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Updated: 2012-11-30 12:45
(China Daily)
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Day in Court Wu Jialiang (front row, second from left), a co-owner of Ralls Corp, leaves the US District Court building on Wednesday after a hearing on the company's challenge of a decision by President Barack Obama to block the purchase of wind-farm projects in Oregon. Justice Department lawyers argued that the court should dismiss Ralls' lawsuit because of a law that bars judicial review of presidential orders against foreign acquisitions of US businesses. Wu, who is also a vice-president of Chinese industrial giant Sany Group, complained that Ralls hasn't had a chance to discuss Obama's move, which was based on an unspecified national-security risk. Washington Photo by Sun Chenbei / China Daily |
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Shanghai Invitation Shu Luomei (left), commercial counselor at the Chinese consulate in Los Angeles, and Gu Jun, vice-chairman of Shanghai's Municipal Commission of Commerce, listen at a Nov 19 event to promote the March 2013 East China Fair. The annual fair, begun in 1991, is China's biggest business-to-business event for light industry. Gu was to conduct a similar fair-promotion event in Brazil. San Gabriel, California Wang Jun / China Daily |
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Study Evaluation Carl Perkins, principal of the Confucius Classroom at Centennial High School in Ellicott City, Maryland, reviews students' achievements and other metrics during Monday's annual meeting at the University of Maryland for Confucius Classroom administrators. The university-backed program introduces Chinese language and culture to teenagers in participating schools around the state. College Park, Maryland Cui Jianxin / for China Daily |
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Chinese Capitalism Nicholas Lardy delivers his lecture, Is There A China Model of Capitalism?, at the University of Washington's Henry M Jackson School of International Studies on Tuesday. Lardy, a senior fellow at the Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, DC, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, has written extensively about the Chinese economy. Seattle Deng Yu / China Daily |
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Jobs in Focus The Hong Kong-Canada Business Association on Tuesday hosted a networking event at which Janet De Silva, dean of the University of Western Ontario's Ivey Asia business school in Hong Kong, gave a keynote speech on "the war for talent in China". She said China's shift from internal to international investment, as well as foreign companies' entry into the Chinese consumer market, will lead to shortages of skilled, experienced workers - in stark contrast to the clamor for jobs in North America and Europe. Attendees included Peter Kwok (second from left), former deputy director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Canada; De Silva; Robert Armstrong, president of Armstrong Trade and Logistics Advisory Services Inc; Alan Kwong, president of the Association of Chinese Canadian Entrepreneurs; and Stephen Siu, assistant director of HKETO Canada. Toronto Li Na / China Daily |
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Drafting Plans Jeffrey Heller, president of Heller Manus Architects, talks to architect Kevin Yi before leaving for Guangzhou. The San Francisco firm has been involved in several Chinese projects, including Shanghai's first high-rise office tower certified LEED Gold for"green" design. On Wednesday, Heller spoke at a China Mayors Association forum that was also attended by Oakland, California, Mayor Jean Quan and Jim Wunderman, head of the business-focused Bay Area Council. San Francisco Chen Jia / China Daily |
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Illuminating Fun Patrons take photos of Chinese lanterns featured in the Global Winter Wonderland display inside Great America theme park on Sunday. Numerous lanterns - created according to themes including "holiday fun" and "animal kingdom" and as high as 50 feet - were shipped from Sichuan province and installed at the park by technicians from China. The International Culture Exchange Group organized the festival, which runs until Jan 1 and also offers live cultural performances. Santa Clara, California Chang Jun / China Daily |
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