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...call Lisa See a versatile writer would be to understate the case. She's best known for Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2005) and Peony in Love (2007), best-selling novels set in China's past. But her debut work, On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family, was a nonfiction account of Chinese immigrants to America, and she has written a trio of mysteries set in contemporary China. Now, with Shanghai Girls, she has produced an engrossing tale of two sisters (who become sisters-in-law, too, by marrying brothers) that has links...
From the towering, pineapple-shaped Grand Lisboa to the vast campus of the Venetian, there's no shortage of casinos to choose from in Macau. The only place in China where casinos are legal, Macau opened up its gambling industry in 2004, spurring the number of casinos to jump from 11 to 32. While there may be a question of where this city's gamblers like to play, there's no debating which game is king. Baccarat, a 15th century Italian table game, contributed 86% of Macau's $14.1 billion in gambling revenue last year...
...first days after the riot, China's state media was filled with scenes of young Uighur men smashing buses and attacking pedestrians. After thousands of Han gathered to retaliate on Tuesday, the official press has shifted to a narrative of racial harmony, running stories of Uighurs who protected Han during the rioting. But despite the façade of unity, many fear the anger will inevitably bubble up again. "Of course it will continue," says a 71-year-old Han retiree who lives near Xinjiang University in the far south of Urumqi, where Uighur rioters smashed shops and cars...
...Blaming an overseas figure - a strategy that was also employed after the deadly riots in Tibet in March 2008, which China says were masterminded by the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader - helps authorities dissipate anger that might be directed at Uighur citizens in Xinjiang. When thousands of revenge-minded Han formed on Tuesday, Urumqi's Communist Party Secretary Li Zhi rushed to the scene and led them in chants against Kadeer. But while she makes a good target, Kadeer's significance to the average Uighur is limited. "They talk about Rebiya, but what does she have...
...pictures of China after the riot deaths on LIFE.com...