Showing signs of genius even as a young boy, it was perhaps not surprising that Dr Zhang Yaqin would rise to become a right-hand man of the world's most powerful billionaire.
Barefooted teenager Tu Zhiwei was transfixed by the artist who had been invited by village elders to paint a huge picture of Chairman Mao Zedong. Tu asked the man if he could have samples of his paints and went home to mix up new colors. The next day, instead of going to his school, in the remote, mountainous region in South China's Guangdong Province, Tu returned to the artist, set up his own frame, and began painting his own portrait of Mao. The Wengyuan villagers were shocked to see that Tu's portrait was better than the visiting artist.
The Guangzhou businessman was to the point. "I'm not stealing your phone," he assured me. "I'm just not giving it back." Ah, behold the power of semantics. But still, his politician-esque assurances had a very hollow ring.
Many academics say not much attention was paid to children's literature until the May Fourth Movement in 1919. Writing, publishing and studying children's literature became part of the social movement as people tried to break away from feudal traditions, sought after freedom and placed high hopes on the young.
Last week, two of our Hotpot writers shared different views on how to become a real man. Chad Swanson climbed the Great Wall four times, which physically matches the idiom: "One can't be a haohan (real man) until he climbs the Great Wall." Yet his Australian compatriot Ben Davey found the story boastful and suggested other criteria for masculinity.
Jiang Feng had many dreams. As a teenager, he wanted to be a journalist, a writer, and a professor. Some 20 years ago, he wanted to build China's first museum of children's literature.
The Icon: Stephen Chow is god-like. I always look forward to his movies. The greatest thing about Chow is that he is completely self-sufficient and versatile. He writes, stars, directs and produces his own movies. I felt this way about him about eight years ago when I asked Fox to remake his classic God of Cookery. He is a gift to audiences around the world.
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