Born into a wealthy family in Chengdu, Sichuan province, in 1904, Ba Jin — who was born as Li Yaotang — achieved literary acclaim with his debut novella Mie Wang (Destruction), which he published ...

Mengesha, the reigning Berlin Marathon champion, outran Kenya's Patrick Kabirech Mosin to win in 1:01:27, just over two minutes shy of his personal best of 58:58. Mosin finished second in 1:01:30, and ...