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...many Chinese can't quite fathom the Mekong's importance to other countries. "This is our part of the river, so we should be able to do what we want with it," says Hu Tao, a geological engineer who has worked at Xiaowan for two years. "The other countries can do what they want with their sections of the river." In some ways, Hu's indifference is understandable. Roughly half the Mekong lies in China, but for most of that length its waters are too swift to support barge traffic or wide-scale fishing. (The Chinese name for the river...
...that these grants allow them to throw a great party and that prior to the grants, they underestimated just how much these non-alcoholic drinks and food could add to the event,” Assistant Dean Paul J. McLoughlin wrote in an e-mailed statement. Veteran DAPA Amy Tao ’07 explained that though DAPA will not fund the purchase of alcohol, its goal is not to impose a modern-day prohibition on the substance. “We’re not there to police at parties. Each individual brings something different to the table...
...It’s been a hard decision for a lot of people,” added DAPA Amy R. Tao ’07, who manned the Nalgene table...
...know the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution has started?'' The servants looked anxious as I left. We all knew that since Mao took over, innumerable people had left their homes during the political campaigns and never come back. At the technical school, the target of the meeting was Tao Feng, the former chief accountant of our office. After several hours of speeches denouncing Shell and the ''running dogs of imperialism,'' Tao Feng was led into the room wearing a tall dunce cap made of white paper with COW'S DEMON AND SNAKE SPIRIT written on it. (In Chinese mythology, these...
...been blinded by capitalist propaganda. After the meeting, the man in charge took me aside. ''You must make a determined effort to emulate Tao Feng and do your best to reform,'' he warned. ''I'm not aware of any wrongdoing on my part,'' I said. ''Perhaps you'll change your attitude when you've had time to think things over,'' said a second man. ''If you try to cover up for the imperialists, the consequences will be serious.'' I decided the meeting was not very important. The government's policy was always changing, like a pendulum swinging from left...