Everyone has their doppelganger. Here are some people who sometimes get pegged as the BRIC equivalent of a western celebrity.
Ksenia Sobchak: the Paris Hilton of Russia. Unfair, because Ksenia has an education, multilingual fluency, and is likeable. She’s also #6 on Forbes Russian celebrity power list.
Next, a woman I adore, Ana [...]
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The IHT recently published this article on Yu Dan’s Reflections on ‘The Analects’, her popular updating of Confucian philosophy.
China is in the midst of a revival of interest in things Confucian and Taoist, but it’s not what you think it is. More DIY than follow-the-leader, young Chinese annoy the staff in temples by making [...]
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All about creativity and pop culture in the BRICs, by Richard Monturo