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...addition, it's a new species, which Norell and co-discoverer Xing Xu of Beijing's Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology named Mei long, from the Chinese for "soundly sleeping dragon." But the specimen, dating to between 128 million and 139 million years ago, is clearly an early troodontid, an evolutionary cousin of tyrannosaurs...
...Local people have long been under the mistaken impression that poppy shells can make their dishes more delicious. They are not aware of the harm they will do to their health." Zhang Xing, drug-control official in China's Guizhou province, after more than 200 local restaurants were closed for spiking their food with opium poppies...
...Body Art Just a few years ago, tattoos were taboo for nice boys and girls. Today, John, a piercing-and-tattoo shop in Shanghai, does a thriving business supplying body art. "Some of our customers are suit-wearing types straight from the office," says Xing Haisong, owner of John. "Everyone has a wild nature in their heart, and now they feel more free to express it." Dad will be so impressed...
...first annual letter, Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby left his colleagues with a cryptic message—Xing yuan zi er, deng...
...delivery vehicle is a new Mandarin-language TV channel called Xing Kong Wei Shi (Starry Sky). Rolled out last year by News Corp.'s Asian subsidiary, Hong Kong-based Star Group Ltd., the new channel has already produced 700 hours of programming based on Western concepts. There's a real-life police show reenacting grisly mainland murders (Wanted! In China), China's first televised male beauty contest (Women in Control), a talk show with a wisecracking host ? la David Letterman (Late Night Talk), and soon there will be Sang Lan, the gymnast who won hearts after a paralyzing fall...