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...Despite the growing political influence of China, try asking an American to name a Chinese company and you're not likely to get much of an answer. While South Korea has Samsung and Hyundai, and Japan has Sony and Toyota, in the U.S., China is largely associated with the mass production of low-end goods, with few of its own international brands. To battle China's reputation for cheap imitations, Li Ning has hired top designers from Portland's rich pool of shoe-design talent and placed its high-end sportswear in an airy showroom in a Portland's chic...
...Even if most Americans don't know the Li Ning name yet, many will remember the man. After his historic 1984 performance, the tycoon leaped back into the Olympic spotlight - literally - during the opening ceremony at the 2008 Beijing Games. Suspended by cables, Li soared into the air and ran a slow-motion aerial lap around the Bird's Nest before lighting the Olympic cauldron in front of an estimated 4 billion television viewers - much to the annoyance of Adidas, which had spent some $80 million to sponsor the Games. (See pictures of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremonies...
...earlier version of the Mar. 26 post "The Most Important Meal Of The Day: FlyBy Does Brain Break" incorrectly stated that Quincy's brain break offered Lucky Charms. In fact, the cereal's name is Marshmallow Mateys...
After months of silence since an extensive discussion at the Oct. 6 Faculty of Arts and Sciences meeting, the Harvard Extension School announced yesterday that it had not forgotten plans to change its name...
When JJ Diah ’10 visited the SOS Children’s Villages orphanage last spring during her semester in Gaborone, she found that this young girl—whose name Diah does not remember—managed to keep an outlook on life defined more by hope than by despair...