CHINESE Fashion News, Aug 29, 2011

World Water Week Closes with 'Stockholm Statement' to the Rio+20 Bernama As a new brand, CYB broadcasts "fashion culture" by a series of campaigns in China, aiming at promoting the most vigorous and potential fashion brands. With the quick development of Chinese fashion culture in recent years, more and more garments brands ... See all stories on this topic »

Chinese crack down on Internet rumors FRANCE 24 Fashion magazine Vogue Italia at the center of online controversy. And a Spanish skateboarder who's revolutionizing the sport. By Electron Libre On Friday, China's version of Twitter, Sina Weibo, notified its 200 million users that several Chinese web ... See all stories on this topic »

Best in Blogs: Horse's Head Gallops Off With Fashion Prize Wall Street Journal (blog) [Bankruptcy Beat] Indian 'Immigration Bureau' Thrilled Chinese Internet With Tales of Democracy, Free Trains: A spate of self-proclaimed foreign immigration bureaus hoping to attract Chinesemigrants popped up recently on Sina's popular Twitter-like ... See all stories on this topic »

GM Keeps Top China Overseas Sales Rank Bloomberg “Incentives brought forward buying in a very dramatic fashion in 2009, 2010, and now we are seeing a lack of pent-up demand.” The drop in minivan sales may help Volkswagen narrow its gap behind GM, Gu said. GM sold 1.27 million vehicles in the country ... See all stories on this topic »

Katy Perry wears wacky fashion at MTV VMAs 2011 Examiner.com Katy Perry is always up for a good time when it comes to fashion. And this year's MTV VMAs 2011 red carpet (which was black) showed off the California Gurls girl at her wackiest. And also at her most multi-cultural: Think Japan meets China meets a ... See all stories on this topic »

thecorner.com in China FashionUnited.co.uk The end of September, will see the launch of thecorner.com in China. The online boutique will go live under the domain thecorner.com.cn and will sell a selection of brand 'corners' from luxury to emergingfashion labels. With the launch, The Corner ... See all stories on this topic »

Chinese, African AIDS NGOs meet China Daily "Because young people can often discuss difficult and sometimes sensitive questions like love, sex and abortion in a straightforward and frank fashion without worrying about being stigmatized." Wang said an important part of his training session is to ... See all stories on this topic »

Win-Win for President Aquino's China Visit? People's Daily Online The opportunity to solve conflicts and deepen business ties in typical Asian fashion through friendly conversation over a steaming cup of noodles and clicking chopsticks bodes well, both for Chinesesoft power and Filipino entrepreneurship. ... See all stories on this topic »

Photos: Chinese contestants for the Miss World pageant Shanghaiist One of the most fascinating aspects of the photo-sets is the contrasting identities the women project in different fashion aesthetics. While some women succeed when working with a more contemporary and glamorous look worthy of any nightclub, ... See all stories on this topic »

Friendly Rivals? American Enterprise Institute But that said, it seems inconceivable--especially in a one-party state as controlling asChina can be--that such writings would be tolerated over the period they have been if they did not reflect, in some general fashion, the leadership's own views. ... See all stories on this topic » American Enterprise Institute

Elixir of life China Daily ... dance, magic and fashion shows. By Sunday, the festival hosted nearly 4 million people from all over the world, who consumed up to 1100 tons of beer in 200 varieties. Among its star visitors were NBA player Horace Grant, Chinese actor Zhang Hanyu ... See all stories on this topic »

Super Flower Golden King 1000W Jonny Guru In what seems to be very typical Chinese fashion, a native-English speaking individual is not used to proof-read the boxes before they go into mass production. This starts with Super Flower's almost nonsensical slogan of "Always Accompany With You" ... See all stories on this topic »

Sexuality, creative blocks and our identities Thought Leader I truly look forward to having a school timetable again in a few days time, adorable Chinese kids to teach again, and the inspiration that flows from that. It includes long walks of up to two hours along canals, where columns of willow fronds glimmer ... See all stories on this topic »

Wintour looks like half a million bucks Muckety Wintour is known not only for her keen fashion sense but her her fundraising prowess. She has raised millions for the Met Costume Institute, and was a fundraiser for Obama's 2008 campaign. Politico reports that she is among 27 supporters who've agreed ... See all stories on this topic »

Nordic design sparkles at Copenhagen jewelry fair Xinhua "When the choker appears on the fashion scene, it comes loaded with significance from the world of art history, jewelry aesthetics and sexuality," said Nina Hald, a writer and editor who curated the choker exhibition. "As a genre of jewelry the choker ... See all stories on this topic »

Nuncio's recall is serious for church-State ties Irish Times If so, what is quoted above goes much further than stating the Holy See did not act robustly, expeditiously and in a timely fashion to oblige the Irish church to provide disclosure and mandatory reporting. Is the speech making the Holy See formally ... See all stories on this topic » Irish Times

