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Li Ao’s son enrolls in Peking University

Yesterday marked the start of the school year. Today, many front pages show students - Shanxi Evening News featured the son of Li Ao (李敖), the Taiwanese political commenter and essayist, who had enrolled in Peking University.

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What makes a master?

A new book by Ji Xianlin (季羡林), Li Ao (李敖) on the mainland’s lack of cultural elite, a six-point definition of a great master in academia, and a review of a new Southern Metropolis Daily book that talks to elderly literary folk, The Last of the Cultural Nobility (最后的文化贵族).

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