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Rice U. head honored for global push

[2015-11-05 12:03]

When David Leebron became the seventh president of Rice University in 2004, the prestigious private school had an international student body of less than 3 percent. In the past decade, that number has increased to 12 percent, with Chinese students making up half.

English skills slip in China: survey

[2015-11-04 11:36]

The English-language proficiency of Chinese people has slipped since last year, according to a global survey.

PLA Navy fleet pays visit to Florida

[2015-11-04 11:36]

The East Coast of the United States greeted its first Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) fleet for a port call visit on Tuesday morning.

Admiral is told to halt threat

[2015-11-04 07:46]

China's vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission Fan Changlong told visiting Admiral Harry Harris, commander of the United States Pacific Command, to "stop wrongdoings and dangerous moves" in the South China Sea and to avoid "misunderstanding, misjudgment and unpredictable incidents".

GE ships 1st pre-fab drug factory

[2015-11-04 11:36]

General Electric Co has a new product for China: a pre-built biopharmaceutical factory.

US pharma firm expands in China’s largest city

[2015-11-04 06:56]

A US-based pharmaceutical company that is more than half owned by Chinese investors has unveiled plans to build additional plants in Chonqging that the company hopes will eventually employ 1,000 workers.

GE ships first pre-made pharmaceutical factory to China

[2015-11-04 06:53]

General Electric Co has a new product for China: a pre-built biopharmaceutical factory.

Time for Peanuts

[2015-11-04 06:50]

Paul Feig, producer of The Peanuts Movie, along with Snoopy and David Wicks, vice-president at the Nasdaq OMX, ring the Nasdaq Stock Market closing bell in Times Square in New York on Tuesday afternoon.

Will Washington state join other states cracking down on ivory trade?

[2015-11-03 11:08]

It never hurts to have a rich guy in your corner. For elephants, which are being slaughtered at the rate of 96 a day (or one every 15 minutes around the clock), that would be Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, one of the richest guys in the world.

Google 'in constant talks with Beijing'

[2015-11-03 11:08]

Online rumors and predictions about the United States tech giant Google Inc's possibilities of restarting its services in the Chinese mainland have gone viral although the company has not made any definitive comment yet.

Digital economy key for APEC

[2015-11-03 11:08]

This month's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting will emphasize the digital economy.

Exploring China through essays

[2015-11-03 11:08]

For Pace University in New York, an essay contest is one way to encourage cross-cultural exchange between the US and China.

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