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The Largest-Ever Chinese Tour Group Hits New York, Spends $6 Million

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Thursday, February 18th, 2010

This week, China’s largest-ever America-bound tour group hit New York in a Chinese New Year tour organized by Continental Airlines and the New York Galaxy Travel Agency.

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Jia Zhangke Retrospective At New York’s MoMA: A Must-See Event

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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Recently, the Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke received the French government’s prestigious LĂ©gion d’honneur for outstanding contribution to global cinema. Next month, Jia will receive yet another honor, this time in the United States, as New York’s Museum of Modern Art will present the first complete U.S. retrospective of his work.

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JNBY Set To Open First Permanent Retail Location In New York City

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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Although JNBY first ventured outside of mainland China back in 2000, and has since opened locations in Singapore, Russia and Canada, JNBY’s Soho pop-up store was the first time the brand had been available in New York.

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Overseas Recruitment Shows China’s Wealth Management Industry Expanding Quickly

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Friday, December 4th, 2009

Demand for wealth management services, a relatively new financial sector in Mainland China, is growing quickly as more wealthy individuals become increasingly conscientious of the effects of global fluctuations on their savings.

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Burberry To Double Presence In China By 2012

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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Although there are signs that the global luxury market is finally getting back on its feet in hard-hit developed markets like Europe and North America, luxury executives apparently still have their eyes set firmly on the emerging world as their long-term insurance policy.

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British Theater To Stage “Romeo And Juliet” In Seven Chinese Cities

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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

The most recent of the many cultural exchanges to be held in recent years, a staging of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” performed by Britain’s TNT Theater, began its seven-city tour of China this week, and is set to perform the play throughout the country until November 29.

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Carnegie Hall’s ‘Ancient Paths, Modern Voices’ Festival Comes To Orange County, CA & NYC

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Friday, October 16th, 2009

The next month is shaping up to be a pretty exciting one for China-watchers in Orange County, California and New York City, as Carnegie Hall presents a new festival celebrating Chinese culture, “Ancient Paths, Modern Voices.”

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Chinese Art Critic Li Xianting: Collecting Chinese Contemporary Art Is A Kind Of “Cultural Creation”

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Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

At recent events like the Global Collecting Forum and the Songzhuang Art Festival’s Conference of Collectors of Chinese Contemporary Art, a major topic of discussion among Chinese scholars and art critics has been the need for Chinese collectors of contemporary art (and Chinese museums and galleries) to acquire more top-quality pieces while educating the public on the history, subject matter, figures and current state of Chinese contemporary art.

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