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...statue was built with the approval of Li Changchun, who was Henan's Communist Party secretary in the 1990s before taking up his present post in 2003 as the Party's national propaganda chief. Li presided over Henan precisely when the local government was turning a blind eye to peasants contracting HIV by selling their blood, which was collected with tainted equipment. When the scandal was exposed four years ago, Li may have realized that his earlier decision to sign off on a $24 million buddha when many of the province's rural inhabitants were so poor they resorted...
...celebration that was simultaneously reverent and self serving, the ruling Communist Party commemorated the 50th anniversary of the French surrender with fireworks and dance performances. Military mastermind General Vo Nguyen Giap, 92, though shouldered out of the Party's inner circle in the 1980s, was back in the public eye, attending functions in Hanoi and Dien Bien Phu. The regime even delivered some true eloquence. "In the Vietnamese tradition," said Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem, "when you take a sip of water, you should remember the origin of the stream. The present generation has to remember those who made...
Thanks to Thom Filicia and the Queer Eye guys, everyone wants a home makeover these days. So much so that K Mart extended Martha Stewart's contract until 2009--assuring that her coveted $12.99 bath towels will be available at the discount retailer for many years to come. Other mass-market retailers are ramping up their home-decor products too. Target just added Rachel Ashwell's Simply Shabby Chic collection of bedding, bath accessories, curtains, table linens and throw pillows to its lineup of designer goods, which include home products by Michael Graves and Isaac Mizrahi. LaZBoy has enlisted...
Expectant moms should be prepared to give birth naturally and as happily as possible. I do not understand mothers who want C-sections and completely refuse to suffer to deliver their children. You cannot effortlessly take a baby out of the mother's womb in the blink of an eye like a magician. These women want their comfort, but do they care about what their babies feel? A baby can take an active part in birth when labor starts naturally. Of course, pain relief and Csections are useful and necessary in some cases. I am firmly in favor of providing...
...experience was eye opening. “I remember opening the score to the ‘Rite of Spring,’” Cheung says. “I had never seen anything like it in my life. After somehow following the score with a recording, it was a total out-of-body experience.” It was moments like these that convinced Cheung that music was indeed his calling...