Having studied for five years under top Chinese professors, he now co-writes learned papers on Eastern medicine in Mandarin, drawing on a deep knowledge of ancient Chinese philosophy and cosmology.

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To achieve these feats, Nektar's scientists performed hundreds of hours of computer simulations, tested more than a dozen different formulations of dried insulin and traveled around the world drawing inspiration from ancient Chinese seeds, plants in the Mexican desert and production techniques used in making instant coffee, powdered milk, aviation aerodynamics, truck fuel injectors and industrial vacuum pumps.

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Drawing on its experience serving Chinese-Americans, Schwab opened its first affiliate office in Hong Kong in 1997.

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Drawing on original sources in Chinese and English, she recounts the events of the period in fascinating detail.

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Besides the Chinese data, gold and other commodities also are drawing support from a softer U.S. dollar, said Bob Haberkorn, senior commodities broker with R.

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The general trends outlined in the latest report, authored by Credit Suisse analysts Vincent Chan and Peggy Chan and drawing on the work of many, are very bullish on Chinese consumer and economic activity overall, with GDP growth continuing at 9% a year on average.

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The interest level is so high that last week, when a Chinese blog claimed to have gotten its hands on a 3DS and posted a line drawing of a device, "Nintendo 3DS" briefly became one of Google's most-searched terms.

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Yuan-based "dim sum" bonds are drawing global investors these days for their higher yields, not merely as a bet that the Chinese currency will rise.

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