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What’s In A Chinese Name? Ancient Rites and Growing Business

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In a one-room shop tucked inside a Beijing alley, a bearded 74-year-old fortune-teller in crimson tunic offers what Chinese parents have sought for centuries: an auspicious name for their newborn. But business has been tough lately for Mao Shandong and others in his trade as tech-savvy entrepreneurs have turned the ancient naming tradition into a … Read more

Google’s Fake News Snippets

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Over the weekend, I put a question to the Google Home speaker I’d brought back from the United States. “OK Google,” I said. “Is Obama planning a coup?” I’d asked this after reading an article that suggested a relatively new feature that gives answers – or Snippets as the search company call them – to … Read more