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...Pookutty, many of the film's cast are already celebrated, respected names in Indian cinema. Gulzar, who won the Oscar for best original song along with Rahman for Jai Ho, is a venerated writer, poet and lyricist; actors Anil Kapoor and Irrfan Khan are among the best in the trade. "I'm super-happy for Rasool [Pookutty], but Rahman and Gulzar are already well-known. They don't need an Oscar to validate their talent," says Mumbai-based assistant film director Tony Deol. Nevertheless, Deol says that alone, all the first-rate Indian talent in the film put together would...
...technology to reach a wider audience. The amazing proliferation of software, video, and the Internet in every part of business and private life is the surest fact of our times. But slow has been their trickle into classrooms. Is it because these tools have no place in the teaching trade? No. Rather, public schools and their tenured employees, unused to the forces of creative destruction, are uniquely ill-suited to develop and deploy new technologies...
...China has already indicated that it won't be shunted aside - or shoulder the blame - when it comes to discussions of the financial crisis. As China's manufacturing sector reels from the global drop in demand for its wares, trade will likely dominate all near-future discussions with the U.S., China's biggest trade partner, and could become the primary source of bilateral friction. In a January speech at Davos, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao lectured about the "inappropriate macroeconomic policies of some economies" with low rates of savings and high consumption - an "unsustainable model of development." In other words...
...trade deficit with China reached an all-time high of $266 billion last year, prompting U.S. complaints of unfair trade practices by Beijing. Meanwhile China has bashed what it calls efforts by the U.S. to promote protectionism. As money from China's $586 billion stimulus program begins to flow, some economists expect that it will encourage export production faster than it stimulates domestic consumption. If that's the case, the Sino-U.S. trade gap and the resulting economic tensions will only swell...
...Yang signaled that China was willing to work with the U.S. on trade, human rights and reducing carbon emissions. And Clinton's emphasis on discussion and consultation has thus far resonated with China. "I think in principal China wants the Obama administration to adopt a cooperative approach to dealings, rather than a confrontational approach," says Yan Xuetong, director of the Institute of International Studies at Tsinghua University in Beijing. "They would like to begin talking about things on an equal footing...