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ISSUE: November 1, 2009
Articles about China
Clean And Sobering
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2-15-2008
After decades of runaway economic expansion, China is confronting the resulting massive pollution problem.
Article Excerpts:
...DECADES OF RUNAWAY ECONOMIC EXPANSION ,
China
IS CONFRONTING THE RESULTING MASSIVE POLLUTION...
...BY CALEB BENNETT.
The future of
China
— and perhaps of the world...
...very well might be the future of
China
. But it sure isn’t the now of...
Veni, Vidi, Vici
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2-15-2009
How David Stern and the NBA conquered the globe.
Article Excerpts:
...the Olympic basketball tournament in Beijing,
China
, to the members of the teams representing the...
...on a steamy June evening in Shanghai,
China
, the world began to change for a skinny Shanghai...
...but at that time, NBA hadn’t come to
China
yet. We would only get to see games that were...
Great Leap Foward (again)
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5-15-2006
China is shaking off the rust from the old Iron Curtain days and moving foward with the world's most ambitious Industrial Revolution-ever.
In the 1970's Merrill Weingrod spent a lot of time in Taiwan. Then the owner of a Massachusett...
Article Excerpts:
...is a daunting list of challenges faced by both
China
''s Communist Party policymakers as well as by...
... leaders around the globe. How, for instance, can
China
adequately provide proper housing and...
...prompted by companies moving operations to
China
, are being hotly debated. AN UNLIKELY...
Executive Reading
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8-15-2001
THE COMING COLLAPSE OF CHINA By Gordon G. Chang, Random House, $26.95
Gordon G. Chang, a Chinese-American lawyer who has done business in China for two decades, doesn’t happily accept the conventional wisdom that the 21st century...
Article Excerpts:
...te>2008-12-12 THE COMING COLLAPSE OF
China
By Gordon G. Chang, Random House, $26.95 Gordon...
... Chinese-American lawyer who has done business in
China
for two decades, doesn’t happily...
...to the People’s Republic of China.
China
, says Chang in 358 closely reasoned and heavily...
A Friend Of The People
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4-1-2008
Bamboo has become such a popular material for a plethora of products that its very existence is being threatened.
Article Excerpts:
...live in bamboo homes) to food to paper. In
China
, the plant is known as “friend of the...
...Last year, he purchased his own factory in
China
to ensure a steady supply of yarn and fiber. He...
...says he partners with a small factory group in
China
to ensure his timber is harvested sustainably.
Hurts So Good
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4-15-2008
Global adventures in Asian reflexology.
Article Excerpts:
...soles of my feet, I thought she was digging for
China
. Except we were already in China. So I was...
... was digging for China. Except we were already in
China
. So I was confused.
I thought to myself,...
...clues to remind me that I was not, in fact, in
China
. A one-hour foot massage ran $15. I sank into my...
Off The Beaten Path
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12-15-2006
To film The Painted Veil, Edward Norton went to the end of the earth and back again in China. Here, he retraces his steps.
Article Excerpts:
...This was not Norton''s first trip to
China
. He studied Chinese history as an undergraduate...
... the mainland. How much time did you spend in
China
? I was there about five months, from July...
...the incredible markets that you associate with
China
, and big, modern downtown congestion. It kind of...
Executive Reading
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2-15-2002
CHINA DAWN By David Sheff, Harperbusiness, $26.95
An entrepreneur profiled in this insider look at China’s technology revolution says, “The carp is leaping through the Dragon’s gate,” referring to the transformation of poor man to ric...
Article Excerpts:
...entrepreneur profiled in this insider look at
China
’s technology revolution says,...
...introduced to business in California, says
China
herself will go through that gate to become an...
...Author Sheff describes the situation in
China
as “a delicate balance that could tip...
Beijing
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8-1-2008
China's capital city has been undergoing massive redevelopment for the Olympics. Let these local luminaries guide you through their labyrinthine metropolis.
Article Excerpts:
... very attractive setting.” Luke Xiang
China
business director of Twentieth Century...
..., a.k.a. the Egg, to see where the old and new
China
meet -- where art meets politics. The best time...
Red Hot China
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1-15-2006
RED (HOT) CHINA
Lured by the dizzying promise of more than a billion consumers, American companies are leading a Western invasion into retails final frontier.
Article Excerpts:
...giant, has already made a name for itself in
China
. Fast-food purveyors like McDonald''s have made...
...club in Shanghai. Befitting its size,
China
has already built four malls that are each...
...in Minnesota. By 2010, retail analysts say that
China
will be host to six of the 10 biggest malls in...
Letter Rip
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7-1-2006
Air Mail for American Way Magazine 07-01-2006
Article Excerpts:
... people of various generations. The article on
China
["Great Leap Forward (Again)"] was fascinating...
...reading about global issues. Also, the rise of
China
is particularly interesting to me because as...
... of thousands of manufacturing jobs to Mexico and
China
over the past 30 years, the city and state are...
Asian Sensations
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5-1-2007
When it comes to entertainment, Nagisa Oshima, Takashi Miike, and the pang brothers give Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg a run for their movie making money.
Article Excerpts:
...loads of violence, check out Purple Butterfly (
China
, 2003), a 1930s period piece in which a...
...succeed in the Crouching Tiger way are Hero (
China
, 2002), in which Jet Li plays a potential...
...emperor; and Curse of the Golden Flower (
China
, 2006), about the deadly power struggles of a...