Society & Culture

Chinese Tycoon Murder By Cat Meat Hotpot

I have been so busy lately following variable annuity insurance policies in China and trying to understand why the ‘Lewis Curve’ doesn’t explain Chinese rural migration that I got behind on watching the Colbert Report. While catching up on back …

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More ‘Birth Tourism’–Pregnant Mainland Chinese Women Go To Hong Kong

I knew that the ‘one-child policy’ has had unintended consequences (like China’s demographic time bomb). And I knew that wealthy Chinese have established residency in the U.S., moved the wife to Malibu, and gotten to work on building some family …

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‘Chinese Law Could Make Divorced Women Homeless’ By Didi Kirsten Tatlow

For more on China’s Supreme People’s Court new interpretation of the country’s Marriage Law that after divorce, marital property belongs solely to the person who took out a mortgage and registered as home owner–who in most cases is the husband, …

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‘China’s New Marriage Law May Exacerbate Gender Wealth Gap’: By Leta Hong Fincher

China’s Supreme People’s Court has just issued a new interpretation of the country’s Marriage Law to state that after divorce, marital property belongs solely to the person who took out a mortgage and registered as home owner. Most residential property …

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Why Is That Man Smiling? ‘Execution’ by Yue Minjun

I first saw Yue Minjun’s paintings at the ‘Schoeni Gallery’ in Hong Kong in the 1990s. At that time, his work was relatively cheap. And, to this day, I kick myself for not buying a few pieces. Especially in light …

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Looking Down From Tiananmen #1- Andy Warhol’s ‘Mao’

Revised on August 14,2011: Andy Warhol Made Pop Art From Mao Zedong’s Official Portrait That Would Break Auction Records.And, That Would Be The Inspiration Years Later, When The Chains Came Off, For Many Chinese Contemporary Painters. I follow art in …

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Looking Down From Tiananmen #2 –Addendum: Actor Shoots ‘Mao’ Twice

Revised on August 14,2011: One night in the shadows, Dennis, out of the corner of his eyes, saw the Mao, and he was so spooked……     Dennis Hopper thought he saw Mao Zedong in the room with him.  He …

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