Orphaned young, Zhu nonetheless managed to attend Beijing's prestigious Qinghua University on a scholarship.

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Since 2006 the leading PhD-producers have been Qinghua University and Beijing University, surpassing all U.S. universities.

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Hu graduated from prestigious Qinghua University in 1965 with a degree in hydraulic engineering.

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During a recent workshop at Beijing's Qinghua University, the crowd was loud in its approval.

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As a student at Beijing's Qinghua University in the late 1930s, Liu fell under the spell of several American and U.S.-educated teachers.

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Wu Yangbo, a student at Beijing's prestigious Qinghua University, says reading the Great Helmsman's verse is like gazing from atop a mighty mountain.

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In public he is forceful and given to lecturing others, a habit he has retained since his days teaching economics at his alma mater, Qinghua University.

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In a paper published last year, Hu Angang and Guo Yong of Beijing's Qinghua University estimated that 10-20% of corruption cases are solved and only 6.6% of party officials who are disciplined for corruption receive any criminal punishment.

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Results of an animal study published by Ohio State University researcher Qinghua Sun in late 2010 revealed that early exposure to fine particulates led to the accumulation of abdominal fat and insulin resistance in mice even if they ate a normal diet.

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Qinghua appreciated his talents: he became dean of the university's business school, and in that capacity pioneered its links with M.

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