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The Chinese government does not like people betting against the yuan.

~Anthony Scaramucci

Topics: Against Betting Chinese Does Government Like People Yuan

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In the early 1990s we witnessed the emergence of a revitalized contemporary Chinese art world that began as a reaction against the government-approved Social Realist style. Zhang Xiaogang, Huang Yong Ping, Ai WeiWei, Yue Minjun, and Wang Guangyi were among the first group of artists to establish a movement that became known as Cynical Realism.

~Arne Glimcher

Topics: Against Ai Among Art Art World Artists Became Began Chinese Contemporary Cynical Early Early 1990S Emergence Establish First Group Known Movement Reaction Realism Realist Social Style Were Witnessed World 1990S

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When Nixon opened the door to China in the early 1970s, Chinese artists got their first view of the West. Suddenly five centuries of Western art lay before them as a stylistic smorgasbord. Chinese artists could reinterpret it out of admiration or try to replace it. They choose the former.

~Arne Glimcher

Topics: Admiration Art Artists Before Centuries China Chinese Choose Could Door Early First Five Former Got Lay Nixon Opened Out Replace Stylistic Suddenly Them Try View West Western 1970S

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The conceptual artist Ai WeiWei illustrates the schizoid society that rapid change has produced - sometimes by reassembling Ming-style furniture into absurd and useless arrangements, or by carefully painting and antiquing a Coca-Cola logo on an ancient Chinese pot.

~Arne Glimcher

Topics: Absurd Ai Ancient Arrangements Artist Carefully Change Chinese Coca-Cola Conceptual Furniture Illustrate Painting Pot Produced Rapid Society Sometimes Useless

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Some prescient American collectors, including Vicki and Kent Logan and Mera and Donald Rubell, began collecting Chinese art before 2000 with a genuine passion, but as the auction prices exploded everyone was beating a path to the galleries and artist studios in China. It became the 'China thing.'

~Arne Glimcher

Topics: American Art Artist Auction Beating Became Before Began China Chinese Collecting Collectors Donald Everyone Exploded Galleries Genuine Including Kent Passion Path Prices Some Studios Thing

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Edward Snowden may not be a Chinese mole, but he might as well be. He's just handed Beijing a major score, while the NSA struggles to pick up the pieces - and the rest of us pay the price in terms of future national security.

~Arthur L. Herman

Topics: Beijing Chinese Edward Future Handed He Just Major May Might Mole National National Security Pay Pick Pieces Price Rest Score Security Snowden Struggles Terms Up Us Well While Nsa

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My plan is to open five restaurants based on the five elements in Chinese philosophy: wood, water, fire, earth and metal.

~Arthur Potts Dawson

Topics: Based Chinese Earth Elements Fire Five Metal Open Philosophy Plan Restaurants Water Wood

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There is potential for more Chinese investment in India's infrastructure, and there are already Chinese investors in India's power and telecoms sector as well as the banking and payments space.

~Arundhati Bhattacharya

Topics: Banking Chinese India Infrastructure Investment Investors More Payments Potential Power Sector Space Well

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Mythology is like a game of Chinese Whispers. What goes in at one end of the human circle is rarely what emerges at the other end.

~Ashwin Sanghi

Topics: Chinese Circle Emerges End Game Goes Human Like Mythology Other Rarely

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The emphasis of my government is to take advantage from the Chinese experience in the fields of agriculture, fisheries, energy, infrastructure, development, health and high efficiency irrigation.

~Asif Ali Zardari

Topics: Advantage Agriculture Chinese Development Efficiency Emphasis Energy Experience Fields Government Health High Infrastructure Irrigation Take Take Advantage

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