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...have allowed the yuan to rise about 5% against the dollar over the past 18 months. That makes Chinese goods more expensive in America, and the pinch is already being felt by some of China's manufacturers of textiles and other low-end merchandise. The annual trade fair in Guangzhou, a city at the vanguard of China's march toward capitalism over the past two decades, was overcrowded as usual last October with prospective foreign buyers of toys, clothing, shoes and handbags. But there was a difference, say businessmen who attended. "A lot of purchasers came to negotiate, but they...
Orginally from Guangzhou, China, Chen arrived in Massachusetts last fall, claiming that his reason for studying abroad is to gain a coveted spot in Harvard’s class...
...Beijing and Shanghai editions lack these. Such an omission would be forgivable if only they provided the one supplication that springs to a passenger's lips when riding in a mainland-Chinese taxi: "Drive safely. Let's get there alive!" The Taxi Guide series is available from thetaxiguide.com. Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi editions are in the pipeline...
Playing the world circuit has also given him the opportunity to display his talents to a broader range of audiences than ever before. After winning his first professional tournament this March in Guangzhou, China, in a televised three-set final that featured two tiebreakers, Chu received the full star treatment, giving interviews and signing autographs after the match...
...indulgence common enough during the concubine-laden imperial days but nearly impossible in the socialist era, when wages were minuscule and privacy was almost nonexistent. So prevalent are mistresses today that the central government requires officials to report their extramarital affairs to the state. In megacities like Shanghai and Guangzhou, certain neighborhoods have been dubbed "concubine villages" for the pampered inamorata living in them. "Generally, having more freedom is a good thing," says Shu Xin, a former advice columnist who now runs a private marriage-counseling service in Shanghai. "But freedom can mean temptation, and most Chinese men cannot resist...