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Ma Weidu - self-taught scholar and antiquities expert. Zou Hong / China Daily |
Living Relic
One man holds fast to a fading code that values heritage and national pride above personal gain and fame. Qin Zhongwei seeks out the legend behind China's first private museum.
Sunday Talk
Jay-Z decodes life, hip-hop and songs in literary debut
NEW YORK - From selling crack cocaine as a teenage hustler to becoming one of America's richest rappers, Jay-Z writes about his life, decodes his music and explains hip-hop culture in his literary debut Decoded, released last week.
'Mama Grizzly' on prime-time TV, too
Bristol Palin rejects critics?jibes as TV's Dancing final nears
Prince of eels hits his stride in Beijing
Beijing chef Max Levy has had a very long love affair with the fanged fish. Mike Peters follows the slippery trail.
English teacher finds his way through the Tao
Going underground in Paris
The tunnels are dank and gloomy, tainted by the darker chapters of the city's history. Now, they provide adventure for a new breed of explorers ? the Parisian 'cataphiles?
Thunder, without Durant, knocks off Celtics 89-84
BOSTON - The Oklahoma City Thunder couldn't hit a shot, and they didn't have Kevin Durant or Jeff Green to save them.
Federer: Modern game no place for new kids on block
Score Board
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China takes charge of pool
With 24 gold medals, 16 silver and 14 bronze, the Chinese swimming team overwhelmingly beat archrival Japan (nine gold, 18 silver and 12 bronze) to claim supremacy of the pool at the Asian Games.
Young champion on block again
Park is king of the water
The week that was
Migrants finding open arms in Canada
WINNIPEG, Manitoba - Rancorous debates over immigration have erupted from Australia to Sweden, but few nations take more immigrants per capita than Canada.
In Spain, homes go, but debts remain
Moving beyond cash and borders
A singer from everywhere and nowhere has arrived
Buika was carrying a Spanish passport when she arrived to begin her first extended singing tour ofNorthAmerica.But hermusic draws on such a range of influences that sheseemstobeatoncefromeverywhereand nowhere.
In photos, witness to the era of vinyl
The performing arts, live onstage and now on screen
Pride of China
High rent, predatory competitors and a relatively uninformed consumer crowd would discourage most tender new entrants to the fashion business. Not so for a handful of new Chinese designers, who are upending conventional notions of Chinese design, making rapid commercial success and turning from unknown to renowned in a short time.
Wang Leehom goes green
In search of beauty
In the vastness that is China, there are still hidden spots of great natural splendor ?although you must be prepared to work hard searching. Xu Xiaomin puts on her hiking boots.
