of the bourgeois crimes of their doctor parents, are sent for re-education to the primitive if not remarkably picturesque mountain village of Phoenix on the Sky. The work is tough and the conditions harsh. Even worse, all books are banned?except little red ones. Western music is equally verboten as Ma, the film's violin-playing narrator, discovers...
...child with an auspicious sign, they had to get amorous fast. Some expectant mothers are asking doctors to induce labor to help them avoid the curse. As we went to press, frazzled maternity workers were bracing for one last big push. "Come Friday, we'll be much freer," says Liu Jing, deputy chief of obstetrics at Beijing's Medical University Maternity Hospital. The Year of the Sheep may be unlucky for some, but for Chinese obstetricians it'll be perfect for a holiday...
...Exiled authors like Gao and Liu travel the world, living in a fusion of cultures. Their somewhat marginalized life in the West allows them to think about religion, faith, history and culture, and to search for their spiritual home. "Our perspectives have changed," says Liu. "In China, we had struggled between life and death in different political movements and already had a deep understanding of China and humanity. The displacement and exile has set our minds free!" But exile strips émigré authors of their natural place of belonging. Liu, one of the most admired authors in China...