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...that she, too, is a spy. In June she left for the United States and self-imposed exile. Yes, the big picture now is that China is open. But that can hardly be taken for granted. "For the moment, we are beginning a period of openness," says Tsai, the Ming dynasty historian. "But there is always a challenge: another group afraid of opening up, afraid of threats to stability...
...Zheng He's trials began early. He was born in 1371, during the first years of the Ming dynasty, to an Islamic family in what is now the western province of Yunnan. (His name at birth was Ma He.) When the Ming armies moved into the region to wipe out the last vestiges of Mongol influence, 11-year-old Ma gained the attention of a conquering general. He was taken back to Nanjing, where he became a page to a young prince, known as Zhu Di. He was castrated and destined for a life serving with other eunuchs...
...Guangdong province, scores of factories cluster together, their front yards choked with piles of twisted metal, junked plastic and old computer parts. But the killers who struck in the predawn hours of July 16 knew exactly which path would take them to their targets: Hou Kuo-li and Yeh Ming-yi, a pair of middle-aged businessmen from Taiwan who lived in the Lianjiao plant. Their bodies were discovered later that morning, along with those of two Chinese security guards and a 17-year-old female employee. According to news reports, all had their throats slit. A watchman...
...Crouching Tiger to send the collective spirit soaring, no Dancer in the Dark to set the critics at knifepoint. There was, however, a common thread in many Asian films. From the usually insular Iranians to the peripatetic Chinese, top auteurs were literally on the move, making road movies. Tsai Ming-liang (Taiwan) and Jacob Cheung (Hong Kong) went to France; Cheung also touched down in Africa, as did Iran's Abbas Kiarostami. And although Hong Kong is now officially part of the People's Republic, a trip to Beijing (for Mabel Cheung and Stanley Kwan) or Suzhou (for Yonfan...
...dreams fall the hardest. Last Friday, YAO MING, China's 2.25-m basketball prodigy, was kept from entering the NBA draft. U.S. scouts had tipped the 21-year-old as a No. 1 pick. It wasn't Yao's first disappointment. Last year, he was barred by Chinese sports officials from attending the Nike hoop summit?where the best young stars show off their skills?because of outsized obligations to the Olympic squad. This time around, though, the decision turned less on national politics than simple economics. In exchange for releasing their imposing center, the Shanghai Sharks wanted an estimated...