Saga of selflessness

In Mianning county, Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture, Sichuan province, the village doctor Ma Li is alone at the health center. On the door is her phone number.

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Yang Liping Ballet - Peacock of Winter

An avoidance play not to be avoided

Werner Karl Heisenberg said, "An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his subject, and how to avoid them."

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A new beginning for The Great World

Shanghai's oldest indoor amusement park Dashijie, or The Great World, will be reopening in late March, more than a decade since it closed down due to poor management.

History of The Great World

July 14, 1917: The Great World was opened on the French National Holiday in the French Concession. The compound is as large as Shanghai Disneyland's centerpiece castle.

Sea sentries

Covering an area of only 0.013 square kilometer, Kaishan Island sits at the outpost of the Yellow Sea, near the junction of Japanese and South Korean international waters. It is about 12 nautical miles from Yanwei Port, Guanyun county, Lianyungang, Jiangsu province.

A standard rule in another setting

Charles M. Schwab said, "All successful employers are stalking men who will do the unusual, men who think, men who attract attention by performing more than is expected of them."

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Anhui Huangmei Opera Theater Poems of the Tang Dynasty and Verses of the Song Dynasty Vocal Concert

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New year, new job

Phones And The City