Word: ding
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BOSTON--When Nan Ding '02 steps through the small green doors of her 59 Temple Place office near Boston Common, the Quincy House resident becomes Cecilia, a licensed talent agent...
...owner of Talent the Agency, a modeling and talent firm, Ding has lived a double life of sorts for the past three years, juggling academics with the rigors of the business world...
Twinkie and Ding Dong fans have not been quite as lucky, however...
...second largest population of Web surfers in the world, after the U.S., by 2005. Such a frenetic buildup would delight most governments. It terrifies Beijing's officials, who fear the Net will vaporize their power over the masses. "It is not like anything they have ever experienced before," says Ding...
...anyone who challenges them belongs in a labor camp for 10 years. On the other side are the tech-savvy Net entrepreneurs, who expect anyone who challenges them to set up his own website within the next 10 minutes. The outcome of the conflict will not just determine whether Ding or Zhang becomes a billionaire. Dotcoms highlight the central contradiction of China today--the drive to modernize without giving up one-party rule. The government wants the economic benefits of the Internet without the freedom it gives. The information revolution, minus the revolution...