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...Yuan Yang 38....
...For years, China’s 7ft, 6-inch basketball superstar Yao Ming used his height to slam dunk over the heads of opponents....
...One rainy day in July this year, Mr Yang walked into a west London hotel to meet oil industry veteran Barry Jackson, who chairs the board of Nexen....
...This anthology includes excellent essays by Elif Batuman, Emily Witt and Wesley Yang....
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...And destroy the Bank of the United States Jackson did, vetoing the Senate’s renewal of its charter in 1832 and running for re-election as the champion of People v Monster....
...A recent episode of the TV talent contest American Idol was devoted exclusively to her songs – an honour previously accorded to the Beatles and Michael Jackson....
...America, Empire of Liberty: A New History By David Reynolds Allen Lane, £30 When America looks in the mirror it sees “liberty”, never “empire”, says Reynolds....
...“We are 70 per cent dependent on Gulf oil and we don’t even have strategic reserves,” complained ambassador V.K. Grover, a member of the National Security Advisory Board....
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