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...Cloud Gate’s trademark “blended training” — everything from tai chi to hip-hop — produces dancers of remarkable strength and versatility but Cheng does not make full use of their gifts....
...‘Eight-treasure’ fried rice Sheng dan jie ba bao chao fan 圣诞节八宝炒饭 A classic Chinese way to use up odds and ends is to make fried rice....
...The sector’s “high-growth period is over”, said Sheng Laiyun, head of the National Bureau of Statistics....
...At times, a solo bamboo flute floats above a rhythmic sea of percussion; at other times, chanting is underscored in reedy tones of a sheng....
...Mr Chi can take some comfort from the fact that he manufactures for the domestic market only....
...Helgi Tomasson of San Francisco Ballet has used Sheng’s music for Chi Lin, a work that will be danced by his company again next spring....
...“This election is almost certain to become a vote on cross-strait relations,” said Emile Sheng, a political scientist at Soochow University in Taipei....
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