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Faust left Japan for a two-day stint in China, where she celebrated the opening of the Harvard Center Shanghai—Harvard Business School’s first international teaching facility—which will function as a home for the school’s executive education programs in China as well as collaborative work between faculty at Harvard and Chinese universities...
William C. Kirby, chairman of the Harvard China Fund, said he hoped the center would pave the way for more academic partnerships with Chinese univerisities, support undergraduates and faculty research efforts, and bolster Harvard’s presence in China...
...China is currently the most popular destination for undergraduates studying abroad, said Kirby, who was instrumental in improving undergraduate access to international programs during his tenure as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
...China, for its part, is not just playing hard-to-get on sanctions; it believes that Iran's nuclear program represents no imminent weaponization threat and that a lot more time must be allowed for dialogue in order to bring Tehran into full compliance with its obligations under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Despite Clinton's suggestion that Beijing supports the idea of parallel tracks of pressure and diplomacy, Chinese officials have repeatedly warned that sanctions could undermine prospects for a diplomatic solution, and has refused to consider the adoption of new measures at the Security Council. Beijing's opposition...
...Administration's efforts to halt Iran's uranium-enrichment program, citing "a growing international consensus on taking steps to pressure Iran's leaders to change course." Europe was on board, she said, and Russia wasn't far behind. "And although there is still work to be done, China has said it supports the dual-track approach of applying pressure if engagement does not produce results," Clinton added. "We are now working with our partners in the United Nations on new Security Council sanctions that will show Iran's leaders that there are real consequences for their intransigence...