Findings From The 2013 C.G.S. International Graduate Admissions Survey
on April 18, 2013
A slowdown in international applicants to U.S. graduate schools is partially due to a nearly five percent decline in applicants coming from China.
Council of Graduate Schools
on April 18, 2013
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For more than five decades, the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) has been the national voice for the graduate dean community. CGS is the only national organization in the United States that is dedicated solely to the advancement of graduate education and research.
CGS accomplishes its mission through advocacy in the policy arena, innovative research, and the development and dissemination of best practices. CGS also acts as a convening authority, organizing major events that bring together graduate deans and other stakeholders to discuss and take action on a broad range of issues affecting graduate education today.
Southern California Public Radio
on April 18, 2013
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‘Old School’ Hip-Hop Radio Station Likely To Change To Chinese-Language Programming
on April 18, 2013
The owners of the Los Angeles classic hip-hop radio station 93.5 FM KDAY have agreed to sell their stations to Hong Kong-based R.B.C. Communications. If the deal closes, it will likely to change to a Chinese-language format.
Zao Wou-Ki, Seen As Modern Art Master, Dies At 92
on April 18, 2013
Zao Wou-ki, one of the few Chinese-born painters to be considered a master of 20th-century modern art in the West, died at his home in Switzerland on April 9, 2013. He was 92.
Guan Tianlang: China’s Golf Phenom To Tee It Up At The Masters
on April 18, 2013
Spare a moment to consider 14-year-old Guan Tianlang. The Chinese amateur golfing phenom will make history Thursday, becoming the youngest player ever to compete at the Masters.
China And California Sign Deal To Boost Investment
on April 18, 2013
A new joint task force composed of officials from the California government and China's Commerce Ministry identified sectors for potential expanded investment and trade including infrastructure, environmental protection, agriculture and bio- and information technology.
How Fast Is China’s Slowdown Coming, and What Should Beijing Do About It?
A ChinaFile Conversation
on April 18, 2013
Slower Chinese GDP growth is not a bad thing if it’s happening for the right reasons. But it’s not happening for the right reasons.
A Death in the Lucky Holiday Hotel
on April 17, 2013
The downfall of Bo Xilai in China was more than a darkly thrilling mystery. It revealed a cataclysmic internal power struggle between Communist Party factions, one that reached all the way to China’s new president Xi Jinping.
The scandalous story of the corruption of the Bo Xilai family—the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood; Bo’s secret lovers; the secret maneuverings of Bo’s supporters; the hasty trial and sentencing of Gu Kailai, Bo’s wife—was just the first rumble of a seismic power struggle that continues to rock the very foundation of China’s all-powerful Communist Party. By the time it is over, the machinations in Beijing and throughout the country that began with Bo’s fall could affect China’s economic development and disrupt the world’s political and economic order.—PublicAffairs
Book Review:
Howard W. French, The Wall Street Journal (March 31, 2013)
Rana Mitter, The Telegraph (April 15, 2013)
Poet’s Nightmare In Chinese Prison
on April 16, 2013
Chinese author and poet Liao Yiwu on his reluctant dissent, his years in a Chinese prison, his relatively new celebrity status, and living with the torturous memories of his violent experiences.