Subject: Nanjing

• Letters

  September 14, 1995

• The Sister Cities Of Houston: A Critical Appraisal, Part 1

  With the recent addition of Karachi, Pakistan, Houston now is a sister to 18 other cities around the world. Hair Balls is on the case - we studied all of them so you wouldn't have to. In the interest of brevity, though, we are parceling out our findings over the next couple of days. Here are the first nine:Sister: Grampian Region, ScotlandHow we are sisterly: The oil capital of the UK. Plenty of golf courses.How we are not: It's a region, not a city, and you can play golf on all those courses

  March 12, 2009

• The Gong Show

  Chinese officials say Falun Gong is a cult and forbid it. Jason Wang is one of the true believers who won't abandon his faith, even if it means deportation or death.

  July 11, 2002

• The Children of Huang Shi Is an Epic Bore

  This film is just another sweeping, extraordinary journey to redemption

  June 5, 2008

• Peking Order

  Golden Duck may look a little too much like the Mexican restaurant it once was, but what a deal on duck

  August 29, 2002

• Past Lives IN "Ethnography, Photojournalism and Propaganda: 1934-1975"

  A FotoFest exhibition displays a palpable sense of history "Western China,1934–1939""The Northern Front, The Anti-Japanese War, 1937–1946""The Cultural Revolution, 1965–1975"

  March 27, 2008

• Spank This

  I answer a call for help and get pulled into a cesspool of doo-doo

  November 23, 2006