Few in China think of basketball when Stanford and Harvard are mentioned, but it's what's overlooked here about the two universities that contributes greatly to their worldwide prestige.
"For quite a long time in China, sport's function was limited to just earning your country glory in athletic competitions. We paid too much attention to the results. In US colleges, sport is a way of education, a means of self-improvement and a cradle to develop virtues such as teamwork and the ability to handle adversity, which prepare a person for a career in any field."
When Dong Shi first saw a group of seniors throwing around an oval-shaped ball on a soccer pitch in his freshman year at Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, he was fascinated.
A post about a college student who had the stipend he received for being from an impoverished family canceled has triggered heated debate online.
New H3C Group, a joint venture between State-owned Unisplendour Corp and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, is expected to more than double its server business in the government procurement market next year, its CEO said.
There is something different about a number of small structures that just went up in Changsha. Unlike traditional industrial mold-manufacturing, they were put together using selective laser sintering and melting - better known as 3D printing technology.
A niche market has developed for the eldercare industry in Heilongjiang province, as the northeast China area has seen increasing numbers of senior citizens from Russia and South Korea traveling to the region after their retirement.
Allianz SE said its German fund management unit has applied for a license in China to establish an onshore presence, following the example of its larger US-based Pacific Investment Management Co.
Yum China Holdings Inc is in talks to buy food delivery services firm Daojia.com for up to $200 million, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as the biggest operator of fast food on the mainland seeks to boost sales from customers dining at home.
Editor's Note: Chongqing Liangjiang New Area is the third national pilot zone, spearheading the development and opening-up of Chongqing and West China. Recently, reporter Tan Yingzi finds out how the city transforms its economy to innovation-driven development.
As a traditional manufacturing powerhouse in southwestern China, Chongqing is seeking to transform its economy and preparing to answer the call of the Internet Plus initiative. But, local governments and companies find that the city is severely short of people with the needed internet skills.
Last December, an online auction of an island in the Maldives on Chinese e-commerce platform Taobao.com hit the headlines. Surprisingly for such a big deal, the agency that handled all the business transactions was a startup company in Chongqing.
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