When Mao Zedong led 2,000 revolutionary-minded soldiers to a remote section of the Jinggang Mountains 80 years ago to establish a base, the loyal men and other newly recruited followers were hardly dressed to impress.
XI'AN: Zhang Haofu, 47, a resident in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, has his own way of celebrating the 80th birthday of Chinese People's Liberation Army: holding an exhibition displaying some 100 suits of military uniforms.
Some of the best international hockey teams will gather in Beijing for the Good Luck Beijing Hockey Tournament next week in a test run for next year's Olympics.
Former national badminton player Chen Hong will lead a massive Olympian-studded Chinese team to the 24th World Universiade Games in Thailand from August 8-18.
China's gymnastics head coach has rained on the golden parade his team made of last weekend's World Cup Gymnastics meet in Shanghai, pinpointing September's World Championships as the real challenge.
The word diao sums up Jay Chou's personal philosophy. Asia's hottest pop star thinks diao - Taiwanese slang meaning "cool" or "outrageous" - also means the ability to shock, to go your own way and not to follow others.
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