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...young upper-middle-class and wealthy Chinese women with a lot of disposable income," enthuses Leah Liu, the China marketing manager for Hong Kong-based Jebsen & Co., the firm behind VIN and an importer of high-end luxury goods throughout China, including Raymond Weil watches and Porsche cars. Grace Bai, a 32-year-old advertising executive, is one of her target consumers. Nursing a glass of Louis Jadot Beaujolais on the outdoor patio at La Villa Rouge in Shanghai, Bai says wine is a good drink for women. "I enjoy it, and many of my friends...
...political journalism is an uncomfortable mix of criticism and instruction. On the one hand, political reporters were excoriated for their kowtowing, wishy-washy coverage, and blasted for letting their preconceived notions dictate the "master narrative." On the other hand, the four bloggers on the panel - the fifth was Matt Bai, who writes about politics for the New York Times Magazine - talk about blogging in a way that implies that they're re-inventing the journalistic wheel. "To have good sourcing you have to maintain relationships," says one. And as for letting a master narrative guide one's writing, there...
...Bai tried to disabuse the audience of this stereotype. "Everytime I talk to a blogger, I hear about these cocktails," he said, wondering where his invitation was. Considering the lavish party Mark Warner had thrown for them the night before, perhaps bloggers should not be so hasty with accusations of schmooze. Still, schmoozing is basically harmless if it doesn't affect what one writes - and if bloggers are re-inventing the journalist wheel, they're still getting around to that one. At the Q&A Warner held with bloggers after his speech, the questions were respectful and sincere. The first...
...Dumplings”—shortened from a full-length movie of the same name—is by far the most graphically disgusting of the three. Mei (Bai Ling) smuggles aborted fetuses into Hong Kong to make age-defying culinary delicacies. Her customer is Mrs. Lee (Miriam Yeung), a retired actress who is desperate to regain her lost youth and stop her husband’s rampant cheating...
...KM/H Speed of the collision between NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft and the comet Tempel 1?the climax of a six-month, $333 million mission to study the comet's composition $300 MILLION Damages sought by Russian astrologer Marina Bai, who claimed that the celestial crash "ruins the natural balance of forces in the universe" and skews her horoscope predictions