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...corruption. Their war stories have spawned a booming genre of non-fiction, in which the latest entrant is James McGregor's One Billion Customers. McGregor, who went to the mainland as a journalist but changed tracks in 1994 to become the China head of Dow Jones, dispenses his wisdom through case studies?mostly of how things can go wrong. The story of an investment bank created by Morgan Stanley and the China Construction Bank, for example, shows how a clash of cultures can reduce a joint venture to a dysfunctional set of fiefdoms. But McGregor really hits his stride with...
...Some of the best Seasons songs have the emotional sourness (Gaudio) set in a mini-play structure (Crewe). Stuff happens in these songs. Lives change with a hard word or an unspoken one. Wisdom arrives like a chill. And the wisdom is: not all endings are happy. You can't always get what you want, or what you need, either. Love is something you fall out of, like a plane without a parachute. So many of these songs are about an affair that has to end, because one of the players is tired of it or because society conspires against...
...strands, of generation and regeneration, are twined in "Walk Like a Man." Here's the plot: The singer's girl has defamed him, and he's crushed; he needs mature, male wisdom to caulk his broken heart. In what is surely their last conversation, he tells her: "Oh, how you tried / To cut me down to sigh-yize, / Tellin' dirty lie-yies to my friends. / But my own father / Said, 'Give her up, don't bother. / The world isn't coming to an end. He said: 'Walk like a man. Talk like a man. / Walk like...
...Jesuit priest Giuseppe Castiglione - who had been brought to court by Kangxi and lasted well into Qianlong's time - can be read as a political piece. Pine, Hawk and Glossy Ganoderma was commissioned to mark the Emperor's birthday and is replete with imagery. The pine tree stands for wisdom and long life, and the ganoderma, also known as lingzhi, is a fungus associated with immortality. But the majestic, rare white hawk - it dominates the painting - is the most auspicious symbol, representing a sovereign's virtue and legitimacy. Though Yongzheng's reign was short - he may have accidentally poisoned himself...
...uneven new book, “Let My People Go Surfing,” Yvon Chouinard proudly boasts that the outdoor gear company he founded, Patagonia, has managed to “challenge convention wisdom and present a new style of responsible business.” Unlike the stereotypical evil business, Patagonia has managed to do “good things and make a profit without losing its soul,” Chouinard writes. This prophet of responsible capitalism promises to explain how he broke the rules and won.And the lessons are there. For instance, Chouinard stresses the importance...