March 11, 2010 | LATEST STORIES, PHOTOS & VIDEO:

Eli Sweet at a Guiyang Club

A fan shares video of his first paid show in China: a performance by Eli Sweet and a house dancer at a club in Guiyang, Guizhou province.

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Eli Sweet: An American rapper in Chengdu (II)

A short video of American transplant Eli Sweet and Chinese rapper Coffee, performing and hanging out.

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Eli Sweet: An American rapper in Chengdu (I)

The energetic rapper Eli Stone, originally from Atlanta, enthuses about his life in China: "One of the best things about living in China is there's always a possibility that you're gonna run into something today that you have never seen in your entire life. Today, I went to pick up my pants from the guy who had sewn them up, and he was sitting there on the street, and he had a bucket full of eels,...

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The Shenzhou 7 spaceship

CCTV 7 shows video of a remote facility where pre-launch tests demonstrate the safety of the Shenzhou 7 spaceship, which will carry the first three-person Chinese crew into space and afford the first opportunity for a spacewalk.

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China’s first spacewalk

CCTV 9 gives a brief preview of the planned spacewalk, China's first ever, with scenes of taikonauts practicing underwater. According to the anchor, "The spacewalk mission is crucial for China to establish a space laboratory or station."

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Cui Jian’s Revolution with Beer

"'Cui Jian has always been right,' say his fans. Businesswomen wearing pearl necklaces, just the same as taxi drivers with Buddha figurines and bare chests, plus umpteen more, surprisingly, could all be Cui Jian's children." As the greatest symbol of the "nothing" generation, Cui Jian still bottles a rebellious spirit for his fans, even if it sells next to cans and drafts these days.

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China’s tallest building

The 101-story Shanghai World Financial Center, China's tallest building, opened last weekend after 14 years of development. This video from Chinese television gives a walk-through.

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Were the Olympics worth it?

"To show the world China's charisma and economic and technological strength, to a certain extent, reversed the prejudice of the world's people toward China... Most Westerners' impressions of China are completely stuck in the early part of the last century: backwards, ignorant. It's like Zhang Yimou's movie 'Raise the Red Lantern.' "

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Lust, Caution, and the Body Double

"'Am I in big trouble this time?' Zou Kaiyun was bursting to ask a reporter yesterday afternoon. He claimed he didn't expect this situation to arouse the attention of so many people."

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The Dream Tour

"At ten in the morning I received a phone call from a sponsor of the Olympics who invited me to go see the Olympic opening ceremony. I hastened to ask my leader for permission, and after approval I began preparing."

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