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...dynasty ceramic animals--each worth about $10,000 in the West--the young Feng felt a touch of proprietary pride. "I risked my life for those statues," he says. "But when they came up with such expensive things, I was hooked." Feng, who was paid $45 for his maiden raid, doesn't mention the pieces' beauty. It's beyond him why Westerners would waste so much money on them. But the thrill of the treasure hunt hasn't diminished: "The excitement gives our lives some meaning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asia's Looted Treasures: Stealing Beauty | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

...Western China (Xinjiang province) 14 centuries ago. Lai Xi (Kiichi Nakai), a Japanese swordsman in the Tang Emperor's court, is assigned to capture and kill "Butcher" Li (Jiang Wen), a once-respected army officer accused of treason because he refused to kill women and children in a raid. Lai Xi and Li make an uneasy truce long enough to escort a general's daughter (Vicky Zhao Wei) and a Buddhist monk to safety. Can they escape the pursuit of evil Master An (Wang Xueqi), the preening aesthete and superslick fighter who stands in their path...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crouching Camel... | 10/20/2003 | See Source »

...DIED. XIE XIANRONG, 37, one of China's most-wanted suspects, after he was shot during a police raid; near Zhanggang, Hubei province. Xie was wanted for the murders of four people in a September bank robbery and the 2001 killing of a cab driver. Xie was gunned down after he fired at officers who surrounded a fishing boat on which he was hiding, the Xinhua news agency reported...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 10/20/2003 | See Source »

...Alexanderplatz bunker was Berlin's largest civilian air-raid shelter, built to accommodate 3,000 people in 55 rooms. It now houses 200 performance and installation artists from around the world, whose work includes rooms containing a depiction of Dante's vision of heaven, a reconstructed department store complete with sales staff to greet visitors, and an Adam-and-Eve tableau featuring an apple tree?and that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Subterranean Muse | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

LATEST COVER STORY Asia's Tomb Raiders Spirited Away How to Raid a Tomb Moving the Loot October 20, 2003 Issue Past Covers Bali Remembered Oct. 13, 2003 ----------------- What Went Wrong? Oct. 6, 2003 ----------------- What's Next Sept. 29, 2003 ----------------- Japan's Koizumi Sept. 22, 2003 ----------------- The Saudis Sept. 15, 2003 ----------------- Dyslexia Sept. 8, 2003 ----------------- U.S. in Iraq Sept. 1, 2003 ----------------- Asian Journey August 18-25, 2003 ----------------- Cool Japan August 11, 2003 ----------------- Gloria Arroyo August 4, 2003 ----------------- Women in China July 28, 2003 ----------------- Asian Longevity July...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going, Going, Gone | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

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