Those who know Guan Yan, a candidate for torchbearer at the Beijing Olympic Games, are impressed by her bright smile and genial disposition - as her name, yan (which means lovely), suggests.
In 1992, 8-year-old Wang Baoqiang left his hometown village in North China's Hebei Province for Shaolin Temple, the monastery known for its martial arts tradition. After learning kungfu for six years in the temple, the boy set out again for Beijing. As one of the millions pursuing their dreams to be stars in Beijing, Wang started from sitting outside Beijing Film Studio, waiting for any chance to join a crew, doing part-time as a construction worker.
I've always seen Christmas as the Western equivalent of Chinese New Year or Spring Festival. Like most Chinese consumers, I'm able to mentally discard all the religious associations and go right to the fun part.
Thirty-year-old bit-part actor Liu Huamin says his job is like buying a lottery ticket every week. "You make no money from the first 1,000 tickets, but the 1,001st may make you a millionaire overnight," he says. His biggest role over the past seven years had than five lines. But somehow, he never gives up.
Major General Zhao Jingmin, force commander of the United Nations' mission for the referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), says that his post shows the UN's recognition of China's outstanding contributions to international peacekeeping efforts.
Just imagine if Jesus Christ was born in modern China. The story would go something like this.
Desolate and largely uninhabited, the Western Sahara is a sea where temperatures can reach as high as 47 C in October. In this desert, Major General Zhao Jingmin is on his second service term, not as a military observer, as he first came here 16 years ago, but as the chief of the UN mission for the referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO).
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