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	Swingin' in Beijing 独臂老宋 Put on your dancing shoes and join these Beijingers as they groove to swing music in an old bar at Sanlitun.
	Imprisoned by/for Money? JEFF LEE Performance artist locks himself up in a wooden instrument for prisoners in the ancient times, and sticks 100-yuan notes all over his body.
	In Thailand, A Newspaper Finds Truth and Ravishes It BANGKOK DAN “If your boy is getting anally raped by his teacher, we’ll uncover the truth.”
	5 Things to Thank Spain For INDOLENT INDIO Bad as they were, our Spanish conquerors did not spend all day dreaming up ways to make us Filipinos miserable.
	Formal Familiarity on an Army Camp ANDREW PHALAN Good morning with a Foreign Officer serving in Afghanistan.
	Move Aside, Kaka, Here is Shaolin Soccer! Staff Writer Keep your eyes peeled – these young men in robes could be your next World Cup superstars, judging by their superhuman moves.
	She Rises from the Ashes YUEN CHUNG-KWONG Did you know? Usually regarded as female, the phoenix was also once used to denote outstanding men in China.
	The Most “Awesome” Customer Ever ROLAND SOONG This customer had two carloads of one yuan notes delivered to pay the 200,000 yuan bill. He wanted to cause us grief, because we would need to count the notes, one at a time.
	Strawberry Fields for Asia SIMONE ERASMUS. Additional research and recipe by RUQXANA VASANWALA Across the continent, the strawberry is getting some serious acreage.
	Forget Samurai Camp, Here’s Jazz Shaolin CLARISSA TAN After Samurai Camp, where fitness enthusiasts wave fake swords to techno music, which ancient martial art will we plunder for our gyms next?
	Stay Tuned, It’s Commercial Break in India. DAN-CHYI CHUA Advertisements and commercials can sometimes provide interesting insight into local customs and sensibilities. Here's a selection from incredible India.
	Only in Japan: Construction Worker Fashionistas QUIRKY JAPAN BLOG The men and women who put up Japan’s buildings have got a lot more fashionable recently, if these catalogs from a clothing company in Okayama Prefecture are any indication.