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...take on modern events, as he identifies the way countries like China and India have attempted to portray their growth as peaceful rather than threatening. As I finished reading “The Post-American World,” my three-semester falling-out with the Asian region, ignited by my inability to learn the Chinese language, came to an end. This fall, I set out to complete a secondary field in East Asian Studies. Learning a language is thankfully not required. —Andres Arguello
...Asian stock markets posted sharp gains Sept. 19 as investors grew more confident that stepped-up government efforts to contain the damage caused by the U.S. credit crunch would be effective. Japan's benchmark Nikkei index was up 3.8%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng 9.6% and the Shanghai stock index shot up 9.5%, recovering some of the steep losses suffered earlier in the week...
...same time, Asian governments are beginning to independently take direct action to stabilize their reeling stock markets. China on Sept. 18 said it would waive government taxes on some share transactions to stimulate trading. Chinese government agencies are also trying to put a floor under the market by purchasing shares in publicly listed Chinese companies. Meanwhile, Taiwan's government indicated that a state-controlled fund would be willing to shore up Taiwan company stocks via share purchases...
...renovation of the Fogg may be the best thing that has happened to the Sackler. The lesser-known little brother of the Fogg Art Museum, the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, originally housed ancient, Asian, Islamic, and Later Indian art. However, with the renovation of the Fogg Art Museum that began over the summer, the Fogg and the Busch-Reisinger Museum’s collections have found a home in the walls of the Sackler. “Re-View,” the new exhibit showcasing works from all three museums together for the first time, spans continents and centuries...
...drawing on the talents of close observers of enormous skill and perception. I have worked in nations where the press was not free—where it served as a mouthpiece of the state or special interests under Soviet communism, for instance, or a host of Middle Eastern and Asian dictatorships. Their nations, their people were far the worse for this lack of an unfettered press...