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...inconceivable to be an expert in French history when you don’t speak French,” he said, “but there are so many people who show up as experts [in African studies] who do not even attempt to learn the language...
...that hard-line approach could backfire. "The majority of Hong Kong people are neither pro-Beijing nor pro-Democratic Party," says Wu Guoguang, an expert on Chinese politics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. "But when the central government uses this kind of rhetoric, it sends the message that Beijing not only wants Hong Kong to be part of China but a part of a China that hasn't changed much since the Cultural Revolution." Hong Kong's democrats believe that China's tactics will help not only them but also pro-independence forces in Taiwan, who carefully monitor...
...warlords' land grabs have been sustained by the return of Afghanistan's most lucrative cash crop: opium. Outlawed by the Taliban in 2000, opium-poppy cultivation has spread from eight provinces in 1994 to 28 today. U.N. experts expect this year's crop to yield 3,600 tons of opium--75% of the world's heroin. According to the U.N., the combined income of poppy farmers and opium smugglers last year was $2.32 billion--equal to half of Afghanistan's official GDP. A Western anti-narcotics expert in Kabul estimates that 60% of the country's regional warlords are profiting...
...next-generation eco-car, there's little in the way of glamour. Here, innovation comes through team effort, and individual stars are hard to pinpoint. But Hori is no mere taskmaster. "He gives us the freedom to pursue our own ideas," says assistant manager Yohichi Sugiura, an engine expert...
Engell, Harvard’s resident expert on Johnson, says that he is eager to incorporate the Hyde collection into his English courses as soon as it becomes available...