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Word: xun (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...film may confuse those unfamiliar with Chinese history, but never mind. Just pay heed to the glorious moviemaking. There is one scene that haunts the heart: an ethereally beautiful blind girl (Xun Zhou) kills herself after the assassin has eradicated the rest of her family. Few directors can create such indelible imagery; Chen does it in nearly every frame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Emperor And The Assassin | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

Perry said she is expecting her 11th book, co-authored with scholar Xun Li, to come out within a few weeks. Her most recent work, titled Danwei: The Chinese Workunit in Historical and Comparative Perspective, focuses on the Chinese workplace...

Author: By Elizabeth S. Zuckerman, | Title: Three Professors Appointed in Social Sciences | 6/3/1997 | See Source »

...leader's mortality and long since discounted his loss. "We are at ease with the thought that things will be all right without Deng," said Beijing writer Yin Zhixian. "It's unlikely that there will be major changes, because everyone is a beneficiary of Deng's policies." Thirtyish Zhu Xun, manager of the Shanghai office of a German air-conditioning firm, raised his glass of white wine at the chic Golden Age club in a fitting toast: "Thank you, Comrade Deng...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DENG XIAOPING SET OFF SEISMIC CHANGES IN HIS COUNTRY. . . | 3/3/1997 | See Source »

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