Mr. Yang has also started offloading a few older pieces by Chinese realist artists like Chen Yanning as demand for their works has climbed.

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Like most CEOs, Chen found that the top of the company can be a lonely place.

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Nearly 8, 000 people die from oral cancer each year, which Dr. Chu Chen would like to change.

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"Each family contributed, so they came to help us and we did odd jobs like unloading bricks, " Chen said.

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Mr Chen's team would like to set theological disputes aside in order to deal with more practical matters.

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"I feel like it's an OK performance tonight, " Chen said through an interpreter.

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"I feel like I'm standing at the crossroads of history, " Chen said ahead of the visit, the state-run China Daily newspaper reported.

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On stage to field questions about their recently announced View-like round-table series, The Talk, moms Leah Remini, Julie Chen, Holly Robinson Peete, Sharon Osbourne, Marissa Jaret Winokur and creator and co-host Sara Gilbert, found no subject ranging from homosexuality to Scientology was off-limits.

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