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...carriage is grimy and the trackside views uninspiring. Yet Ayutthaya provides an eye-cleansing surplus of green after days in Bangkok's concrete maze (at admission prices that, while annoyingly higher for foreigners, are still minimal by world standards). Its sculptures and chedi ooze grandeur, not rot. And the Chao Sam Phraya leads the most impressive array of museums found in the country - worth much more than a day. Get a crack at meditation upon the ages: Ayutthaya is a mini-Angkor with one-tenth the crowds...
...Most Taiwanese are willing to forgive, given the cash even the clumsier tourists are bringing. Some estimate that mainland guests could inject over $200 million a year into Taiwan's tourism industry. Tourism bureau official Philip Chao says the Chinese are pretty big spenders, averaging nearly $300 a day, just shy of the Japanese who spend over $300. And, he says, tourism is the ideal starting point to renew mutual understanding. At the Sun Yat Sen Memorial gift shop, the clerk who encounters many Chinese tourists during her day there described the mood to be like a family reunion...
...what one is used to in the West. In the U.S. and Europe, we have prettified our rivers, turning city waterfronts into places where genteel folk ride their bikes or snack in the open air. But in Asia - not just in Shanghai, but along the Chao Phraya in Bangkok, or in Hong Kong's harbor - waterways are not pretty at all. They are busy places of work and commerce, the arteries of trade, that age-old process of exchange that, more than anything else, has lifted millions of Asians out of poverty in two generations. (See pictures of China...
Former Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao discussed possible career options with students last night at the Institute of Politics. The event was part of the IOP Internships Program’s effort to allow students to speak to people with careers in politics and public service. The Office of Career Services co-sponsored the event. “I don’t see a lot of immigrants in the public service sector,” said Y. John Mei ’12, pointing to the similarities between his own background and Chao?...
...understand just how great, listen to the pair's fifth album, Welcome to Mali, out March 24. Following up on their 2005 breakthrough, Dimanche Bamako, which was produced by France-raised Spaniard Manu Chao and topped critics' lists worldwide, Amadou and Mariam recruited another international rock star, Brit Damon Albarn, for a cameo. What Albarn brings is an opener, "Sabali," so light and giddy that no translation is required to get that Mariam is whisper-singing about love. The swirling keyboards and gradually rising dance beat are pure '80s pop, sweeter than cheap champagne--but with soul...