Sassoon with unidentified admirer His great-grandfather made the family English nobility through Chinese opium profits. But Victor Sassoon wasn't interested in a gentleman's life of leisure. He wished to mak... ...full story at China Expat
from China Expat on Mon, Mar 30 2009
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Chiste de Victor, Capitan entrenando sus Hombres »
YouTube video chiste bn patito de victor cuando la uprh fue para China |
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Photo of the Day: The Embankment Building on North Suzhou Road » Shanghaiist The Embankment Building on North Suzhou Road was built by Sir Victor Sassoon, a fourth generation Sassoon who arrived in Shanghai in 1923. The Sassoons were Sephardic Jews from Bombay, and were among the first Jewish migrants to Shanghai. Known for his... |
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Victor Hugo's popularity in China » Tim Johnson The French writer Victor Hugo has become very fashionable in China rather suddenly. That’s because of what Hugo had to say about the sacking of the Summer Palace at the end of the Second Opium War. At that time in... |
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Will the Economic Downturn Will Increase Social Instability in China? My take. » All Roads Following the receipt of Wang Tao’s report, and after reading Victor Shih’s email, I took a bit of time to write down some thoughts in an email to victor (which I have copied below). Not an alarmist by nature, I believe that Victor response... |
| 22 Jan 09 |
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Singing in Beijing » Danwei From director, producer and writer Victor Muh, a short documentary about a retired Chinese man who sings every day in Tuanjiehu park (团结湖公园). Tags: documentary, Sing Beijing, Victor Muh This article is from Danwei.org |
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Victor Shih Sees Bank Bailout Redux » China Journal According to Victor Shih, assistant professor of political science at Northwestern University, the massive increase in new lending last year may mean that in coming years China’s banks will have to again turn to the government, cap in hand, to bail th... |
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