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...when the magic happens." His goal: to use his fame to build a cultural bridge between East and West, playing Chinese music to Western audiences and vice versa. "The West is hungry now for Chinese culture - like the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with its music by Tan Dun," he says. "And in China, young people are devouring Shakespeare. Music moves people so deeply, it can really make them feel differently about each other." Official Website: www.langlang.com
...earned an undergraduate degree in physics at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, Calif., a master's in engineering at UCLA and an M.B.A. at Harvard. He learned his current craft at such places as Lotus Development Corp., Dun & Bradstreet and Spencer Trask Software Group, a technology-focused venture-capital firm in New York City. Spencer Trask CEO Kevin Kimberlin remembers Kim as the rare executive who knows software and electronics and is also skilled in finance and marketing--and in closing tough deals...
...learned at the age of 13. Her parents, who like many educated Indians had supported Mohandas Gandhi's struggle against colonialism, insisted on wearing clothing made only of homespun cotton. One day Vandana, having returned from a boarding school to her home in the Himalayan foothill town of Dehra Dun, demanded a nylon dress, the fashion adopted by her rich friends. Her mother, a teacher turned farmer, agreed. "If that is what you want, of course you shall have it," she said. "But remember, your nylon frock will help a rich man buy a bigger car. And the cotton that...
...thief with the requisite heart of gold, to help him get the sharira. In turn, Eric involves his old girlfriend Lin (Yeoh) and her little brother Tong (Brandon Chang), star performers in a Chinese circus and descendants of the acrobatic family of destiny. The action careens from Qingdao to Dun Huang to Tibet, stopping for comic relief along the way. There is also some fighting, though not nearly enough...
Just west of the A-la Shan Plain, some 700 km from Hohhot, the Helan Shan range rises to 3,600 m, and the landscape suddenly blooms with a stunning array of alpine trees, grasses and flowers?an almost overwhelming riot of color for eyes accustomed to the dun of the desert. A new Buddhist temple nestles just below the summit. The Tibetan-style structure, painted in dazzling primary colors, was built to replace the previous temple, which was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution...