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After that, the eulogies stacked up. On Oct. 11, Tianyi Zhu ’09 posted, “May you rest in peace!” Earlier that day, Cornell graduate student Eva L. Zhong wrote, “we will always miss you… . peace.” Her next line—“tears coming out…”—appeared an attempt to broach the internet’s immateriality by representing a physical...
...fill the lowliest jobs, and employers must pay more to attract them. At a large job market in downtown Shenzhen, hundreds of positions are posted on bulletin boards and rows of recruiters wait to collect applications, but the trail of employment seekers is frustratingly short. At one booth, recruiter Zhong Man says entry-level salaries at her Shenzhen-based apparel company have doubled in the past two years to $250 a month, but that hasn't alleviated a chronic staff shortage. "It's a little harder to find average workers these days, because the development of the interior is getting...
...socialist-era financial system continues to make the transition to capitalism, shadow bankers may prove to be less of a threat to the system and more of an ally. The CBRC "at first treated us like ugly babies," says Wang Zhentao, vice chairman of the new investment company Zhong Rui. "Now we're growing up." The sooner the rest of the country's beleaguered banking system follows suit, the better...
...anticorruption struggle." In his speech, Hu ruled out Western-style democracy for China. But without some outside check on behavior, it is not clear how corrupt officials can be brought into line. "Letting people choose their leaders would help stop corruption, but obviously that's not acceptable," says Zhong Dajun, a Beijing-based essayist...
...mainland's table tennis authorities recently kicked players off the national team for daring to date each other, the national diving squad maintains a "don't ask, don't tell" policy on romance. "I don't approve of athletes dating because it can interfere with their concentration," says Zhong Shaozhen, Guo's coach for the past six years. "But especially with the older ones, I can't prohibit them from living their lives." Exacerbating this management challenge, China's one-child policy has produced a generation that tends to be more demanding and individualistic. "Many kids today are very spoiled...