He's been building three advanced math institutes--in Hong Kong, Beijing and Hangzhou, 100 miles southwest of Shanghai--and conducting a relentless courtship of wealthy moguls.

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Audible ( ADBL - news - people ) Magic, Vobile has offices in Hangzhou and Beijing--a fact that Wang hopes will make it the logical choice for dealing with Chinese sites.

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Property transactions by floor space in some major cities, such as Beijing, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Nanjing and Chongqing rose in May from a year earlier, according to statistics from data provider China Real Estate Information Corp.

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When you drive around Beijing (or Shanghai or Hangzhou), you see ads on buses for all these sites.

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But after just two nights, the government says the PM 2.5 air pollutant index has soared in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Xian and other major cities, Southern Metropolis Daily reports.

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House price increases occurred in metropolitan cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, led by Hangzhou, which posted a modest increase of 0.6%.

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He also started the Morningside Center of Mathematics in Beijing in 1995 and the Center of Mathematical Science in Zhejiang University in Hangzhou--100 miles southwest of Shanghai and one of China's oldest universities--in 2002.

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