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Publishing China: New Books and Trends for 2008
The 2008 London Book Fair (LBF), held in early April, was a generally low-key gathering and largely dominated by Middle Eastern publishers. But the growing global momentum of 'the China story' meant that, just as in 2007, considerable promotional space was allocated to forthcoming books about China.
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Photo Story: Recycling in China
China is the largest recycling centre in the world – though its
workers toil primarily for economic rather than environmental reasons.
Across this vast country, people work both formally and informally to
recycle daily-use materials, such as paper, metal, rubber, polythene
and plastics – often because it is the only way to scrape together a
meagre living.
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Chongqing: City of the Future
Tenth anniversaries are usually a cause for celebration. For Chongqing, 2007 represented a landmark year – marking a decade since it joined Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin as China’s fourth city municipality, and the first one located in western China.
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Deluxe China: Is Luxury Losing its Lustre?
Shanghai loves a fashion party, especially one draped with A-list celebrities. In March, the Ferragamo family, along with a 600-strong entourage of global media and Hollywood starlets, descended on Shanghai to mark the 80th anniversary of the house of Salvatore Ferragamo.
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Naked Retreats: Eco Villas in China’s Bamboo Forest
Around the turn of the 20th century, a handful of Shanghai expats stumbled up the 700-metre slopes of Moganshan, outside of the neighbouring city of Hangzhou, and claimed it as their exclusive summer heat retreat.
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