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...country's intellectuals, style queens, foodies and hucksters, however, China is the new black. Every other day, a new research partnership or joint venture is announced, or a delegation heads to Beijing or Shanghai. Chinese supermarkets, traditional medicine, tai chi and feng shui have hit the suburbs, and moviegoers are broadening their taste beyond Hong Kong's martial-arts kickfests. A Tianjin-born property billionaire whose projects have reshaped Sydney is inspired by Shanghai's buildings (fewer columns, more concrete, less steel). Australia has had such infatuations in the past. First it was Britain, then the U.S. and Japan...
...names, they are for the dealers, curators and gallery directors who make the art world go round. Their works are being quietly amassed by the collections that count, and they're starting to win the big commissions - actually, the biggest: last year, Guan Wei's 120-panel wall painting, Feng Shui, took up its new home in the foyer of Melbourne's Bureau of Meteorology. "Oh yes, they're very clever," says curator Rhana Devenport, who helped shape the last four Asia-Pacific Triennials at the Queensland Art Gallery. Chinese artists are "very clear about their own practice, and very...
...Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder In the past 20 years, Australia has been quick to pick up on Asian influences. Laksa and satay are as much lunchtime staples as meat pies; school children take classes in Japanese; and Asian approaches to well-being, from feng shui to Chinese medicine, have found ready acceptance in well-heeled suburbs. Now, it's the turn of the fashion business. The designers behind some of the country's hottest young labels may call Australia home, but all share Asian roots and pay homage to them in distinctively Eastern designs...
...past 20 years, Australia has been quick to pick up on Asian influences. Laksa and satay are as much lunchtime staples as meat pies; school children take classes in Japanese; and Asian approaches to well-being, from feng shui to Chinese medicine, have found ready acceptance in well-heeled suburbs. Now, it's the turn of the fashion business. The designers behind some of the country's hottest young labels may call Australia home, but all share Asian roots and pay homage to them in distinctively Eastern designs. The new Asian wave in Australian clothing includes...
...heart of the movie are the three Gao siblings: Gao Weihong (Zhang Jingchu), the rebellious sister who wants to become a paratrooper and is constantly at war with forces determined to keep her grounded; her slow-witted older brother Gao Weiguo (Feng Li), whose parents favor him as unabashedly as his co-workers mistreat him; and Gao Weiqiang (Lu Yulai), the dreamy narrator whose life is overshadowed by his two older siblings. All three characters?played by first-time actors?hover between childhood and adulthood. The Gaos march to their own time, refusing?or just failing?to follow the prescribed...