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...Xuanwu Lake Park. The lake, which was once used for naval exercises during the Song dynasty, has five tiny islands connected by bridges and graced with elegant teahouses, restaurants, gardens, pavilions, an open-air theater and even a zoo. Although the main entrance to the park is on Zhongyang Lu, I like to go in through Jiefang Men (Liberation Gate) as it is less touristy. Inside, you'll find old men fishing and people picnicking, paddleboating or riding tandem bicycles. (Bicycles and paddleboats can be rented for just more than a dollar an hour per person at concessions located throughout...
...LANGUAGE I'm wracking my brain for culinary superlatives as the moon-faced restaurateur eggs me on, plying me with cold beer. Mouthwatering? Lip-smacking? Succulent? Scrumptious? "Yes, yes," says Chai Uan-kum, proprietor of Chai Chuan Chin, scribbling furiously. "Very good." His is the newest establishment on Manting Lu Road, Jinghong's premier eat street, and I've been enlisted to help draft a sign in English that will lure peckish Westerners...
...Palm-lined Manting Lu Road, near the Mekong in the heart of Jinghong, is a magnet for the hungry. Other standouts among its dozens of eateries are the Mei Mei and Forest cafes, backpackers' havens both. But for authentic eats, head for Chai's place. He gets all the superlatives...
...When Missing Gun was released in China last month, Beijing cineasts thought they saw a bit of Jiang behind the camera as well as on the screen. The film's director is Lu Chuan, a 28-year-old film school grad with only commercials on his r?sum?. Certain scenes convinced people that Jiang ghost-directed the movie. Not so, insists Lu. "Jiang Wen played a very important role making the movie," he says, leaning forward emphatically in his Hawaiian shirt, "but he spent only 40 days on set. We've worked on this project for two years...
...Lowell: Benton B. Bodamer, Georg A. Bongartz, Han-Chiao I. Chen, Julia C. Drisdell, Andrew G. Ei, Lindsay P. Jones, Laura P. Knoll, Kathy W. Lu, Shruti Ravikumar and Michael P. Tully...