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Shaolin Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
This is a story of two boys born in Chinese countryside around 1964. One comes from a destitute family, is…
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Broke In China
The trendy restaurant at the Grand Hyatt Beijing is called Made In China and looks just like what I imagined…
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Rain And Other Liquids
No place is more appropriate for a TV convention than Venice in November. Quiet and melancholy after the tourist season,…
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You are what you click
On a rainy October morning, the port of Cannes was swelling in waves, both sky and sea the color of…
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All Hail the Little Brothers
In a recent study by a US company PC Tools, 25% of those surveyed said it was OK to be…
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Desperate Spies
When in the midst of a sweltering Moscow summer Prime Minister Putin sat down with the newly repatriated Russian spy…
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Generation Who?
I abhor demonstrations and parades, and refuse to belong to any movement or group whatsoever. I have never voted in…
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All That Bling
When the Los Angeles police broke up the “Bling Ring” last month, it took all of a few days for…
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The Box Wars
It is always fun to report a revolution. Particularly when the old king was getting doddery and, frankly, a bore…
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The Sad Fate Of Comedy
On a recent flight to New York I wound up watching a movie so bad it was actually painful to…
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South-West Blues
As we drive along the smoldering red rocks of Arizona, the radio is blasting the latest country sensation, Colt Ford…
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High Street Media
My friends joke that I came to this world with lots of lofty ideas … and a shopping allowance. This…
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Cyborg, You Borg
When I left the MIT Media Lab 10 years ago, someone told me: “Congratulations, you now have the coolest education…
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3.0, Anyone?
I was spring-cleaning my closet the other day, when a box of silver coated business cards fell on the floor.…
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Soap 2.0
If, like me, you have become accidentally addicted to an evil teen drama also known as “Gossip Girl”, then you…
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No Expectation
On the afternoon of January 1st I was sitting by a pool in Dakar, watching the pool boy try to…
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The Spirit Of The Times
The other day I have decided to pick up exercising. This impulse was prompted by a photo of Barack Obama…
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A Soulful MIP
When I first came to the MIP market, I had ideas of what the most important TV convention in the…
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Selling Dreams to a Frequent Traveler
My grandmother’s apartment overflowed with mementos from places she visited throughout her long career as Soviet Union’s cultural impresario. A…
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My City of Dreams
They say there are only two kinds of people living in Manhattan today: those who can afford to stay, and…
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