Early embroiled squeegee

An early move to rural China offers a window on the political savvy of Xi Jinping, who is on the cusp of taking over as China's supreme leader. David Cameron was embroiled in a fresh party funding row last night after he opened a factory in Brazil belonging to one of the Conservatives' largest donors. “Pollock flung it,” she said. “Rauschenberg silkscreened it; Richter took a squeegee; Polke used chemicals. Wade is working in what by now is a pretty venerable tradition, against the conventional idea of painting.”

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