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Anacostia Community Museum
0.29 Linear feet (1 box)
Held at the Anacostia Museum from June 17, 1995 to August 28, 1995, this exhibition was the result of a partnership between the museum and Lucy Ellen Moton Elementary School. During the 1994-95 school years, the students researched the community of Anacostia and produced photographs, poems, stories, drawings, interviews, documents, and personal artifacts. The student efforts were included under the themes: Moten Elementary School, From Our Homes, Institutions and Organizations, and Community Life.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Director
This accession consists of records created and maintained by James Demetrion, Director, 1984-2001, documenting exhibitions created at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden by various curators, including Stanley Spencer: An English Vision and Clyfford Still: Paintings, 1944-1960, curated by Demetrion. Materials include correspondence a...
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Deputy Director
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This accession consists of records documenting the exhibition Ana Mendieta: Earth Body Sculpture and Performance, 1972-1985. The exhibition was organized by Olga M. Viso, Curator of Contemporary Art, 2000-2003, and Deputy Director, 2003-2005, and traveled to several venues between 2004 and 2006. This accession also documents Viso's extens...
Pères Blancs (White Fathers) Photographic Albums
White Fathers
White Fathers Mission
217 Photographic prints (black and white)
217 copy prints (black and white)
217 copy negatives (black and white, 4 x 5 in.)
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The Pères Blancs (White Fathers) Society Photographic Album documents the group's missions and the Africans living near them in the East African kingdoms of Rwanda and Burundi (now the state of Rwanda-Burundi). Subjects include individual and group portraits of Africans, including members of the Tutsi royal family and the Tutsi elite, Christian families of Hutu origin, missionaries and Western visitors, and Twa people on an elephant hunt. There are also photos of landscapes, African villages and mission buildings, activities, including dancing and farming.
Mary Swift papers
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The papers of photographer and curator Mary Swift measure 8.2 linear feet and date from 1973-2004. The bulk of the collection contains photographs that Swift took while working for the Washington Review. The images consist of photographs, contact sheets, and negatives of artists and art events in Washington, D.C. Also included are some personal papers; two video recordings of art events in Washington, D.C.; research material and a manuscript from Swift's M.A. thesis "Howard William Mehring, 1931-1978: Washington Color Painter" from George Washington University; and approximately 130 sound recordings of interviews conducted by Swift and panel discussions.
Lynda Roscoe Hartigan research material on Perkins Harnly
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200 Items ((on 2 microfilm reels))
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In his correspondence with Hartigan (1979-1984), Harnly discusses Cornell, the Levy Gallery, the Index of American Design, his own career, and other artists such as Howard Taft Lorenz. Hartigan's correspondence concerning the exhibition includes letters from Harnly's friend Henry Warshaw. Hartigan's research materials on Harnly include her typed in...
Edward H. Dwight Papers
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The papers of Cincinnati art historian, museum director, and Audubon and Peale scholar, Edward H. Dwight (1919-1981), measure 18.6 linear feet and date from 1821-2001, with the bulk of the material dating from 1950-1979. Dwight's papers include biographical material, writings by Dwight, and research files on John James Audubon, Raphaelle Peale, and others, documenting Dwight's extensive contribution to the study of American painting, particularly naturalist, portrait, and still-life painting.
Oral history interview with Ed Moulthrop
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Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
2001 April 2-3
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An interview of Ed Moulthrop conducted 2001 April 2-3, by Mary Douglas, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Moulthrop's home and studio, Atlanta, Georgia.
National Museum of African Art. Office of the Director
These records consist mostly of the correspondence of Warren H. Robbins, which documents activities of the National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) since its inception. Also included are some correspondence and memoranda of Jean M. Salan, John E. Reinhardt, and David L. Stratmon, a previous Associate Director of MAA (Museum of African Art). ...
National Museum of Mali study photographs
National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
24 Photographic prints (black and white)
10 Photographic prints (color, 8 x 10 in.)
Photographs displayed in the exhibition entitled, "Regards croises," held at the National Museum of Mali in Bamako, Mali, from July 27 through August 26, 1990. The exhibit was a joint effort between the National Museum of Mali and The National Museum of African Art (U.S.), which included images from both museums. The prints are complementary copies from the National Museum of Mali. The National Museum of African Art provided images from the photographer, Eliot Elisofon.


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How U.S. Sanctions Are Working (Or Not) in 5 Countries
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By Ian Bremmer
Sanctions are back in the news — though if you're President Donald Trump, that's not a good thing. Here's a look at the current state of U.S. sanctions on a few key countries and how they're faring.
