In a Chinese orphanage

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The thousands of documented cases of child abuse in chinese orphanages are products of China's one-child-per-family policy and the high economic value placed on males by Chinese culture. The reported abuses found in China's orphanages are not unique, similar situations have existed in the US.

Analysis, Child abuse, Civil rights, Child abuse reporting, Abandoned children, Orphanages

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Bridge between cultures: Chinese bridge players are ready to take on the world

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Bridge has been growing in populararity in China since 1977, and Chinese players have reached world-class status in the 1990s. There is a natural affinity between the game and Chinese culture, and some observers believe China may come to dominate international bridge competition.

Popular culture, Bridge (Game), Contract bridge

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"Ulysses" in Chinese: the story of an elderly pair of translators and their unusual best seller

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Chinese scholars Xiao Qian and Wen Jieruo have completed a translation of James Joyce's 'Ulysses' that has become a surprise best-seller in China. The translators faced many challenges in working on the book and used 5,991 footnotes to explain the novel's idiosyncracies.

Translations and translating, Joyce, James, Ulysses (Novel)

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