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Scholarships for top migrant workers |
2008-4-26 |
| BEIJING, April 25 -- The trade union in southern boomtown Shenzhen is to offer scholarships to 100 excellent but poverty-stricken migrant workers.
The program, called "Dreams Come True", is the first of its kind in the city, which is home to more than 7 million migrant workers.
It is a major step in the city's efforts to treat ...... |
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Malaysian PM calls for more European students to study in Asia |
2008-4-26 |
| KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has said that the European nations should send more students to study in Asia in a bid to help promote cultural understanding and international co-operation, local media reported on Wednesday.
It is the norm for Asia to send its young people to study in Europe, but not the...... |
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Culture comes first for "lucky" scholar |
2008-4-26 |
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BEIJING, April 23 -- Shesrab Nyima considers himself a lucky man; not just because he escaped the fate of being a serf - he was born after the liberation - but also because he is able to dedicate his time to the preservation of his ethnic culture, which was neglected prior to the 1950s.
Born into a poor family in Luhuo county in t...... |
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China s higher education contributes to human rights progress |
2008-4-26 |
| BEIJING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The development of higher education has contributed greatly to China's human rights, an expert told the ongoing Beijing Forum on Human Rights.
Xue Jinwen, director of the Human Rights Research Center of Nankai University in Tianjin, said the historic development of China's higher education was of positive and significant im...... |
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Minority language training compulsory for Sichuan prefecture civil servants |
2008-4-21 |
| BARKAM, Sichuan, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Every Saturday, Zhang Junhua, a highway administration clerk in a Tibetan-populated prefecture in southwest China, spends the day attending a Tibetan language training program.
"My work is mainly to help local herdsmen with road planning and construction on the plateau," said the Han Chinese, who works in the Highwa...... |
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Children shown the green light in Shanghai |
2008-4-21 |
| BEIJING, April 21 -- Children from both home and abroad gained knowledge about environmental protection in Shanghai Saturday by celebrating World Earth Day, which falls on Tuesday - alas, a school day.
Organized by Shanghai Zoo, the Rainbow Bridge International School and the Changning District Science and Technology Bureau, the activity had the theme "Make a Ch...... |
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Foreign students not required to leave China during Olympics |
2008-4-21 |
| BEIJING, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Overseas media reports that foreign students in China would have to leave the country during the August Olympic Games were "totally fabricated", the Ministry of Education said here Friday.
"Recently, some foreign media say China requires foreign students to leave during the Games. It completely goes against the facts," mini...... |
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Chinese language teachers training course starts in Bangladesh |
2008-4-17 |
| DHAKA, April 15 (Xinhua) -- The 1st Chinese language teachers training course in Bangladesh started here Tuesday.
Seventeen trainees from different schools, colleges and one university are attending the training course, which was organized by the North-South University Confucius Institute.
Khaliquzzaman M Elias, director of the...... |
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Students foster ties with Japanese counterparts |
2008-4-17 |
| BEIJING, April 17 -- More than 200 Chinese students began their week-long study tour of Japan Wednesday. They will explore ways to enhance mutual understanding and friendship with their counterparts.
As the first group of Chinese high school students to visit Japan this year - the China-Japan Friendly Youth Exchange Year - the students were impressed by...... |
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Concern on sport drugs for students |
2008-4-10 |
| BEIJING, April 9 -- Local educators are worried students are turning to drugs after physical education performance was added as a key element of students' high school entrance exams.
From this year, physical education performance will count for 30 points out of 630 in city high school entrance exams. Test items include sprinting, long-distance running a...... |
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