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CHIEF EDITOR: JACK WANG • NEWS EDITOR: SU DERUI • DESIGNER: TIAN HU
CHIEF EDITOR: LI XIAOBING • NEWS EDITOR: DERRICK SOBADASH • DESIGNER: ZHAO YAN
August 15, 2014 No. 687 PUBLISHED BI-WEEKLY CN11-0120 ¥3.00 (METRO & COMMERCE)
Red Cross wrecker behind bars Whether she goes down in history as a gambling kingpin or China’s most shameless professional mistress, it will take more than Guo Meimei’s confession to repair the Red Cross Society. In a tearful clip aired on CCTV, Guo admitted to fabricating the story of her employment with the Red Cross’ non-existent “Chamber of Commerce.” But Guo’s lie was the catalyst that prompted further investigations of China’s biggest charity: investigations that revealed Guo Meimei may be the least of the Red Cross’ problems.
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Crackdown spells the end for qunzufang
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Monk’s master works of Zen on display
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Writer finds little to praise in Chinese men
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