Pearson to acquire Wall Street Institute: acquisition extends Pearson's posit bi2562005 Pearson, the education and information company, today announcing the acquisition of Wall Street from an affiliate of the The Carlyle Group and Citi Private Equity for $92m cash

Hong Kong plans rally to save Cantonese language bi2562005 Hong Kong activists rally on Sunday against China's bid to champion national language Mandarin over Cantonese, following a rare protest for the same cause southern China

Cantonese China protest over language loss fears bi2562005 BEIJING, July 26 Hundreds of people took to the streets of the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou over the weekend to demand the government halt efforts to push aside the local Cantonese language, state media said today. The protest yesterday was prompted by plans to switch most programming on Guangzhou television stations to the countrys ..

China Warns U.S. to Stay Out of Islands Dispute bi2562005 BEIJING The Chinese government reacted angrily on Monday to an announcement by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton that Washington might step a long-simmering territorial dispute between China and smaller neighbors the South China Sea

Mainland pupils making the grade Hong Kong bi2562005 It came as a blow when Yin Wenting, a student from Shenzhen, was rejected her application to attend the University of Hong Kong (HKU), the city's top school, five years ago

South China Sea spat fresh threat to Sino-US ties bi2562005 China's angry response to a U.S.-led confrontation over the disputed South China Sea raises the specter of a fresh rift between Beijing and Washington just as wounds from a combative start to the year are healing

Local teen spends summer learning politics, Chinese bi2562005 Metro Early College High School junior John Kohler spent summer learning about two of passions: politics and the Chinese language

How to deal a strong China? bi2562005 AUSTRALIA has three big advantages dealing an ever more powerful China. The trick for the next government, and successors, be to use the leverage these natural and induced advantages provide, avoiding a significant pitfall Australia may be creating for itself

China Warns U.S. Against Wading Into Islands Dispute bi2562005 The countrys foreign minister said that international involvement the territorial dispute the South China Sea would make resolution more difficult

Global economy needs support: Treasury bi2562005 Nations must not pull back too quickly on economic stimulus because the global recovery needs support, a top U.S. Treasury Department official said on Monday

China carries Bhutto's dream bi2562005 BEIJING - When President Asif Ali Zardari appeared at a Pakistan-China renewable energy forum Shanghai on July 10, he rekindled a vision of assassinated wife and former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto, who had envisaged gas pipelines, railway tracks and highways connecting China and Pakistan

South Korea keeps wary eye on North Korea during war games bi2562005 American and South Korean ships and planes fired on imaginary North Korean submarines Monday as four days of joint exercises reached the half-way mark no sign of North Korea doing anything to spoil the war games yet

Guangzhou denies plan to abolish Cantonese bi2562005 BEIJING: Authorities southern China denied rumours they plan to ditch Cantonese to champion the national language Mandarin, state media said Thursday, amid protests that have spilled over Hong Kong

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