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...China in 2020.) Currently, more than 70% of China's electricity is derived from coal, but the nation's overburdened railways are plagued by bottlenecks, which limit the amount of coal sent to the voracious power plants. Half of the coal available from the western part of Inner Mongolia, for instance, is stuck at the source because of insufficient transportation networks. "Again, it comes down to a lack of planning on basic logistics," says Merrill Lynch's Jacobelli. "In some ways, you'd expect better from a centralized economy...
...chase the sticky taste from your mouth, what you need is a breath of dry, bracing air. Which a movie with a silly title--The Story of the Weeping Camel--and a lovely spirit provides. Set in Mongolia's Gobi Desert, it basically offers a glimpse into the hard, warm lives of the region's nomadic herders. But like the old, artlessly arranged documentaries of Robert Flaherty, it also tells a little story, about a camel who rejects her newborn calf--possibly because its fur is white. The family that owns it lives in patient harmony with the creatures...
...helped supervise dozens of direct-to-video films and fronted the mary-kateandashley brand of fashions, cosmetics and cell phones. Their earnings last year topped $1 billion. When they turn 18 next month, they will take official control of a company worth more than the gross national product of Mongolia. That should keep them busy in the fall, when they acquire--sorry, enter--New York University...
This year’s line-up of films is a testament to the festival’s commitment to a diverse repertoire of films from such locales as Mongolia, France and Japan, and a handful from and about the Harvard community. Amanda R. Micheli ’98, whose film Double Dare will be making its New England premiere at the festival, believes, “there’s no real nationally respected festival in Boston, and I think this one could be what Boston needs. All of the selections in this year’s program...
...provide the lifetime commitment most people seek from their cashmere. They may also be the product of goats with poor genes. Fred Xiaong, co-founder of Autumn Cashmere, whose buttery sweaters typically start at about $300, says the company uses only the hair from superior breeds found in Inner Mongolia...