From Xinhua, via People’s Daily Online:

Chinese universities need faculty members who are at the frontier of research in their academic fields, President of Yale University Richard Levin said here Wednesday.

Levin is leading a 100-strong delegation of Yale University students and faculty to China from May 15 to 25 at the invitation of Chinese President Hu Jintao. [Full Text]

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