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...could not be reached for comment. Jesus Mena, the Kennedy School’s communications director, said the dean is traveling in the United Kingdom and is slated to appear on BBC to discuss his latest book, Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics...
...students reported a decline in applications from international students. Of these schools, nine experienced a drop exceeding 30 percent. Of the 530 U.S. institutions surveyed, almost half received fewer international graduate applications compared to last year. Instead, many of these students are turning to countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia; schools in both of these countries experienced upsurges in foreign applicants this year...
...Chinese are intensely proud of Yao, who has done the Confucian thing by living with his parents and sending polite holiday cards to his teammates and opponents, Shaquille O'Neal included. But few people outside the Middle Kingdom ever imagined how deeply a product of China's socialist sports system would capture American hearts. Earlier this year, Yao signed a deal with McDonald's, which had dropped its previous spokesman, Kobe Bryant. Kobe was supposed to be the next Jordan. Turns out the new Michael is a man named Ming. --By BROOK LARMER, author of a forthcoming book on China...
...month in Ayodhya, where Hindu zealots had torn down a Muslim mosque in 1992 and demanded the restoration of what they said was once a temple to the Hindu god Ram. "We will build a Ram temple at Ayodhya," Advani declared at the rally. "India will be Ram's kingdom once more." TIME's Alex Perry spoke with Advani outside Ayodhya in the run-up to India's general election...
Construction of Shitennoji, one of the oldest Buddhist complexes in Japan, began in the year 593. One of its carpenters, Shigemitsu Kongo, traveled to Japan from the Korean kingdom of Paekche. Today, working from offices overlooking the temple, Kongo Gumi Co. is run by Masakazu Kongo, 55, the 40th Kongo to lead the 1,410-year-old company, believed to be the world's oldest family enterprise...