The scene at a Beijing sports stadium is in keeping with the slogan of the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games, Shanghai - I know I can. Here, 30-year-old Ma Yunli trains under an early autumn sunshine, with 63 other athletes, for the upcoming event that will be held from October 2 to 11.
Apparently, some people in Beijing have yet to get the memo about queuing. Or maybe they simply misread it, taking it to mean that lining up for a subway ticket or a McDonalds hamburger is only proper etiquette on the 11th of every month.
It's somehow strange that an orchestra has no music director. But yes, the National Symphony Orchestra of China (NSOC) will start its 07/08 season without one.
SHANGHAI: He's chief editor of the largest English Chinese Dictionary (ECD), arguably the most renowned professor of English in China and an expert on Shakespearean studies at the country's leading university of Fudan, but Lu Gusun has never identified with the so-called "elite" and calls himself "grassroots".
Lu Gusun (pictured) was the major compiler and editor of the New English-Chinese Dictionary, first published in the 1970s. The book is still available in the market after several revisions, with 10 million copies sold.
LONDON: Can you imagine lying down at a concert, enjoying your food and soft drink? And you don't need to dress formally - short pants, T-shirts and sandals will do.
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