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Jerry Yang co founder of Yahoo! is showing a part of his calligraphy collection at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco in an exhibition called, “Out of Character: Decoding Chinese Calligraphy“. Here’s a Q and A with Jerry Yang as published in the SFWeekly to get a bit more insight on the man’s collection. (SFWeekly – Jerry Yang)
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Invest seven digits in the US and you’ll get that VISA. Known as the EB-5, the visa requires applicants to invest $500,000 in projects in economically struggling regions or $1 million in a commercial venture in other locations. The investments must create or preserve 10 jobs for two years. If successful, the applicants and their families – spouses and children younger than 21 – are awarded permanent residency. (Bellingham Herald – Wealthy Chinese EB 5)
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Photos from a Chinese gangsters phone. Real or fake, it’s still neat.
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Coca Cola ads in Chinese to run at Madison Square Garden. Yes another Linsanity lifestyle adjustment. Awesome and odd too. Mandarin for sure, and will it sell more soda, or does Coke really need to? Does Lin get a cut of the increased soda sales? (Philly.com – MSG)
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Calling people Fucking Chinese? In a match today against Ernests Gulbis, Michael Llodra exclaimed Fucking Chinese to a Korean American female who was routing for Gulbis at the BNP Indian Wells tournament. The incident was further substantiated by a reporter who tweeted it. What will be done by the USTA?
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