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on a new round of sanctions against Russia, targeting its intelligence, energy, defense, mining and railway industries. The U.S. has had sanctions in place against Russia since the 2014 invasion of Ukraine and annexation of Crimea, but this latest round also hits Russia for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. Sanctions take years to have full effect—in the short term, they're mainly a shot across the bow (and one to which Putin has already retaliated). But you don't often see a Republican-led Congress using sanctions as a shot across the bow of a Republican president.
Near-universal support from Congress (the sanctions bill passed the Senate by a 98-2 margin; the House of Representatives went 419-3) undermines Trump's ability to unilaterally lift sanctions against Russia—compromising the traditional power of the president to lead the country's foreign policy (if Trump wants to try to lift these sanctions, Congress has 30 days to approve or reject this request). The bipartisan bill had been held up by ferocious White House lobbying, but the realization has since set in that the bill will pass, even if Congress has to override a presidential veto. Trump still says that accusations his campaign colluded with the Russian government are "fake news." Fake or not, concerns about his relations with Russia are beginning to have real impact on policy.
While the Russia component of the bill is receiving the lion's share of media attention, it also ramps up penalties against North Korea (in addition to Iran—see below). The U.S. has kept sanctions on the North Koreans since the Korean War. Not that they've done much beyond adding to the misery inside a country where 41 percent of people are undernourished and more than 70 percent depend on food aid. The Kim dynasty remains in power and continues to develop the country's nuclear program. In fact, U.S. intelligence revised estimates just this week to say that Pyongyang could develop the capability to deliver a nuclear weapon to the continental US within a year. Some experts believe an ICBM tested on Friday could already put U.S. cities at risk.
But recent North Korea sanctions have also ricocheted on China, North Korea's primary benefactor and link to the outside world. More than 90 percent of North Korea's trade volume comes from China, not to mention most of its food and energy. North Korea uses Chinese banks to fund transactions throughout the rest of the world, and recent rounds of sanctions have targeted those Chinese banks and companies. Trump continues to complain that Beijing should place more pressure on the Kim regime; this is one way to add more encouragement. It's highly unlikely to be enough to change Beijing's mind though, given Chinese fears of extreme instability on the Korean peninsula.
Sanctions on Iran, on the other hand, have shown some results, because unlike North Korea, Iran wants a deeper commercial and political engagement with the rest of the world. Cutting off access to global markets and investments, as well as freezing $56 billion in assets, hit the country hard. Iran had hoped that signing the 2015 nuclear deal would breathe new life into its economy by allowing it to return to oil markets, and it has—though not by as much as moderates like President Hassan Rouhani had hoped.
Iran is still being kept in the cold despite the nuclear deal because the U.S. has retained sanctions over Iran's ballistic missiles program, human rights abuses, and state sponsorship of groups like Hezbollah that Washington considers terrorist organizations. The country's also being held back by plummeting oil prices: when Iran first signed the 2013 interim deal that would ultimately become the nuclear deal we know today, oil was selling at $111 and Iran was producing about 2.8 million barrels a day. Today, it's producing nearly 4 million barrels daily, but oil is only selling at just over $50. Sometimes, the free market can be crueler than sanctions.
U.S. sanctions against Syria have been in place since 2004, long before the country descended into civil war. The Bush and Obama administrations accused the Assad regime of supporting terrorism, pursuing weapons of mass destruction, and undermining the U.S. in neighboring Iraq.
But instituting country-wide sanctions gets harder when the country in question is falling apart. The latest round have been more precisely targeted: following Assad's use of sarin gas against civilian populations, the U.S. government levied sanctions against 271 Syrian individuals who work for the government agency making chemical weapons in April 2017. Members of Assad's family saw their U.S. assets frozen in May. A strength of sanctions is that they can be aimed directly at individual sectors and officials, limiting damage to ordinary citizens and creating incentives for more cooperative behavior. But that advantage isn't worth much when the government in question is already fighting for its life.
More than 80 percent of Americans (not to mention a majority of Republicans) supported lifting the Cuban travel embargo back in 2015; 58 percent of Americans favored reestablishing diplomatic relations. Despite that, Trump has rolled back some of those Obama provisions by limiting commerce with Cuban businesses affiliated with the military, which owns almost all of the island's retail chains and hotels. Trump has also ordered that any American who wants to visit the island for "educational" purposes must do so through a licensed tour group. The embassies in Washington and Havana will remain open.
