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...Nomenklatura, a system borrowed from the Soviets, functions as the Chinese Communist party’s main instrument in promoting and appointing cadres....
...In Hong Kong, a city full of the jangling of a thousand instruments, Yang’s work is at its most striking in its moments of silence. Its effect leaves the ear straining for sounds that cannot be heard....
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...American military operations in the Pacific are portrayed as provocative and disruptive efforts to encircle and contain China....
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