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	From Hunan to Hollywood Tan Dun. Photo by Waring Abbot, courtesy of tandun.com Composer Tan Dun’s work transcends genres By Martin Steinberg/AP He was born in Chairman Mao Tse-tung’s home province in 1957, and spent two years planting rice in a commune during the Cultural Revolution. He never heard the names — let alone the music — of Bach, Beethoven or Mozart until he was 19. COMPLETE STORY...		Alien Land Laws: Still on the Books (in National News) Hate Crimes Galvanize U.C. Davis Students (in Bay Area News) The Internet: To Tax or Not To Tax? (in Business) Emil Amok: The New Corporate Ethnic Media (in Opinion)

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