Such is the new normal, claim Chinese officials.

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This benefits our research insights as we can dive deeper than normal researchers into the lives of Chinese youth.

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The Chinese Defence Ministry, in its statement, said that in each incident, the Chinese vessel "kept normal observation and alert, and fire control radar was not used".

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By July, the company had received about 1, 000 more applications for Chinese jobs than it does in a normal month, said Bill Lu, Marriott's director of talent acquisition.

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However, a combination of increased demand for energy driven by the Chinese economic rebound and the resumption of normal production, promises to help Chevron post improved results on February 1.

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Stuart Schonberger, managing director, CDH, emphasizes that Chinese venture investing in startups is returning to normal level after the heydays.

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Among people of Chinese, Korean or Indian descent, the distribution of boys to girls fell in the normal range for the first child.

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Further, thanks to planned investments by companies like Cisco, 3Com, Lucent, Microsoft, United Technologies, Motorola and Texas Instruments, if Congress approves normal trade with China, expect American and world markets to be flooded with ever higher-tech Chinese goods: broadband routers, telecommunications switches, semiconductors, servers, applications software and aerospace engine parts.

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