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Our Real Blind Spot About China
A passenger passes a photo montage of the Shanghai skyline in a subway station in Pudong, the financial district of Shanghai, on Feb.
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Silk Lantern Festival Underway at Missouri Botanical Garden
The Missouri Botanical Garden brings an unprecedented international exhibition to St.A Louis for a limited run this summer.
China's Landscape Architects Undo the Damage of Development
Chinese landscape architects are buffeted by twoA trends changing the planet: the information technology revolution coming out of the U.S. andA one of theA largest mass migrations in history, the current process ofA urbanizationA in China, said Liang Wei, PhD, a landscape architect andA professor at the Beijing Tsinghua Urban Planning & Design ... (more)
Long road closures frustrate Tongatapu tourism operators
A car windscreen was smashed with a shovel in a confrontation between a road-worker and a tourism operator after tensions rose last week during one of many long closures of the main road toA Kanokupolu.
Quiet CDS creep highlights China risk
As credit default swaps A for many euro zone sovereigns haveA zoomed to ever new record highs this year,A ChineseA CDS too have been quietlyA creeping higher.A Five-year CDS are around 135 bps today, meaning it costs $135,000 a year to insure exposure to $10 million of Chinese risk over a five-year period.
Android Thumbstick MK802 - Cheap Candy
Android on a stick anyone? TheA FXI Cotton Candy A garnered a lot of attention andA is slowly starting to filter its way into the wild, but the Chinese market has just released a similar Android based thumb stick.
The Psychology of Interior Design
In Hong Kong and other wealthy enclaves in China, many upperclass Chinese have no qualmsA about spending big bucks for a top-notch Feng Shui consultant to evaluate their home or officeA to ensure their space's energy alignment will boost their fortune.
Former U.S. Nuclear Commander Startles With Proposal To Cut Weapons Arsenal By 80%
The chairman ofA a House subcommittee thatA helps shapeA the nation's nuclear arsenal, Rep.
China's Cultural War Against Tibetans Continues
The recent closure of two private schools in China for the crime of trying to sustain Tibetan culture is a reminder that Beijing's war on Tibetans continues.
Sweating With the Swedesin Beijing
Founded in Stockholm in 1978, Heyrobics is a fitness fad that is attracting both locals and expats in Beijing.A A petite blonde fitness instructor clad in baby-pink shorts dances in the middle of a circle.
Activists: Chen case does not mean controls easing
Even ifA ChinaA makes a rare concession and allows legal activist Chen Guangcheng to leave the country with his family, otherA dissidentsA say they don't expect a broader easing of controls.