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...spearheaded by Mayor Bertrand Delanoë as part of a long-term effort to revitalize Paris' 19th arrondissement. Launched just over a year ago, with high-profile events by fashion giant Alexander McQueen, trip-hop icon Tricky and art-rock legend Lou Reed, the immense 39,000-sq-m space was renovated by architectural firm Atelier Novembre. It boasts artist studios, designer boutiques, a café, a bookshop, a children's area and even a free-standing pizza truck under its soaring glass roof, which echoes the spectacular glass-domed Grand Palais rather more closely than...
...cyberwarfare is a key component in the Chinese military's strategic vision for defeating the technologically superior U.S. in any future conflict. That means conducting so-called asymmetrical warfare, aimed at using the U.S.'s dependence on technology as a weapon: for example, targeting America's network of space satellites or developing missiles that could sink U.S. aircraft carriers. For China's generals, though, of all the asymmetrical methods of attack available to them, cyberwar presents a uniquely effective - and cost-effective - means of neutralizing the U.S advantage. "They recognized the importance as far back as the early '90s," says...
...even if it wasn't a miracle, surely it was still extraordinary? In some ways it was extraordinary simply because of positioning: the airplane happened to be above a smooth river - an unlimited landing space - in good weather. It wasn't in some nightmarish situation one can easily imagine: over the mountains at night, [for instance]. This could have been beyond the possibility of recovery...
...loans granted by Chinese banks in the first 10 months of 2009 surged an eye-popping 144%, to $1.3 trillion, from the same period in 2008. The easy money policy has led to a fantastic increase in property deals - up 82% in October (by volume of floor space) from the same month a year earlier. There is also concern percolating that home prices in major cities are rising out of the reach of the average Chinese. Not only could that cause social discontent, it may also dampen consumption - which China's policymakers desperately need to increase. If families need...
...Mercedes Coloma, president of the Madrid-based Confederation of Parents of Students, the problem lies less with the content than with who is distributing it. "This is a clear usurpation of parents' rights," she says. "In their publicity, [the government] talks about creating a space for exchange and dialogue about sex. But that space already exists: it's the family...