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I’ve known the amiable French musician Jean-Sebastien Héry – or Zhang Si’an, as he’s known in Chinese style – for some years now, but he keeps on surprising me with the variety of his work.
His ’60s-style psychedelic blues-rock outfit, The Amazing Insurance Salesmen, romped to victory in the Beijing [...]
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The other day, Li Mei, the charming lady boss down at 12 Square Metres, asked me if I’d like to pay ‘happy hour’ prices.
Since it was in fact ‘happy hour’, I readily agreed. But it’s nice to be given the choice!
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The 2010 Shanghai ATP Masters, the eighth leg of the nine-leg ATP World Tour Masters 1000, takes place at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena from October 9-17.
Don’t know backhand slice from a forehand volley? Novak Djokovic from Nikolay Davydenko? Here’s a quick guide on what and who, [...]
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FMLB16 Season 16 World Series games four to six
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There has been a bunch of blog posts about guangxi recently — on Chinese Negotiation, on the China Law Blog, on Silicon Hutong, and others.
My audience is mostly interested in sourcing and QC issues in China. What should you do about the supposed power of personal connections (“guangxi” in [...]
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Art deco dance halls, jazz tunes, gangsters and good-time girls — there’s little wonder that Shanghai captured the world’s imagination in [...]
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The kitchen nurturesAll the best conversations;Or standing outside.
Why is that so often the case? It was true again last night…
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While plunge pools pervade in Asia, very few allow us to disrobe entirely without embarrassing exposure. Here are seven of the most private, most luxurious places to ditch the bathing suit for maximum skinny dip satisfaction.
1. Phuket Pavilions, Thailand
Roll straight from bed into the wet spot, a deep [...]
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Before the Expo was even open to the public, before I’d met one commissioner general or pavilion director at the Expo, before I was placed on any communications list for events and press conferences at pavilions, before I’d handed out a single business card to someone at the Expo, [...]
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Ten years ago, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or North Korea, snubbed China’s defense minister on the 50th anniversary of the entry of the Chinese people’s volunteers into the Korean War: Instead, Kim Jong Il hosted the first-ever visit by a US secretary of state, Madeleine Albright. A [...]