Nor was it to be solely a research facility. (Stanford has one at Peking University, in Beijing.) Faculty members across the country would share videoconference screens, and students in New York would be able to take online classes based in Palo Alto.

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Peking University is one of the great boasts of the Chinese education system - a proud institute with a pedigree that goes back more than 100 years.

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One factor, says Zhu Feng of Peking University, was hubris.

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The common ancestor is, however, too recent for the new species to be a remnant of the first human excursion from Africa, the one that led to Java man and Peking man, now known as Homo erectus.

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The obstetrician at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, one of the city's premier health facilities, has seen her maternity ward filled to capacity since the beginning of last year.

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Nubo told China Daily his interest in Iceland stems from having an Icelandic roommate at Peking University, and that Icelandic friends encouraged him to buy on his first visit to the country one year ago.

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