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...this in the companion volume Inside, subtitled OneHundred by OneHundred, which hones in on Shek Kip Mei Estate, Hong Kong's oldest public-housing complex. With the help of a social worker, in April 2007 Wolf gained access to 100 residents of the estate's soon-to-be-demolished Mark I blocks - accommodation of 1950s vintage designed to house the greatest number of people and to be built in the quickest possible time in response to a burgeoning city's housing crisis. He then photographed the tenants inside their cramped, 120-sq.-ft. (11 sq m)homes (according...
...turns out, neither extreme came to pass - partly because only 2.4% of the population checked more than one race. Nonetheless, the instruction to "mark one or more boxes" signified a major turning point in how the Census sets the parameters for national discussion. In the words of former Census director Kenneth Prewitt, we are now moving from "a justice-based classification system" to "an identity-based classification system." If not revolution, that is at least evolution. (See the world's most influential people in the 2009 TIME...
...Crude palm oil from Malaysia, which produces 45% of the global supply, is one commodity for which China has a vast appetite, yet cannot produce, according to research analyst Mark Matthews of Macquarie Securities. Low-grade electronics manufacturers in Thailand and Malaysia also stand to be beneficiaries. "These two markets are well positioned to take China's place at the lower end of the production network," says HSBC's Wong. (See the best pictures of the week...
Both Harvard Democrats President Jason Q. Berkenfeld ’11 and Harvard Republican Club President Mark A. Isaacson ’11 said that January term, which scattered their members throughout the country for a few weeks, hurt the clubs’ ability to foster a stronger volunteer effort on behalf of their respective candidates...
Members of the Harvard College Democrats and the Harvard Republican Club had been making phone calls over the past week to try to get out the vote, according to Dems President Jason Q. Berkenfeld ’11 and HRC President Mark A. Isaacson...