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...look at modern urban China in his On the Wall series, in which a schoolgirl sits astride walls facing the cold skyscrapers of Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other cities. Comment on the brash new consumerist society sprouts up in Beijing artist Song Dong's Edible Bonsais, miniature landscapes of ham hock mountains, prosciutto hills and broccoli-flower trees. "What About China?" doesn't pretend to be comprehensive - it doesn't include unofficial artists or those from the worldwide diaspora - but it does provide an introductory look at some of the creative instincts within the awakening giant. Thanks to its playful presentation...
...result, the country that everyone thinks is synonymous with wealth is deep in debt. A few years from now, when Iraq begins to produce serious quantities of oil for export, it may be just enough to send the price down and put the Saudis in even deeper hock. For the royal family, which is walking a tightrope between its corrupt ways and an exploding population of Muslim extremists, that could spell trouble...
...Bernie Ebbers borrowed hundreds of millions. The Rigases, controlling family members at cable giant Adelphia, borrowed billions. In each case, shareholders have been left holding the bag. So let's change the rules. Executives get paid well; let them go to the bank and put their home in hock like the rest of us. And end the practice by which executives at Enron and Tyco have sold stock back to the company, rather than on the open market, to avoid legally disclosing the sale for as long as a year--while exhorting others...
...Berlin vs. Brussels. The drama that is currently roiling German politics is the fall of Leo Kirch, the mysterious media magnate who controls a bundle of TV networks, plus the rights to warehouses full of movies and other goodies like the next soccer World Cup. He is in hock to the banks for about ?6 billion ($5.2 billion), and lots of loans are coming due these days. When Rupert Murdoch, the Australian-American ruler of a globe-spanning media empire, offered himself as a savior, Schröder sent out the signal: "No foreigners!" The word was spread that...
...clever, but the food doesn't hide behind wily frills. Our yellowtail sashimi literally melts away into a mouthful of flavor. Nothing tastes anything short of delicious, and at less than $30 for the two of us, Mitsui serves the best sushi I've ever eaten without having to hock the koi farm to pay the bill. Bookings can be made by calling...