The U.S. has been sanctioning Cuba in one form or another since the Dwight Eisenhower administration in the late 1950s. John F. Kennedy expanded sanctions further, and they remained in place for more than 50 years until Obama eased many restrictions. Over the decades, Cuba estimates that the U.S. embargo has cost the country nearly $117 billion, yet the island is still governed by Raul Castro following his brother's death in November.
The lesson of sanctions: context is everything. About 10 years ago, I wrote a book called The J-Curve, where I envisioned all the countries in the world plotted on an X-Y axis.
On the far left of the curve are countries like North Korea and Cuba, whose regimes are stable precisely because they're closed off from the rest of the world. On the far right of the curve are open countries like Germany and the U.S., whose governments are stable precisely because they engage with the rest of the world. Sanctions generally shift countries further left along the curve; sometimes, if the sanctions are significant enough, they can shift the entire curve downwards for a single country.
Put another way: a government like Syria's that is fighting for its life will always have bigger problems than sanctions guiding its choices. But when sanctions are imposed on governments that feel safer outside the international system like those in North Korea and Cuba (i.e. on the far left of the J-Curve), the penalties are unlikely to bring about change — especially when they can rely on a deep-pocketed patron. (Cuba has recently opened mainly because the friendly Chavista government in Venezuela seems fated to join the Soviet Union on the ash heap of history.)
A larger country on the left-hand side of the J-curve like Russia is more vulnerable to its own economic shortcomings than to Western sanctions. But pressure on a country like Iran (also on the left side of the J-Curve, but near the dip), one that wants to plug into international commerce but that remains small enough to isolate, has more potential for success.

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The Governor of Maharashtra CH. Vidyasagar Rao will attend the International Customs Day Celebration at Y.B. Chavan Auditorium, Nariman Point, Mumbai at 11.00 am on Friday, 25 January 2019.


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Research at the Royal Docks School of Business & Law (RDSBL) is underpinned by innovative inter-disciplinary enquiry into emerging areas in business, management, political economy, international relations, law and criminology. The main objective of the school is to create an inclusive and vibrant research environment that enables staff to produce high quality and impactful research output. Staff are committed to producing work of the highest academic rigour and quality while remaining mindful of the relationship between theory, policy and practice. Our research strategy is influenced by the following factors:
Our location: The University of East London's (UEL) Royal Docks School of Business and Law (RDSBL) is home to a diverse, inter-disciplinary community of scholars and academics. The RDSBL is located in the London Borough of Newham, adjacent to the London Docklands regeneration area and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. This area is one of the most culturally mixed and socio-economically challenged areas of the UK. It is also host to a diverse and multifaceted business infrastructure from small to medium-sized enterprises, to global multinational corporations in Canary Wharf.
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Centre for the Study of States Markets and People (STAMP): Launched in 2013, STAMP is a major inter-disciplinary research centre in the RDSBL whose members are drawn from across the school and the university. Its primary focus is the study of global and European political economy and the forms of governance and regulation required to address socio-economic/financial issues and geo-political conflicts and crises. The Centre hosts the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies (Routledge, eight issues annually since 1998).
Noon Centre for Equality & Diversity in Business: The Noon Centre was funded by Lord Noon (Kt. MBE) in 2012 and supported by the Noon Foundation. Its original focus was to provide both a research base and a platform for engaging UEL students with industry, career development and self-employment through three student development programmes: Global Scholars and Civic Engagement, Elite Scholars, and Young Black and Ethnic Professionals. In 2019, the Centre expanded its focus and aligned its activities with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the UK's 2018 Diversity and Inclusion Strategy. The Centre has established several collaborative partnerships and a portfolio of UN funded projects on gender and land development, climate change and human rights, and gender and age. It has carried out consultative services for several international organisations and governments. At local level, it supports key collaborative projects in Newham Council, such as '50 steps to a Healthier Newham' and is developing work on the economic impact of Covid-19 in East London.
Centre for the Islamic Finance, Law & Communities (CIFLAC): CIFLAC provides a forum for research, education, training and consultancy on Islamic finance and banking industry and is a major platform for dialogue between lawyers, bankers, academics and policymakers working in these areas. Research projects include review of land fragmentation in Muslim countries, as well as a comparative analysis of a Muslim woman's claim to matrimonial property in 12 countries.
