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...times a week, belong to fitness clubs and travel for pleasure at least twice a year, albeit mostly within China. Mobile phones and personal computers have become common in this land of former hand-to-mouth farmers. That's providing abundant opportunities for companies looking to ride the spending wave. The emerging Chinese middle class has become an important target market for international businesses keen to supply it with products and services...
...recordings were copies of other performers' work. A critic came upon the alleged fraud when he loaded a Hatto CD onto his computer and an online database automatically identified it as a set by Hungarian Laszlo Simon. An independent expert testing Hatto's catalog claims that the sound-wave patterns on at least five of her CDs are identical to earlier recordings. One online retailer has stopped selling Hatto's music, and the British Phonographic Industry has begun an investigation. If the allegations are true, says a BPI spokesman, "this would be one of the most extraordinary cases of piracy...
While the spinning rims-route might lead to quick success, fans hope Hallyu remains a Korean phenomenon that is, in fact, Korean. “I strongly identify with the collaborative intentions of J.Y.P., but I also feel that we need to acknowledge the Korean aspect of this cultural wave,” audience member Grace S. Kim ’09 wrote in an email, “because without that, it really isn’t anything...
...artists I’m releasing this year is actually black,” he said, “I don’t think we should call him Hallyu.” Jin-Young Park denied that his work was even part of the wave and said he was uncomfortable with attempts to steer Hallyu in a nationalist direction. His stand led to a disagreement with Jung-Sook Park, who is a cultural ambassador-at-large for South Korea. Responding to him at length, she conceded that the cultural issue was complex...
...absolutely wearable, offering a larger and more diverse showing than the previous collections.Models show off flirty skirts, evening gowns, and plush fur coats in blacks, browns, and deep shades of purple. Metallic silver appears frequently. The last model strikes her pose, the designer takes a bow, and we wave goodbye to reality stars, fashion reporters, underfed models, and, of course, Fabio.10:00 p.m.As we walk away from the tents for the last time—passing models in street clothes drinking diet Red Bulls and smoking cigarettes—we realize that our two day fashion bender has come...