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Yi Jianlian hopes to experience the same kinds of success to the NBA that fellow country man Yao Ming has enjoyed.

While on her deathbed the Empress Dowager Cixi chose the infant boy Pu Yi to be China's next emperor. In December 1908 he ascended the throne.

What was Yi Jianlian's response to being drafted sixth overall by the Milwaukee Bucks? An ungrateful "get me out of here."

Yao Ming has developed into a great NBA player, but many experts, including Yao, say that Yi JianLian is China's best basketball player.

Longjing of Dragon Well tea from the West Lake region of Hangzhou, China, is one of the highest quality green teas prized for drinking and cooking.

Chinese secret societies have a long history of resisting injustice and oppression. They followed the same pattern in Siam before being ruthlessly suppressed.

Chinese food is one of the world's top cuisines. Beijing chef Zhou Chun Yi teaches students how to make popular dishes in her home-based cooking school, Hutong Cuisine.

The faux documentary Paper Heart reminds audiences that awkward adolescent are adorable, tackling the boy-meets-girl tale with originality and heart.

The NBA is trying to expand its market through stars like Yao Ming, Emmanuel Ginobili and Tony Parker, but the commissioner has to regain the U.S. fanbase first

The Milwaukee Bucks have been disappointing the last couple seasons and hope to improve next season.

When monarchies are overthrown, living gods are deemed mortal & royal influence becomes obsolete there is always someone for history to call the last, the end of the line

2007 Milwaukee Bucks NBA Season Preview

Ching Shih, who went by several different variations of this same name, was arguably the most successful pirate of all time. She made a profitable living outside the law.

Find out how the Eastern Conference teams fared in the 2007 NBA Draft.

The Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre should be commended for its 10th Anniversary production, and for producing Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song.

The NBA draft is still a long way off, but ranking NBA players is a job that's never done, so here is Suite101's first pre-NBA draft analysis of future NBA players.

The 2007 NBA draft is will feature numerous young stars. Here are Suite101's updated NBA draft player rankings.

Beijing, the capital of China, houses palaces and retreats where royal emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasty lived.

With some predictable moves and some bizarre moves, the 2007 NBA Draft was nothing short of captivating.

This article discusses the role religion plays in our lives. The article contrasts benefits and drawbacks and attempts to summarize competing findings in the literature.

This parallel of Sergio Leone's masterpiece 'The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly' is much more than a whacky re-make.

Look for these new comedies from Lionsgate and Overture Films in theaters this fall.

Get romantic this holiday season with four great movies about love.

An early preview of the 2007 NBA Draft and a guide to understand how to assess which players will end up with which teams.

From the Portland Trail Blazers and Seattle Supersonics to the San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks. Find out what NBA teams will be looking for in the 2007 NBA Draft.

Heavy or light oriental features can give a mysterious yet vitalizing air to your winter home.

Northern Georgia offers some wonderful hiking opportunities through some of the most gorgeous areas in the southeast.

Quick-reference index of links to NBA players, NBA teams, NBA news, NBA trade rumors, NCAA Tournament news and much, much more.

Many have climbed and many have perished on the world's largest peak. Those who endeavor to stand on the top of the world need more than ordinary endurance for survival.

Undeserving NBA players often slip into the All Star game over players who might be more deserving.

On the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, the Chinese celebrate the Moon Festival.

There are Greg Oden and Kevin Durant in the 2007 NBA Draft, and then there are all the consolation prizes. Here are other names that may be called early on Draft night.

A new mind-body technique adapted from Chinese Medicine improves attention and reduces stress in just five days.

Singaporean children stay up an average of one hour and fifteen minutes later than children living in the West, with no compensation of time in the morning.

Churchill appeared to be the man for his times, destined for leadership, but he was a product of his times, with a romantic Victorian notion of war as a great adventure.

Manager Chih-Hsien Yeh returns as boss of the Chinese Taipei team, which is expected to be limited by a number of omissions of their best stars.

In order to attract money, wealth, and prosperity, Feng Shui lucky charms and figurines of Feng Shui wealth gods should be used to activate the wealth area of the house.

Tracing Chinese ancestors can be difficult. Here are tips for starting a Chinese ancestry search, especially understanding Chinese names.

The idea of generation of electricity from batteries powered by viruses might seem a little bit far-fetched, akin to what people read in science fiction.

The ancient Chinese used the planet Jupiter to mark the passage of time, "year". The commonly used name for Jupiter is thus "year star" in the Chinese language.

Before kanji or katakana, the first writing that both Japanese and non-native speakers of Japanese should learn is hiragana. Romaji is provided as a pronunciation guide.

Ji Hyun Jun is Hye Young, a female artist in an unusual love triangle set in Amsterdam. Stars heartthrobs Sung Jae Lee & Woo Sung Jung of Good, the Bad, the Weird fame.

Although English and Chinese use Arabic numerals, they record them in almost identical fashion, however, Chinese culture ascribes properties to some of the numbers.

Together with the Earthly Branches, the Heavenly Stems are the Chinese traditional way of recording time and, accordingly, the chronological sequence of events.

In both Japanese and Chinese cultures, an apology is to affect personal self-examination. When adopted by the political sector however, saying "sorry" means taking blame.

From the Chicago Bulls to the Cleveland Cavaliers, NBA teams in the Central Division have a few months to get things in order for the 2007-2008 NBA season.

It's still too early to tell, but there seems to be new contenders in the NBA for the 2007-2008 season.

The recent rise in China's trade surplus with Europe is raising concerns and possibilities that Europe may soon join US in pressurizing China to stop undervaluing Reminbi

The Forbidden City was once home to China's imperial family and the seat of government. Today it is one of the most visited tourist attractions in the Middle Kingdom.

Traditional solar cell technology is experiencing a never seen before exploit in recent years thanks to innovative nanotechnological research.