(from chinadaily.com.cn)
The suspect in a knife rampage that left 23 students and an elderly woman wounded on Friday was influenced by rumors that the world was about to end, a local government report said.
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China’s School Knife Attack Suspect “Feared End of the World”, Media Coverage Questioned
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65-year-old Elton John Rocks Beijing
(from cntv.cn)
On Sunday night, Beijing welcomed a big shot from the world of pop music.
For audiences old and young who showed up at Beijing’s Mastercard Centre, it’s never too late to love somebody. One said, “I’m quite sure that it’s gonna be a night full of great music.”
Sir Elton John performed at the Mastercard Centre with his all-star band in Beijing on November 25, 2012.
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Xi Jinping Visits AIDS Patients on the Eve of World AIDS Day
(from chinadaily.com.cn)
BEIJING, Nov. 30, 2012 – Vice President Xi Jinping on Friday visited a group of people living with HIV/AIDS in Beijing, urging society to abandon discrimination against such groups and “to light their life with love.”
Xi shakes hands with an HIV positive patient.
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“Sodium Energy” Wins 2012 MIT CHIEF Pitch to China Business Plan Contest
By David Li, bostonese.com
Cambridge, Mass. — In the afternoon of Nov. 18, 2012, the Winner of 2012 MIT CHIEF Business Plan contest was announce at the MIT China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (CHIEF) at Stata Center in MIT. “Sodium Energy”, a clean energy project by MIT students Kai Xiang Zheng Li, won the first place award, and the $10,000 grand prize.
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For 160-Year-Old Steinway, Lang Lang Is a Perfect Brand for Expansion in China
By Chen Yingqun (from chinadaily.com.cn)
Venerable piano maker that goes back nearly 160 years sees china as an important part of its future.
Zhang Yuan, a 26-year-old Beijing resident who has been playing the piano for about 10 years, was on the verge of drooling over the Steinway in front of her. There was an ancient dragon logo on one side of the body. On the other were Chinese calligraphy carvings. The music stand took on the shape of a traditional Chinese fan, while the stool looked like a table for the guqin, a seven-string Chinese zither.
A Steinway piano is given some loving attention. Although sales of Steinway grand pianos have been affected by the economic recession in Western markets, the company found a new path to success as it seeks to expand in China.
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Xitang – An Ancient Water Town Close to Shanghai and Hangzhou
By Sophia Yee, painter
I visited to Hangzhou, China a in October, 2012, took a trip to Xitang, which is about 120 kilometers northeast of Hangzhou and 90 kilometers south of Shanghai.
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Inaugural Cornell China Conference To Start on October 27
By David Li, bostonese.com, translated by Lang Gao
On the weekend of October 27 – 28, the Cornell China Conference will be held in Cornell University, a member of the prestigious Ivy League located in Ithaca, New York. Cornell Chinese Students Association (CCSA), the organizer of this conference states that the theme of the conference is to discuss the perspectives of China given the background of national reformation and transformation.
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Hong Kong Electronics Fair & electronicAsia Draw Over 97,000 Buyers
Hong Kong, October 18, 2012 – The four-day Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn Edition), the largest trade fair of its kind in the world, and the concurrent electronicAsia concluded on Tuesday, October 16 after attracting more than 97,000 buyers from 140 countries and regions. The twin fairs welcomed 3,900 exhibitors from 28 countries and regions.
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Facing a Weak Economy, Both Candicates Are Tough on China
(from chinadaily.com.cn)
China-bashing is fiercer in the 2012 US presidential election than any previous election campaign, with both the Republican and the Democratic candidates attacking China, observers said.
Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama wave to the audience during the first presidential debate at the University of Denver in Colorado on Oct 3. Charlie Neibergall / Associated Press
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Chinese Writer Mo Yan Wins 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) — Chinese writer Mo Yan has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, announced Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy in Stockholm on Thursday.
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