It was pitch black, and my girlfriend Carol and I were stumbling down an uneven stone stairway in the Mount Qixianling National Forest Reserve, in South China's Hainan Province.
Every year, as cities around the Pearl River Delta become increasingly economically integrated, a growing number of Hong Kong citizens are relocating to cash in on the region's emergent prosperity.
Poet Li Bai is the psychological journey of someone who wants to live by his dreams but knows he often has been distracted by the exigencies of everyday life.
A group of starry-eyed men gathered on a mountaintop to listen to the man in a flowing robe. The afternoon light danced on the teacher's beard, and the pilgrims could see their master's aura. Love each other and you will be of great benefit to the world, he told them. This was his answer to life, the universe and everything.
The night before the world premiere of Poet Li Bai at Colorado's Central City Opera, producer Martha Liao told her opera-singing husband Tian Haojiang: "I have been thinking more of the composer Guo Wenjing than you these past two years." Liao, president and co-founder of Asian Performing Arts, which co-comissioned the landmark opera, was only joking to her beloved who sings the title role, maybe to relieve some of the tension, which was rising from this time-consuming and sometimes nail-biting realization of this ambitious cross-culture project.
PARIS: Georgia and Samoa grabbed consolation World Cup wins on Wednesday as rugby's underclasses demanded a bigger share of the game's riches.
HANGZHOU, China: Brazil shocked the top-ranked United States 4-0 yesterday in a dazzling display that set up a World Cup final with defending champion Germany.
NEW YORK: The New York Yankees clinched their 13th consecutive playoff appearance with a crushing 12-4 road victory against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Wednesday.
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