At Beijing Language and Culture University this week, it's the best.

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Now the situation has a new wrinkle: the Chinese language publication Beijing Business Today is reporting that Qihoo has launched a version of its So.com search engine optimized for mobile device, according to the Marbridge Daily newsletter.

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The February spike in U.S. auto sales was the topic that Thomas Rippe and Xu Qinduo at Beyond Beijing, the English-language arm of China Radio International, wanted to discuss with Tim Dunne , Director of Global Automotive Operations at J.

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The magazine this year included rankings of 100 up-and-coming listed companies and 100 up-and-coming unlisted companies. (Click here for the Chinese-language details.) Beijing was home to 22 of the 100 listed companies that were ranked, tops among all cites and areas.

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Now instead of writing to that person you barely know in Beijing, you can listen to a whole Sinica podcast on the best English-language books on China as decreed by avid readers who live and work in Beijing.

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Earlier this week, consulting firm Marbridge in Beijing said that Baidu was toying with the idea of buying an English language search engine.

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"Studying language is a gradual thing, " advises Chen Shu, a professor of English at the Beijing Foreign Studies University.

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