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Some consent forms that Xu used in his studies contained “complex language” that was likely difficult for rural Chinese subjects to understand, the federal report said...
...disaster-epic formula, refusing to spoon-feed the audience the age, inside-leg measurement and pet preference of each character prior to the action. Instead, he lingers only for an aperitif with the two main players, who happen to be locked in a rocky marriage: air hostess Qiu Yehua (Xu Fan), on her last flight after 10 years of service, and her pilot husband Li (Shao Bing), so smooth he looks like he has taken time off from his day job as James Bond. Both board the same Shanghai to Beijing flight. With that established in a couple of gulps...
...quantities of incense. They pray that the sea won't turn on them, that their fishermen husbands won't be drowned, that their houses won't be wrecked by typhoons, that their lives will simply turn out well. "I've got four kids, and three are in college," says Xu Fenshan, a thickly built 68-year-old matron, offering evidence that her faith has earned rewards...
...staffed with Chinese contract laborers. Last year, Madagascar doled out 600 visas to Chinese workers who construct everything from new roads to button-down shirts. Chinese factory owners prefer to ship in their own countrymen because, as one boss put it: "They work harder for less money." Miss Xu hails from Nanjing, the river port from which Zheng He launched his fleet. She signed up for a three-year stint in Madagascar without knowing a thing about the Indian Ocean island. After toiling in a sweater factory for the full three years, she doesn't know much more...
According to the Post, the Chinese government also conducted a review of Xu’s practices. Reportedly, this review found that Xu made no violations of Chinese regulations...