Breakthrough role propels Donnie Yen from shadow of action co-stars Jackie Chan, Jet Li

Yen emerges from shadow of action stars Chan, Li

Breakthrough role propels Donnie Yen from shadow of Jackie Chan, Jet Li

Yen emerges from shadow of Chan, Li

HONG KONG — For years, Donnie Yen worked in the shadow of Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Having fought both on-screen, the 47-year-old actor was considered a worthy opponent but not necessarily a leading man in his own right.

Big change in little Chinatown: Cuba’s Chinese enjoy small but unprecedented freedoms

In Havana’s Chinatown, rare droplets of freedom

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials in Newspapers in the US and Abroad

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For China’s young ‘ant tribe’ generation, home is a shared bed far from home

China’s young college grads toil in ‘ant tribes’

China sentences man to death for knife rampage at school in April

China sentences man to death for school attack

China’s high school grads compete for elite schools in an increasingly competitive job market

Chinese teens compete for entry to elite schools

Security high as college entrance exams begin across China in wake of deadly school attacks

Security high for China’s college entrance exams

Exiles, Hong Kongers, Taiwanese president break silence on 21st Tiananmen anniversary

Exiles, Hong Kongers break silence on Tiananmen

China bans schools for charging for security to protect students, following violent attacks

Chinese schools banned from charging security fees

Town shuts Internet cafes to help teens focus for college entrance exams in China

Internet cafes close ahead of exams in China

China’s latest school knife attack wounds 9 vocational students

New China knife attack wounds 9 students

BEIJING — Men with knives burst into a Chinese college dormitory and slashed nine students in the latest violence in a country shaken by a recent string of rampages at schools.

State media say 13 vocational students wounded in latest China knife attack

Report says 13 hurt in latest China knife attack

State media say 9 vocational students wounded in latest China knife attack

Report says 9 hurt in latest China knife attack

Neighbors thought China school attacker who slashed and killed 9 was a good, quiet man

Neighbors thought China attacker was a good man

7 children, 2 adults hacked to death at kindergarten; assailant commits suicide

7 children killed at China school in latest attack

Police detain 2 in separate threats on children following attacks at schools

Police detain 2 in separate threats on children

Extra police stand guard as Chinese schools reopen on first day after attacks on children

China schools reopen with guards after attacks

In effort to assert control, China orders tighter school security after attacks on children

China orders tighter school security after attacks

Chinese city urges citizens to ‘trust the government’ following protest over school attack

Chinese city goes on defense after school attack

China city urges citizens to ‘trust the government’ following protest over school attack

China city goes on defense after school attack

China orders tighter school security after 3rd attack on students in 3 days

China tightens school security after 3rd attack

Recent violent attacks at schools in China

Recent violent attacks at schools in China

5 preschool children hurt in hammer attack, 3rd assault on a Chinese school in 3 days

5 preschoolers hit with hammer in new China attack

Chinese reports say 5 preschool children hurt in new attack at kindergarten in eastern China

Chinese reports say 5 children hurt in new attack

Chinese media report: 5 preschool children hurt in new attack at kindergarten in east China

Chinese media: 5 kids hurt in new school attack

Man stabs 29 children, 3 adults at kindergarten in China in 2nd attack this week

Man stabs 29 children at kindergarten in China

Man stabs 28 children, 3 adults at kindergarten in China in 2nd attack this week

Man stabs 28 children at kindergarten in China

Chinese state news agency says man wounds 18 students, 1 teacher in knife attack in south

China: Man stabs 18 students, 1 teacher in south

Chinese government classroom grant divides S. Calif. community suspicious of motivation

Chinese gov’t school grant divides SoCal community

Summary Box: AP test of Google searches shows sophistication of China’s ‘Great Firewall’

Summary Box: AP test offers peek at China filters

AP test of Google searches in Beijing, Hong Kong shows sophistication of ‘Great Firewall’

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China premier pledges more attention to jobs, living standards to ensure country’s stability

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China tells schools to cut ties with relief agency Oxfam, says it has hidden political agenda

China tells schools to shun relief agency Oxfam

China rejects report schools linked to hacking, criticizes suggestions government involved

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China orders schools to shun British relief agency Oxfam over alleged political agenda

China tells schools to shun British agency Oxfam

University, vocational school in China deny allegations they were behind Google hacking

Schools in China say they weren’t behind hacking

Report: Internet attack against Google originated from computers at 2 schools in China

Report: Hackers attacked Google from China schools

First-time novelist Janice Y.K. Lee a big hit in paperback, with ‘The Piano Teacher’

First-time novelist Lee a paperback hit

NEW YORK — Novelist Janice Y.K. Lee is flying in a better class.

New Oriental Education’s profit drops 64 percent as company expands rapidly in China

New Oriental profit falls with expansion

BEIJING — Shares of New Oriental Education and Technology Group Inc. jumped more than 10 percent Tuesday after the Chinese education and test preparation company announced plans to expand this year.

Taiwanese colleges ready to admit Chinese students this year for the first time

Taiwanese colleges to admit Chinese students