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From the Japan Times (link): Among the noncultural things that Russian President Vladimir Putin did in China recently was to sign agreements to build two pipelines to carry Russian gas to west China. This was just a week before the Chinese signed an agreement with Turkmenistan for another pipeline to carry even more gas to […]
Read MoreFrom the Associated Press, via the Washington Post (link): A Chinese bishop will be ordained Sunday with the approval of the Pope after two were consecrated this week without the pontiff’s consent, a Vatican-affiliated news agency reported Saturday. The Rev. Paolo Pei Junmin will be made coadjutor bishop of the Shenyang diocese in northeast China […]
Read MoreFrom the Associated Press, via the Washington Post (link): Explosions rocked two Internet cafes in central China, killing two people, injuring four and leaving the premises spattered with blood and broken glass, a local official...
Read MoreFrom the New York Times (link): Set in an enchanted, fantastical China where the boundaries between the human and the supernatural are as blurred as some of the computer-generated imagery, “The Promise” occupies a curious landscape somewhere between opera and cartoon. Its director, Chen Kaige, is best known for historical epics like “The Emperor and […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times (link): Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, had never seen anything like the luxury of The Waterfront apartment complex until a Singaporean developer brought it to town and cashed in on the province’s property boom, writes Jeremy Hurewitz. But The Waterfront’s pools and putting greens are in stark contrast to traditional areas […]
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