China's youth was speaking loud and clear at the telephone interview round of the "21st Century Scholastic Cup" speech contest, which I recently helped judge. They were saying, we are young and speak English better than you will ever speak Chinese.
He's notorious for writing off China's contemporary novelists, but few people know German Sinologist Dr Wolfgang Kubin has wonderful words for some of the period's poets.
MILAN: Celtic manager Gordon Strachan insisted it was the overall result and not the performance that mattered after Celtic sneaked into the Champions League knock-out stages despite a 1-0 loss at the hands of reigning titleholders AC Milan.
INDIANAPOLIS: Amare Stoudemire scored 42 points to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 121-117 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday.
BALTIMORE, Maryland: The New England Patriots preserved their perfect record by a whisker on Monday as Tom Brady piloted yet another late-game scoring drive in a thrilling 27-24 victory over the Baltimore Ravens.
MEMPHIS, Tennessee: Travis Outlaw scored 21 points, including the winning six-foot runner as the buzzer sounded, to give Portland its first road victory of the season, 106-105 over Memphis on Monday.
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