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...clothing featuring Disney characters. The list prohibits, among other things, indentured servitude and "slavery." Yang thinks that's funny. His laborers come from villages across China to work 8-to-10-hour days for up to $120 a month and consider that a good deal in a nation where urban per capita income is $86 per month. Looking up from her C cups, Lou Xuxiao, 20, brags about the new electric moped "I never thought I'd own." While Yang is sowing prosperity in China, the U.S.'s new penchant for protectionism could bust his big plans. Asset Underwear, which...
...Hong Kong-based designer Ranee Kok Chui Wah added feathers and a long, sassy gold sash to her cheongsams, or traditional Chinese dresses; Malaysia's Beatrice Looi applied the country's batik dyeing method to her beaded and sequined silk organza formal wear; and Korean label Kang Ki Ok Urban Look painted the fiery phoenix, once deemed appropriate only for royalty, on the princess-seamed back of a denim dress. Urban Look design director Kwan Jung Ran says the idea is to show that beauty hides in the least obvious places. "Denim is vintage, casual and popular. We added extravagant...
Delbanco’s style focuses on humor and Rosalie is wryly aware of all the events in her life, both tragic and comic. The novel focuses on everyday issues—employment, love, friendships, urban life—but Delbanco makes a point of creating a strong voices among her characters to keep the readers interest...
...source close to Reischauer said he was unlikely to cede his place on the Corporation or his position as president of the Urban Institute...
...started performing Spoken Word at Harvard during the summer’s Freshman Urban Program. Spoken Word is a broad, hard to define term for performance poetry that usually falls somewhere between standard poetry and rap. Since then, I have fallen in love with this campus’s spoken word community. It has been a blessing to be able to share my pieces at different events, such as at Spoken Word Society Open Mics and Women in Color Coffeehouse Nights...