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Jackson's life > Shakespear's Tragedy. Rise so high and dip so low. What make it worse is that his behavior might not be criminal. An...
Purely Muscially? I would say Prince. The total package? Michael by a mile. He had the "it" factor (seamless integration of dance and music,...
Jackson's dancing enhanced his popularity tremendously in non-English speaking countries. Many people had no idea what Jackson was singing but...
Ronaldo did not acheive enough and may fade away quickly after his retirement. Lebron is world-famous, but still has a long way to go to reach...
To be a global entertainment icon, one has to be immensely popular around the WORLD, and has tremendous achievement and lasting legacy. Guys...
Presley's and Beatles' influence were mostly in US and UK. MJ and Madonna reached the top of worldwide popularity. But it is not a fair game....
8 people died from the contamination, including 4 children http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,484933,00.html Officials at the food plant...
It is the so-called "national pride". Many countries value Olympic or Soccer world cup success highly and have special programs to boost that....
Zilin Zhang, a fashion model and Miss World winner (2007).
1 million RMB is only from the State Sports Administration. Rich private foundations will give much more than that. I remember each Athens gold...
Tianya.cn is a popular site. Its politics forum does critisize the government a lot and posters have learned all kinds of tricks to circumvent...
In China the choice resides in the parents, but sports academy scouts are usually very good at convincing the parents to release their kids for...
Unfortunately these kids of poor farmers did not have a lot of choices to get out of rural poverty. In fact, many parents are thrilled that...
China had the harshest punishment for doping. Two top swimmers and their coaches were banned for their lifetime right before the Olympics, which...
Here is the joke I heard: there swimmers wish China have similiar pharmaceutical technology as the US so that they could dope like Jones without...
You don't need state sponsorship to achieve all these things in China. Just need some individuals with good connections and money.
It is actually nicer to be a gold medalist in countries like Bahamas. You become an instant national hero. For example, Bahamas' president ordered...
China deserved the gold. But it should be awarded to the other girl who got the bronze.
Olympics is a freak show. :)
The Romanian's girl routine was beautiful to watch. By the way, I never understand why Nastia already got such high scores.
