Historic bill on health care reform passed in U.S. Nov 9, 2009
By Xinhua writer Wang Wei. WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday passed a historic bill on health care reform, which was considered a landmark legislation that has been worked on for decades. (Xinhuanet, China)
Health care bill passed in House, but Obama still being tested Nov 8, 2009
by Xinhua Writer Wang Wei. WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Although significant, the passage of the health care reform bill in the U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday was just the first victory for President Barack Obama and his party fellows in Congress. (Xinhuanet, China)
Obama, Democrats tested in 2009 elections Nov 4, 2009
by Xinhua writer Wang Wei. WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- One year after Barack Obama's landslide victory in the 2008 presidential elections, his party is faced up with another test on Tuesday as a handful of local elections are held in states and cities. (Xinhuanet, China)
China stamp fetches record price Nov 2, 2009
Designer Wang Wei Sheng, who watched the hammer fall, told AFP he had feared he would be punished for his mistake. "For a long time I was really worried that I would be jailed," he said. (Yahoo! Asia News)
As effective and important platforms for the international community to cooperate in fighting the crisis, the London G20 summit and its predecessor, were among those most-closely watched international gatherings. • Mayor: G20 summit a chance to showcase diverse economy Sep 20, 2009
By Xinhua writer Wang Wei. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- When world leaders gather in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, next week for the G20 economic summit, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl hopes to impress them with a diverse economy and a clean environment and also to grow business for his reinvented city. (Xinhuanet, China)
Global brands turn to China's young amid slump Aug 24, 2009
Wang Wei, 22, a Beijing college student, goes shopping once or twice a week, spending 500 yuan ($73) each time. He gets money from his parents on top of his wages from a weekend sales job in an appliance store. (WCAX.com, VT)
China's founding legend may be false Aug 21, 2009
Since 2004, archeologists headed by Wang Wei of the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing have begun tying together a broader picture of China's origins. Most of us accepted that the Yellow River was the origin of Chinese civilization. (USA Today -- Tech)
More light shed on China's ancient past Aug 21, 2009
"Before these astonishing finds, we were focused on the central plains," said Wang Wei, director of the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, as cited in the Science news report. Since 2004, Wang's institute has been coordinating an ambitious multidisciplinary effort to outline the chronology in the prehistoric millennium from 4,500 years ago to 3,500 years ago by bringing to bear the latest methods for analyzing the past 25 years of finds. (Xinhuanet, China)
Rhymes of the times Aug 4, 2009
" Meanwhile Tang poetry has infiltrated the lives of modern Chinese, even when they are not exactly reading the verses, be it classical favorites like Li Bai, Wang Wei or Wang Bo or noted 20th-century writers in the same genre like Huo Songlin, the late Chen Yixin and Qian Zhixi. Some of them may not be aware of it, but when the Chinese spontaneously mouth aphorisms like, "If you have seen the ocean you won't be impressed by the river", they are quoting from the Tang poet Yuan Zhen (AD 779-831).... (Xinhuanet, China)
"Basketball diplomacy" adds vigor to high-level China-U.S. dialogue Jul 30, 2009
by Xinhua writer Wang Wei. WASHINGTON, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Holding an umber basketball in his hand, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan became the center of attention at the end of the first round of the China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue on Tuesday. (Xinhuanet, China)
Co-op is key word for first China-U.S. S&ED: U.S. Congressman Jul 27, 2009
by Xinhua writer Wang Wei. WASHINGTON, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Cooperation is the key word for the first round of the China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), said a U.S. congressman on Sunday. (Xinhuanet, China)
Chemical Compound May Stop Deadly Brain Tumors Apr 11, 2009
10, 2009) Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have identified a compound that could be modified to treat one of the most deadly types of cancer, and discovered how a particular gene mutation contributes to tumor growth. The findings and potential treatment apply to a type of brain tumor called secondary glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). (Science Daily)
UNC study: Scientists identify chemical compound that may stop deadly brain tumors Apr 10, 2009
Public release date: 9-Apr-2009. Contact: Dianne Shaw. (EurekAlert!)
China court to hear first tainted milk lawsuit Mar 26, 2009
But an unnamed parent from Beijing had successfully filed one at the Xinhua District Court in Shijiazhuang, the report quoted local judicial spokesman Wang Wei as saying. The parent was seeking 31,000 yuan ($4,538) in damages from the Sanlu Group, the now bankrupt firm at the heart of the scandal, the report quoted the family's lawyer, Peng Jian, as saying. (MSNBC -- Health)
Preserving Taiwan's collective memory Feb 13, 2009
Lai, 55, said the ideas for the many personal stories told in "The Village" came from discussions about village life with the Taiwanese television producer Wang Wei Zhong, who has been active in efforts to preserve and record the vanishing culture, having filmed documentaries and also written a drama series. Wang, 52, grew up in the close knit-community of a dependents' village, which he describes as "a refugee camp for adults and a playground for kids.". (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
