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Shanghai is lauded as China's most sophisticated destination. Beijing is painted with a less glamorous brush. One is a booming metropolis where fashionistas sip mint juleps while overlooking the Bund.[an error occurred while processing this directive] The other is a gritty city where malcontent punks swig beer in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Capital Gains | 10/26/2006 | See Source »

Despite the growing interest in Mandarin Chinese, heritage students seeking to improve their language skills were walled out earlier this year. Chinese language courses have seen a 27 percent increase in enrollment, from 273 to 348 undergraduates. But not all students have been able to enroll in the Chinese class...

Author: By Angela A. Sun, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Chinese Classes Turn Away Students | 10/26/2006 | See Source »

On the Tangbai River in central China, for example, officials from Beijing visited earlier this year and promised a clean-up after a campaign by local activists drew national media attention to the cocktail of pollutants including chromium, benzene and volatilized phenol that had poisoned wells and, in at least...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When the Yellow River Runs Red | 10/24/2006 | See Source »

Though China's central government has prioritized cleaning up its polluted rivers and has pledged vast sums for the purpose - one plan is to flush the Yellow with water diverted from the cleaner Yangtze - enforcement of environmental laws at the local level remains spotty at best. Local government officials often...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When the Yellow River Runs Red | 10/24/2006 | See Source »

But when pollution strong enough to kill fish by the bucket-load becomes commonplace, it's more than the water that's tainted. The Yellow River's turning red may be another warning to Beijing of the perils that lurk in its waterways.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When the Yellow River Runs Red | 10/24/2006 | See Source »

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