Beijing, June 12, 2015, (ECNS) — Can you touch your belly button with your hand by reaching around the back of your body? The challenge has become an addictive trend on the Internet as women try hard to twist their bodies to complete the feat and show how slim they are, Nanjing-based Modern Express reported.
Chinese speed skating player Zhang Hong performs touching her belly button with her hand from around the back. (Photo/Sina Weibo)
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Belly Button Challenge: China’s New Social Media Craze
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Study: Evolution Didn’t Help Giant Pandas Digest Bamboo
Shanghai, June 7, 2015, /ecns.cn/ — Giant pandas eat almost nothing but bamboo, but the endangered species appears not to have evolved a gut microbiota to efficiently digest bamboo, a Chinese study found recently.
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China’s First MERS Patient in Critical Condition
Guangzhou, China, June 4, 2015, /Xinhua/ — China’s first confirmed Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) patient was still in serious condition, the health and family planning commission of Guangdong Province said Thursday.
A man from the Republic of Korea (ROK) tested positive for MERS in Guangdong on May 29. He is being treated at Huizhou Municipal Central Hospital.
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Massive Rescue Underway as Boat Carrying 458 Capsizes in Yangtze River
Wuhan, China, June 2, 2015, /ecns.cn/ — Divers are now underwater and they can hear banging coming from within the ship, as the search and rescue operations continue after a passenger ship sank Monday night in central China’s Hubei province.
Rescuers work at the ship sinking site in the Jianli section of the Yangtze River in central China (from ecns.cn).
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Nobel Laureate Brian Kobilka Lectures at Tongji Medical Forum
By Xinming Li, bostonese.com
Boston, May 29, 2015, — Prof. Brian Kobilka, 2012 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, recently attended Tongji Medical Forum in Wuhan, China. As an Honorary Professor at Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology(HUST), Prof. Kobilka delivered a lecture on his groundbreaking research on G-protein-coupled receptors to hundreds in the audience.
Prof. Laureate (left) receives Honorary Professor certificate at Tongji Medical College (provided to bostonese.com).
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8,000 Chinese Students Expelled in the US Last Year
BEIJING: At least 8,000 Chinese students studying in the US have been dismissed from schools last year. A majority 57 per cent were asked to leave because of poor academic performance, according to research done by an US agency that helps students to obtain admission in schools.
31% all international students in the US are from China(file photo).
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Zhiming Bai Delivers Opening Speech of 2015 Chinese Finance Forum
By Wendy Wang, Contributing reporter of bostonese.com
2015 Chinese Finance Forum, as an essential activity of the Beijing International Technology Expo, was held in Beijing on May 12 – 13. In his opening speech, Zhiming Bai, the chairman of the board of Huayin Kailai, stressed the need of resource integration for financial innovations.
Mr. Bai delivers the opening speech at Chinese Fiance Forum(provided to bostonese.com).
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China’s Tiens Group Treats 6400 Employees to French Vacation
Paris, May 11, 2015, — The biggest tour group to visit France — 6,400 mainly Chinese visitors invited by their company boss — received a VIP welcome in the southern resort town of Nice on Saturday.
Tiens employees form the longest ever “human phrase”, positioning themselves in groups that read “Tiens’ dream is Nice in the Cote d’Azur”. Photo: AFP
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CY Leung: Hong Kong Is “Your Super-connector to China”
By CY Leung, Chief Executive of Hong Kong
(Mr. C Y Leung delivered this speech at a luncheon in Cambridge, Mass., hosted by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, New York on May 5, 2015. Representative of bostonese.com attended this luncheon.)
Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, colleagues,
Good afternoon. I’m very pleased to be with you today in Boston, my first official visit here, one I’ve been looking forward to for a long time. I am even more interested in visiting Boston when I read, a few weeks ago, that Boston had been named one of the world’s most livable cities in the Mercer 2015 Quality of Living rankings.
Of course, the people of Boston don’t need me or Mercer to tell them that they’ve got a good thing going: a city renowned for its community spirit; a city long celebrated as an international powerhouse in education; a city fast-emerging as a global business and technology hub.
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Internet Finance Company BZM Innovation Technology Inc. Lands U.S. Market
New York City, April 16, 2015, — World’s largest annual gathering of the online lending community – LendIt USA, was successfully held at the Marriott Marquis in NYC April 13-15. The event attracted over two thousand attendees, including famous P2P service providers, marketplace or balance sheet platforms and investors all around the world. BZM Innovation Technology Inc., which is a company focusing on internet finance, was founded in the fifth Ave, NYC and owns offices in the Empire State building. Wendy Wang, the Executive Vice President of BZM Innovation Technology Inc., attended this great event as the representative of BZM Innovation Technology Inc.
Wendy Wang at LendIt USA(provided to bostonese.com).
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