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Where the family goes doesn't actually matter, of course. Neither does knowing the ending before reading the book, which is drenched in unfaltering, sullen cynicism. Like most tragedies, the dark and demoralizing narrative arc of Mountains Painted with Turmeric is predictable - its heft relying on the inexorability of disaster...
A Shock to the Economy Almost 500,000 troops were deployed to help restore transportation links and clean up the devastation, the largest military deployment for a natural disaster since devastating floods almost a decade ago. But the economic damage is already done. The Chinese government estimated storm-related losses...
Damage Control Government officials - perhaps mindful of the criticism that was heaped on U.S. President George W. Bush's Administration after it was slow to react to the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster - are keenly aware of the importance of managing China's big freeze. "This government has made competence a...
With tens of millions still on the road and forecasts predicting more bad weather, Wen may have committed the political sin of overpromising. But one political sin can often be expunged by another: deflecting the blame. A news clip airing on state television features an interview with a young migrant...
It's a Maxim that's as true for farming as it is for your home PC: always back up your data. In agriculture, data take the form of seeds, and farmers have been saving seed varieties for millenniums. If disaster struck and an entire crop were lost, a cache...