Crossword puzzle No.14

ACROSS

1. According to the Chinese zodiac, 2002 will be the year of this animal.
6. This Taiwan-controlled island group lies just off the Chinese mainland.
9. This city is the capital of Kenya.
10. Bird shelters.
11. This bridge spans the Huangpu River, Shanghai.
12. This department store is on the corner of Nanjing Dong Lu and Xizang Zhong Lu (6,3).
13. This American real estate tycoon once said: "When I build something for somebody, I always add $50 million or $60 million onto the price. My guys come in, they say it's going to cost $75 million. I say it's going to cost $125 million, and I build it for $100 million. Basically, I did a lousy job. But they think I did a great job."
14. This wealthy Shanghai resident, whose main residence was in the Cathay Hotel, once said: "There is only one race greater than the Jews, and that's the Derby."
16. The oil from these nutlike seeds, cultivated widely in China, is used in soaps and cosmetics.
18. Nervous twitch.
19. Facts.
21. If you bring more than 400 cigarettes into China, you will be in trouble with this department.
23. Flock of insects.
24. Larry Adler perfected the art of playing this instrument, which was based on the Chinese sheng.
27. This performer loves a crowd.
28. A bridge connects this island to Macau.
29. Reply.
30. Nursemaids.
31. Rowed.


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1. The capital of this province is Zhengzhou.
2. Continues on again after an interruption.
3. Follow as a consequence.
4. Noblemen.
5. This pioneer and trapper hunted for ginseng in North America after tales of its importance in Chinese medicine reached his homeland.
6. The Dingling Museum and the Nine Dragons Amusement Park are near this important historical site outside Beijing (4,5).
7. Taking a taxi in Shanghai? This is the flag fall (3,4).
8. Wrongfully seize another's authority.
14. Depressed.
15. This conflict was ended by the Convention of Chuen Pi (5,4).
16. In 1829, Sir Charles Wheatstone was also inspired by the action of the Chinese sheng (see 24 Across) to invent the concertina, a forerunner to this instrument.
17. International distress signal (abb.).
20. The Echo Wall and the Imperial Vault of Heaven are in this Beijing park.
22. This British actor, famous for his interpretations of Shakespeare's Othello and Richard III, once said: "I take a simple view of living. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it."
23. The documentary From Mao to Mozart, which won an Academy Award in 1982, detailed a 1979 tour of China by this Russian-born violinist.
24. Severe.
25. Surpass.
26. Prize.
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