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...centuries, the group roamed the pine and birch forests of China's Greater and Lesser Xing'an Mountains, living in hide-covered dwellings called sierranju that are nearly identical to the teepees of North American Great Plains tribes. The Oroqen way of life continued largely unchanged until the middle of the past century, even as China rose and fell under war, revolution and invasion. But the modern world began to encroach with a vengeance after the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. Two years later, not long after the People's Liberation Army invaded Tibet, Baiyaertu...
...Even scientists are not above turning to Chaoyang's markets in the interests of science. Xu Xing, a paleontologist who has discovered more dinosaur species than anyone in history, says several of his finds came from such dealers. "I don't feel good when I buy fossils, so I'm trying to step away from this market," he says. Although sales of dinosaurs are strictly illegal, local officials tend to look the other way. "The middlemen and authorities are in bed together," says Zhang Wanlian, a retired reporter for the Chaoyang Daily, who has investigated the local fossil trade...
...October, Xiaonei was acquired by Oak Pacific Interactive, a Chinese Internet company. Xing Wang, the site’s founder, wrote at the time on his blog that he was forced to sell his company because the site was strapped for cash...
...will soon begin advertising in full force. He said he has already begun meeting with potential participants and that he will hold additional information sessions over reading period. “Anything they can do to encourage summer research would be really great,” said Kang-Xing Jin ’06, a joint concentrator in computer science and psychology and co-chair of the Harvard Society for Mind, Brain, Behavior. “This could be a great opportunity to meet some people you wouldn’t otherwise meet.” Though the program...
...themed Pujiang, a group of farmers eyeing the airy granite-and-glass concoction that will serve as the new town hall, exhibition center and restaurant arcade grumbles that there's no way they will be able to afford to live in their own hometown. But inside the building, Yue Xing, president of Shanghai Highpower-Oct Investment Ltd., one of the developers of Pujiang New Town, defends his urban vision: "We are not judging [future residents] by how much money they have but by their commitment to enjoying a better quality of life. We have to think about how to make...