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...SACKED. Shi Yunsheng, Chinese navy commander, and Yang Huaiqing, navy political commissar; over the recent Ming-class No. 361 submarine accident that claimed the lives of all 70 crew members; in Beijing. According to Chinese news agency Xinhua, the admirals were fired for "improper command and action" during the accident, the cause of which is still unknown. The dismissals follow the high-profile sackings of top Chinese officials in April over the mishandling of the SARS outbreak on the mainland...
...line of Gen Y-oriented Scions will hit dealer lots in June with a standard package that lets buyers choose from three wheel-cover designs--or pay $665 to upgrade to ritzier alloy rims. "A lot of people go right out and buy custom wheels," says spokeswoman Ming-Jou Chen. "We want to give them a choice from the factory." A choice, mind you, that is no bigger than...
...three republics. It has done so because it has shown the capacity for renewal and, when needed, reinvention. Since 1636 it had grown from a parochial institution of Massachusetts Bay—an economic and cultural backwater of a Europe that was itself underdeveloped compared with the Great Ming Empire—to be a leading university in this country by the end of the 19th century. The College, which originally enrolled nine students, would by the end of the 20th century become a University composed of nine separate faculties, plus one institute for advanced study. The Faculty of Arts...
Without much fanfare, the Asian population in Houston has more than doubled over the past decade and now accounts for 7% of the city's 2 million residents. Its robust Chinese-American community was part of what attracted basketball star Yao Ming. And Houston's fine Chinese, Indian and Vietnamese restaurants are drawing raves from even seasoned international travelers. But when you go, take a map; the best places are all within half an hour's drive of downtown, but they are scattered among the city's endless blocks of strip malls and office complexes...
...declares the leader of a 1630s Anabaptist community in Antwerp. The real Luther Blissett, now retired to Watford, has expressed irritation at the identity theft but never tried to stop it. Now he can relax. Bui and his co-authors have dropped the Blissett banner and regrouped as Wu Ming (Chinese for "without a name"). They have become full-time authors and acquired a fifth member - author and punk rocker Riccardo Pedrini - and recently produced 54, a "screwball comedy" novel set in 1954 featuring Cary Grant and Yugoslavia's Josep Broz Tito. In the works is a historical fantasy about...