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More about Karen (Republican-American)
The Karens are generally believed to be one of the Mongolian tribes that traversed the central Asian plains, some moving farther east into the vast lands of China, others turned south into South Western China and Burma and further down south into Northern Thailand.
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Olympics do more than focus on sports (Central Michigan Life)
The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing has left an impact on its citizens and infrastructure, local experts say. Beijing housed 17 million tourists for August as host of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Randall Doyle, assistant history professor, said China spent on the games a record $40.
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Chinese cuisine: Beyond noodles and woks (MSNBC)
NBC News World Blog aims to provide a dynamic look at world events and trends -- both big and small -- from NBC News correspondents, producers, and bureaus around the world. Online entries -- from text to video -- will explore news events and how they are shaping our world.
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Transportation today would stun Tang poet (China Daily)
Sichuan province without question impresses with its spicy food and beautiful girls. But its topography is equally remarkable. A poem by Li Bai, a noted writer in the Tang Dynasty (618-907), is a masterpiece describing the region's treacherous roads and geography.
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Best of Beijing (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Athlete of the day In men's beach volleyball, where semifinals are scheduled to be shown live Tuesday on NBC during the 8 p.m.-midnight telecast, watch Phil Dalhausser, a 6-9 American with long arms and an intimidating nickname: The Beijing Beast. Before he arrived in China, he was the "thin beast," but geography and great performances have changed everything. Dalhauser and teammate ...
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Super Dan leads China to badminton glory (The Manila Times)
BEIJING: Bad boy Lin Dan led China to a gold bonanza in badminton, as the hosts won three out of the five titles up for grabs, equaling their tally in Athens four years ago.
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Arts Agenda (DCist)
Artist J.J. McCracken will engage in a series of performances at Project 4 over the next week. Living Sculpture incorporates figures, spheres, and lots of clay in a way that ponders expectations and movement in life. See one of two performances tonight, 7 p.m. or 8:15 p.m., or next Friday, August 29, at 7:30 p.m. A new video work opens in Hirshhorn's Black Box next Monday. British ...
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Three criteria to make Asia-west exchanges more meaningful (The New Straits Times)
The Raja Muda of Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah, today underlined three important aspects to make the Asia-West exchanges more meaningful and enriching. “The first is openness. It has been said that there is a reason why God Almighty gave us two ears and only one mouth.
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Kelly's Cuts (The Herald-Mail)
"The Georgia that is in the news these days is not - I repeat - is not our state of Georgia in the U.S. The Georgia in the news is a small, independent country that shares one of its borders with the country of Russia." - Boonsboro Oh. That's very different. Never mind ...
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THREE CRITERIA TO MAKE ASIA-WEST EXCHANGES MORE MEANINGFUL (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
PETALING JAYA, Aug 21 (Bernama) -- The Raja Muda of Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah, today underlined three important aspects to make the Asia-West exchanges more meaningful and enriching.
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