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    May 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  1. Pearl S. Buck to publish new novel ... 40 years after her death

    A new novel by Pearl S. Buck will be published in October, more than 40 years after her death. Buck, best known for her novel "The Good Earth," won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1938.
    A new novel by Pearl S. Buck will be published in October, more than 40 years after her death. Buck, best known for her novel "The Good Earth," won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1938. "The Eternal Wonder" was discovered in storage and will be...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Pulitzer Prize Awards, China, Awards and Prizes

  2. Apr 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  3. Bird flu outbreak is spreading fear in China

    BEIJING — On a subway car in Shanghai, commotion breaks out when someone spots a live chicken poking its head out of a bag tucked under one of the seats.
    BEIJING — On a subway car in Shanghai, commotion breaks out when someone spots a live chicken poking its head out of a bag tucked under one of the seats. On a highway in Zhejiang province, a motorist is so panicked by bird droppings landing on her...

    Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Restaurant and Catering Industry, International Organizations, Symptoms, Bird Flu

  4. Dec 6, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  5. China, Middle East: New Fairmonts planned in the next two years

    Look to China&nbsp;and the Middle East for new Fairmont&nbsp;hotel projects; both&nbsp;are in the forefront of a development boom launched by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.fairmont.com/" target="_blank">Fairmont Hotels &amp; Resorts</a>, which&nbsp;plans to develop more than 20 new properties&nbsp;in the next few&nbsp;years in several new destinations.&nbsp;It plans to&nbsp;be represented in 22 countries by 2014.
    Look to China and the Middle East for new Fairmont hotel projects; both are in the forefront of a development boom launched by Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, which plans to develop more than 20 new properties in the next few years in several new destinations....

    Tags: UNESCO, Culture, Personal Service, China, Cultural Development

  6. Jan 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  7. Revisionism Tokyo-style

    This month 75 years ago, the people of Nanking, China's ancient capital city, were in the midst of one of the worst atrocities in history, the infamous Rape of Nanking. The truth of what actually happened is at the center of a bitter dispute between China and Japan that continues to play out in present-day relations. Many Chinese see Japan's election last month of ultraconservative nationalist Shinzo Abe as prime minister as just the latest in a string of insults. And it was recently reported that Japan is considering rolling back its 1993 apology regarding "comfort women," the thousands of women the Japanese army sexually enslaved during World War II.
    This month 75 years ago, the people of Nanking, China's ancient capital city, were in the midst of one of the worst atrocities in history, the infamous Rape of Nanking. The truth of what actually happened is at the center of a bitter dispute between China...

    Tags: Slavery, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, World War II (1939-1945), Shinzo Abe, Government

  8. Dec 13, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
  9. Pictures in the News | Dec. 13, 2012

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    In Thursday's Pictures in the News: a scuffle breaks out during the second session of the newly elected Ukrainian parliament in Kiev; Sikh Scots Guards soldier Jatenderpal Singh Bhullar becomes the first guardsman to parade outside Buckingham Palace...
  10. Dec 13, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  11. Japan scrambles jets in dispute with China over islands

    BEIJING -- Japan scrambled F-15 fighter jets Thursday in response to a Chinese surveillance plane that flew over contested islands in the East China Sea, ratcheting up a dispute that is becoming increasingly worrisome to the international community.
    BEIJING -- Japan scrambled F-15 fighter jets Thursday in response to a Chinese surveillance plane that flew over contested islands in the East China Sea, ratcheting up a dispute that is becoming increasingly worrisome to the international community....

    Tags: Communist Party of China, China, Shinzo Abe, Xi Jinping, Japan

  12. Nov 28, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  13. Kuang-hsun Ting dies at 97; bishop led Protestant church in China

    Bishop Kuang-hsun Ting, who was one of the most influential Christian figures in China as the longtime leader of the country's government-sanctioned Protestant church, has died. He was 97.
    Bishop Kuang-hsun Ting, who was one of the most influential Christian figures in China as the longtime leader of the country's government-sanctioned Protestant church, has died. He was 97. Ting died Nov. 22 at his home in Nanjing, according to...

    Tags: Loyola University Chicago, Columbia University, Seminaries, Parties and Movements, St. John's University

  14. Jan 15, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  15. China: A domestic wine industry starts to take root

    A few months before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, I read a blog post by an Atlantic Monthly correspondent about Chinese wine.
    A few months before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, I read a blog post by an Atlantic Monthly correspondent about Chinese wine. Chinese what? I grew up outside New York City, where I ate hundreds of pounds of lo mein and pork-fried rice but didn't see, taste...

    Tags: France, Restaurants, England, French Literature, Wines

  16. Dec 11, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  17. 'Flowers of War' goes truly global

    In a globalized age, Chinese and American pop culture mix in unexpected ways. Taiwanese singers borrow from hip-hop and R&amp;B. Locked-out NBA players join mainland basketball teams. And Batman &mdash; or, at least, the man who plays him &mdash; is called upon to complete an unlikely mission: save scores of Nanjing women from brutal Japanese soldiers.
    In a globalized age, Chinese and American pop culture mix in unexpected ways. Taiwanese singers borrow from hip-hop and R&B. Locked-out NBA players join mainland basketball teams. And Batman — or, at least, the man who plays him — is called...

    Tags: Movies, Film Festivals, The Dark Knight Rises (movie), World War II (1939-1945), Saving Private Ryan (movie)

  18. Dec 12, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
  19. 'Flowers of War,' starring Christian Bale, premieres in Beijing

    24 Frames
    Director Zhang Yimou’s epic new film "The Flowers of War" doesn't open in the United States until Dec. 23, but the movie, starring Christian Bale and set amid the 1930s Japanese occupation of the Chinese city of Nanjing, premiered Sunday in the...
  20. Dec 24, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
  21. 'Flowers of War's' Zhang Yimou: Censorship limits Chinese films

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    "The Flowers of War": Director Zhang Yimou said that he while he expected total artistic freedom during the making of the movie "The Flowers of War," starring Christian Bale, he also felt Chinese censorship limits filmmakers' options....
  22. Dec 26, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
  23. 'Flowers of War's' Zhang Yimou on China's future — and Tom Hanks

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    "The Flowers of War" director Zhang Yimou says China's rapidly growing film market will bring more foreign films into the country and, he hopes, more actors from the United States. Could Tom Hanks be one of them?...
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