"I think we have a goal, " said 23-year-old Christina Zhang, an undergraduate in linguistics at Beijing Normal University.
To find out how much time phones spend keeping one ear open, Shin and Zhang conducted an extensive trace-based analysis of real WiFi networks.
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So Zhang, an ardent Buddhist, had set off along what we know as the Silk Road, to purchase original texts to bring them home for careful translation.
Percival Zhang, an associate professor of biological systems engineering.
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Export weakness in July may have continued into August, which contributed to the decline of the HSBC PMI, which has a higher weight than the official PMI for export-oriented companies in the coastal region, noted Zhiwei Zhang, an analyst for Nomura Securities in Hong Kong.
"Their skin is very thick, " Zhang Ming, an expert on elite politics at Beijing's Renmin University in Beijing, said of the new left.
Sales growth probably was driven in part by price cuts, which will squeeze profits, said Zhang Xin, an industry analyst at Guotai Jun'an Securities in Beijing.
Zhang Xinmin, an agricultural official with the State Statistical Bureau, argues that dependence on foreign suppliers would impose a burden on the Chinese government and the world market.
Zhang Xiao'an, vice-chairwoman of the United Nations Association of China, came to Beijing's defence this morning on China Central Television by stressing that the Chinese Foreign Ministry made a "very clear-cut response this time".
"It costs automakers about the same to manufacture a hybrid versus an SUV so it's not profitable for them to pursue green cars given the market development for SUVs right now, " said Zhang Xin, an analyst at Guotai Jun'an Securities, based in Beijing.
In China, weak preliminary HSBC manufacturing data last week heightened worries among investors that a deterioration in economic growth may continue beyond the second quarter, which is bad news for the stock market, said Zhang Suoqing, an analyst with Shenzhen Zhongzheng Investment Consulting Co.
"Some local authorities have 'fine-tuned' their property policies by allowing home buyers to borrow more from public housing funds, causing a rebound in home prices, " Zhang Dawei, an analyst at Beijing-based Zhongyuan Real Estate, was quoted as saying by the state news agency Xinhua.
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Finally, Zhang Aihua, an industrial park management official from Taizhou in Jiangsu, is under investigation for kneeling on a dinner table and begging forgiveness from outraged residents through a loudspeaker after being caught enjoying a lavish dinner with his colleagues last Friday, The Beijing News says.
"Even if China has a benign interpretation that the U.S. feels genuinely threatened by North Korea, China would still feel that it had to improve its offensive capabilities in response to the U.S. missile defense plans, " said Zhang Baohui, an international relations expert at Lingnan University in Hong Kong.
And the women's individual competition will conclude with an all-Chinese clash between Zhang Ning and Xie Xingang.
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"The return of the PMI to above 50 suggests economic momentum has indeed picked up, " said Zhiwei Zhang of Nomura in an email.
In an interview with Global Times, Zhang Shuhua, director of the Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, says some US agencies are exaggerating "Chinese hacker" attacks to secure more funding from Congress.
"It will probably take more than one interest-rate cut to put the economy on an upward trajectory, " said Howhow Zhang, head of research at Shanghai consulting firm Z-Ben Advisors.
To set the stage for an easier entry into foreign markets, Zhang is currently looking for overseas partners and claims to have signed preliminary agreements in dozens of countries.
Zhang, meanwhile, wore an expression of physical pain.
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Mr Zhang, alas, is serving an 18-year prison sentence for bribery.
Zhang Lan leads South Beauty, an upmarket Chinese-style restaurant chain.
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Wumart, the Beijing-based chain, was founded in the early 1990s by Zhang Wenzhong, who had developed an IT system for retailers while at Stanford University but found that retailers weren't interested in it.
"More than your typical art show, it really looked more like a farmer's market, " says video artist Zhang Peili, recalling the opening of an exhibition that was bound for history even before it was installed.
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After earning mathematics and computer-science degrees at Eastern Michigan University, Chinese national Maria Zhang worked for Microsoft and Zillow, an online real-estate firm, before starting a mobile technology company, called Propeld, in Bellevue in late 2010.
"We are trying to confirm the online rumours, " AP quoted an unnamed official as saying in Wuxi, where Mr Zhang's marriage is understood to be registered.
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"China's first lady is no longer an old lady, " said another Weibo message from lawyer Zhang Haimiao.
Zhang is a self-taught engineer, not an architect, and it shows.
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"When you wake up, it feels like you are on the sea, " said Zhang Wei, a Guangzhou-based curator who was an overnight guest on a recent trip.
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