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...safety is of the utmost importance, we hope that he remains accessible to the American people. The Salahis’ strange claim to fame should not prevent Obama from shaking hands with citizens across the country. It just tells us something interesting about what fame means in modern America...
...consumers, and on the expansion of Chinese companies churning out products for Chinese. "The domestic market will be the leading reason for China's future development," says Chen Baogen, Xi'an's mayor. "Xi'an is different from the coastal cities." (See pictures of the making of modern China...
...athletes to become the most popular sports brand in the country, growing 22% this year in China compared with barely 2% in the U.S. FedEx invested billions in logistics in China and the Pacific Rim, not just enabling foreign companies to function more smoothly but also exporting knowledge of modern shipping in the process. The cumulative result was a transfer of capital, yes, but more vitally of knowledge that has been the key to China's success. (See pictures of China's electronic waste village...
...pictures of the making of modern China...
...Ninja Assassin” is not entirely unpleasant. One cannot help but laugh at the film’s ridiculous premise—the struggles between omnipotent modern-day ninjas and rogue European police officers—and marvel at its terrifying violence. It is a movie whose narrative faults are very easy to mistake for lovable farce or parody. “Ninja Assassin,” however, is no joke: it’s an honest failure...