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...height is, of course, an attraction, but there will always be taller hotels," concedes general manager Christophe Sadones, who has a bird's-eye view of the previous record holder, the Grand Hyatt, in the upper reaches of the Jin Mao Tower, right next door. (The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong, when it opens next year, will be the new claimant for the title.) "And at the end of the day," he says, "you have to remember that this is still a hotel, and the key to success is the same as at any hotel." That means ensuring that every item...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Shanghai High Life | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

...streets of Guangzhou and nearby Shenzhen, Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo is turning heads. Since holding a press conference for his semiautobiographical Nairobi to Shenzhen: A Novel of Love in the East on Nov. 4, Ndesandjo, a half brother of U.S. President Barack Obama, has appeared on television in Hong Kong, and his picture has been splashed on the front pages of China Daily, the South China Morning Post and other regional newspapers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Half Brother Makes a Name for Himself in China | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

...Networks in Atlanta. He decided to reinvent himself by moving to China, a country he had visited with classmates while at Emory. Since 2002, he has taught English and worked as a business consultant in Shenzhen, a 14 million-strong metropolis in southern China, just across the border from Hong Kong. (See pictures of Barack Obama in Asia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Half Brother Makes a Name for Himself in China | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

Since March, the dollar has lost about 15% of its value against the world's other major currencies. That's a dull way to put it, though, so you're more likely to read or hear that the greenback is "wobbling," "slumping," "plunging" or even "collapsing." Marc Faber, a Hong Kong-based investment guru with a flair for the dramatic, went so far as to declare in a TV interview a few weeks ago that the U.S. currency was on its way "to a value of exactly zero...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dollar in Danger | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...Read "Hong Kong: The World's Most Expensive Real Estate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bubble Trouble: Why Real Estate Is China's Biggest Headache | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

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