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• Chinese University Students React to President Obama's Chi...

  
  
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  It is famously a sensitive tightrope that Obama is walking in his tour of Asia, particularly in his present visit to three Chinese cities - Shanghai, Beijing, and Hong Kong - although it often seems that he's walking a tightrope with China's leading officials more than he is with the Chinese people.

• Lost in Translation - What Jackie Chan REALLY Said

  
  
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  Who could forget Jackie Chan in Rush Hour asking Chris Tucker - "Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?" Now, more than a decade later, it seems we're still having a hard time figuring the guy out. After two years of teaching English in China and learning Chinese, I have learned a great deal about the things that just

• Students in China Speak Out on Jackie Chan's Freedom Remarks

  
  
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  “I think what Jackie Chan said is right. We Chinese have been controlled for a long time...We need our government to lead us.” -Fan Di, 19, China

  For those of you who don’t know, for two years I have been teaching at the Luoyang University of Science and Technology in the central-eastern province of Henan. The recent outrage among Chinese Americans about Miley Cyrus’ “slant-eyed” picture scandal went wholly unnoticed here...

• French Swim Team Talks Smack on America... Then LOSES!

  
  
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  You have to see these videos! USA's Men's Olympic swimming team demolishes the previous World Record in the 4x100 Relay by 4 seconds, shocking the world and definitely shocking the smack talking Frenchies! (Note: If the videos don't work, refresh repeatedly. YouTube has done something funky that causes, "We're Sorry. This video is no longer available," to pop up.

• The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

  
  
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  The second Mummy sequel isn't going to win any Academy Awards in the writing department, that much becomes almost immediately clear. It's been years since I've seen either of the other preceding films, although that doesn't matter so much.