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...homes once owned by Chinese actress Liu Xiaoqing, who has been fined for tax evasion, were sold at a government auction...
...conflict with the traditional family structure." Huang Chang-ling, vice president of the feminist Awakening Foundation, argues that the class should put more emphasis on gender equality, "otherwise it'll be meaningless." Couples needing a model of marital longevity, however, need look no further than their compatriots Liu Yung-yang and Yang Wan, whose 85-year union makes them the world's longest-married couple. Their granddaughter-in-law says, "(They) hardly had a quarrel with each other, keeping a very intimate relationship." Whatever their secret, too few of their countrymen...
...creations of local artists are also well represented, among them Xiang Liqing's photomontage of crowded buildings piled atop one another and Xu Bing's airy bird calligraphy formed out of colored plexiglass. Then there is the dose of realism presented by Liu Dahong's ironic depictions of modern Shanghainese scenes?from folks lining up for visas at foreign consulates to corrupt officials committing suicide when they're caught embezzling money to spoil their lovers...
...Numbers $700,000 is how much award-winning Chinese actress Liu Xiaoqing has been fined for evading $1 million in taxes...
...drop its nuclear weapons program. Last week, Beijing signaled that Kim, who has visited China twice in the last three years, is for the moment persona non grata on the mainland. Asked about reports that a sit-down between Kim and Chinese leaders was imminent, Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said: "There is no such thing." "The idea that China will support North Korea whatever it does is over now," says Victor Cha, an Asia specialist at Georgetown University. Adds Kenneth Lieberthal, a University of Michigan professor who served as special assistant to President Bill Clinton and senior director...