Privilege and plenty for China’s elite ministers and generals
A detailed portrait of elite life in China shows party and army cadres enjoy vast perks from luxurious housing and private cars to tax free salaries and exclusive shops. The army wields outsized privilege with plush estates, chefs, and special vacational villas, while ordinary cadres face scarce living space and modest amenities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yenan
Donganmen St
China
Forbidden City
Inner Mongolia
East Changan Ave
Peking Cinema
Chiang Kai-shek
KGB
Henry Kissinger
Rockefellers
du Ponts
Great Hall of the People
Mao
United States
Politburo
State Statistical Bureau
Army
Wild Pigs Hamper NASA at Kennedy Space Center
At Kennedy Space Center in Florida about 5000 wild pigs roams across 220 square miles, weighing up to 250 pounds, causing 11 highway accidents last year. Officials check runways for pigs and alligators before landings, and a hired trapper made little headway. shooting is forbidden due to safety concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titusville, Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kennedy Space Center
Historic excavations in Israel reveal synagogues and fortifications
archaeologists uncover a possible first century synagogue at Capernaum under a later structure near Lake Galilee and findings at King David's city, Lachish and Caesarea. The work spans underwater harbor surveys and Crusader fortresses as scholars probe 10th to 1st centuries BCE sites and 1st century Jewish and early Christian contexts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Aviv
Israel
Jesus
David
King David’s City
Jerusalem
Old City
Yigal Shilo
Hebrew University
Ministry of Education
Shilo
Caesarea
Herod
Augustus Caesar
Herod’s
Capernaum
Lake of Galilee
Virgilio Corbo
Stanislao Loffreda
Lachish
Sennacherib
Kingdom of
Judea
Plague concerns travelers to New Mexico rise
News of rising human plague cases in New Mexico prompts questions about safety for visitors. Health officials say the risk is very small and advise flea control for pets and avoiding contact with sick animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Associated Press
Santa FE
N.M
Europe
Jonathan Mann
State Health and Environment Department
Mann
Los Angeles
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Liu Heung Shing
Victoria Graham
Mao Tse-tung
Jiang Qing
Peking
NASA
Whitmore
Souvenir Inc
Ave
Makoy Jewelers
2Nd Avenue SE
Goebel Gallery
Goebel
West Germany
Mr. Hummel
Goel
Amana Furniture
Amana, Iowa
Erst
Holy Land
Ruth Sinai
Prac
Robert Hohlfelder
University of Colorado
Hohlfelder
King David's Walled City
Hair Express
Bowling St. SW
Cedar Rapids
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