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...everyone expects there to be big differences in terms of business culture," says TV director Zhang. "But with China and Japan, even Japanese are often surprised that we don't operate the same way." To smooth the waters - even the channel between the two countries is called the East Sea by the Chinese and the Sea of Japan by the Japanese - head-hunting firm Meitec runs six-month training programs in five Chinese cities for engineers who wish to work for Japanese companies. Some later relocate to Japan. Mandatory lessons include collaborative teamwork (Chinese engineers often prefer the competitive thrill...
Where to Eat Gothenburgers love their seafood; heavenly langoustines, cod and sole feature on most restaurant menus. But there's one sea creature they like to munch more than most: the humble herring. They like it fried, fermented, pickled and baked. And they especially enjoy it at Leif Mannerström's harbor-side restaurant Sjömagasinet. Every Christmas, the Michelin-starred chef dishes up a banquet of 16 types of herring and serves 10,000 people over 22 days. So if you want to join in the festive fish feast, make sure to book a table early...
...just be honest and say that I’ve never heard of that country.” 2. What’s the deepest lake in the world? Tony D. Qian ’08: “This would just be a guess...maybe the Dead Sea. That’s a guess, it’s probably wrong.” 3. Can you spell appoggiatura, the 2005 Scripps National Spelling Bee’s winning word? Rocksheng Zhong...
...year-old was taken into custody overnight by the Hampshire Constabulary in southern England. His arrest is the latest twist in the mysterious reappearance of a man who was presumed drowned in the North Sea in March, 2002. A frenzied search for Darwin - which included a helicopter and nearly a dozen ships and canvassed 200 sq. mi. (518 sq. km) of sea - yielded no traces of the former prison official. When his shattered red kayak washed ashore without its captain, it seemed, surely, to spell Darwin's untimely demise...
...husband was dead and sought the closure that came with that knowledge. "I have no reason to think he would have left and stage-managed this," she reportedly said. The questions that lingered then have been supplemented by new ones, as the husband she saw swallowed up by the sea has emerged once more, whole and unharmed but still awash in the unknown...