Jilin

Jet engineer Huang Qiang to take Jilin’s helm as China promotes tech-savvy leaders

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The officials are expected to bring expertise in areas such as rocket science, nuclear power and environmental protection. Huang belongs to a group of rising political stars with backgrounds in science and engineering. Born in the eastern Zhejiang province, he is a senior engineer with a doctorate in management science and engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical … Read more

Child, 2 women injured in apparent China knife attack on Japanese school bus

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A small child and two women were injured when a man, who appeared to be armed with a knife, attacked a bus used by a Japanese school in Suzhou, eastern China on Monday, according to Tokyo’s consulate in Shanghai. According to a Reuters report, the Japanese woman was standing at the bus stop with her … Read more