Tag: China

Tsinghua’s Shi Yigong Awarded Aminoff Prize 2014

Beijing, April 8, 2014, — Professor Shi Yigong, Dean of School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, was awarded the Gregori Aminoff Prize in Crystallography 2014 at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences’ Annual Meeting on March 31. He is the first scientist from China who has won the Prize since it was established in 1979.… Continue reading Tsinghua’s Shi Yigong Awarded Aminoff Prize 2014

Peach Blossom at 10,000 Feet from Linzhi, Tibet

By Wang Jian, bostonese.com columnist I made a visit to Linzhi, Tibet during the Tomb Sweeping Day long weekend. Beautiful Linzhi Prefecture, famous as the Switzerland of Tibet, is located in the southeastern part of Tibetan Autonomous Region, in the lower reach of Yalu Zangbu River, bordering India and Burma. It covers an area of… Continue reading Peach Blossom at 10,000 Feet from Linzhi, Tibet

The First Lady’s Travel Journal: Visiting Ancient City Xi’an

Note: This post is part of a series authored by First Lady Michelle Obama to share her visit to China with young people in the U.S. You can read all of the First Lady’s posts atWhiteHouse.gov/First-Lady-China-Trip. Xi’an, China, — March 24, 2014, — This morning we left Beijing and flew for about two hours to… Continue reading The First Lady’s Travel Journal: Visiting Ancient City Xi’an

Chinese Dramas and the Need for Narrative Reinvention

By Alyza Liu, bostonese.com In the waning months of 2013 and the waxing ones of 2014, the Korean television drama You Who Came from the Stars (also translated as My Love from the Star, Man from Another Star) made large waves in East and Southeast Asia. Its premise was offbeat – an alien who’s been… Continue reading Chinese Dramas and the Need for Narrative Reinvention

Michelle Obama’s Journal from China: Meeting with Students at PKU

Note: This post is part of a series authored by First Lady Michelle Obama to share her visit to China with young people in the U.S. You can read all of the First Lady’s posts at WhiteHouse.gov/First-Lady-China-Trip. This morning, I had the privilege of visiting Peking University and speaking with Chinese students and American students… Continue reading Michelle Obama’s Journal from China: Meeting with Students at PKU

Natural-product-based Inhibitor to Treat Parkinson Identified by Chinese Researchers

By Wu Fang, Research Institute of Systems Biomedicine Shanghai, March 20, 2014, –A novel natural-product-based inhibitor for the treatment of Parkinson has been identified from the endemic plant in Xishuangbanna as a result of the interdisciplinary cooperation between biology and chemistry, led by Wu Fang research group, from Shanghai Jiaotong University(SJTU) Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine,… Continue reading Natural-product-based Inhibitor to Treat Parkinson Identified by Chinese Researchers

The First Lady’s Journal from China: Our Official Visit Begins

Note: This post is part of a series authored by First Lady Michelle Obama to share her visit to China with young people in the U.S. You can read all of the First Lady’s posts at WhiteHouse.gov/First-Lady-China-Trip. After a long flight from Washington, D.C. – one that took around 20 hours – my mother, my daughters,… Continue reading The First Lady’s Journal from China: Our Official Visit Begins