Protest in Guangzhou: Why would you burn garbage?
Barbie Spa: For the cosmopolitan plastic beauty in you
Obama in China: Long gone, and still headlinin'
Lot o' Hotpot: Three Travellers
Cinematheque: Mulan is finally Chinese again! (and other film news)
- Top Chefs Leave Jean-Georges, Head to HK [Cityweekend SH] "Former Jean-Georges Chef/Partner Eric Johnson and his right hand pastry man, Jason Casey, both veterans of Three on the Bund’s most luxurious dining destination, have wrapped up their multi-year stints under Jean-Georges Vongerichten and will launch their own restaurant, Union J, in a prime location in Hong Kong—on the 2nd floor above the California Club."
- Chinese displaced by Three Gorges Dam protest [AP] "More than 2,000 people displaced by construction of the Three Gorges Dam clashed with police in central China during a protest Wednesday over missing resettlement payments, leaving 30 protesters injured, a Hong Kong-based group said."
- Report: Zhang plans film to mark China anniversary [AP] ""Raise the Red Lantern" director Zhang Yimou plans to make a movie to mark the 60th anniversary of communist China, cementing his shift from a dissident to a government-favored artist. Zhang is still working on the script for the film, China Central Television reported Wednesday."
- Some tech companies rethink their outsourcing strategies [San Jose Mercury News] "A new survey of chief financial officers suggests these perilous times are causing some to consider outsourcing operations to other regions of the United States rather than overseas. While there is no evidence of a major shift in outsourcing — and while some experts think the bad economy will actually accelerate the movement of U.S. jobs to developing countries — the recession clearly has caused corporations to reassess their global strategies."
- Nepal bans protests around Chinese Embassy [IHT] Nepal said Monday that it will arrest and jail anyone protesting near the Chinese Embassy and its visa office in Katmandu, a bid to keep Tibetan refugees from marking a key anniversary.
- Local official: no lama protest in southwest China monastery [Xinhua] An official in southwest China's Sichuan Province said Tuesday that a ritual held Sunday by dozens of lamas in the Se Monastery was a case of normal religious activity, and not a "Tibetan monks protest" as reported by some foreign media.
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What's with that picture of the dam? Is there a rainbow arcing over the gorge? Both times we were there (we lived in Yichang) it was so grey and foggy you couldn't see across the river.
I bet this created some construction jobs