For two years, a walk along the Bund meant congested roads, thundering bulldozers, and construction dust that made your lungs cry themselves to sleep. For two years, the decadent and sumptuous history of the shoreline was covered in scaffolding. For two years — simply put — the Bund was not a nice place to be.
The [...]
(Photo by Kara Mears/The Entryway.)
LAist introduced readers to The Entryway, a photojournalism website done by a pair of white reporters who embedded themselves with a family of eight undocumented Mexican residents in LA’s MacArthur Park neighborhood.
Gothamist was excited to learn that First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha were [...]
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Over a year after he first disappeared outside his own home, human rights lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Gao Zhisheng has resurfaced near his hometown. Gao told the New York Times that he was no longer in police custody, but couldn’t give any details abut where he was [...]
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From April 1 to 10, Irish violinist Gregory Harrington will be coming to China to perform his blend of classical and contemporary music. Besides dates in Guangzhou, Beijing, Tianjin and Dalian, Harrington will be passing through Shanghai for a recital with pianist William Lewis at the [...]
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Rio Tinto employee Stern Hu has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, while is three colleagues have received sentences of between 7 and 14 years. All four were found guilty of receiving bribes and stealing commercial secrets.
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It’s Scrabble week again! After the excitement of wordsmithing passes, there’s more to check out this week, including a Thai photoexhibit, a French fashion show, and drinking for a cause.
Monday: Bar Olympics
OZNZ starts off the week with a bevy of drunken challenges, from Wii games and darts [...]
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The following article is from Reuters. I added the question mark to the headline, as I think one needs to be careful not to put too pessimistic a spin on the outlook. If the outlook for Q4 is 9%, then the overall result for 2010 is still going to [...]
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The following article comes from AFP.
China’s largest aluminium producer Chalco said it swung into the red in 2009 with a loss of 4.65 billion yuan ($A750 million) as the financial crisis took its toll.
“In 2009, (Chalco) was hit by the global financial crisis, demand for aluminium plummeted, and aluminium [...]
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A few weeks ago, I made fun of myself for being an NPR Nerd (or an NPaRsehole as my friend, Andy, put it) and constantly using NPR stories in my blog posts. Well, I’m going back to another well I’ve been frequenting recently and am going to discuss a [...]
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“One can be serious about the frivolous, frivolous about the serious.”
Susan Sontag (1933-2004)