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...Oriental Plaza, a huge shopping mall in the Wangfujing area. If you still feel like meeting some friends and having a chat, head over to the lounge bars along Sanlitun Bar Street. One of the best is Jazz-Ya, tel: (86-10) 6415 1227, located on Sanlitun's popular Na Li alley. This short passageway is packed with fashion stores and restaurants, but Jazz-Ya stands out because of its free nighttime jam sessions...
DEFINITION chi-na-free adj. A term proposed for use on food labels to show that products are not made in China...
...Chinese citizen, I found Elegant's depiction of young Chinese as apolitical and materialistic rather naïve. He assumes that certain "Paris Hilton" types are representative of their generation, and that functional democracy and governments responsive to citizens cannot exist without a ballot-style voting system. Deng Xiao-Ping's pragmatism, as well as redefining socialist economics, has brought about new understandings of democracy and politics for China's youth. The "Me Generation" have certainly hit the right political buttons so far, prompting governmental commitments to keeping them "rich and happy." Mingyi Yao, Melbourne...
...cultural tools, all the tools in our tool box to keep us safe," he said. He also took the opportunity to stress one of his campaign's broader themes about the future. ""When I talk about hope, the Washington press corps gets kinda of cynical, 'that's so naïve,'" Obama said. "'People with experience don't talk about hope. He's a hope peddler, he's a hope monger...
...reality is Israel's safety will never be assured, and a Palestinian state will never be secured until the U.S. and Israel begin some level of cooperation with their enemies, or until they defeat them. And if dealing with the devil seems naïve and impractical, it's worth remembering that victory in the Middle East is just as elusive as peace...