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From Confucius to Communism: How the Past Is Affecting China's Green Future

For China, the world's largest economy, going green may be as much about understanding the past as it is about embracing the future: the country's cultural, social, and ethical values play an overlooked and largely underestimated role in China's ability to shift toward sustainability.READ»

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google leaves China

Here is the news of google China and our observation:When President Richard Nixon opened the U.S. door into China in 1972, the transcript of his secret meeting with Chairman Mao Zedong at his Peking residence was classified for 25 ...READ»

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What Do Presidential Libraries Say About Their Namesakes' Legacies?

Laura Bush revealed Robert A.M. Stern's design for the George Bush presidential library this week. Our approval rating (low), plus the architectural legacies of six of his presidential predecessors.READ»

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Double Take Design: The Return of Trompe L'oeil

As modernism fades, visual trickery fills its place.READ»

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Mistakes

Owning up to mistakes and learning from them, can make a world of difference in the development of your career.READ»

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China Saps Mozambique of Timber Resources

In a 4x4 vehicle arranged by a local group that monitors Mozambique's forests, I travel to Maganja da Costa in the once-heavily-wooded Zambezia province, the country's poorest. Maganja is a tiny district, a five-hour drive along ...READ»

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The Mintz Dynasty

Dan Mintz landed in Beijing without a college degree, a job, or a word of Mandarin. Now he heads up the hottest advertising shop in the country. How one man cracked the Chinese market (by really, really trying).READ»

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You Say You Want a Revolution?

We all want to change the world. But does business change really require revolutionary zeal? Two important new books offer sharply competing perspectives on the virtues of business bolshevism.READ»

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Progressive Makes Big Claims

And delivers on them. The maverick auto insurer's ideas about speed, service, and software have created a prosperous, fast-growing company -- and may transform a struggling, slow-moving industry.READ»

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Change Management: Revolution For Sale

Lots of ink has been spilled over Che Guevara becoming an icon here in the center of the capitalist world, the United States that is. Che was executed on October 9th of 1967 and some 40 years later I'll add a bit more ink. Reading ...READ»

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Managing Mistakes

It takes a lot of trust and honesty to talk about the plans that didn't work out, says entrepreneur, Chief Executive, and author Margaret Heffernan in her latest Resource Center column, "Mistakes." Behind every successful business, ...READ»

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Chairman Mao Stares at a Wal-Mart

If you tuned into CNBC last night for the first time since, oh, March of 2000, you were in for some pretty compelling television. Although "The Age of Wal-Mart: Inside America's Most Powerful Company" rehashed much of the continuing ...READ»