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...alternative to the homogenized pop culture Rasoanaivo decries, Tarika offers Madagascar's folk music, which combines the traditions of Indonesia and the African mainland (Indonesians settled the island thousands of years ago). Vocal harmonies as warm and light as Bornean breezes blend seamlessly with playful African polyrhythms. The disparate elements are held together by the rock-solid consistency of Randrianasolomalala Victor's drumming and the conviction in Rasoanaivo's vocals: the soul, perhaps, referred to in the album title...
...Underneath the bravado, however, there is a growing fear that perhaps FORTUNE was prescient. Hong Kong is having trouble competing, not only with a rising China, but against a world built on brains, not asset trading. As the mainland maintains its rapid growth rates, Hong Kong is barely above water after three years of stagnation. To the question "Is Hong Kong dying?" a prominent barrister recently offered this reply, made only half in jest: "It is already dead...
...Hong Kong's basic problems are well known. It is too expensive, in terms of both wages and real estate, and its government is too big. University graduates have poor skills not only in English but in Chinese, too. Corporations are hiring in the mainland, and firing in Hong Kong. Premier Zhu Rongji, a former Shanghai mayor, allowed the mainland property bubble to burst in the mid-'90s without intervention. Now, Shanghai and other Chinese cities are bursting with new businesses in part because both wages and asset prices are but a fraction of Hong Kong...
...sold more than 8 million tickets, making it Korea's biggest blockbuster ever. The most anticipated new releases are Little Match Girl, which generated interest at Cannes this year although the script wasn't even finished, and Musa (The Warrior), a big-budget epic set in China and featuring mainland actress Zhang Ziyi. (Musa opens in Korea this week...
...Laos, Burma and northern Thailand. Other smaller groups in the area are the Hani and Lahu peoples, mainly of Tibetan stock. Known for their hospitality and resistance to assimilation, the indigenous cultures provide a color and individualism very different from that found in other, more monolithic parts of mainland China...