On a recent Saturday night in Beijing, Italian entrepreneur Giorgio Dell'Artino played host to about 20 invited guests, who were either members of China's premium clubs or owners of Ferrari sports cars.
China has set up yet another luxury management research and training center to cater to the nation's super rich. "China is in dire need of local talent in the luxury market," says Zhu Mingxia, director at the University of International Business and Economics research center, which opened in Beijing last month.
While discolored photos in family albums have inspired contemporary artists such as oil painter Zhang Xiaogang and conceptual photographers like Zheng Guogu or Wang Jinsong, an exhibition at Peking University reveals the true colors of family snapshots.
Beijing Film Academy (BFA) student Li Ning made a sudden detour on his way to class, veering his car from the northern Fourth Ring Road and towards the steel framework of the "Bird's Nest". Li's companion and classmate, Zhu Yu, was hardly surprised by his impulse. After all, the emerging National Stadium lying on the capital's central axis had dominated both their lives for more than a year.
Liza Chang lives in Shanghai but her heart remains in the distant Caribbean island where she was born. Here, her Chinese appearance lets her blend in anywhere. Push a little further and her background is more complex: Her father is Hakka Chinese and her mother is half Chinese and half Scottish-Jewish. She holds a US passport.
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