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Ed Ruscha, Wang Shu named to Time 100 list
Los Angeles artist Ed Ruscha and Chinese architect Wang Shu have been named to Time magazine's new list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The annual list, which features personalities from politics, business, sports and culture, was...
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Arts and Culture, Daniel Day-Lewis, Arts, Wang Shu
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One film's rise is fueled by another's demise
Gil Kofman suspected that making a movie in China wouldn't be easy. The Los Angeles-based director doesn't speak a word of Mandarin, he wasn't acquainted with the film's inexperienced financiers and he assumed communist government censors might have...
Tags: Organized Crime, Cinema Industry
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Though Brown touts progress, China's environmental issues persist
GUANGZHOU, China -- It’s easy to feel good traveling through China with Gov. Jerry Brown this week. Multimillion-dollar business deals between Chinese and California companies have been announced, and cooperation on environmental policy is...
Tags: Jerry Brown, Government, Politics, Guangzhou (China), Environmental Pollution
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Jerry Brown's first day in Shanghai is heavy on ceremony
SHANGHAI, China -- Gov. Jerry Brown officially launched California's new trade and investment office here Friday, the first such office to open since the state shuttered a dozen outposts around the globe a decade ago. To celebrate the opening, and...
Tags: Government, Jerry Brown, Richard Nixon, Politics, Music
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Energy stocks lead a turnaround on Wall Street
Investors remained cautious at the start of a big week for company earnings on Wall Street. About a third of the companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 index, including Exxon Mobil and Apple, are reporting earnings this week. Analysts currently expect...
Tags: Productivity, Investments, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Companies and Corporations, Hasbro Inc.
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Bird flu outbreak is spreading fear in China
BEIJING — On a subway car in Shanghai, commotion breaks out when someone spots a live chicken poking its head out of a bag tucked under one of the seats. On a highway in Zhejiang province, a motorist is so panicked by bird droppings landing on her...
Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, United Nations, Politics, Viral Diseases and Infections, Health Organizations
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China earthquake death toll reaches 156; more than 3,000 hurt
By Barbara DemickBEIJING -- A strong earthquake struck China’s mountainous Sichuan province Saturday morning, leaving at least 156 people dead and more than 3,000 injured. Chinese authorities assessed the magnitude of the quake at 7.0, while the U.S. Geological...Tags: World Vision, Armed Forces, Natural Disasters, Science and Technology, China Earthquake (2010)
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North Korean motives, strategy remain mysteries
Contrary to the adage, what we don’t know about North Korea could hurt us. It’s not known whether the intermediate-range Musudan missiles poised for imminent firing could reach U.S. bases on Guam or Japan, though at least the latter is...
Tags: Barack Obama, North Korea, Asia, U.S. Congress, Defense Intelligence Agency
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North Korea marks founder's birthday with flowers, not missiles
BEIJING -- North Korea celebrated the 101th anniversary of its founder's birth Monday with flowers and dancing instead of missiles, raising hopes that the regime may be climbing down from the furious rhetoric of recent weeks. Even the fire-breathing...
Tags: United Nations, North Korea, Kim Jong Il, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Kim Il Sung
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Imax prepares to go big for own Hollywood premiere
Imax Corp., once a peripheral player in Hollywood, is putting its stamp on the industry's most famous movie theater with plans to open its largest venue at the former Grauman's Chinese Theatre. The deal, signed but subject to permit approvals from the...
Tags: Bankruptcy, Star Trek into Darkness (movie), Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Companies and Corporations, Imax Corp.
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Welcome home, governor. Now get to work
SACRAMENTO—Let's welcome the governor back home. It must be sobering. The work has been piling up. The real, difficult work. Actually, it was piling up even before Gov. Jerry Brown departed on a weeklong "trade and investment" mission to China...
Tags: Jerry Brown, Government, Politics, Elections, Barack Obama
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‘Iron Man 3′ posters get Lego treatment, with adorable results
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesIron Man is getting the Lego treatment, the latest in a long line of Lego greats including Batman, Aragorn and Harry ......
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