"I don't think anybody from this school could be smart enough to attack a big Internet company like Google, " said Zhang Jian, a 22-year-old auto-repair student dressed in a basketball jersey and flip flops.

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"I think his injury is very bad, " opines Ma Jian, a TV commentator who played for the Chinese national team.

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"I think the bullet train system is not stable and may break down in extreme weather conditions, " said Professor Zhao Jian, a transportation expert with Beijing Jiaotong University.

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"When Chinese see programs made in the West, there is nothing they can relate to in their lives, " says Xiao Jian, a 37-year-old director of TV dramas and music videos.

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"We believe the implementation of the pact will further promote exchanges and co-operation in cross-strait trade and help the economies develop together, " spokesman Yao Jian said in a statement.

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Because of the earthquake's proximity to the capital, and because the city is densely populated and has poorly constructed housing, "it could cause significant casualties, " said Jian Lin, a senior geologist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts.

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Looking ahead, the Autumn Canton trade fair from October 15 to November 4 will be important to watch for in terms of assessing whether such improvements can be sustained into the fourth quarter, Barclays analysts led by Jian Chang in Hong Kong told clients in a note over the weekend.

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It's all thanks to a plastic microbelt developed by engineers Xudong Wang, Chengliang Sun and Jian Shi.

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Still, the below-50 readings in the HSBC PMI suggest that activity and demand remain soft and that a strong rebound in the fourth appears unlikely, Barclays Capital analysts led by Jian Chang in Hong Kong warned on Wednesday.

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But according to Liu Jian of the ministry's National Centre for School Curriculum and Textbook Development, employers from a variety of enterprises said they wanted a quicker timetable.

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