Chan, for instance, next month will star in the new movie, The Kung Fu Kid.

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Fu is certainly not new to U.S. shale acquisitions.

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In January, in a New Year's address to Sinopec employees, Mr. Fu signaled that he expected foreign deal-making to continue.

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Dubbed the "Bo Series, " these four bots sport the ability to walk and turn, move and grip with their arms, dozens of pre-programmed functions such as picking up objects, dancing, burping, whistling, and a kicking out a fair selection of " Kung Fu moves, " not to mention the ability to dictate your new friend with an IR remote.

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In December the group created a new asset management unit, China Merchants Capital, to oversee private equity and alternative investments (Fu is its chairman and CEO).

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Following a scathing report on New Oriental Education, the crisis came to a head last autumn when prominent Chinese business leader Kai-Fu Lee fought back.

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The Fu and the Nan were dredged, dikes were built, 24 bridges were built or renovated and 12 new wharves were added.

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