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...Zheng Jie, it all came down to the nifty clothes. A lot of youngsters fall in love with tennis because of the exhilaration of a perfect ace or the thrilling geometry of a well-placed volley. But when Zheng was growing up in China's rural Sichuan province, she knew little about the game. The coaches who approached her in 1990, when she was seven years old, had to explain that tennis was like ping-pong, only with a bigger, fuzzier ball. Still, there were advantages to playing this strange sport. "Because my teammates and I were among the first...
...water (Porbandar, 1983). The photos are on display until Jan. 31 at the cultural and business center, which opened earlier this month in London's fashionable Marylebone district. The space will show traditional and contemporary Asian arts in its gallery, and host lectures (past subjects have included Sichuan cookery and Persian mysticism) and concerts by top Asian musicians. It also features a pan-Asian caf? and a business unit to foster trade links between Britain and the East. Asia House will certainly be a great place to spot similarities and enjoy differences. tel: (44-20) 7307 5454; www.asiahouse.org
...fragments from tomb walls, provide an extraordinary glimpse of Chinese life some 2,000 years ago: how people dressed, what they ate, what weapons they carried, what forms of transportation they used, what kinds of houses they lived in. One extremely well-modeled terra-cotta cook, probably from a Sichuan tomb, is intently scaling fish at his workbench. His eyes are fixed, his sleeves are rolled up, and his hat looks very much like a French chef's toque...
...ensure Chen's subsequent victory?a result that sparked protests across Taiwan. The end of the inquiry is unlikely to silence critics, who maintain that questions remain unanswered about the attack. ARRESTED. XIE CHUNREN, 56, Chinese-born U.S. citizen; on suspicion of spying for Taiwan; by Chinese authorities; in Sichuan Province. Arrested upon his arrival from the U.S., Xie has remained under "residential surveillance" at a state-run guesthouse since May 31, according to Jerome Cohen, an expert at Chinese law at New York University who is advising the family. Xie, whose detention was only made public last week...
GIANT PANDA Weight: Up to 275 lbs. Length: Up to 6 ft. 4 in. Range: Mountainous areas of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces in western China How dangerous: Not. The giant panda is extraordinarily shy and will avoid contact with humans at all costs Status: Highly endangered; no more than 1,000 remain in the wild...