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How Do You Say “Cheesecake Factory” In Mandarin? Behind the Scenes of Life in the Chinese Basketball Association Silk Road

How Do You Say “Cheesecake Factory” In Mandarin? Behind the Scenes of Life in the Chinese Basketball Association

Sports Illustrateds annual Where Are They Now? issue catches up with the stars and prominent figures from yesteryearpast features have included Sammy Sosa, Brett Favre, Dennis Rodman, Tony Hawk and Don King. The 2019 issue features an inside look into the new…
bubmag
June 27, 2019
Afghanistan shares a tiny 46-mile border with China — here’s the intriguing story of how the 2 countries became neighbors Silk Road

Afghanistan shares a tiny 46-mile border with China — here’s the intriguing story of how the 2 countries became neighbors

China and Afghanistan are not immediately recognizable as close neighbors. But sandwiched Pakistan and Tajikistan, is an inaccessible 46-mile border which is mostly more than 5,000 meters above sea level. Afghanistan has been a close, if troublesome, ally …
bubmag
June 27, 2019
The Sex Worker Next Door Silk Road

The Sex Worker Next Door

1.Ive been interested in prostitution ever since a deathbed revelation in 1998. As my beloved maternal grandmother lay dying, my mother, an only child, cried her eyes out. She said to me: You have no idea how much she has suffered: the famine, the Nanjing Mas…
bubmag
June 25, 2019
China does the Taliban shuffle: Beijing’s invite to terror outfit’s chief negotiator a bid for greater geopolitical influence Silk Road

China does the Taliban shuffle: Beijing’s invite to terror outfit’s chief negotiator a bid for greater geopolitical influence

After maintaining an ambiguous stance for some time, the Chinese foreign ministry finally conceded that it recently hosted Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Afghanistan Talibans chief negotiator, who is involved in peace negotiations with the United States over…
bubmag
June 22, 2019