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Why do you like reading David Walliams, I ask a nine-year-old friend. Without giving it too much thought, she replies, “He does everything right in his books.” And when you open one of the ...
SINGAPORE: At 97, Liu Dianqin has led an eventful life during some of China’s most tumultuous periods. Born in 1929 in central Henan province, Liu recalled once having to beg for his next meal.