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...Jianhua BANKING ON TRAVEL About 31 million travelers from China ventured abroad in 2005, according to China's National Bureau of Statistics. The country's bank-card association, China UnionPay (CUP), has focused on helping Chinese tourists take advantage of their growing buying power. Led by CEO Wan Jianhua, CUP has partnered with Discover to enable tourists to use American ATMs. As the Chinese travel more and spend more--$19 billion in 2004--CUP is inking deals with European banks as well. "With an intensified marketing campaign, public recognition of CUP will accelerate," Wan says...
...liners who argue that it does little to hinder Iran's nuclear work right now. But proponents say that only the go-slow approach can win support from Russia and China. "The diplomacy with the Russians and the Chinese is very intense," says a key official. Rice, scheduled to travel to London next week for a conference on Afghanistan, may stop first in Moscow for talks with Russian officials. She needs Moscow's backing to win Beijing's--and ultimately to gain Iran's compliance. As for a step four to the strategy, there is no clear...
...Sunday, January 22, renowned Russian cellist Natalia Gutman will begin her five-month American tour by playing a concert at Sanders Theatre. Gutman’s performances in the United States have been rare, as her travel was once strictly limited by the Soviet government. Gutman will be accompanied by her son, violinist Slava Moroz and pianist Dmitri Shteinberg in a program of four pieces: Brahms’ “Sonata N.1 E Minor,” Arensky’s “Trio in D Minor, Op. 32,” Schumann?...
...That's what New Horizons will be investigating when it reaches Pluto, its major moon Charon, and two smaller moons, found just last fall. And while a more than nine-year journey sounds like a long one, it's remarkably quick for a probe that has to travel more than 3 billion miles. Indeed, at a top speed of more than 47,000 m.p.h., which it will achieve by playing off Jupiter's gravity in a 2007 flyby, New Horizons will be the fastest spacecraft in history (it's no slouch even now: a mere nine hours after launch...
...first trip of its kind at Harvard, eight undergraduates will spend intersession travelling in the Middle East to recruit high school students to the College. The trip, which is composed entirely of students and begins tomorrow, will include nine Middle Eastern countries. It was organized by the students and will be primarily paid for through a center at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG). The admissions office has provided logistical, but not financial, support.While the group has sought assistance from a variety of sources, the trip is “student-run from A to Z,” according...