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Arts
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 About six months ago I received an email from Jamie Carstairs, a Digitisation Assistant at the University of Bristol. The subject header was ‘Rare historical photos cast light on life in China’. Further enquiry revealed that the images in question are a remarkable collection of photographs of China in the late 19th and early 20th century brought together by researchers from the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Bristol, as part of their ongoing ‘Historical Photographs of China’ project.
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Politics
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 On August 8, Beijing will host the opening ceremonies for the 2008 Summer Olympics. For two weeks, we will be treated to athletic performances that animate dreams and inspire the world, set against the backdrop of one of the world’s most ancient and celebrated civilizations. That, at least, is the way that Beijing would like to sell the Games.
For better or worse, they will mark a critical crossroads in China’s development as a responsible global player. |
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Business
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 In a world that requires business leaders to address the concerns of all their stakeholders, we must reshape management education to be both practical and aspirational.
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Health
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 Teenagers these days are bleaching more than just their hair. One of the latest trends among adolescents—not to mention their parents—is teeth whitening. However, according to the Massachusetts Dental Society (MDS), when it comes to whitening teeth, young patients should keep their minds open and their mouths shut—at least for a while.
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Finance
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 During these times of uncertainty – oil prices fluctuating, slowdown in the economy, interest rate confusion, investors may be encouraged to make changes to their well-structured investments. It is always prudent to re-visit your investment plans within the scope of your financial objectives. But changing your plans based on recent events, news items, or forecasts is not a prudent approach to investment management.
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Finance
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 This month in Institutional Investor extra: Can the CEO of Munich Re, Nikolaus von Bomhard, sustain growth and keep activist investors at bay? In our Did II Say That? segment read what we said back in June 2001 about UBS’s U.S. ambitions.
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Politics
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 Jonathan D. Spence (simplified Chinese: 史景迁; traditional Chinese: 史景遷; pinyin: Shǐ Jǐngqiān, August 11, 1936– ) is a British-born historian and public intellectual specializing in Chinese history. (wikipedia.org)
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Business
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 "At its best, innovation is more than a team sport - it is a networked, collaborative adventure, and if we can begin to imagine new paradigms for collaboration, and the appropriate models for leadership within collaborative teams, we'll be more likely to find [success]."
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