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...does a country have to prove its supremacy through its ability to destroy? Nations should instead boast of creating something that can benefit mankind: cures for illness, sustainable crops that can reduce famine and inspiring artistic and literary works that show the best of the human spirit. Xiao Zheng Bethesda, Maryland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 8/29/2005 | See Source »

...does a country have to prove its supremacy through its ability to destroy? Nations should instead boast of creating something that can benefit mankind: cures for illness, sustainable crops that can reduce famine, and inspiring artistic and literary works that show the best of the human spirit. Xiao Zheng Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. Your story about the atom bomb brought back memories. I was on the island of Tinian at that time, in the 4th Marine Air Wing, and often watched those big B-29s take off. When the Enola Gay returned, it just about blew our tents down, since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eyewitnesses to Hiroshima | 8/15/2005 | See Source »

...XIAO ZHENG...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 22, 2005: Eyewitnesses to Hiroshima | 8/14/2005 | See Source »

...World neighbors play mahjongg with her, then go home to "see what Alexis is up to" on Dynasty. When Geraldine and her kindly, crumpled uncle (Victor Wong) botch a home-cooked Chinese meal, they wind up dining at McDonald's. On the sound track, a zheng and a keening saxophone play a duet of The Star-Spangled Banner. One expects this felicitous cross-fertilization from Director Wayne Wang (Chan Is Missing), who was born in Hong Kong and named after John Wayne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Crosscutting Across Cultures | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...poor to afford even bicycles. As Shanghai tries to address the needs of its own multiplying population, some are worried that the same mistakes could be replicated in the city's planned satellite towns. "Each of these [foreign-themed] towns wants to follow the model of quick development," says Zheng Shilong, a professor at Shanghai's Tongji University, who helped advise the municipal government on the formation of these new suburbs. "But just building an expensive residential development won't make an entire community come together." What's more, because Shanghai is a trendsetter for China, other mainland cities might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ye Olde Shanghai | 2/7/2005 | See Source »

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