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THE END OF HISTORY Thousands of Beijing's historic hutongs (house-lined alleys) are being bulldozed to make way for new construction while 20,000 home façades are being repainted.
NO MORE SPIT SHINE The country has tried for years to get residents to stop spitting in public, but in February, Beijing got tough and imposed a $6.50 fine--a day's salary--for anyone caught doing so.
Stefan P. Jackiw ’07, a Music concentrator and Artist Diploma candidate at the New England Conservatory, is an internationally renowned violin soloist, having performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, among others. A Boston native, Jackiw will be...
But the news wasn't without a catch. The potential reserves, with an estimated value of $128 billion, are spread over more than 600 sites on the Tibetan plateau, a remote and environmentally fragile area more than twice the size of Texas. The region is also politically sensitive. China invaded...
When the rail project was launched in 2001, the Tibetan government-in-exile called it "a disaster for the Tibetan people," and warned that it would attract huge numbers of ethnic Chinese to the province and upset fragile ecosystems. In a 2003 white paper Chinese officials denounced those concerns as...