The rope of dough in chef Wei Dong's hands is folded in two. With a shake and a stretch and another fold, two becomes four. Shake, stretch, fold, twist: eight. With each stretch, each shake up and ...

Fighters aren’t usually the blushing type. But Xu Xiaodong can’t hide his embarrassment when asked about his latest battle scar, a three-inch crimson railroad track that snakes over his right eyebrow.