Stunning photographs from Craig Mod of his semi-recent trip to Tibet, including monks eating French fries…

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Banco Santander is planning a $400 million+ joint venture with China Construction Bank to develop rural China. One possible perk, China South America points out, is that they may be able to bypass the 20% ownership limit for foreign ownership of urban banks.

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Retro 80s:

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Chinayouthology has a piece over on their blog explaining who the Chinese hipsters are. The term of “hipsters” in Chinese is 潮人, which literally translates to “trendy/hip person” and sounds a bit like 超人 (“super man”). The term is more straightforward than the American word “hipster” and not as unique a classifier. (Arguably, the term…

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