Word: sichuan
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...never to target Chinese customers by serving authentic cuisine. That's why every outlet features a prominent bar and a Top 40 sound track with Sheryl Crow and U2. The cuisine, a hybridized version of Chinese food that would be unrecognizable in most parts of China, includes cheese-covered Sichuan Chicken Flatbread, Dynamite Shrimp served in a martini glass and, for dessert, the Great Wall of Chocolate. In fact, as far as chefs go, the company says the less exposure to Chinese food, the better. "We've hired some Chinese chefs in the U.S., but we weren't successful because...
...unprecedented are the events unfolding in Chongqing, Sichuan province's largest city, that they are raising a slew of questions about their significance among both Chinese and foreign analysts. Could this be the beginning of a nationwide crackdown on corruption? Could the revelations about the role of the party damage the confidence of ordinary Chinese in their rulers? And is this really about corruption, or is it yet another manifestation of an intra-party struggle for power? (See pictures of the making of modern China...
...response to last year’s earthquake in China’s Sichuan province, the Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association collaborated with other Chinese student groups to host a candlelight vigil and a donation collection event, in which the money raised was matched by Johnson & Johnson. Janet He ’10, former co-president of CSA, also emphasized the effectiveness of raising awareness over raising funds on the undergraduate level...
...independent investigation into this matter? Because the Party knows its system is vulnerable, that its credibility is weak and that it has become a mafia whose only unifying ideology is to hold on to power. The truth about something as simple as why those students died in Sichuan could undermine its authority. To witness this vulnerability, you need only look at the soldiers and paramilitaries filling the streets of Beijing and the pages of mainland newspapers ahead of the Oct. 1 National Day parade. It is more a show of fear than...
...What I'm talking about is nothing revolutionary like the democracy that the Communist Party once promised. It is the fundamental matter of protecting one's individual dignity. It is about seeking answers to simple questions - like why so many students died in Sichuan. It is about demanding answers and accountability from one's government. If Chinese citizens do that, then this 60th anniversary will not just be about the Party congratulating itself. It will be the final hurrah of a dying system...