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May 1999; 25 years ago (1999-05) RateMyProfessors.com (RMP) is a review site founded in May 1999 by John Swapceinski, a software engineer from Menlo Park, California, which allows anyone to assign ratings to professors and campuses of American, Canadian, and United Kingdom institutions. [1] The site was originally launched as TeacherRatings.com ...
— Xi Jinping during a speech in 2012 Xi vowed to crack down on corruption immediately after he ascended to power. In his inaugural speech as general secretary, Xi mentioned that fighting corruption was one of the toughest challenges for the party. A few months into his term, Xi outlined the Eight-point Regulation, listing rules intended to curb corruption and waste during official party ...
Urban development and urbanization in China. Notable works. The Chinese City (2012) Weiping Wu (Chinese: 吴维平) is a China urban specialist and Professor at Columbia University 's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, where she directs the Urban Planning program. [1] In January 2022, she was appointed interim dean and ...
A critical article by one of China's most prominent liberal economists and a professor at Peking University, Zhan. Thursday marks the 120th birthday of Deng, who unleashed historic reforms in 1978 ...
The following are partial lists of the Forbes list of Chinese billionaires (converted into USD) and is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by Forbes magazine in 2022. [1]
Weiping Zou. Weiping Zou ( Chinese: 邹伟平) is the Charles B. de Nancrede Professor of Pathology, Immunology, Biology, and Surgery at the University of Michigan. He is a scientist noted for his work regarding understanding the nature of human tumor immune responses and developing mechanism-informed combination therapies for cancer. He has ...
Shi Yigong. Shi Yigong (Chinese: 施一公; born 5 May 1967) is a Chinese biophysicist who serves as founding and the current president of Westlake University since April 2018. [1] He previously served as vice president of Tsinghua University from 2015 to 2018 and dean of Tsinghua University School of Life Sciences from 2009 to 2016. [2]
Du Yuesheng (22 August 1888 – 16 August 1951), nicknamed "Big-Eared Du", [1] was a Chinese mob boss who spent much of his life in Shanghai. He made his fortune in the opium trade before transforming into a financial tycoon. He supported Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang in their fight against the Communists and Japanese.