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...clay huts that used to stand there. However, each of these buildings was built with a Chinese flag on the roof. At the same time, the display of the Tibetan flag has been banned at many of these new buildings, especially the schools. When peaceful demonstrators in the Ma Ngoe township tried to replace the Chinese flag on their public school with a Tibetan flag, five truckloads of Chinese security forces arrived on the scene...

Author: By Joe O. Masterman | Title: Imperialism in the Holy Land | 2/25/2009 | See Source »

...dinner leaves you thirsting for more of the resort's 10,000 bottles of wine, head to the Wine Bar, where you can enjoy informal tastings with sensational cheeses selected by the maître de fromage or, even more tantalizingly, various types of chocolate. Forget the beach and sun this Maldivian holiday, and give your taste buds a buzz instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pleasure Island | 2/25/2009 | See Source »

...Sanders Theatre this past Friday, cellist Yo-Yo Ma ’76 showed off his exuberant stage presence—with and without his instrument. Ma was joined onstage by President Drew G. Faust, Humanities Professor Stephen J. Greenblatt, and Literature Professor Diana Sorensen, who heaped praise on Ma for his talent and character as they announced new Harvard initiatives in accordance with the recommendations of the Task Force on the Arts. Introduced by Faust as “the beautiful Yo-Yo Ma,” Ma performed an awe-inspiring rendition of the Sarabande from Bach?...

Author: By Benjamin C. Burns, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Yo-Yo Ma Goes Beyond the Music | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...Passion for the Arts,” a two-day career showcase event that she said was the first large-scale event Harvard has hosted to encourage careers in the arts and humanities.Speakers during the two-day career showcase event included famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma ’76 and Harvard Law School Professor Noah R. Feldman ’92, both of whom joined Faust in arguing for the importance of an education in the arts and humanities—a focus that Faust has repeatedly stressed over the first year and a half of her presidency.The event...

Author: By Alex M. Mcleese, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: From Passions to Professions | 2/9/2009 | See Source »

...shape because they lack the scale, financial resources and technical prowess of their larger Korean and American rivals. The companies' woes are pushing the Taiwan government toward a bailout of the industry. "We have the intention and the resolve to help the DRAM companies through difficult times," Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou reportedly told electronics industry executives in early January. Aid is crucial, policymakers believe, because Taiwan's chipmakers are simply too important to the economy, which specializes in manufacturing gear like notebook PCs. "It's bad for the whole high-tech industry here if the DRAM industry fails," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chips Are Down for Asia's Semiconductor Makers | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

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