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...Shen Dingli, a professor of international affairs at Shanghai's Fudan University, thinks Beijing "didn't expect this reaction" to the antisecession law, even though a top aide to E.U. foreign-policy czar Javier Solana says European ministers warned their Chinese counterparts it would boomerang. Solana's aide says "nobody's closed the door" on lifting the ban, but admits "the tonality has really changed...
...lift the embargo by June. Shen Dingli, a professor of international affairs at Shanghai's Fudan University, thinks Beijing "didn't expect this reaction" to the antisecession law, even though a top aide to E.U. foreign-policy czar Javier Solana says European ministers warned their Chinese counterparts it would boomerang. Solana's aide says "nobody's closed the door" on lifting the ban, but admits "the tonality has really changed." Despite the embargo, China is still the world's biggest weapons importer as its military hustles to modernize - over 13 billion dollars' worth between 1999 and 2004, mostly from Russia...
...critics will use the scandal to attack both journalism and entertainment. "Did you know Lady Chatterley's Lover is still banned in India? This only gives a leg up to the crazy prudes who think that's a good idea." Tehelka boss Tarun Tejpal knows how aggressive journalism can boomerang. After publishing a report on alleged corruption in arms sales under the previous government, his main investor was jailed, advertisers were warned off, and staff so tied up in court cases that Tehelka?which means "sensation" in Hindi?collapsed. Back at the helm of a reborn Tehelka weekly, however, Tejpal...
...vehicle is scheduled to hit U.S. showrooms in early summer), the German automaker handed out cards imprinted with a phone number. Prospective customers could then get a sneak peek at the new vehicle on their Web-enabled cell phones, complete with video clips. Says Glenn Field, ceo of Boomerang Media, which dreamed up the high-tech solution used by BMW: "It's like driving in right through the phone...
...sociologists, psychologists, economists and others who study this age group have many names for this new phase of life--"youthhood," "adultescence"--and they call people in their 20s "kidults" and "boomerang kids," none of which have quite stuck. Terri Apter, a psychologist at the University of Cambridge in England and the author of The Myth of Maturity, calls them "thresholders...