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...time the final standings were tallied in the Olympic competition, the Zhangs' choice of music seemed particularly prescient. Although Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin won the 12th consecutive pairs gold for Russia (or, previously, the Soviet Union), the Chinese nabbed the silver (Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao), bronze (Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo) and fourth place (Pang Qing and Tong Jian)?all in a sport China first entered little more than two decades ago. And China's emerging dominance of pairs skating is about to receive a powerful boost: the Russian pair will not be skating in the world championships...
...thinking about staying longer in the United States,” Marentis said.The other Harvard-affiliated Soros Fellows are Deema Arafah, Alvaro Bedoya, Amit Bouri, Susie Huang, Paul Kwak, Elizabeth Kwo, Darryl Li, Sze-Ling Ng, Antonio Perez, Yulia Ryzhik, and Colette Shen. The program has 172 alumni and 60 students currently participating...
...China's leaders see Bush's arrival as a chance to show their own people and the world that their country has taken its place among the responsible world powers. "The U.S. can sleep soundly and not worry that China will create problems," says Shen Dingli, an expert on international relations at Fudan University in Shanghai, whose comments are typical of Chinese analysts. "In the future, China will be more democratic and will have a stronger legal system, but for now it is inward looking, trying to solve its own problems...
...Chinese newspapers, and a foreign ministry spokesman admonished that "all countries should communicate based on the principles of fairness and respect, and not interfere with each other's internal affairs." But China's leaders seem likely to let Bush's comments pass. "We'll pretend not to hear," says Shen. "We're mature enough not to oppose everything he says...
...Fudan University in Shanghai has purchased 6,357 different textbooks from Harvard, ranging from all subjects and departments, and spending more than $200,000 over the past two years. In a phone interview yesterday, Zeng F. Qin, Director of Fudan University Library, described conceiving of the idea with colleague Shen H. Wang to acquire Harvard textbooks in 2002. The first purchase of 5,620 books used in Harvard undergraduate classes was made in 2003. This year, Qin said there was an additional purchase of 737 books from the law and medical schools. Fudan University made the purchases with the help...