Duke’s coming to China. In August, 2012, China’s Ministry of Education approved Duke University’s proposal to build a new college in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, named Duke Kunshan University (DKU). A cooperative venture between Wuhan University and the city of Kunshan, DKU will merge traditional Chinese education with American liberal arts education and Duke’s well-known strength [...]
Gu Kailai (谷开来), the wife of former Chongqing mayor Bo Xilai (薄熙来), has been accused and convicted earlier this week of homicide against British national Neil Heywood. Gu received a two year commuted death sentence, which means a death sentenced with a delayed execution. The accusations against Gu Kailai can be read in a previous [...]
Educational inequality between China’s rural and urban students has long vexed the country. Huge differences in funding, educational resources, living and learning environments, and teacher quality have created a giant gap in social mobility. About 70% of urban students test into university, while only 9% of rural students do the same. Many Chinese NGOs have [...]
It’s the most shocking case in cosmetic history. In Fuzhou, the capital of China’s coastal Fujian province, a 40-year-old female died Friday after using Watson’s White Pearl Mask, a popular face-whitening product. Although there was no evidence that the mask was the direct cause, the Watsons Company has already yanked this product from the market. [...]
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