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Replicas of antique statues, at an antique market in Beijing.

The Trade in Chinese Relics

BEIJING, April 25, 2004 - When a grieving family placed a fist-sized clay lion in a tomb in centr...

China AFP/Peter Harmsen

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Recipe: Heiheluo - Black Noodles

Serves about 4 For the poor in Xi'an, this and similar noodle dishes are usually on the daily men...

China Habeeb Salloum

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Buddhism in a Nutshell

* * * * * Review of Laurence-Khantipalo Mills' Buddhism Explained , Silkworm Books, 1999. * * * *...

China Kenneth Champeon

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The New Cambridge Handbook of Contemporary China

Title: The New Cambridge Handbook of Contemporary China. Author: Colin Mackerras. Publisher: Camb...

China ThingsAsian Booklist

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The Iliad of China

The Thais believe that if you have read the novel Sahm Gok , then you can't be trusted. So your s...

China Kenneth Champeon

Recipe: Barbecued Lamb Kababs

Serves 6 to 8 3 pounds lamb, cut into 1 inch cubes 4 tablespoons soy sauce 4 tablespoons vegetabl...

China Habeeb Salloum

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Traditional Chinese Medicine Revealed

Speak of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the image of exotic healing formulas passed down genera...

China Blue Lam

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Their feet no longer bound, women in China face new challenges

Linda Kong, a tall and curvaceous 29-year-old is not only unmarried but boyfriend-less. In a year...

China AFP/Cindy Sui

Art on display along Beijing's famed Wangfujing Street.

China's avant-garde artists still shunned by local collectors

Chinese collectors' interest in the country's own contemporary art is so limited that it sometime...

China AFP/Peter Harmsen

The Hekim Family

The Marvelous Hekim Family

It's just after five PM on the second day of Ramadan, and I'm in the dining room of the Hekim fam...

China Joshua Samuel Brown

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Recipe: Spicy Roast Chicken

Serves 4 to 6 1 about 4 pound chicken, thoroughly washed 4 tablespoons soy sauce 4 cloves garlic,...

China Habeeb Salloum

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Recipe: Ginseng Tea

Besides being tasty, this tea is reputed to stimulate the cardiovascular system, raise hormonal l...

China Habeeb Salloum

Recipe: Nectarine Salad With Ginger Vinaigrette Dressing

Serves 6 to 8 4 tablespoons peanut oil 1/4 cup fresh ginger cut into thin strips 2 tablespoons gr...

China Habeeb Salloum

Freedom of Information Acts

If you have never lived in a totalitarian state, you can barely begin to appreciate the freedoms ...

China Kenneth Champeon

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Recipe: Soybean Milk Soup

Serves 4 to 6 4 cups soybean milk 2 tablespoons chopped dried shrimp, soaked for 4 hours, then dr...

China Habeeb Salloum

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China's leaning towers face moment of truth

The firm of Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) won an international competition in 2002 to...

China AFP/Charles Whelan

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Philosopher as Prankster: Lao-tzu and the Tao Te Ching

* * * * * Review of Lao-tzu's Tao Te Ching , Everyman's Library, 1994. * * * * * Discerning reade...

China Kenneth Champeon

This was taken on the Dragon River, not far from Yangshuo.

Chinese Reflections

Start I've long been fascinated with reflections, both my own (very narcissistic, I admit) and th...

China Joshua Samuel Brown

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An Incurable Romantic

Several centuries ago Western natural philosophers made a remarkable discovery. It is called the ...

China Kenneth Champeon

Recipe: Ginger Sauce

Served with mutton soup and all types of Jiaozis. 3 tablespoons grated ginger 8 cloves garlic, cr...

China Habeeb Salloum

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