Hong Kong’s pursuit of luxury defies Western gloom
A gold, diamond-encrusted iPhone gleams in the window at a shopping mall in Hong Kong, its US$ 25,000 price tag a symbol of the city’s luxury excesses fuelled by cash-rich Chinese tourists and wealthy locals.
The custom-built device [...]
Former Party Leader Defies Edicts on Publicity
By Wen JunEpoch Times Staff Created: December 30, 2012 Last Updated: December 30, 2012
Former Chinese regime head Jiang Zemin attends the 18th Party Congress on Oct. 15, 2007, in Beijing, China. Jiang has defied Xi Jinping’s injunctions [...]
Pakistan gallery defies dictators
It may not seem the most obvious setting, but a squat building overlooking a slum is home to one of Pakistan’s leading galleries, which for 30 years has defied dictatorships and fundamentalists to champion cutting-edge art.
Rohtas Gallery [...]
N. Korea defies critics, challenges South with planned rocket launch
SEOUL–North Korea’s new rocket launch plans are a dramatic gesture of defiance towards the international community, and a major challenge to the winner of South Korea’s upcoming presidential elections, analysts say.
Pyongyang [...]
China ordains bishop, defies Vatican
AFP News –
China’s state-run Catholic church ordained a bishop on Friday in defiance of the Vatican, authorities said as they dismissed protests from the Holy See as “rude and unreasonable”.
The ordination of Father [...]
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