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From the New York Times (link): Though still in its infancy, the appetite for contemporary Chinese art is booming in Europe and Asia. Betting that the trend is fast moving West, Sotheby’s has put together a sale that includes some of China’s hottest names. The auction house has timed it to coincide with Asia Week, […]
Read MoreFrom The Guardian, via Mathaba,net (link): The world is in the midst of a monumental process of change that, within the next 10 years or so, could leave the US as only the second largest economy in the world after China and commanding, with the rise of China and India, a steadily contracting share of […]
Read MoreFrom the Independent (link): The Chinese edition of Rolling Stone magazine ground to a halt after China’s media watchdogs stopped publication of the recently launched Mandarin version, blaming a legal technicality. The ban came three weeks after the first copies hit the newsstands to widespread acclaim. An initial print run of 125,000 quickly sold out. […]
Read MoreFrom a New York Times editorial (link): As China moves ahead steadily in the global marketplace, its ultimate success will depend not just on its buying power. Among other things, China must have a free press and a judicial system based on the rule of law rather than political power. One highly public test of […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters (link): Providing cheap goods to African consumers is one way China is making inroads into the continent, but on a more fundamental level China is also engaged in a scramble for African resources to feed a roaring economy, expected to overtake Britain’s as the fourth largest in the world by the end of […]
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