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...Tens of thousands of Chinese from his home province of Fujian alone have traveled from China to Britain in recent years. A coastal region with a booming middle class, Fujian produces a disproportionate number of China's overseas migrants. Back in the mid-1800s, Fujian released its first major wave of migrants, men bound for the Americas to build railroads, can fish and pan for gold. Other coolies, as they were known, headed for European colonies in Asia. Those who left have helped those who stay behind; today, Fujian's annual per-capita income...
...this is when his nerdiness does finally, yes, reveal itself, the kind of action comedies that Harrison Ford did. "Like when he's talking to Princess Leia--that Han Solo attitude!" he says. "Like 'Listen, sister: Stop bitching!'" I'm a little afraid he's going to wave a fake light saber at me. And, worse yet, that I'm going to wave one back...
...questions. How can I go on birth control without my parents knowing? Am I still a virgin if I wear tampons? And my favorite: Can latex gloves double as latex condoms, like, if I use one of the finger holes? No! (Though it might be a funny way to wave at someone...
...Diwaniyah, a town roughly 80 miles away from Baghdad, may be the wave of the near future if Sadr decides to flex his muscle. With more U.S. troops being sent to Baghdad, fighters from Sadr's Mahdi Army began appearing in force in Diwaniyah, a predominantly Shi'ite area of about 400,000 people sitting amid some of Iraq's most fertile farmlands. Violence soon followed. Women accused of violating the draconian brand of Islamic law espoused by al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army militia began turning up dead in Diwaniyah. Residents working with coalition forces at a Polish army...
Jovan and Senni are just two of an estimated 2.2 million French citizens, about 4% of the population, who have joined a wave of emigration. According to the Foreign Ministry, there has been a 40% increase in the number of those registering at French consulates abroad since 1995. People are leaving for all sorts of reasons, of course, ranging from greater opportunities to higher salaries, from romantic entanglements to the search for a foreign utopia that may not exist. Two people leave France every day for tax reasons alone, according to a recent Senate report. But for the most part...