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...China and South Korea reacted angrily to his visit, the sixth during Koizumi's time as Prime Minister, but the reality is that both countries have long since written off Koizumi, who leaves office in a month. Solving the intractable question of Yasukuni - and possibly ending Japan's virtual diplomatic isolation in Asia - will fall to Koizumi's likely successor, the hawkish Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe. Both China and South Korea have signaled their willingness to give Abe a chance once he takes power, to allow him to begin to repair the immense damage that Koizumi has done...
...Through the wall-sized windows behind his slick, black desk, Ma overlooks steel-and-glass office towers that house similar companies, including an online-music outfit and a "virtual university" where colleges from around the country have conference centers and research labs. This small enclave of white-collar knowledge workers is a model the rest of Shenzhen must rapidly emulate if it is to continue to prosper, says Ma: "In Shenzhen, we really have to move faster than before, and take the right direction." His vision?and his sense of urgency?is shared by city officials, who have launched...
...Largely due to TMZ's virtual 24/7 presence, Mintz has admonished his clients to be careful about what they say and do in public. Hilton, in particular, is a favorite object of TMZ's attention, so much so that she recently granted Levin a rare interview in which she complained about the "hurtful" comments posted about her by readers on the TMZ website. Now, that's access, Hollywood...
...affluent Chinese increase, so does the demand for tiger skins, along with ground tiger bones, whiskers and penises for use in traditional Chinese medicine. A large, unblemished pelt can fetch over $10,000, and powdered tiger bones sell for hundreds of dollars per kilogram. Neighboring Tibet has become a virtual shopping mall for tigers. In an undercover visit in 2005, conservationist Wright filmed vendors in Lhasa hawking dozens of pelts and swatches in the back rooms of stores and on street corners-an exposé that led the Dalai Lama to condemn the trade...
...grew up in west London. Her album, Alright, Still, could possibly debut at No. 1 this week, too. And like fellow Brits Arctic Monkeys, who similarly seemed to come from nowhere, Allen's popularity was forged online. A handful of free tracks posted on Allen's page on virtual community MySpace has garnered almost 3 million listens. "Obviously I'm really grateful for MySpace and what it's done for me," says Allen, "but at the same time MySpace is just a website; it's the music that people are attracted to, not the Internet." So what is her draw...