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Published: July 13, 2008
Xifan Liu on physics and the Olympics
By Wendy K. Kleinman
Xifan Liu pushes the limits, intellectually, physically and artistically.

He is a physicist who teaches at the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics , a mountain climber who has conquered the Himalayas five times and a sports photojournalist who is on his way to cover the Olympics for North America 's largest Chinese newspaper.

Liu grew up in Beijing and moved to the United States in 1984 to study p...

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