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...between the sexes, China invested heavily in women's sports far before Title IX?the U.S. government mandate to end gender discrimination in collegiate sports?began leveling the playing field in America. "In addition to good training, our women can eat bitterness more than women from other countries," boasts Wei Hongquan, a publicity official with the State General Administration of Sport. "That's why we are so strong in women's sports." Case in point: when women's weight lifting became an official Olympic sport in 2000, China captured four out of seven available gold medals, while the Chinese...
...this mix add lax law enforcement, a flood of inexperienced drivers, and a marked indifference to safety on the part of many motorists, and it's little wonder that Asia's highways sometimes resemble a Mad Max movie set. Shanghai resident Huang Wei, a recent graduate of a Chinese driving school, recalls how during one training session her instructor scolded her for using her turn indicator to signal her intention to change lanes: "He shouted at me, 'What are you doing? Never use your turn signal for changing lanes! If you let the car behind you know what...
...addition, the principal investigator of the Beth Israel aging project allegedly accorded herself a salary larger than the maximum outlined by the grant guidelines. At the time, that researcher, Jeanne Wei, was head of the HMS division on aging and of Beth Israel’s division of gerontology...
...Wei did not respond to a request for comment...
...Wei resigned from her administrative posts in November 1999 when the scandal was first reported to the government, Gibbons told The Crimson...