Friday, November 05, 2004

News

Cabbages Out for Beijing's Winter: How many dishes can be made from da baicai, or Chinese cabbage? Chinese cabbage in sour sauce. Cabbage soup. Cabbage and bean curd soup. Steamed cabbage. Cabbage with dried shrimp. Cabbage salad. Cabbage with mustard. Pickled cabbage. And on special days, dumplings of cabbage and minced pork.

Rehabilitating China's Killer Coal Mines: The State Administration of Work Safety reports that in the first nine months of 2004, 4,153 people died in mining accidents, a figure that the administration admits may be low because of cover-ups or inaccurate reporting.

Spiderman of the Orient: I started practicing climbing, and before long could scale with ease the walls enclosing our campus enclosure. After class I would look for places outside of school to go climbing. As time went on I made great progress, and reached the point where vertical walls no longer seemed slippery, and as easy to climb as walking on flat ground.


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