But for years he was accused of being one of the State Department China hands who had "lost China" to the Communists.

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She is afraid of what will be lost when those who have lived through China's modern history inevitably grow old and die.

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"I'm very excited because Ronnie was my idol when I first started playing snooker at the age of 10, " said Liu, who lost 5-1 to O'Sullivan at last season's China Open.

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France, who recently switched to a 4-3-3 formation, lost to China in their final warm-up game and were too ponderous in possession against La Celeste, with a lack of understanding undermining their efforts.

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But their respective policy differences over two small islands off the coast of China were lost in the stark contrast between a Nixon who looked so pale and unwell that his mother phoned him up afterwards to ask if he was OK, and a tanned, relaxed Kennedy.

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Businessman Mr Watkin, who is based in Newcastle and has interests in China and Australia, had already lost a previous bid to privately prosecute Mr Ahmad and his co-accused Mr Ahsan.

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Yu Chia-yi and her two siblings lost their mother, who was travelling with neighbours on a group tour bound for northern China.

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There are many who think that strengthening the value of China's currency won't mean American jobs lost to China in the past decade return to US shores - the jobs will simply go to the next low-cost country like Vietnam or India.

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