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...scholarly traditions of the Chinese. Two likenesses, commissioned when he was about 30, demonstrate his Manchu soldier?Chinese scholar balancing act. A vibrant silk hanging scroll shows him in Manchu military armor, with crossbow and arrows at the ready. Like most of his tribe, he was an expert archer - and, as ruler of a still restive empire, he relished his role as commander in chief. In the other portrait Kangxi sits at his desk in a simple Chinese robe, holding a large brush to practice calligraphy, the most prized Chinese art and one of his favorite pastimes. Though he kept...
...number grows more than 2 million each month. The Indian mobile-phone-services market is worth about $5 billion. And this time the welcome mat won't get yanked: earlier this year, the government permitted foreigners to own a majority stake in Indian telecoms. Prashant Singhal, a telecom expert at Ernst & Young India, expects more big deals in the next couple of years. This freer market has its hang-ups, though. Vineet Nigam, an analyst at ICRA, an Indian ratings agency, points out that average revenue per mobile-phone customer is declining as competition increases and as companies expand from...
...exceptions are Tracie Thoms as straitlaced lesbian lawyer Joanne and Rosario Dawson as the HIV-positive Latina heroine. Thoms proves herself a true triple threat in “Rent.” Her singing voice is far and away the strongest of the cast, her dancing is expert, and her acting is measured and effective—all of these talents are on display in her showcase number, “The Tango Maureen.”Dawson also acquits herself nicely. Her singing voice is slight but adequate to the demands. Dawson’s real talent...
...China's leaders see Bush's arrival as a chance to show their own people and the world that their country has taken its place among the responsible world powers. "The U.S. can sleep soundly and not worry that China will create problems," says Shen Dingli, an expert on international relations at Fudan University in Shanghai, whose comments are typical of Chinese analysts. "In the future, China will be more democratic and will have a stronger legal system, but for now it is inward looking, trying to solve its own problems...
...state universities are now falling behind the private universities,” said Cotton, the university compensation expert. “That concerns me because two-thirds of college students are in state universities, not private. State universities need to start paying more in order to be competitive...