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Being the only people of color in the building (aside from the people who worked there), we felt conspicuously out of place. But in a sense, we were working there. We were the entertainment. We were ushered into a room upstairs and kept out of sight until they were ready for us. There, we were able to joke about an otherwise tense and uncomfortable situation. When they called us, we lined up and walked out into the hallway, where we proceeded to stand for a good 10 minutes. All around there were people mingling and having a good time, talking...
...congress. Thousands of red flags line boulevards in the capital, and billboards in Tiananmen Square celebrate the "victorious opening" of the congress. By quietly putting up with the inanity of it all, Chinese affirm their acquiescence. Li Shuzhen is one such person. She lives in a stone house within sight of the Great Hall of the People, where the weeklong congress convenes. Local Party leaders made the residents of her neighborhood drape red flags next to their doors. She shrugs, "Everybody does...
...rolled out our swags beneath the shade of a coolibah tree and watched and waited, ravenous, while the billy boiled. This was a truly Waltzing Matilda moment except for one seemingly un-Australian note?the chime of a camel bell and the sight of its wearer extending a long, furry neck to prune the top of an acacia bush not far from our bedrolls...
...With thousands of restive homeowners owing more on their mortgages than their property is worth and with no relief in sight, the government has decided on drastic action. Last week, Hong Kong's secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands, Michael Suen, laid out a new policy aimed at "restoring the public's confidence in the property market." Interestingly, the government has decided the best way to do that is to take itself out of the game, at least temporarily. Construction of state-subsidized apartments, except those for low-income families, will be suspended indefinitely starting next January and government land...
Grumet-Morris also appeared to have clear lines of sight on goals scored by Paul Esdale and Scott Ford...