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...return from studying in the States and report that the Hollywood version of America is but a dream. The returnees feel slighted because their American counterparts know little about China and, even worse, don't seem to care. "Our love for the U.S. used to be blind," says Liu Yi, 23. "But now we are much more sophisticated...
...year-old widely published professor of business and a naturalized American since 1995, left his wife and daughter at their home in Hong Kong to visit a friend across the border in the economic boomtown of Shenzhen. That was Feb. 25, and he never got there. His frantic wife, Liu Yingli, rang the U.S. consulate, which assured her that her husband was alive but had been detained. More than a month later the former political activist remains in custody, and according to someone close to the family, the accusations against him are "very similar" to the espionage tag the government...
...women of the Charlie's Angels movie, which has earned $125 million since its November debut, might not seem to have kinship with Crouching Tiger's stately stunners. This colorful jape propels Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu through its empty-calorie plot with the force of a hurricane blow-dryer. The stars giggle, wear swank togs, toss their coiffures in luxurious slo-mo. Diaz shakes her booty a lot. And skeptics may laugh their booty off when told that the Angels are icons of empowerment...
...outfield will be mostly new this year, as All-Ivy centerfielder Alice Liu, graduated as well. Sophomore Laura Beckert will be making a move from third base to fill one of the holes in the outfield. The other two spots will potentially be occupied by two of the incoming freshmen...
...brothels handing out condoms to the girls is unthinkable. But several AIDS-afflicted provinces are moving forcefully. In Yunnan, health authorities teamed up with MEdecins sans Frontieres and other foreign agencies to educate at-risk Chinese about AIDS. "We're hoping they pass the word on to others," says Liu Wei, director of the province's AIDS prevention center...