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Perhaps I’m reading too much into Yao’s role—after all, U.S.-Sino relations are for President Bush and Hu Jintao to worry about. But, as last Monday’s “First Annual Asian-American Night” at the FleetCenter proved, the hopes of many millions rests on the wide shoulders of the man they call The Great Wall...
...Greed and growth are easy targets, and they are attacked with such zeal that it's possible to overlook the heavy hand of artistic censorship in China. It's not quite invisible, however. While a few works reference the Sino-Japanese War, nothing at the exhibition addresses recent traumas, events still imbued with fresh political sensitivity. An installation inspired by last year's U.S. spy plane incident off Hainan Island was scrapped right before the exhibition was set to open, without explanation by authorities. The government is fine with history, so long as it's kept in the past...
...Hong Kong Film Awards the following year, and the year after that turned down Ang Lee?s offer to star in ?Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.? By now she?s surely been forgiven for her Cat III antics; last month she starred in the Sino-Franco-American action film ?The Transporter...
...weapons. The most effective means of guiding China’s policies into alignment with those of the United States will be through closer economic cooperation between the two nations. The more that China has a stake in international organizations and Western economies, the more likely it is that Sino-American priorities will overlap—particularly when it comes to issues of regional stability. On the other hand, if the U.S. tries to force China to take action against North Korea, China will more likely ignore America’s requests...
...Texas ranch for talks that were seen as the Chinese President's swansong before his retirement, expected later this year. The two leaders said they opposed nuclear weapons on the Korean peninsula, and Jiang said there'd been a frank exchange on Taiwan. Earlier, he called for greater Sino-American cooperation, but emph-asised Beijing's independence of Washington's aims, quoting Confucius: "In human relationships, a gentleman seeks harmony but not uniformity." MEANWHILE The Mile-Wide Club Ever felt the person sitting next to you on the plane should have bought two seats? Then you'll sympathize with Barbara...