Govortsova advances at Guangzhou Open

Sixth-seeded Olga Govortsova of Belarus beat Han Xinyun of China 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 Monday to reach the second round of the Guangzhou Open.

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Ethnic tensions taboo in China: highlights the Uighurs and the discrimination they face.

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As of next month, each Guangzhou household will be allowed just one pooch. And because the government regulation won't be grandfathered in, people who currently have multiple dogs will have to decide which one stays — and which will go.

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GUANGZHOU: Mrs. Chen can't imagine abandoning one of her two best friends: her scruffy terrier mutt and a white fluffy Pekingese mix with buggy eyes.

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This is a video of the May 21, 2009 incident where a man pushed a would-be suicide jumper off a bridge.

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A man "who threatened to kill himself" by jumping off a bridge was "pushed off" the bridge by a person upset that the "would-be jumper had held up traffic."

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"Today, Guangzhou has 71 miles of subway lines, most of them opened in the last three years, and yet large areas of the ever-expanding city are still distant from the nearest subway stop."

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In addition to being sold at local bazaars, the recycled condoms have been found at local beauty salons in the prosperous Pearl River Delta city, according to Guangzhou-based New Express Daily.

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Bicycles were first brought to China by foreigners in the 1860's. Because these bicycles had to be imported, they were very expensive and their use was confined to the foreign and the wealthy, who generally lived in foreign settlements, for about thirty years.

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This is the debut video from Boston's groundbreaking Dance-Rock duo, Beastwith2Backs!Directed by award-winning filmmaker Chris Ohlson (www.chrisohlson.com). Visit the band at www.myspace.com/beastwith2backs or at www.beastwith2backs.

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Thank heaven

CONFUCIUS considered that heaven had a will and could be prayed to. I tested this theory at the college this past week and, sure enough, the Chinese people I tried to choke from behind exclaimed, "Wo de tian!" – My heaven!

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The Hong Kong-based China correspondent of the Singapore-based Straits Times newspaper, Ching Cheong faces a possible death sentence on a charge of spying although the Chinese authorities have produced no evidence against him.

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