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...Secretary, Geithner visited Peking University to give a speech and answer a series of probing questions from students. The school - "Beida," as the Chinese call it - is probably the country's premier university, and in 1981, after his sophomore year at Dartmouth, Geithner did an eight-week program in Mandarin there. After his speech today, one of his old teachers produced a photo of Geithner from that summer: it showed the future Treasury Secretary looking anything but buttoned down. Dressed in a T shirt and sporting a head of unruly, curly hair, he was photographed in front of Beijing...
...this is the region of the world, more than any other, that helped shape Geithner's worldview. His father Peter was a senior executive running Asia programs for the Ford Foundation, and as a boy Geithner lived in India and Thailand. In college he studied both Mandarin and Japanese, and as he told the students this morning, his two summers in Beijing (he came after his junior year as well) helped convince him that "I wanted to work for my government, and help to shape its policy toward this part of the world." (See pictures of China's electronic-waste...
...Tibet, many of the stores, restaurants and hotels are owned and run by ethnic Han Chinese, who are reluctant to hire locals. "In interviews with many young Tibetans, they all said finding work was difficult," the report says. "The main obstacle was language and a lack of fluency in Mandarin. In Lhasa, those who can speak Mandarin can't necessarily find jobs. Many employers won't necessarily hire Tibetans because they are seen as too lazy...
...White Australia Policy in 1973, Australia has become markedly multiracial. The 2006 census showed that of a 20 million - strong population, over 40% were either born overseas or have at least one parent born overseas. After English, the most common languages spoken are Italian, Greek, Cantonese, Arabic and Mandarin...
...Mandarin Oriental Riviera Maya, 10 minutes north of Playa del Carmen and 30 minutes south of Cancún, is offering a $100 nightly credit, which you can use toward dinner, the spa or your room (starting at $395). Or stay three nights to earn a fourth night free (starting at $495 per night...