Centre for Innovation Management & Enterprise (CIME): CIME was relaunched in autumn 2020 with support from an international advisory board drawn from business and academia. CIME brings together an inter-disciplinary group of scholars to promote and develop interdisciplinary impactful research, business-relevant teaching and practitioner engagement in the areas of technology, industry and society. CIME's principal focus relates to the theory and practice of innovation and enterprise, including but not limited to the following research themes: sustainability; finance; innovation in business and management.
The Centre on Human Rights in Conflict (CHRC): Established in 2006, the CHRC conducts academic and policy-oriented research on human rights in situations of political, military, cultural, social and economic conflicts and on countries in transition from authoritarian regimes. The Centre has carried out projects on accountability and the rule of law in several countries of West Africa, South America, East Asia and Eastern Europe, and on minority land rights. The Centre has also provided training and education in human rights in Cyprus and Georgia. At local level, the Centre has led the Step Up to Stop Hate project aimed at raising awareness and understanding around hate crime in local schools and colleges.
The Institute of Connected Communities (ICC) incorporating the Online Harms and Cyber Crime Unit
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Annual research review process: the peer review process provides feedback and comments on staff outputs prior to publication. This has been extremely effective in enhancing the focus on originality, methodology and significance, thereby raising the quality of the work.
Methodology workshops: methodology workshops have been developed for early and mid-career researchers inviting both in-house and external speakers to present innovative and updated research methodologies in various fields of study related to business.
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Mentoring system: Directors of the research centres and other senior research staff provide support and guidance to ECRs and mid-career researchers in developing their research plans, setting clear performance measures and expectations underpinned by effective support and personal development reviews. External mentors have also been hired to provide expertise support in niche research areas.
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Grant writing support: Staff work with Grantcraft for support with grant writing, appraisal and training. They have the opportunity to attend a three-day Grants Academy training programme. Staff can also receive support for their funding application through the University central service Research and Development Support team (ReDs).
Research Professional: This account provides colleagues with access to an online database of research funding opportunities, as well as news on international research policy and practice.
Research Excellence Team: Is a University support structure that provides guidance and support to academics throughout the REF assessment period and works closely with the unit of assessment coordinators, impact champions and annual review panel members.
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In addition to the annual monitoring system to monitor progress, PGR students are also encouraged to participate in the annual Poster Competition which is a University-led initiative. The competition winners sometimes receive additional funding for their research projects and are often supported by the university to showcase their work at national and international level.
PGR students are actively encouraged to teach, enabling them to obtain classroom experience and teaching skills. They are also supported and encouraged to pursue a postgraduate certificate in learning and teaching and obtain certification from the Higher Education Academy.
The School also offers PhD students resources and funding to participate in conferences and research related workshops.
PGRs/ERCs are supported through the annual Researcher Development Programme and Early Career Researcher Network Forum and Mentoring Scheme. The aim is to enhance their research skills through encouraging the following:
Participation in drafting research bids making use of their expertise and methodological skills.
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Participation, together with PhD students, in the organisation of research workshops, seminars and special events taking care of logistical and practical issues concerning preparation and dissemination of their research.
Organising their research material for publication and having one-to-one meetings with their supervisors and mentors to discuss publication outlets and peer-review processes, targeting high impact journals.
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The RDSBL encourages all staff to generate and disseminate high quality research that impacts policy, industry and society more broadly. Our research work makes a significant contribution to the wider community. RDSBL staff engage with a diverse and broad range of commercial (London City Airport; Good Projects, ADKN, Nomad Projects), government (e.g. London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Newham; Republic of SRPSKA, Bosnia & Herzegovina; Region of Crete, Greece), inter-governmental (e.g. UN-HABITAT), not-for-profit (e.g. Global Learning London) and numerous academic stakeholders in local, national and international contexts.
RDSBL staff are closely engaged with the local authorities, SMEs and local communities to provide professional support work to specific organisations and residents in the area, particularly the more vulnerable, through the following centres:
Legal Advice Centre: The Centre provides a learning facility for our students, and at the same time serves the needs of our local communities by giving the opportunity to our students to provide, under supervision, free legal advice to members of the public who are unable to pay or obtain legal aid for such advice. Since April 2020, the Centre has prioritised three areas for the provision of advice in the light of Covid-19: landlord and tenant, welfare benefits, and family law. The Legal Advice Centre has partnerships with Duncan Lewis Solicitors and the Sycamore Trust, with which it runs the Romford Autism Hub Legal Advice Centre, providing free legal advice to individuals affected with Autism. The Centre also runs several student projects including mooting and debating (in collaboration with the Old Bailey) and the public legal education project (to produce information leaflets). Its patrons include Imran Khan QC, a School's alumnus, who has generously participated in several events organised by the Centre over time. The Centre also regularly organises events on employability and inclusiveness in the legal profession, the most high-profile of which have included the participation of two Supreme Court Presidents.
