She went on to read modern Chinese with Japanese at Durham University where she was described as a bright, capable, "lively" student who would always speak out if she had something to say.
In the 1990s several big pharmaceutical firms, including Bayer AG of Germany, Eli Lilly and Pfizer, formed alliances with Chinese research institutes or companies that specialized in traditional Chinese medicines, aiming to apply modern drug-hunting techniques to screen Chinese herbal medicines for potential Western blockbusters.
In the 1990s several big pharmaceutical firms, including Bayer (nyse: BAY - news - people ) AG of Germany, Eli Lilly and Pfizer, formed alliances with Chinese research institutes or companies that specialized in traditional Chinese medicines, aiming to apply modern drug-hunting techniques to screen Chinese herbal medicines for potential Western blockbusters.
The Hong Kong company aims to strike gold by expanding the global appeal of traditional Chinese medicines and by using modern drug development methods to unearth new drugs within Chinese medicinal herbs.
Chinese leaders see a modern navy as necessary to protecting Chinese assets and interests increasingly spread across the world.
Block engraving may be used to print books in a variety of traditional styles, to create modern books with conventional binding, or to reproduce ancient Chinese books.
Modern Chinese society continues to have many aspects that still emphasizes family wealth.
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The National Library of China (NLC) contributed manuscripts, maps, books, and rubbings of steles and oracle bones that span the range of Chinese history from ancient to modern times.
This odd situation became apparent when Mr Midler witnessed large, modern Chinese factories outsourcing work to smaller, grittier, facilities even though this meant forgoing the production benefits from economies of scale.
While all countries experience leadership changes that can be described as generational in one sense or another, modern Chinese history has been so eventful as to have created generations that, as a group, share distinct characteristics and are markedly different from their forebearers in their historical, educational and career experiences.
Following a model used by Japan and Korea, China is also encouraging foreign automakers to bring modern emissions and safety technology and share it with their Chinese partners.
Modern Media Holdings, which partners with Bloomberg L.P. to publish a Chinese-language edition of Bloomberg Businessweek in China, said yesterday it has reached an agreement with the U.S. media giant to develop mobile and tablet products in addition to its print version.
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Many Chinese companies use Western-sounding names to make their companies or product brands sound modern, or to imply their businesses have Western connections.
The Chinese people will restore themselves to their rightful place since 1700 AD with a new outlook towards the modern era as peaceful partners in our global and increasingly interdependent world.
The Olympics have 12 main sponsors, from Kodak, which backed the first modern games in 1896, and Coca-Cola, part of the show since 1928, to Lenovo, a Chinese computer company that signed up in 2005.
Venus boxes will supposedly allow the majority of TV owners to leapfrog that stage and enter the information superhighway almost immediately. (The devices, developed at Microsoft's Beijing lab, are expected to be ready by the end of the year.) This, say Venus boosters, is a modern device with Chinese characteristics.
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