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Overseas Chinese Donations Exceed 1.5 Billion Yuan for Snow, Quake Zones

chinadigitaltimes.net » China Digital Times - Sep 29, 2008

From CRIEnglish.com: Donations for snow-ravaged and earthquake-hit areas of China from overseas Chinese exceeded 1.5 billion yuan (219 million U.S. dollars), said the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State …

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For Many Expatriates, Olympics Signal China’s Arrival

chinadigitaltimes.net » China Digital Times - Aug 11, 2008

Erik Eckholm writes in the New York Times: In April, 12 elderly civic leaders from Chinatown in New York City decided to visit the Olympic Village in Beijing to beat the crowds and see the structures that already had …

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S Africa Chinese ‘Become Black’

chinadigitaltimes.net » China Digital Times - Jun 18, 2008

From BBC: The High Court in South Africa has ruled that Chinese South Africans are to be reclassified as black people. It made the order so that ethnic Chinese can benefit from government policies aimed at ending …

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Chinese Immigrants Increase Philanthropy In Their New Homeland

chinadigitaltimes.net » China Digital Times - Jun 15, 2008

From Los Angeles Times: Pasadena resident Ming Hsieh made a fortune from fingerprint identification software that helps U.S. authorities catch welfare cheats, guard the border and assist police in cracking cases …

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A Chinese Student’s Interview With the Dalai Lama

chinadigitaltimes.net » China Digital Times - May 3, 2008

Lingxi Kong (孔灵犀) is a fourth year student majoring in Greek and Latin at Columbia University. He met with the Dalai Lama on April 24, 2008, and wrote an essay recounting the meeting. The Chinese version has spread …

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Chinese Students in U.S. Fight View of Their Home

chinadigitaltimes.net » China Digital Times - Apr 29, 2008

From The New York Times: Rather than blend in to the prevailing campus ethos of free debate, the more strident Chinese students seem to replicate the authoritarian framework of their homeland, photographing …

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Photos: Driving Luxury Cars to Protest CNN

chinadigitaltimes.net » China Digital Times - Apr 24, 2008

According to CNN: “About 1,500 pro-Chinese demonstrators gathered outside CNN’s bureau in Los Angeles on Saturday, demanding that a commentator apologize and be fired from the network over comments critical of China …

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Hu sees bigger role for overseas Chinese

thaindian.com » Thaindian News - Mar 7, 2008

Xinhua Beijing, March 7 (Xinhua) Chinese President Hu Jintao Friday said overseas Chinese can contribute more to the country’s modernisation and reunification process. It is important to pool the wisdom of overseas …

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