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Komatireddy said a trip to the Peking Opera and a Tai-chi exercise regimen were examples of the good treatment the Harvard students received from their hosts...
...fire fighter, Lau grew up the fourth of six kids in a public-housing estate in Hong Kong's industrial Tai Po district. Today, he commands about $1 million per movie and averages three a year; in addition, he performs several concerts annually for about $125,000 a show, and he boasts a steady stream of lucrative fees for advertisements and endorsements. This level of success "is more than enough," says Lau, whom friends describe as traditional and who lives in a house next door to his father's in Kowloon. In his spare time, Lau practices magic tricks...
...Destinations to restore your sense of wonder 40,000 mouths to feed each day, service is spotty, but who cares? Room and board are free. SCOTLAND Dhanakosa Find enlightenment in the southern Scottish Highlands at this Buddhist hideaway. Retreats on offer combine meditation with everything from photography classes to Tai Chi, starting from $100 a weekend. KOREA Mu Sang Sa This Zen temple, three hours' drive from Seoul , holds twice-yearly retreats. Live the life of a monk or a nun for up to three months without any prior meditation experience, from $175 a week...
...SCOTLAND Dhanakosa Find enlightenment in the southern Scottish Highlands at this Buddhist hideaway. Retreats on offer combine meditation with everything from photography classes to Tai Chi, starting from $100 a weekend...
...price surge 73% in its first day of trading, Dec. 23. In the short term, such suspension of disbelief can be highly profitable, but it can also be an excellent way of losing money fast. "Some of the investors will ultimately be burned," says Joseph Lau, a director at Tai Fook Asset Management. Optimists point to China's bottomless labor pool and insatiable demand as evidence that this may not be a bubble at all; the Chinese economy is growing exponentially as a new middle class takes shape, they argue, and that should continue to drive stocks higher. Most...