Friday, 15 October 2010

PEOPLE

DAN-CHYI CHUA
我回家了。That was how she felt when she first arrived in Israel, that she had finally come home, after 19 years, as one of the pioneering Chinese Jews to have returned.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
Jin Jin, or Yecholiya Jin, is a Kaifeng Jew who moved to Israel five years ago.
RAN YUNFEI
Leading Chinese blogger Ran Yunfei expresses his excitement following news that Liu Xiaobo has won the Nobel Peace Prize.
C. CUSTER
Liu Xiaobo has been awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize and Chinese Twitter users are in a pretty celebratory mood.
ANNIE LEE
Abandoned by his parents, 10-year-old Zhu Honglei turns to selling fruit to support his ailing grandfather. And he still misses his parents.
ELIPHA PRADHANANGA and JEENA GURUNG
Usha Gurung demonstrates that you don’t have to go to college to have a good idea.
MAIBAO (MAIV NPAUJ)
A Hmong-American mother keeps her peoples’ story and traditions alive for future generations.
VIVIENNE KHOO
Provocative economist Lord Meghnad Desai warns against taking Asia’s re-emergence for granted.
INDIAN HOMEMAKER
In the hospital with her dengue-stricken daughter, a woman writes about, among other things, hope.
STEVEN N.S. CHEUNG (Translated by Staff Writer)
Now 74, Steven N.S. Cheung, one of today’s most influential economists, reflects on the trials and tribulations of calligraphy -- and finds himself at his creative best.
RAJIV SRINIVASAN
Serving in the US Army, Rajiv Srinivasan captures a Taliban and learns compassion for his enemy.
JESSICA JIANG
Lauded in both the East and the West, the influential painter was also a generous man who donated his best works to museums instead of selling them.