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...transparent sky bridges, Biopolis is meant to be a self-enclosed science city, housing government research institutes, biotech start-ups and global drug companies. At the ground level, researchers from some 50 countries meet and mingle over spicy laksa noodles, Philly cheesesteaks and German beer, discussing projects in English, the most widely spoken language in the multiethnic city. Inside, the well-stocked labs positively gleam. Ng Huck Hui, a team leader at the Genome Institute of Singapore, points to an expensive array of semiconductors. "We bought that three years ago, so by our standards it's pretty old," he says...
...DIED. Raja Rao, 97, Indian novelist and professor of philosophy whose intellectual works explored the clashes between East and West; in Austin, Texas. One of the first Indian authors to write in English, Rao's most famous work, 1938's Kanthapura, told the story of India's turbulent independence movement from the perspective of an elderly village woman. British novelist E.M. Forster called it the best book in English by an Indian writer...
...World's Business Tool Mandarin's emergence as the second global language after English proves that Asia is on the road to becoming a superpower [June 26]. With the Chinese economy booming, it is no surprise that people all over the world are choosing to study Mandarin. Ritu Awasthi Kanpur, India...
...Mandarin has become the language to learn in order to gain access to business opportunities in China, which is becoming the world's biggest arena for business. By opening its markets to foreign investors, China has made its official language as important as English. Suddenly people throughout the world are rushing to master Mandarin. In today's global economy, Mandarin has become an essential business tool. WongYeen Fern Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
Damascus is my favorite Middle Eastern city. I love it not only for what locals call in English its "touristic" qualities, but also for the ones that remind me of my home in Iowa: both societies share an appreciation for tight-knit families and lifetime friendships; socially conservative "family values"; and traditional comfort foods, with shish taouk and mezze standing in for the steak and salad dinners that dominated Iowa's menus when I was a child...