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Traces China's pursuit of global excellence in sports, from post-Cultural Revolution Olympic efforts to the arrival of Yao Ming in the US National Basketball Association. Attention is also given to Yao's impact on the post-Michael Jordan NBA.

Nobody patrols the Internet more vigorously than the Chinese government. Yet despite its vast army of censors and software filters -- or, rather, because of them -- the web is the most creative space for self-expression in China. Here, Larmer talks about the satirical animations of Wang Bo, a 41-year-old artist better known to his Internet fans as Pi San, that offer a glimpse into this seeming contradiction. Adapted from the source document.

The genocide and the economic pogrom of Gujarat, was not without a context. The popularity of the BJP led government had plummeted everywhere. Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Manipur, Punjab, two assembly segments in the BJP's stronghold, Gujarat, had all given saffron nationalism a drubbing in the state elections. The elections results were announced on February 26. On February 27, first Godhra, then the rest of Gujarat were ablaze