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Headhunters are aiming ever higher

[2013-11-21 12:12]

Global executive-search firms focused on recruiting for top management positions in China in the third quarter, as the world's second-largest economy continued to face a severe manager shortage, according to a report from an industry group.

The supercomputer race has no finish line in sight

[2013-11-21 12:12]

The results are in and China remains at the top of the list for having the world's fastest computers, or supercomputers to be more precise.

When should startups think global?

[2013-11-21 11:33]

When Zhong Yingwu founded his social gaming startup FunPlus Game three years ago in Beijing, he was determined from day one to make his company a global competitor.

Butterfly Lovers tour concludes in New York City

[2013-11-21 11:33]

As the story concluded and the Butterfly Lovers fluttered off the stage in flowing white garb, an audience member at the front of the auditorium pulled her smartphone out to capture the image and a theater attendant rushed down like a hawk to shine a flashlight on her.

Liu, Clinton share passion on early child development issues

[2013-11-21 11:33]

They probably are the two most influential women in China and the United States. On Wednesday they shared a stage and displayed their passion before a packed auditorium as they advocated that tackling challenges in early child development (ECD) should be among top priorities for their nations.

Going for 100,000

[2013-11-21 11:22]

More American students are going to China to study under the 100,000 Strong Initiative.

Cultural exchange focuses on people, the way they write

[2013-11-20 12:56]

When we talk about cultural exchanges, most people think of government institutions sending big companies of performing artists abroad to stage grand extravaganzas in glamorous theaters in world capitals. Now there's another, more intimate way, one that makes direct people-to-people contact more a part of the process.

Vice-premier touts key role that local contacts can play

[2013-11-20 12:56]

Tornado warnings may have delayed Chinese Vice-Premier Liu Yandong's arrival in Chicago on Sunday afternoon, but they didn't set back her mission of friendship between China and the US at all.

Chinese in US schools: an idea already 140 years old

[2013-11-20 12:56]

The Open Doors report released last week by the Institute of International Education is quite telling. The number of Chinese students studying in US universities and colleges jumped 21.4 percent in the 2012-13 academic year to 235,597 to be exact.

Chinese firms focus on mobility systems

[2013-11-20 11:17]

The size of China's mobile-device market makes it the ideal environment for companies to incorporate new mobility products and systems into their business processes.

Fosun to invest in US oil, natural gas

[2013-11-20 11:17]

Fosun Group, a broadly diversified, privately held conglomerate, said it will invest in the US oil and natural gas sector, amid growing energy demand in China.

UC-Berkeley linked R&D center opens in Shanghai

[2013-11-20 11:17]

The Shanghai Zhangjiang Berkeley Engineering Innovation Center (Z-BEI) - developed by the University of California-Berkeley College of Engineering and Zhangjiang High-Tech Park, one of China's industrial parks dedicated to tech start-ups and research - opened its doors on Friday in Shanghai.

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