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  • 16 of 31 Killed in Taiwan Plane Crash from Mainland China

    Taipei, Feb. 5, 2014, /ecns.cn/ — Sixteen of the 31 confirmed deaths in the Taiwan TransAsia Airways plane crash were Chinese mainland residents, according to the local disaster response authority.
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  • Blackstone’s Schwarzman on Collaboration with China

    By “Dr. Tea”, CEO of Mylovetea Company

    Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 2, 2015, — Stephen Allen Schwarzman, chairman and CEO of the Blackstone Group, visited Harvard University and gave his speech at the Science Center on his company and their collaboration with China, especially the Anbang Group. The personal fortune of Mr. Schwarzman is estimated to be $10.8 billion and ranked at 122nd on the World’s Billionaires List by Forbes.

    Mr. Schwarzman graduated from Yale and don’t known much about the Harvard campus. I gave him a tour. He joked he was not smart enough to get into Harvard and he went to Yale when he was 18. He contacted Harvard Dean of Admission and yet the Dean said Yale was pretty good too. Stephen said, later on, the Dean felt regretful for not enrolling him to Harvard though. Also, he felt more excited to run a company than a school. However, he said: “never stop learning!”
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    “Dr. Tea”(left) with Mr. Schwarzman.
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  • Over 300 Chinese Nationals Passed Through Malaysia to Join ISIS

    Jan. 23, 2015, — The Strait Times, a daily newspaper in Singapore, reported that more than 300 Chinese nationals have used Malaysia as a transit point on their way to join the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group.
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    A Chinese national ISIS militant is seen guarded by an Iraqi soldier (Credit: Iraqi Ministry of Defense).
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  • Li Na Announces Pregnancy at Australian Open

    Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 20, 2015, — 2014 Australian Open tennis champion Li Na of China attends her farewell ceremony at Rod Laver Arena on the first day of 2015 Australian Open tournament in Melbourne.
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    Li Na shared her pregnancy news with the spectators during the event. (Xinhua/Bai Xue)
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  • China Mourns Victims of Paris Terror Attack

    Beijing, Jan. 9, 2015, /ecns.cn/ — Chinese government and citizens on Thursday mourned the victims of the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris and denounced terrorism and murder, both on and offline.
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  • Shanghai Stampede Survivors Recall Nightmare

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    Two people hug each other as they wait for information about their loved ones who had been taken to the Shanghai No. 1 People’s Hospital after the tragedy on the Bund. It is believed seven of the injured have not yet been identified — Liu Xingzhe.

    Shanghai, Jan. 2 2015, /Shanghia Daily/ — Some still in shock, and some still not knowing the fate of their loved ones, witnesses to the New Year’s Eve tragedy told Shanghai Daily of their experiences at a celebration that turned into their worst nightmare.
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  • $860 2015 Summer Deals by “World’s Top Airlines” Hainan Airlines

    By Victor Chen, bostonese.com

    Boston, Dec. 28, 2014, — Hainan Airlines was recently named as “Recipient of a five-star rating” from Skytrax – an airline review and rating website. According to Bloogberg news service, Hainan Airlines is considered to be the best airline in China. As people start to look for travel deals for summer of 2015, a number of people have reported booking round-way Hainan Airlines tickets from Boston to Guangzhou, China for under $900 with only one stop in Beijing.
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    Sample Spring 2015 Boston to Beijing deal from Hainan Airlines(file photo).
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  • Pole Dancers Show Strength and Beauty in China’s North Pole

    Beijing, Dec. 24, 2014 /ecns.cn/ — Members of China’s National Pole Dance Team warmed up before performing while temperature dips to minus 50 degrees Celsius in Beiji village, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province.
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    A member of China’s National Pole Dance Team performs while temperature dips to minus 50 degrees Centigrade in Beiji village[Photo: China News Service/Zhong Xin]
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  • Chinese Video Provider iQIYI to Buy Over 1,000 US Films in 2015

    BEIJING, Nov. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — iQIYI, an independently operated subsidiary of Baidu (BIDU) and one of the largest Internet and mobile video service providers in China, today announced that it would buy distribution rights to over 1,000 U.S. movie titles in 2015 to satisfy growing demand from its users for U.S. content.
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    iQIYI’s webpage featuring Guardians of the Galaxy (file photo).
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  • Green Development Index Report Series Launched Successfully in Beijing

    By Tong Zhang, bostonese.com

    Beijing, Dec. 8, 2014, — Green Development Index Report Series launched successfully today at China National Radio New Media Building in Beijing. Human Green Development Report 2014(Chinese-English Edition), China Green Development Index Report 2014_Regional Comparison (Chinese-English Edition) and China Green Finance Report 2014 were released to public by the research team of Prof. Li Xiaoxi, who is a Harvard Fellow, the principal investigator of the green development index report series, Deputy Director of Beijing Normal University (BNU) Academic Committee, and Academic Adviser of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE).
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    Prof. Li Xiaoxi Released the Report (photos from cnr.cn).
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