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Someone whose images of Shanghai were formed in the 1980s finds himself doing double takes on each successive visit to this metropolis of surprises. This time he was dazzled by a replica of the archway to America's most famous Chinatown: in San Franc
From Buenos Aires to Berlin, people around the world are looking more and more American. But global icons can have very different local meanings. Take the curious arrival of Mickey Mouse in China, which I witnessed firsthand...
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