Every year, the Tsinghua International Students’ & Scholars’ Gala Night transforms our campus in a heart-pounding and reinvigorating showcase of cultural diversity, talent and a wholesome Tsinghua spirit. An amazing line-up of 22 acts involving enthusiastic performers from over 20 countries presented a magnificent evening for the audience at the New Tsinghua Xuetang.
Beijing, China, — Ronald Machtley, president of Bryant University, and his delegation recently visited Peking University. PKU President Hao Ping met with the guests at Linhuxuan.
Hao Ping welcomed Machtley’s visit. He pointed out that Bryant University is an elite university with a long history and thanked Machtley for promoting various kinds of cooperation with PKU and other Chinese universities over the years. He hoped that in the future the two universities would further carry out in-depth cooperation in the fields of environment, archaeology, and so on.
Hao Ping presenting a souvenir to Machtley
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Nov. 8, 2019, Frankfurt, Germany, — At the CPhI Worldwide in Frankfurt, the winners of the 2019 Pharma awards were announced. The CEO of WuXi AppTec, Dr. Ge Li, received the award in category “CEO of the year” among 12 other categories.
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Hong Kong, Nov. 8, 2019, — On Oct. 14, the Hong Kong law society dropped huge news that Edwin Choy Wai-Bond, former chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association and a certified Senior Counsel, resigned from the bar association. He reprimanded the “shameful silence” the bar association had for rioters’ act of violence. He believes that it runs in the opposite direction with the principle of rule of law that the bar association took a political stand to target the police and indulge the rioters’ violent behaviors.
An editorial by Edwin Choy Wai-Bond on South China Morning Post.
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Beijing, China, Nov. 1, 2019, — the Chinese Civilization and China’s Path academic forum hosted by the Academy of Chinese Culture and the Kuhn Foundation was held today. More than 20 well-known Chinese and foreign scholars, such as Professor Michael Szonyi, director of the Fairbank Center for East Asian Studies at Harvard University, Li Junru, forumer vice president of Party School of the Central Committee of CPC, Wolfgang Kubin, Chair Professor of the Department of Libteratur at Shantou University, Elizabeth Economy, Director of Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Studies, and Qian Chengdan, Chair Professor of Boya Plan at Peking University, along with 300 students at the Academy of Chinese Culture attended this forum.
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Shenzhen, China, August 8, 2019, — Huawei launched its Global Industry Vision (GIV) report today, continuing its predictions for technology and industry development up to 2025.
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August, 2, 2019, — According to new data from the World Meteorological Organization and Copernicus Climate Change Program, July 2019 at least equaled, if not surpassed, the hottest month in recorded history. This follows the warmest ever June on record.
Lhasa, capital of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, has for the first time entered summer in 2019, according to the regional climate center. With an average elevation of 3,650 meters above sea level, Lhasa has seen its average temperature top 22 degrees Celsius on June 23 and the temperature remained above that number between June 25 and 29.
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By Victor Chen, bostonese.com
Guanghzou, China, — The first International Trade Services Expo was held on June 2, 2019 in Guangzhou, China. This Expo is China’s first fair with the theme of international trade services. Mr. Chen Zongjian, the founder of the Porter City and the new economic expert, was invited to deliver a keynote speech as a research expert in the field of trade and the Porter City model.
In his speech, Mr. Chen The made a deep exposition on the future development direction of international trade and trade services and the development dividend of Chinese enterprises’ international trade, and was highly recognized by exhibitors. The speech by Mr. Chen received loud applause and rave reviews from attendees. Mr. Chen visited Boston in 2018, and was very impressed by the innovation-based economy in the greater Boston area.
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New York City, July 21, 2019, — China Arts and Entertainment Group Ltd. (CAEG) returns to the David H. Koch Theater with two ballet productions Carmina Burana and Goddess of the Luo River performed by the Guangzhou Ballet. Winner of 42 international awards and 159 national awards, Guangzhou Ballet is one of the most outstanding artistic performance organizations in China. Currently, Guangzhou Ballet has a wide repertoire of 18 large-scale dance operas and more than 70 small and medium-sized programs. It has toured in more than 20 countries and regions, such as Russia, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Australia, and Germany among others.
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Washington, D.C., July 4, 2019, — Members of the scholarly, foreign policy, military, and business communities, overwhelmingly from the United States, including many who have focused on Asia throughout their professional careers, signed an open letter to US President Donald Trump and Congress, saying they are deeply concerned about the growing deterioration in US relations with China, which they believe does not serve American or global interests.
Screen shot from Washington Post’s website.
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