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...style of the images he presented, comes to the forefront. At his best, Wein manages to blend everything together to create a tempered oeuvre whose elegance and emotion is both a manifestation of joie de vivre and a love letter to life. —Staff writer Denise Xu can be reached at dxu@fas.harvard.edu...
...beach volleyball in 1996 the American teams have made the podium at every Games. China has played indoor volleyball competitively for decades, but it's only recently that they've focused on the outdoor game. On the men's side, the top-seeded Chinese squad of Wu Penggen and Xu "Tiny" Linyin lost to a German pair in the round of 16. So it was up to the women to make history. In addition to the silver for Tian and Wang, the Chinese team of Zhang Xi, 23, and Xue Chen, 19, beat Brazilians Renata Ribeiro and Talita Rocha...
...over their Japanese rivals. In a packed stadium where a giant T.V. screen repeatedly lauded the Chinese performances with the word "wonderful" - only one American merited a "fantastic" - the team got down to the business of winning gold for China. The start was shaky. In the second rotation, Huang Xu fumbled on the pommel horse, earning a score of 14.750 and putting pressure on pommel world champion Xiao Qin, who redeemed the squad with 16.175. (Xiao had slipped on the pommel four years ago in Athens, contributing to the team's implosion.) Despite Xiao's clutch routine...
...rings that brought redemption to the Chinese team. Huang Xu made up for his pommel bobble with a 16.00, while three-time Olympian Yang Wei, who is engaged to another Chinese Olympic medalist gymnast, scored 16.3 on one of his strongest apparatuses. Chen Yibing wrapped up the Chinese rotation with...
...When he wakes up the Olympics are over and China has won more gold medals than any other country. "Not even a tiny accident had happened," the Internet story goes. "Foreigners were awed." Perhaps Old Zhao should have stayed awake and taken his chances. That's the attitude of Xu, the history professor, who has been traveling around the country since July and arrived in Beijing on Aug. 4. Xu wants to witness the spectacle. Whether he stays, he says, "depends on how much fun I have." And that may depend upon Beijing's willingness to lighten up and enjoy...