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Jin Yong: The 'Tolkien of Chinese literature' dies at 94Jin Yong: The 'Tolkien of Chinese literature' dies at 94
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He's been referred to as the JRR Tolkien of Chinese literature and the grandfather of martial arts novels - but very few people have heard of him outside the Chinese-speaking world.

Novelist Louis Cha, who wrote under the name

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North and South Korea: The football game that kicked off peaceNorth and South Korea: The football game that kicked off peace
Image copyrightReutersImage caption Players of South Korea (in blue) and North Korea (in white) ran together in unison

What does it take to help bring the Korean peninsula back from the brink of war It turns out that there are two key ingredients: soccer and soju.

Last December, as US President Donald Trump was

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