A French farm in Abra.
Byline: Vic Lactaoen, Teddy Pelaez (photos) Often glossed over in tourist brochures and guides on Northern Philippines, the province of Abra holds a storehouse of simple pleasures for the traveler who wants to imbibe nature and culture in refreshing doses. I have never come across...

A French farm in Abra.
Byline: Vic Lactaoen, Teddy Pelaez (photos) Often glossed over in tourist brochures and guides on Northern Philippines, the province of Abra holds a storehouse of simple pleasures for the traveler who wants to imbibe nature and culture in refreshing doses. I have never come across...

A French farm in Abra.
Byline: Vic Lactaoen, Teddy Pelaez (photos) Often glossed over in tourist brochures and guides on Northern Philippines, the province of Abra holds a storehouse of simple pleasures for the traveler who wants to imbibe nature and culture in refreshing doses. I have never come across...

A French farm in Abra.
Byline: Vic Lactaoen, Teddy Pelaez (photos) Often glossed over in tourist brochures and guides on Northern Philippines, the province of Abra holds a storehouse of simple pleasures for the traveler who wants to imbibe nature and culture in refreshing doses. I have never come across...

A French farm in Abra.
Byline: Vic Lactaoen, Teddy Pelaez (photos) Often glossed over in tourist brochures and guides on Northern Philippines, the province of Abra holds a storehouse of simple pleasures for the traveler who wants to imbibe nature and culture in refreshing doses. I have never come across...

A French farm in Abra.
Byline: Vic Lactaoen, Teddy Pelaez (photos) Often glossed over in tourist brochures and guides on Northern Philippines, the province of Abra holds a storehouse of simple pleasures for the traveler who wants to imbibe nature and culture in refreshing doses. I have never come across...

A French farm in Abra.
Byline: Vic Lactaoen, Teddy Pelaez (photos) Often glossed over in tourist brochures and guides on Northern Philippines, the province of Abra holds a storehouse of simple pleasures for the traveler who wants to imbibe nature and culture in refreshing doses. I have never come across...

A French farm in Abra.
Byline: Vic Lactaoen, Teddy Pelaez (photos) Often glossed over in tourist brochures and guides on Northern Philippines, the province of Abra holds a storehouse of simple pleasures for the traveler who wants to imbibe nature and culture in refreshing doses. I have never come across...

Chinese acculturation measurement.
Abstract In 2001, the Chinese were the largest visible minority group in Canada, with over one million individuals identifying themselves as Chinese. There is a growing concern about the extent to which the Chinese and other minority members can adjust to and become assimilated into the majority...

Evil Genius.
Mao: A Life, by Philip Short (Holt, 782 pp., $37.50) Mao Zedong, by Jonathan Spence (Viking, 188 pp., $19.95) OF last century's evil geniuses-Hitler, Stalin, and Mao-Mao has the best claim to genius tout court. He united a China long thought un-unitable, thereby taking a...