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I Hate Vanity Fair
While renewing my New Yorker subscription a couple of months ago, magazine publishing giant Condé Nast offered me a deal that seemed too good to pass up: 12 issues of culture/fashion/politics magazine Vanity Fair for 12 dollars. That's right -- for the price of a taco a month I would have some of the world's finest photography and writing delivered right to my doorstep. A Vanity Fair article, "The Man Who Knew Too Much", served as the basis for the amazing Michael Mann film The Insider. So I thought "Why not?"
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On June 3, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a message to the Chinese government, asking them to remember and recant on the 20th anniversary of the events at Tiananmen Square, saying: "A China that has made enormous progress economically, and that is emerging to take its rightful place in global leadership, should examine openly the darker events of its past and provide a public accounting of those killed, detained or missing, both to learn and to heal." Toward the end of the memorandum she dangerously advised: "This anniversary provides an opportunity for Chinese authorities to release from prison all those still serving sentences in connection with the events surrounding June 4, 1989. We urge China to cease the harassment of participants in the demonstrations and begin dialogue with the family members of victims, including the Tiananmen Mothers."
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- Green energy's uncertain future in China. #
- I guess all those computer science classes paid off. #
- Welcome to... the kimchi taco truck? #
- The death of the small independent Chinese firm and what it means for the way Chinese do business. #
- The New Yorker on the first week, second week, and the Chinese reaction to the Olympics. #
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