Executives say the project is designed to make tourists accustomed to the casinos of Singapore and Malaysia feel at home, and to give American tourists a taste of another culture.

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Both groups have a taste for sports, culture and entertainment, all of which can be found in town centres.

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Whether you are returning to Istanbul for another ladleful of its melting pot culture or you are planning a much-anticipated first taste, this week's stories on Istanbul will tell you what you want to know to enjoy the city to its fullest.

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Now, in return, National Museum Wales has shipped out artefacts which it says will give visitors in China a taste of the character of Wales, through its culture and language, history and landscape.

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Excellence of taste in the fine arts and humanities, also known as high culture.

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But as a blogger on Eastgate.com noted recently, that equates brevity with debased taste, and sees patience for long stories as a mark of high culture.

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Less to this newspaper's taste, he offered little in the way of change in terms of the culture wars.

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Such literati painting became emblematic of Chinese culture, and several works in the last gallery attest to Dong's posthumous influence on the taste of Qing art patrons.

WSJ: Paths Easy and Daunting | Ming Masterpieces | Artful Recluse | Lacma | Asia Society | By Lee Lawrence