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King of the kids

[2008-03-13 07:29]

Six-year-old Ma Junbo drew Fuwa, the mascots of Beijing Olympic Games, all over a wall of her home and asked kids living in Tiantongyuan community to join in. The girl's parents later painted the wall purple to cover up the drawings. Neighbors didn't think it was anything out of the ordinary, but when Jiang Yuan heard about it he was inspired to make a film.

Psych quizzes starting to test my patience

[2008-03-13 07:29]

During my last year in university, I had a tall boyfriend who was sunny and masculine. When I and other students were running about madly in search of a job, a famous joint venture discovered my boyfriend's talents.

Reviews

[2008-03-13 07:29]

Film

Special Supplement

[2008-03-12 06:59]

Ceremony for Yellow Emperor to bless Olympics

[2008-03-12 06:56]

To venerate traditional Chinese culture and bless the Olympics, the 2008 ceremony for the Yellow Emperor will be held in Xinzheng on April 8 to celebrate the legendary emperor's birthday.

Ancient Zhengzhou in the central plains is still a thriving crossroads

[2008-03-12 06:56]

An old Chinese adage says that whoever conquers the central plain will take all the land under the sun.

Life Culture

[2008-03-11 07:00]

Brush with fame

[2008-03-11 06:58]

Wu Guanzhong, 89, is a living legend on the Chinese art scene. When the veteran artist speaks, people listen; when his paintings are auctioned, people rush to buy.

Buffett junior has gift of music and $1.2 billion

[2008-03-11 06:58]

Peter Andrew Buffett is a successful composer and producer. One of his major works is scoring and choreographing the Fire Dance in Kevin Costner's 1990 film Dances with Wolves. But when he visited Beijing this month, the media was mainly interested in his famous father, Warren E. Buffett, recently named the world's richest man.

Colorful notes from an exhibition

[2008-03-11 06:58]

It is much more pleasant for one to share music with others than to enjoy it alone, said philosopher Mencius (385-304 BC). Mexican business tycoon Juan Anotonio Perez Simon may not have heard the Chinese saying but "what he offers to fans of European art at the Beijing World Art Museum is in the spirit of the Mencius doctrine," says the museum's curator Wang Limei.

My momma's love is congee

[2008-03-07 07:39]

An excerpt of My Mother's Congee by Shantou University journalism student Sabrina Wu, from the Eating.Shantou website:

Life Expat

[2008-03-07 07:42]

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