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...evacuated to the countryside because of war. A prodigious painter, he is sometimes criticized for pumping out too much too fast. Yet part of his purported output comes courtesy of a bevy of knock-off specialists who hawk canvases adorned with his forged signature. Just down the road from a gallery that sells his real works for $5,000, another art space sells fakes for just $300. Cuong has tried to police these dishonest dealers, but it's dispiriting. "It's like trying to stop pirated copies of Hollywood movies," he says. "You cannot...
...Workers' Stadium for drinks and partying. It's one of the oldest nightclubs in Beijing but it was renovated in May and has separate rooms for hip-hop and house. If the night is still young, head to Yu Gong Yi Shan, (86-10) 6404 2711, on Zhangzizhong Road. This is a pub that caters to the music-loving crowd. The beer is cheap and there are regular live performances by local bands, some of them surprisingly good...
...splendid and prosperous one. Thanks to its sprawling trade network, Venice became a wealthy imperial power in the 13th century, its institutions later mimicked by the Dutch and English. The city-state's mighty fleets patrolled the Mediterranean, while its merchants haggled at the far reaches of the Silk Road, dispatching the wonders of Asia back to an awed Christendom...
...press conference, Couture continued his assault, mostly griping about a lack of respect and contending that lower-end fighters are being taken advantage of financially. "Certainly there's personal motivation for resigning and taking a stand for myself," Couture has said. "If it sets a [precedent] that down the road requires athletes to be treated better, then that's icing on the cake...
...tightly controlled media about collusion between city officials and developers testify to the fact that regulatory control of Beijing's redevelopment was, for a while, almost non-existent. Still, Xia Jie's house was supposed to be safe, because of its setting within the city's second ring road, which follows the route once marked by the capital's 30-feet high city walls...