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...This affordable volume comprises, over 416 pages, his complete fiction. Julia Lovell's are arguably the most accessible translations yet of such famous stories as "The Divorce," "New Year's Sacrifice" and the eponymous tale of Ah-Q (an opportunistic, inept sometime participant in the 1911 Revolution). Together, they give Lu Xun his best shot to date of achieving renown beyond the Chinese world. If it succeeds in this, the book could be considered the most significant Penguin Classic ever published...
...another three Chinese workers over what the P.N.G. nationals considered to be workplace apartheid: everything, from their food and toilets to salaries and dormitories, they alleged, was far inferior to those of the Chinese workers. "The Chinese think we are animals," says a welder named Nenge, who refuses to give me his full name lest he get fired from his job. "No days off, sometimes tinned fish for overtime pay, dirty latrines with a bad smell. How can they respect themselves after treating us so poorly...
...information back home. In P.N.G., for instance, the local press has widely covered a government investigation into claims that corrupt local officials allowed Chinese immigrants to buy passports. In May Prime Minister Somare went so far as to implicate the immigration department, commenting, "We know some are saying, 'You give me a six-pack [of beer], and I'll give you a passport...
...Give 'Em Hell, Hillary Joe Klein has made a strong case for why Hillary Clinton should be President [Nov. 16]. Unfortunately, as Secretary of State serving an inexperienced President, she is hampered by Barack Obama's fantasy foreign policy. During the campaign, Clinton spelled out over and over the harsh realities of the dangerous world she is now confronting. Sometimes blunt is better. Margaret Ray Pearisburg...
...person who doesn't have any knowledge of public administration, could suddenly be pulled into a system that is so dirty and corrupt. Has he even bothered to think of what kind of ruin it may bring to his life and reputation? Think of it, Manny! You must give careful thought to what you have in mind or else what will follow will make you a perfect laughingstock. Herminio S. Arcales Jr. Manila...