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Past Miriam Makeba Street, between the empty lots and beat-up Edwardian piles that mark the edge of what, before crime hollowed out downtown Johannesburg, were some of the most imposing city blocks on the continent, stands an intriguing vision of Africa. Here, the Yung Chen Noodle Den and the Sui Hing Hong Wholesale and Chinese Gift Company rub shoulders with the Gold Reef Restaurant. "Ah, Africa," sighs William Lai, 60, as he gazes out across the great plains of parking lots that define Johannesburg's Chinatown. "Where I was born. Where my children were born. Home...
...thought to have died from complicating factors - not the flu itself. (A third child's death has not yet been linked to flu, and is still under investigation.) "I think this year we probably have a little bit more seasonal flu, perhaps more widespread," says Dr. Yuen Kwok-yung, a professor at Hong Kong University and head of the panel. "But it's not more virulent...
...greatest masterpieces of all time [Nov. 5]. What a curiously mistaken notion that "witnesses to such a grandiose relic should worry less about falling asleep and more about slipping into a coma." I was lucky enough to see Chen Shi-Zheng's full 19-hour production and Pai Hsien-Yung's nine-hour production of the opera. Each time, when the performance ended, I wanted it to start all over again. Such is the power, beauty and fascination of Kunqu opera, even to a Westerner. The consummate skill required of the performers transcends time and space. Like Shakespeare, Kunqu might...
...musical challenges through the years.Yannatos has remained a champion of contemporary music, and believes in Classical music as a living art form, despite resistance from both more traditionally-minded orchestra members and audiences irritated with challenging contemporary music.Last year alone there were two world premieres, a work by Hsueh-Yung Shen ’73 and a cello concerto by Yannatos himself. This year, contemporary music is represented by the “Overture to The Great Gatsby.”The HRO has also started several new traditions in the past few years. The final concert this year will...
...While the cables are at least 20 km apart, the magnitude 6.7 quake was powerful enough to shake or rupture a 300-km-long area of seabed. Given this temblor's force, says Ha Yung-kuen, acting director-general of Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA), "you can [imagine] the damage it would make to submarine cables. Maybe mountains become valleys, and valleys become mountains...