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I wasn't thinking about any of that when I mistakenly tried to ingratiate myself in Yunnan by bringing up the Olympics. But it did make me sympathetic to a dejected vendor sitting idly by her stall as nearby competitors did brisk business selling ethnic-themed tourist trinkets. Her wares...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mountain Is High, and Beijing Is Far Away | 7/17/2007 | See Source »

One reason for this disparity is that only 4% of merchants in China even accept credit, concerned that handling fees will eat into already tiny margins. Nowhere is that more clear than Luohu Commercial City. By its very nature, such a robust trade in fake products couldn't survive without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In China, There's Priceless, and for Everything Else, There's Cash | 7/13/2007 | See Source »

Where lessons are learned that reverberate beyond the midway: Too much of a good thing can be bad. Games of chance are rigged against you. Don't blow all your money on the first fun you see. And while it's one thing to win a giant stuffed dog, it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Day at The Fair | 7/12/2007 | See Source »

Communal tables are not new to old-time New Yorkers. Dominic's on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx has been there as long as I can remember (I'm 75), and great food is always on hand. Unfortunately, you will not find butternut-squash dumplings, but the stuffed artichokes are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: Jul. 16, 2007 | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

Giuliani entered the Presidential campaign early this year with one tarnished pal stuffed into his baggage: his former bodyguard, police commissioner and business partner Bernard Kerik. Kerik's career began to unravel in 2004 after Giuliani urged President Bush to name him Secretary of Homeland Security - a nomination that was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Rudy's Get-Tough Image Backfire? | 6/21/2007 | See Source »

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