Extra! Extra! Yang Xianyi, Howard French and Dong Jinyi

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Renowned Chinese translator Yang Xianyi has died at the age of 94. Yang, with his wife Gladys Taylor, translated such classics as the 18th century "A Dream of Red Mansions." [Associated Press]
According to a poll on the Economist, 88% of people believe that China is showing more leadership than America in fighting climate change. [Economist]
While David Brooks may have been impressed by China's strides into modernity, several New York Times readers were much less pleased. [New York Times]
Here's an advantage to being an old China hand: you could be up next for free inoculation against H1N1. [Global Times]
Columbia Journalism Review has been interviewing Howard French, former Shanghai bureau chief for the New York Times about the media's coverage of Obama's trip to China. Here's the first part, and here's the second. [Columbia Journalism Review]
Melissa Chan reports on how, despite the sweeping crackdown on criminal gangs in Chongqing, for some of the gang's victims, it's too little too late. [Al Jazeera]
GlobalPost interviews Dong Jinyi, the Chinese ambassador to Switzerland, about the Copenhagen Conference on climate change. [Global Post]

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