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Want to see a great kiss? There's one in 2046, between Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Gong Li. He stands her against a wall and presses mouth to mouth. He moves back, and we see her lipstick violently smeared. A tear courses down her right cheek, another down her left. It's an avalanche of a kiss; it has crushed not just her lips but also her heart...
...offered a unique perspective on my country's political and social changes. "Small World, Big Stakes" made the point that instead of politicians and scholars, the most important figures for China's future and its relationship with the U.S. are people like the textile worker you highlighted, Liu Li. Today ordinary people like Liu do not fear uncertainty or economic and social instability. These very uncertainties have created opportunities for China's Lius to escape from their humble social and economic background and realize their hopes. There is a degree of freedom of speech here today via the Internet...
...offered a unique perspective on my country's political and social changes. "Small World, Big Stakes" made the point that instead of politicians and scholars, the most important figures for China's future and its relationship with the U.S. are people like the textile worker you highlighted, Liu Li. Today, ordinary people like Liu do not fear uncertainty or economic and social instability. These very uncertainties have created opportunities for China's Lius to escape from their humble social and economic background and realize their hopes. There is a degree of freedom of speech here today via the Internet...
...looking to profit from additional yuan gains, undoing Beijing's efforts to curtail excessive spending and lending in overheating sectors of the economy such as real estate. Also, if the yuan goes up by 10%, "you start to worry about China's competitiveness," says William Fung, managing director of Li & Fung, a Hong Kong trading group that arranges for overseas buyers to manufacture products in Chinese factories. Companies from India to Mexico, which in recent years have struggled to compete with China's low costs and high efficiency, could start to claim new business, says Fung. Merrill Lynch estimates that...
...State Department called Zhu's comments "highly irresponsible." Taiwan, which China considers a renegade province, greeted the news with concern too. Zhu's remarks "will only deteriorate China's relationship with Taiwan, the U.S., and other neighboring Asian countries," says Tung Li-wen, director of China affairs for Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party. It's unclear, though, whether Zhu's comments are an indication that China is changing its longstanding "no first use" policy on nuclear weapons. Zhu, who also heads the National Defense University's College of Defense Studies, stressed that he was not speaking for the government...