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China Hosts Most Expensive Universiade Ever

AT A REPORTED cost of 300 billion yuan (US$47 billion), the Summer Universiade that just concluded in southern China has now become the most expensive Universiade ever.

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Another Olympics in China? No Thanks, Chinese Say

TALK OF CHINA hosting another Summer Olympics—this time in Shanghai—has sparked sharp rebuke from the Chinese public, who prefer keeping up with their everyday lives over endorsing the Chinese regime's ostentatious displays of grandeur. (Photo: Fireworks light up the sky … Continue reading

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Ex-World Champion Gymnast Begs at Beijing Subway Stations

UPDATE (July 28, 2011): As the story of former gymnast Zhang Shangwu went viral among Chinese netizens, Chinese billionaire-turned-philanthropist Chen Guangbiao offered Zhang a job at his company as a fitness instructor, with a salary of 10,000 yuan ($1,550) a … Continue reading

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Swimmers to Miss Good Food and Social Media in China

MICHAEL PHELPS SENT out his last tweets on Tuesday evening as he boarded the plane to Shanghai for the 14th FINA World Aquatics Championships. Like some of the other 2,220 professional swimmers from 181 countries who are heading to the … Continue reading

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Chinese Netizens: Yao’s the Reason We Watch Basketball

WHILE CHINESE BASKETBALL fans might have seen this coming—the end of the road for Yao Ming—they weren't ready for it just yet. Chinese fans had high expectations for the 7-foot-6 star, hoping that he would at least take home an … Continue reading

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