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A Mapuche chief sets fire to a tourist complex in a small southern Argentine city, causing the death of a young boy. The chief is arrested for murder but refuses to defend himself. He waits, instead, for the arrival of the Caleuche (or Nave de los locos), the entity from Mapuche mythology that inspired him to start the fire. A court-appointed lawyer is assigned to defend the chief, and learns that he acted in accordance with his people's law, defending a sacred burial ground from the land developers who would turn it into a site of crass commercialism, despite the repeated protests of the Mapuches. 
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Chinese coa s N American headquarters to be in LA
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LOS ANGELES - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will join Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Friday to announce that Chinese electric car company BYD will locate its North American headquarters in downtown Los Angeles.
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China Jumps the Shark — Offers $1.2 Billion for Los Angeles Dodgers
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Several news agencies including Forbes has reported that a group of Chinese investors have offered a $1.2 billion all-cash bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The funding to buy the Dodgers, which declared for bankruptcy earlier this year, would come from Chinese state-owned enterprises. The bid is headed by Los Angeles Marathon founder Bill Burke and [...]
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LA City Leaders Observe ‘Chinese Massacre’ Anniversary
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Los Angeles city officials gathered on Sunday to mark the 140th anniversary of the city’s 1871 Chinese Massacre, in which 18 Chinese were killed by a 500-strong mob. From The Los Angeles Times: The convictions of seven men charged in the massacre were overturned because of a legal flaw in their indictment. A decade later, [...]
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More direct Shanghai to Los Angeles flights in the works
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United Airlines has decided it also wants a piece of the Shanghai-Los Angeles route. Just a week after American Airlines received the okay to begin daily direct flights between Shanghai and Los Angeles, the US carrier swiftly announced it has applied for permission to fly the same route nonstop.So for those of us looking to visit the city of angels, there should be a myriad of options come
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Ai Weiwei: Imprisoned but not Silenced
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The Los Angeles Times interviews Ai Weiwei about his exhibit Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads, which is currently on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: The terms of Ai’s release forbid him from discussing his legal case. But on Friday, Ai spoke by phone from Beijing about his artwork, specifically his touring installation [...]
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"King of Xinjiang" Wang Lequan replaced by man with "a spirit of creative thought"
Wang Lequan. Photo by voanews.com
Zhang Chunxian. Photo by enghunan.gov.cn The long-time governor of Xinjiang, Wang Lequan, has been removed from his post and replaced by Zhang Chunxian, the 57-year-old party chief of Hunan province . The hardline Communist Party chief, popularly termed the "King of Xinjiang" due to his leadership style, has been Xinjiang's governor for
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China’s Economy Expands at Torrid Pace in First Quarter
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The Los Angeles Times reports that in the first quarter of 2010, the Chinese GDP grew 11.9% over last year:Analysts say the robust growth could spur the Chinese government to boost efforts to control inflation and cool an overheated real estate market. Measures such as interest rate hikes and a small appreciation of the currency [...]
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