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...operettas since you were little, these two dead Victorian Englishmen have a lot more to offer than their dreary names suggest. Directed by Charlie I. Miller ’08 and produced by Jeremy R. Steinemann ’08, Jessica A. Bloom ’07, and Xin Wei Ngiam ’07, with musical direction by Ben E. Green ’06, “H.M.S. Pinafore” runs until Dec. 16 at the Agassiz Theatre.The shorter “Trial by Jury,” a courtroom comedy in which a would-be bride...
...contrast between such sentiments and the attitudes of the current crop of leading artists, like Zhang Xiaogang, Zhu Wei and Fang Lijun, couldn't be starker. Mostly now in their 40s, many of the artists suffered through the tail end of the Cultural Revolution. The cultural flowering that followed in the '80s was another casualty of the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989. Many artists left the country. Now back, they're thrilled at being rewarded instead of hounded for expressing their feelings in their work. Fundamental issues like politics, ideology and spirituality remain important themes. Images of Mao Zedong...
...developing world die each day from diarrhea. Gastroenteritis is due to unchecked population growth and overcrowding, to humans overtaxing their environment. The most stable environment is one in equilibrium. Growth leads to instability and breakdown. It is unfortunate that in this world everything is geared toward growth. Chin Wei Pok, M.D. Subang Jaya, Malaysia...
...despite all the talk of friendship and brotherhood, both Beijing and its African partners have long since dispensed with even the rhetoric of "anti-imperialist solidarity." Asked by a reporter about trade and investment talks on the sidelines of the summit, deputy finance minister Wei Jianguo predicted that the event would spawn as many as 2,500 new deals. Today, when Beijing sits down with African leaders, their business is usually business...
...developing world die each day from diarrhea. Gastroenteritis is due to unchecked population growth and overcrowding, to humans' overtaxing their environment. The most stable environment is one in equilibrium. Growth leads to instability and breakdown. It is unfortunate that, in this world, everything is geared toward growth. Chin Wei Pok, M.D. Subang Jaya, Malaysia What Veils Reveal Congratulations to columnist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown for arguing against the face veil worn by some Muslim women [Oct. 16]. The veil certainly represents the suppression of women. It is apparently worn because some Muslim men are so lacking in self-control that...