Tax and Accountancy Clinic: The Clinic was set up to support the economic and financial wellbeing East London community. The Clinic is interested in the social wellbeing of our immediate community, especially regarding economic and financial inclusiveness, creating economic and financial awareness and providing access to government incentives and ensuring effectiveness of public policies. To this end, the clinic offers free consultancy to local SMEs on tax compliance, financial management and accounting regulations affecting their businesses. It also holds weekly public enlightenment programmes to create awareness on the operationalisation of government fiscal policies (including automatic stabilisers) at the grassroot level, managing procurements, managing credit facilities with suppliers and customers, and accessing finances for SMEs. The Clinic facilitates linking local employers to trainee accounting and finance students who are willing to work on part-time basis. Such adverts will be made available on the Tax and Accountancy clinic website and through the University Twitter account once such opportunity arises.
Institute of Government and Public Policy (IGPP): The Institute was established in 2020 and aims to be a pre-eminent think-tank with the goal of making governance and policy-making more inclusive and open to a broad coalition of stakeholders. IGPP produces and provides wide ranging research, reports, CPD, consultations and public policy briefings to help inform, influence, impact and educate the ongoing debates across key topical issues currently facing the UK. The institute offers an independent environment in which leading practitioners and decision-makers can collaborate and exchange ideas across the public policy divide.
Noon Centre: The Noon Centre supports key collaborative projects in Newham Council, such as '50 steps to a Healthier Newham' and is developing work on the economic impact of Covid-19 in East London. As part of its commitment to promoting a fairer and more inclusive society, the Centre provides advice to local businesses and helps to link students with employers through the Elite Scholars programme.
Working in partnership with the Sustainability Research Institute: Staff at RDSBL are working with the Sustainability Research Institute (UEL) to support local residents and other actors (housing developers, local council) on community enterprise initiatives. They also provide business consultancies to SMEs working in green and innovative projects as part of the Advancing Resource Efficiency and Urban Ecology Innovations (ARENA) project. The school also works with the Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries (Bath Spa Business School) to analyse the governance of collaborations in creative industries.
Knowledge Exchange and Consultancy
The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) scheme helps businesses in the UK to innovate and grow. It does this by linking them with an academic or research organisation and a graduate. KTP enables a business to bring in new skills and the latest academic thinking to deliver a specific, strategic innovation project through a knowledge-based partnership. Contact M.Moniri@uel.ac.uk for further information.
Consultancy: At the RDSBL we have access to world class researchers and expertise in a range of exciting disciplines. We will tailor our bespoke consultancy services to directly match your business requirements. By working closely with you every step of the way we will make sure we meet your business objectives, whether introducing a new product or service, developing your employees or looking to diversify into new areas. Get in touch to talk about how we can assist with your consultancy requirements. Contact M.Moniri@uel.ac.uk
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Han Dong's Big Day Out
By Eric Abrahamsen, published March 10, 2008, 7:57p.m.
I went to attend the press conference for Han Dong's new book, 小城好汉之英特迈往 (xiǎochénghǎohàn zhī yīngtèmàiwǎng, The Legendary Exploits of a Small Town Bravo) at the Sanlian Bookstore last Saturday. I haven't been to many book release events outside of China and don't have much to judge by, but I think the local model is strange – the publisher ropes together big-name writer friends of the author, and gets them to speak in praise of the book in question. It's neither a plain press release, nor a meaty discussion of the book, and the event is typically precisely as interesting as the personalities of the writers attending. The only thing that kept me awake during the launch of Li Rui's 人间, for example, was Yan Lianke and his sense of humor.
This event was similar – Han Dong's posse included Mou Sen (牟森, an avant-garde theater director), Zhu Wen, Yin Lichuan, and Yan Jingming (阎晶明, a literary critic). For all the ambiguity of the event itself, it was an entertaining crowd. First of all, Han Dong was at a total loss as to what to say. The man has been writing poetry and fiction for twenty years, and this was his first public appearance in support of one of his books – that ought to provide some idea of the literary marketplace here. But Zhu Wen was funny, both Mou Sen and Yan Yingming had thoughtful reactions to the book, and if Yin Lichuan had little to say she at least appeared sincere.
