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...that what happens to the U.S. economy doesn't matter to China, that the government in Beijing will always prop up the market - get exploded. The giddiness of the bubble is starting to be replaced by pervasive gloom. Fear is getting the better of greed. "This is reality," says Tian Junxiao, a 52-year-old investor who has been day trading for a living for six years. "Younger people are learning that the market can go up as well as down. It's a hard lesson, but it's a necessary...
...Moarefy said. “We need to engage with our friends and our foes.” The HRC debaters concurred with some of these principles. “I agree whole-heartedly that we must have dialogue,” said HRC representative Tian Feng ’11. The Republicans, however, contended that dialogue must be utilized only when the time is appropriate. “Sitting around and waiting to be attacked can never be the policy of the United States,” said Feng’s partner, Mark A. Isaacson...
...think [the nuns] were the most motivating factor,” said rally participant Tian Feng ’11. “The dedication that they showed was similar to that shown by the monks in Burma, and that really moved...
...attempting to win back his place on the national team and secure a spot for the Olympics. He publicly announced that he would cease his commercial activities and curtailed his public appearances. But without admitting that what he did was wrong, this penitence was just not enough. In Athens, Tian had told reporters it was his "dream to win another gold for the motherland on my doorstep." But it wasn't to be. On March 26, the same day that China lost the 10-meter event he had made his own, Tian bowed to the inevitable and announced his retirement...
...Tian was "used as an example, that discipline is very important for the Chinese athlete," says Brook Larmer, author of Operation Yao Ming. His case sums up the growing conflict between China's monolithic sports machine and increasing numbers of young athletes who prefer freedom - and cash - over following orders. They watch athletes like Yao Ming and tennis star Hu Na playing overseas and earning eight-figure incomes. But China's sports administrators are a formidable adversary. Says Larmer, "Even though the pressure for young athletes to do other things is increasing, I don't see the system changing...