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(3) to (5) are dance, music and theater reviews, which you may or may not have interest in.

(1) Vivek Wadhwa, What We Really Need to Fear About China. Washingtn Post, Sept 27, 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-innovations/what-we-really-need-to-fear-about-china/2011/09/14/gIQAPrMy0K_story.html
(entrepreneurship)

Note:
(a) Vivek Wadhwa
http://wadhwa.com

Click the 'BIO" tag in the upper left corner.
(b) angel investor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_investor
(Angels typically invest their own funds, unlike venture capitalists, who manage the pooled money of others in a professionally-managed fund. Although typically reflecting the investment judgment of an individual, the actual entity that provides the funding may be a trust, business, limited liability company, investment fund, etc)
(c) Robert HSIUNG  熊 尚文 (Stanford MBA)

(2) Keith B Richburg, The Chef Who Cooked Chinese, Then Went to China. Washingtn Post, Sept 27, 2011.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/the-chef-who-cooked-chinese-then-went-to-china/2011/09/20/gIQA3VXP2K_story.html

Note:
(a) chow feung noodle: usually spelled chow fun; Cantonese; 炒(河)粉
(b) Tiandi Yijia restaurant  天地一家 (owners 任小勇和张霞夫妇)
(c) stockpot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockpot
(traditionally used to make "stock (cooking)" or "broth")
(d) trotter (n): "a pig's foot used as food"
www.m-w.com
(e) natural (n): "one born without the usual powers of reason and understanding"
(f) For line chef, see chef
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chef
(section 2.4 Chef de partie: also known as a "station chef" or "line cook")
(g) The daikon 大根 is Japanese for turnip.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daikon


(3) Sarah Kaufman, China’s High-Energy Ballet Is on Trend. Washingtn Post, Sept 23, 2011.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/chinas-high-energy-ballet-is-on-trend/2011/09/23/gIQAunMIrK_story.html

Note:
(a) The Red Detachment of Women  红色娘子军
(b) six o’clock extension in ballet:
http://www.dancemagazine.com/issues/December-2006/Sylvie-Guillem-and-Russell-Maliphant
("Early on, she whipped a leg into her renowned six-o’clock extension")
(c) in spades: "to an unusually great degree : in the extreme"
(d) The "canned" in "canned music"
(adj): "prepared or recorded in advance; especially : prepared in standardized form for nonspecific use or wide distribution <canned laughter> <canned music>"
(e) The "externals" in "the externals of ballet."

external (n): "something that is external: as
a : an outer part
b : an external feature or aspect —usually used in plural"

(4) John Banno, At Kennedy Center’s ‘China-U.S.A.,’ West Engulfs East. Washingtn Post, Sept 22, 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/at-kennedy-centers-china-usa-west-engulfs-east/2011/09/21/gIQAf5TfoK_story.html
("it was the tradition of conservatory-trained Chinese composers suppressing nearly everything distinctive about their country’s endemic music in an effort to sound more Western. * * * the Chinese-in-name-only works on the program)

Note:
(a) The "snatch" in "some snatches of Chinese folk melody."

snatch (n): "a brief period <caught snatches of sleep>"
(b) The Savage Land  原野
(c) warmed-over (adj):
"1: not fresh or new : STALE <warmed–over ideas>
2: heated again <warmed–over beans>"
(d) Gian Carlo Menotti
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gian_Carlo_Menotti
(e) theremin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin
(an early electronic musical instrument controlled without discernible physical contact from the player; named after its Russian inventor, Professor Léon Theremin, who patented the device in 1928)
(f) Hua-bang-zi  河北 花梆子 (高音板胡)
(g) Sunshine on Tashkurgan  阳光照耀着塔什库尔干

* Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County  喀什地區 塔什库尔干塔吉克自治县
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tashkurgan_Tajik_Autonomous_County
* Chuanyun LI  李 传韵
(h) Italianate (adj): "Italian in quality or characteristics"
(i)  bel canto (n; Italian, literally, beautiful singing):
"operatic singing originating in 17th century and 18th century Italy and stressing ease, purity, and evenness of tone production and an agile and precise vocal technique"


(5) Celia Wren, Theater review: ‘Two Dogs’ Opinions on Life’ at the Kennedy Center. Washingtn Post, Sept 21, 2011.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/theater-review-two-dogs-opinions-on-life-at-the-kennedy-center/2011/02/28/gIQADyr2lK_story.html

(6) Keith B. Richburg and John Wagner, Md. Casino Developer Courts Wealthy Chinese by Offering Green Cards in Exchange for $500,000 Investment. Washingtn Post, Sept 19, 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/md-casino-developer-courts-wealthy-chinese-by-offering-green-card-in-exchange-for-500000-investment/2011/09/19/gIQAyAgjgK_story.html
(EB-5 visa program)

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