Han Dong really came alive during the Q&A – while there weren't any really penetrating questions asked he was engaged and clearly trying to play his part. At one point the host from the publishing house asked everyone on the panel to talk about how, in a society largely uninterested in 'serious' writers such as themselves, they kept up their standards, and their drive to continue writing. Now, this particular group of writers survives by disavowing any interest in what the public thinks of their writing – asking them this question is like asking Ted Koppel where he bought his hairpiece. All they can say is that it doesn't matter to them in the slightest; they write only for themselves. "I don't like anything that's done deliberately (我不喜欢任何故意的东西)," he said, adding that it wasn't a matter of him maintaining his drive to write; writing was his fate, something he could only passively accept. Yin Lichuan flat out refused to answer the question. You can hardly blame them – if they were to dwell on how little regard is paid to their writing they would have given up years ago, as so many others have. Even the most earnest of writers (as I suspect Han Dong of being, in private) can only say "I have no interest in influencing anyone, it doesn't matter who reads my writing."
But on the other hand, he's coming around to the necessity of meeting the people who are reading him. "I used to think public appearances were a pain," he said, "but I guess now a writer has to work to sell himself as well." Or, as Zhu Wen put it, we've got the eggs – now it's time to see what kind of chicken laid them.
The short mainstream media report had a clever quote from Zhu Wen: "韩东是干邑,决不勾兑,那种喝红酒还要兑雪碧的人大概是不会注意韩东的,他的作品浓烈的口味让他只能是一个拥有少数读者的作者。"
I leafed through the version that ran in last December's Dangdai - it seemed like a very loosely-structured novel, or basically a series of anecdotes and character sketches, that followed a few main characters and a rotating cast of oddballs. The writing was pleasant enough, but there was really nothing to pull me through (though I'm not sure if that's just the magazine version, which cuts out chapters 1-3 and 19-21), and some of the situations, like the extended fart/kancho joke in chapter 5, seemed kind of pointlessly silly.
Guess I'll go pour myself a glass of Dynasty cut with Sprite...
JoelD, March 11, 2008, 4:35a.m.
Hey there's no shame in that (I mean not liking Han Dong, not the Dynasty and Sprite, that's disgraceful). I've given up, yawning, on several Han Dong stories and even the best are not thrilling. You do have to be willing to stick with them on faith, but they can be quite rewarding.
I'm only on chapter two of this new one, though, too early to tell...
Eric, March 11, 2008, 5:41p.m.


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Angola: Paris court orders Isabel dos Santos to pay $600m in damages to PT Ventures
Isabel dos Santos, billionaire daughter of Angola's former President José Eduardo dos Santos has been charged by a court in France to pay damages worth over $600 million to PT Ventures, a company acquired by the Angolan oil company, Sonangol.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) earlier in February 2019 awarded an indemnity of $339.4 million and $314.8 million in favor of PT Ventures, following a decrease in the value of shares the company owns in Unitel, Angola's biggest mobile operator in which Isabel dos Santos owned 25% stake through her company, Vidatel Limited.
She filed a request for annulment of that decision but the court in Paris rejected the application; Sonangol said in a statement that, the Paris court of appeal re-established that, the initial decision of the arbitral tribunal holds; her company, Vidatel was ordered to pay the arbitral amount worth over $600 million as compensation to PTV and the legal costs of the proceedings.
Prior to her tragedies, Isabel dos Santos was considered the richest black woman in the world with Forbes magazine rating her wealth at $2.2bn; her empire started crumbling when her father's reign came to an end after 38years in power. The administration of Angola's new president, João Lourenço stated that the billionaire daughter used her father's status as President to secure mouthwatering deals involving land, oil, finance, diamonds, telecoms, etc.
After just two months into his administration João Lourenço dismissed Isabel Dos Santos from a position given to her by her father as the head of state oil firm Sonangol in the year 2016; the administration of President Joao Lourenço who claimed Isabel and her associates caused financial loss of at least $1.1 billion filed a suit with the court ordering that the assets of Isabel, including her 25% stake in the country's Telecom giant Unitel be frozen.
Following this, Forbes has so far dropped her from the Billionaire list. Forbes said in a statement that, "She has no access and likely little chance to gain back control of the frozen assets together worth about $1.6 billion if not frozen so we give her no value for them and by our calculations she is no longer a billionaire."
Isabel has long moved out of Angola citing threats to her life as reason; she was earlier reported to own a home on a private island in Dubai, a Yacht worth $35 million, a residence in London and many more.
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