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Drawing the Line Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee runner, should be allowed to compete in the Beijing Olympics with his Cheetahs prosthetics [Jan. 28]. But he should be allowed to do so with one proviso: if he crosses the finish line first, he should be presented with a special award...
Krieger and Liao’s design firm, Chan Krieger Sieniewicz (CKS) worked with Klopfer Martin Design Group and Beijing Urbanscape Co. to beat out an international roster of designers in the competition.
In a country depicted these days as an economic superpower, the storms were a reminder that for all its gleaming new airports and 2.1 million miles (3.4 million km) of highways, China remains a developing nation with vulnerable, overtaxed infrastructure. Officials said the snow caused more than 100,000 buildings...
The government has imposed price controls on some goods to keep inflation in check, but such policies may be making matters worse. For example, Beijing imposed price controls on utilities in early 2006, stabilizing electricity rates. But at the same time the price of coal, used to generate some 80...
Change can bring uncertainty, however, not just for Nepal but for other countries. Nepal, a country of 28 million, is sandwiched between the world's rising giants, India and China, who both have cast their eye over the Himalayan nation as a buffer against the other. Any unrest in Nepal...