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Son of China's Bo Xilai graduates from Harvard - euronews

Thu, 24 May 2012 20:21:47 GMT

Son of China's Bo Xilai graduates from Harvard
euronews
“I just want to enjoy the day and spend time with my classmates,” he said in a British-tinged accent. He then hugged friends and chatted with faculty. His mother, Gu Kailai, has been detained on suspicion of murdering a British businessman, ...

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China's Antiforeign Monologue - Wall Street Journal

Mon, 21 May 2012 16:28:09 GMT

Wall Street Journal

China's Antiforeign Monologue
Wall Street Journal
He welcomes foreign guests on his program with aa cultured British accent and poses challenging questions. He seemed destined to become the figurehead of China's quest for global soft power. Which makes his explosion last Wednesday all the more ...

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Let the sunshine in! - Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:48:46 GMT

Let the sunshine in!
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
Shabby Chic is cheerful in shades of yellow paint from Behr: Polished Pearl UL160-10, Vermont Cream WB-400 and Chinese Jade UL210-12BR. “I love to inject lively splashes of the clearer yellows into today's very popular cool, neutral color schemes.

Diary: Mandelson 'backs the wrong horse' – this time in China - The Independent

Mon, 21 May 2012 23:02:38 GMT

Diary: Mandelson 'backs the wrong horse' – this time in China
The Independent
Someone in a position to know tells me that as news of Bo's downfall came through, Lord Mandelson's phone rang, and a gloating voice with a Chinese accent told him: "You backed the wrong horse." Peerless talent for historic omission A curiosity of our ...

A Tale of Two Brothers: One in China, Other in US - PRI's The World

Tue, 15 May 2012 19:27:27 GMT

PRI's The World

A Tale of Two Brothers: One in China, Other in US
PRI's The World
They speak English with a Chinese accent. Fred and Bill were born in China, the sons of two Americans who moved there in the 1940s to be part of the Communist Revolution. They grew up on a dairy farm in Xi'an, where they were the only Americans and the ...

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US actor's viral video casts foreigners in new light - Xinhua

Fri, 04 May 2012 03:04:25 GMT

Xinhua

US actor's viral video casts foreigners in new light
Xinhua
... An American performer, unknown in the US, has bagged surprising popularity in China overnight after posting a 9-minute comic video displaying his command of regional Chinese and foreign accents, as well as English with a strong Chinese accent.

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Security cordon still rings Chen's Chinese village in what may be effort to ... - Kansas City Star

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:49:56 GMT

Security cordon still rings Chen's Chinese village in what may be effort to ...
Kansas City Star
"When speaking of the one-child policy, Chen Guangcheng's understanding and the understanding of most common people are different," said the man, who spoke Chinese without the heavy accent of most locals. Using phrases often heard from officials, ...

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Germany's new strength has a foreign accent - Washington Times

Mon, 07 May 2012 00:18:35 GMT

Washington Times

Germany's new strength has a foreign accent
Washington Times
By Patrice Hill German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao acknowledge a welcome during an April visit to the Volkswagen headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany. The automaker will build a factory in China's far west.

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London 2012: 'I dream of doing my best dive,' says Tom Daley - The Guardian

Wed, 23 May 2012 18:03:52 GMT

The Guardian

London 2012: 'I dream of doing my best dive,' says Tom Daley
The Guardian
Second, his Chinese rivals, who dominate the sport. "As a Chinese diver you don't go to school. They get taken away from their families and they are completely focused on diving. They have a conveyor belt of divers – if one gets injured, another comes ...

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In Canada, a politician recalls his Chinese roots - China Daily

Sat, 19 May 2012 00:02:25 GMT

In Canada, a politician recalls his Chinese roots
China Daily
The son of a Hong Kong-born Chinese physician-father and a Dutch-born mother, Chong entered kindergarten with a slight Dutch accent. "Kids thought it was Chinese," he said during a recent interview with Xinhua. Administrators at the school he attended ...