China?s Greenbox Teams With Disney to Launch Children?s Clothing Lines Newsday (subscription) According to the agreement, starting today, Chinese consumers can visit the Greenbox website and purchase Disney-inspired children's clothing branded with the characters of three classic Disney franchises including Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh and the ... See all stories on this topic »

Peugeot HX1 concept car (2011) first news and pics CAR Magazine The HX1 raises a fascinating question: how did France – home to haute couturefashion and gourmet cuisine – permit the rational, formal Germans to define and monopolise the luxury car? It's not that France doesn't periodically try to do premium: the ... See all stories on this topic » CAR Magazine

How reflexology helped heal my facial scar Telegraph.co.uk It was used by the ancient Egyptians and Chinese, and the theory is that applying pressure to certain points on the feet can trigger a healing process in corresponding areas of the body, although there is no scientific explanation as to why this ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

Hong Kong Watch & Clock Design Winners on Show Next Month at World's Largest ... www.JewelryNe.ws Public sessions are also planned, including “Crossover between Watches and Fashion,” by Christie Wo, and the “Finest Watches to Watch,” by Simon Shia. Hong Kong is the world's second-largest watch and clock exporter; growing demand from the Chinese ... See all stories on this topic »

Cloverdale's new theater a draw for downtown Santa Rosa Press Democrat Across the street from the Performing Arts Center, Ken Knight, a former buyer for Williams-Sonoma and fashion director for retailer Neiman Marcus, opened his store in May. He sells specialty, contemporary gifts, toys and home decor. ... See all stories on this topic »

A Short Primer on the National Debt Wall Street Journal But while the Treasury securities bear the full faith and credit of the United States and any failure to pay the interest or redeem the principal in a timely fashion would be a default, the liabilities are liabilities only so long as current law ... See all stories on this topic »

Stamps QB gives himself passing grade Toronto Sun In typical Burris fashion, he chose to heap the praise on those around him rather than bask in the spotlight. “When you have the playmakers I have around me and we're on the same page, I just have to make my drops and make my throws,” he said. ... See all stories on this topic »

Djokovic, Serena are our picks for the US Open Firstpost Jo-Wilfried Tsonga: The Frenchman can power through his opponents and then succumb in the most unlikely fashion. That's just the way he is but he is the man most top players fear because he can literally hit anyone out of the court. ... See all stories on this topic » Firstpost

The News Matrix: Monday 29 August 2011 The Independent MORE They are sported by Mad Men's Don Draper so, of course, they're a trend – men's pyjamas are back in fashion. High street shops have reported a surge in sales of sleepwear for men. The trend has led to the development of the next stage for male ... See all stories on this topic »

HST Down, Christy Clark to Follow TheTyee.ca The fact is that anyone with half a brain, as I do, not only saw the recession coming but bailed out in timely fashion. I can tell you that the Ministry of Finance knew a recession was at hand simply doing their everyday tasks -- looking at government ... See all stories on this topic »

Flying Finn, Chinese combo-gal claim crowns at Winter Games The Southland Times Some of the world's best half-pipe snowboarders thrilled crowds at Cardrona, wrapping the New Zealand Winter Games up in spectacular fashion yesterday. The finals of the LG FIS Snowboard Half Pipe World Cup, the Games' marquee event, were fiercely ... See all stories on this topic » The Southland Times

Henry Giroux on Democracy Unsettled: From Critical Pedagogy to the War on Youth truthout Many of his articles and books have been translated into Spanish, Chinese and a number of other languages. He has won many awards, given many interviews and his work has been warmly received by the academic community. He is without doubt one of the ... See all stories on this topic » truthout

Both sides of the China Fashion Week - Finance News YANG Ting-ting Not long ago, Mercedes - Benz became the China International Fashion Week's title sponsor, from October this year, the title three consecutive ... www.f-paper.com/?i790132-Both-sides-of-the-China...

Warburg pincus, kpcb inject $100m in chinese fashion retail site ... The Asian Venture Capital Journal is Asia's leading private equity / venture capital magazine. AVCJ also organizes Asia's premier conferences and events on ... www.avcj.com/.../warburg-pincus-kpcb-inject-usd100m-chine...

Port of LA, Department of Commerce Launched Program to Export ... Where fashion gets down to business ... News ApparelNews.com RSS ... But China would be new territory for the veteran fashion executive, who has a history of ... www.apparelnews.net/.../110822-Port-of-LA-Department-of-C...

China Fashion Scrolling through China Fashion Week pictures was like time traveling to the future where we'll all.... Today's Lady News: Rick Perry Signs Anti-Abortion Pledge ... www.stylelist.com/tag/china-fashion

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