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...content to see bilateral talks between the U.S. and North Korea proceed alongside the six-party confab. All in all, China could hardly be happier at the state of its relationship with the U.S. "Powell's trip shows that the U.S. takes China seriously," says Chu Shulong, a political scientist at Beijing's Tsinghua University, "and right now that is enough to keep relations steady." Amid all the hubbub about America's global role, that's a quiet change of historic significance...
...opened 100 outlets and plans hundreds more. China's biggest seller of athletic shoes, Li Ning, recently surrendered its top position to Nike, even though Nike's shoes--upwards of $100 a pair--cost twice as much. The new middle class "seeks Western culture," says Zhang Wanli, a social scientist at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. "Nike was smart because it didn't enter China selling usefulness, but selling status...
Well, at least you got me to turn around and look. I am a scientist, after all. It’s hard to gauge the impact that science has except on other scientists. To my knowledge, we don’t yet have groupies. We don’t have T-shirts. But, that is not to say we wouldn’t enjoy those things...
...said that this study, conducted by a scientist and art historian in Berlin, concluded that the oak panel came from the same tree as one used for a seventeenth century painting at the Gemaeldegalerie in Berlin...
...MOZAMBIQUE A vaccine against malaria, the biggest killer of children in Africa, came a step closer with the announcement of "very encouraging" clinical-trial results involving 2,022 children in rural southern Mozambique. The vaccine used in the study was shown to be "safe and well tolerated," said lead scientist Dr. Pedro Alonso of the University of Barcelona. It protected 30% of the children from clinical infection with the disease. If further trials are successful, GlaxoSmithKline, which developed the vaccine in partnership with the Malaria Vaccine Initiative, hopes to get a license for commercial production by 2010. Strengthening His Grip...