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Beijing School Trains China’s Future Ping-Pong Champions [1]

By Rebecca Davis

A student at the Beijing Ping Pong Training Base during afternoon practice.

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By Carol Schliesinger [2]
The Xian Nongtan Sports Training School attracts children from all corners of China to its campus outside Beijing.

Identity in 3-D [3]

By Katherine Fan [4]

One Big Christian Family [5]

By Suzanne Edwards [6]

Late one afternoon, our giant charter bus rolled into a quiet town two hours northeast of Xian to explore life outside the urban centers in China. What we found was, in my opinion, a level of hospitality unmatched thus far in our travels. After finishing a delicious dinner prepared by a group of local women, we took a slow stroll to the town’s only Christian church, escorted by the cunzhang, "village head."

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Photo by Rebecca Davis [8]

A student at the Beijing Ping Pong Training Base during afternoon practice.

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Photo by Rebecca Davis [8]

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Photo by Patrick Michels [12]

Tian Fei, a programmer in Beijing, says Chinese managers' focus on the bottom line is stifling homegrown innovation.

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Zhongguancun's giant electronics markets add to the neighborhood's high-tech atmosphere.

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Makepolo.com founder Morgan Su hopes to grow his product search site into a global hit.

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China's state-controlled newspapers are one key influence on local opinions on America and the world.

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In Search of a Chinese Silicon Valley [17]

By Patrick Michels

Makepolo.com founder Morgan Su hopes to grow his product search site into a global hit.

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By Patrick Michels [12]

If there is a Silicon Valley to be found in China, Zhongguancun—a Beijing neighborhood full of universities and electronics dealers—is it. But can it produce an innovation culture to compete with California?

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