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1. Zhang Qian: Pioneer of the Silk Road
ABOUT 2,100 years ago, during China's Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 24), an official named Zhang Qian was ordered by the imperial court to lead a team of 100 people on a diplomatic mission to
Author: STAFF REPORTER CHAI DI Year 1990 Issue 1 PDF HTML
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2. Zhang Heng Astronomer and Inventor
AT THE HEIGHT of the Eastern Han dynasty (A.D. 25-220), a large, water-powered celestial globe was made in Luoyang, the Han capital. Some years later in the same city, what was probably the world's
Author: STAFF REPORTER CHAI RUIKANG Year 1989 Issue 1 PDF HTML
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3. The East Asian Games and China's Hope for 2,000
With the success of the East Asian Games, a more open China is confident that the 2,000 Olympics will be even better.THE ORGANIZATION and spectacular opening ceremony of the 1993 East Asian Games
Author: staff reporter CHAI RUIKANG Year 1993 Issue 8 PDF HTML
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4. Zhang Zhongjing
AMONG CHINA'S many ancient medical works, the Treatise on Febrile Diseases Caused by Cold and Miscellaneous Diseases by Zhang Zhongjing (150-219) is one of the best known. After systematically
Author: STAFF REPORTER CHAI RUIKANG Year 1989 Issue 3 PDF HTML
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5. Hydraulic Engineer Li Bing
THE DUJIANG DAM in central Sichuan province is an ambitious waterworks project constructed more than 2,000 years ago. Even today, it is still an effective aid in flood control, irrigation and
Author: STAFF REPORTER CHAI RUIKANG Year 1989 Issue 5 PDF HTML
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6. Mathematician Zu Chongzhi
DURING the Northern and Southern dynasties period (420-581), wars raged across China; the country was in turmoil and cultural life had all but stagnated. The era nevertheless produced a man who was
Author: STAFF REPORTER CHAI RUIKANG Year 1989 Issue 7 PDF HTML
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7. Textile Innovator Huang Daopo
IN ANCIENT China, hemp and silk were the two main fabrics used for making garments. Archaeological finds show that the Chinese mastered silk spinning technology in the Shang dynasty, more than 3,000
Author: STAFF REPORTER CHAI RUIKANG Year 1989 Issue 11 PDF HTML
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8. Landscape Master Li Keran
ON DECEMBER 5, 1989, Li Keran, a master of Chinese paintings, died in Beijing at the age of 82. In his lifetime, Li was a professor of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, vice-chairman of the Chinese
Author: STAFF REPORTER CHAI RUIKANG Year 1990 Issue 3 PDF HTML
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9. Woman Gymnast Fan Di
SINCE THE unexpectedly poor showing of both the Chinese men's and women's gymnastic teams at the Seoul Olympics in 1988, a number of new gymnasts have come to the fore, offering better hopes for the
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10. Rowing for the Gold
ALTHOUGH young compared to European rowing teams, the Chinese team has done well in recent international competitions. At the last two Asian Games it beat strong teams to win gold medals in most
Author: STAFF REPORTER CHAI RUIKANG Year 1990 Issue 9 PDF HTML