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...upper floors are decorative pastiches of foreign styles, from Greek porticos to Islamic domes, meant to show a returned worker's worldliness. Nearly 2,000 blockhouses remain in the Kaiping area, most of them built during the Republican era of 1912-49. If you're in Hong Kong (four hours away by ferry) or Guangzhou (a two-hour drive) and fancy a captivating detour, why not go see just how exuberantly this previous generation of affluent Chinese spent its cash? The best place to start, just west of Kaiping, is the village of Zili, which has 15 blockhouses. The stately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asset Building | 7/17/2005 | See Source »

Drawn from their Annenberg Italian-style “festive meal” by loud music coming from the usually tranquil home of math review sessions, others flocked spontaneously to Loker during the hour-long set on Wednesday...

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Band Plays Loker Gigs | 7/15/2005 | See Source »

...chicken wings grew cold. I jangled my keys. It was too late, I told the men. I stepped off the porch and found my Jetta, safe in the strip mall’s parking lot, and sped at 60 miles per hour back to my high-ceilinged room off Fontainebleau Drive. It was quiet...

Author: By April H.N. Yee, | Title: Saigon, Louisiana | 7/15/2005 | See Source »

College students in London received e-mails from several Harvard offices throughout the day of July 7, when four rush-hour explosions rocked the city. By 9 p.m. Thursday, the College had heard back from 67 of the 71; the remaining students contacted Harvard Friday morning, according to Georgene B. Herschbach, an associate dean of the College...

Author: By Brendan R. Linn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students In London Shaken, But Safe | 7/15/2005 | See Source »

...four explosions in London last Thursday targeted Underground trains and a double-decker bus during the morning rush hour, killing at least 52 people and wounding more than...

Author: By Brendan R. Linn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students In London Shaken, But Safe | 7/15/2005 | See Source »

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