Take, for example, the story of 51-year-old Chinese man Sun Jifa, who lost both of his arms in an explosion and built his own bionic hands out of scrap metal.
Developed largely from his study of the ancient Chinese theoretician Sun Tzu and Prussian military reformers of the 19th century, the theory explains how a combatant can defeat the enemy on the mental battlefield, before the real shooting starts.
In the tradition of Sun Tzu, Chinese analysts of IW assert that knowledge can be assembled together in a rational and coherent manner that would produce inevitable victory.
Mr. Wu then planned to mix in a video Mr. Buffett recorded a year earlier for a charity the Chinese executive is involved with, the Sun Culture Foundation.
Mr. Sun, who praises the new Chinese translation, says the book could inspire readers.
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With respect to the local players, several of the Chinese car companies have had their moments in the sun over the past several years.
Instead, the prevalent Russian theory is that the Chinese will follow the advice of their great military philosopher Sun Tsu, who said the best general wins wars without fighting a single battle.
One former home of a wealthy Chinese family opened in 2010 as a boutique hotel, Le Sun Chine, complete with a retro champagne bar.
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"You can read it as poetry, " said Sun Ganlu, a prominent 54-year-old Chinese writer whose work has been translated into English, French and Japanese.
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The breakout for Chinese women tennis came in 2004, when little-known duo Sun Tiantian and Li Ting snatched gold in the doubles at the Athens Olympics.
Wang Kunxiao, president of Yantai Jereh Oilfield Services Group (Jereh), has become a new billionaire as shares of the Chinese oil and gas service provider he co-founded with fellow billionaire Sun Weijie surged more than 60% this year amid an shale gas equipment boom in China.
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Whether Chinese strategists have something useful to contribute analytically by looking through the lens of Sun Tzu or whether they have deluded themselves into accepting the capacity of information power to lift the fog of war remains to be seen.
In Chinese mythology, it is not a demon but a heavenly dog that bites into the sun.
Defending Olympic champion Park Ta-Hwan was leading at the final turn, but the 20-year-old Sun surged past his South Korean rival in the final length to seal a place in Chinese Olympic history.
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Even Chinese travelers are tired of all the 500-room business hotels, he has found, preferring Le Sun Chine's more intimate scale.
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