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www.nytimes.com — China's bold rise this decade took many forms. The Beijing Olympics. The billions of dollars lent to the U.S. The rip-roaring economic growth. And then there were the missing manhole covers...

english.sina.com — A 3-year-old girl in Beichuan, one of the counties that suffered the most from Monday's earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province, has magically survived under the dead bodies of her parents. Song Xinyi's legs were seriously injured under the weight of her parents and many layers of rubble, but she could still talk when rescuers pulled her out after more than 40 hours. She explained the 3 Chinese characters that made up her name, and told everybody she loved painting and watching TV. Despite a coin-sized wound on her forehead, she still looked pretty.