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WASHINGTON | Rare conservation win: Mountain gorilla population ticks up

WASHINGTON | Rare conservation win: Mountain gorilla population ticks up

WASHINGTON— There are more gorillas in the mist — a rare conservation success story, scientists say.

After facing near-extinction, mountain gorillas are slowly rebounding. On Wednesday, the Switzerland-based InternationalUnion for Conservation of Nature updated mountain gorillas’ status from “critically endangered” to “endangered,” a more promising, if still precarious, designation. There are now…

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The Four Immigrants - Play Review

The Four Immigrants – Play Review

“We are the four immigrants” thus begins entirely engaging and ravishingly gorgeous musical, at Theatreworks Silicon Valley premiere, at Palo Alto’s Lucie Stern Theatre. Playwright and composer, Min Kahng adapted the theatrical production from a comic book by Henry Kiyama and tells the story of new immigrants from Japan from 52 comic strips, beginning in 1904.

Unlike the European immigrants who…

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Why is Ai Weiwei Breaking Into Alcatraz? by Chinese Characters contributor Christina Larson for Smithsonian Magazine.

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Is China’s “gendercide” over? Christina Larson reports for Businessweek

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“The mission we’re trying to accomplish [selling hardware at razor-thin margins] is very different from what Apple’s trying to achieve.”

Xiaomi founder and Chief Executive Officer Lei Jun, as quoted by Christina Larson for Businessweek: Xiaomi’s Resolution: Double Its Smartphone Sales Volume in 2014

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In 2004, China was home to 1,434 commercial gyms generating $582.1 million in annual revenue...By 2012, China had 5,749 gyms generating $3.69 billion in annual revenue.

How Do You Say 'Gym Rat' in Chinese? | Christina Larson in Businessweek

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Christina Larson writes in Businessweek:

Honda’s sales in China jumped 212 percent in October from the same period the year before, following a 118 percent increase in September. One potential customer is Mr. Song, a 28-year-old banker who won’t give his full name. He’s buying a Honda Civic and isn’t worried that a revival of anti-Japanese sentiment might endanger his vehicle. Given public revulsion at official corruption reported by the state media, he says, drivers of cars with government license tags “should be more worried about citizen anger and the danger of having cars smashed” than Honda drivers in Beijing.

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The shape of the bra cup is built into the dress. It doesn’t matter how big you are.

Chen Yaping, marketing director at Galatea Bridal Boutique in Beijing, told Christina Larson. Read on: Those Big Fat Chinese Weddings - Businessweek