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UPDATED: June 8, 2013 NO. 24, JUNE 13, 2013
People & Points No. 24, 2013
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From Scientist to Comedian

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Joe Wong, a Chinese American stand-up comedian, will return to China to develop his career. He has appeared in several shows of China Central Television as guest host over the past two years and published his Chinese autobiography in 2011.

Born in 1970, Wong studied at Jilin University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences before starting to study biochemistry at Rice University in Texas in 1994. He subsequently received his doctorate in 1999.

Wong moved to Boston in 2001 and began performing comedy at All Asia Bar and Stash's Comedy Jam. He attracted nationwide attention after his appearance on Late Show with David Letterman in 2009. On St. Patrick's Day in 2010, he headlined the annual dinner hosted by Radio and Television Correspondents' Association.

Young Successor

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Liu Chang, the only daughter of Liu Yonghao, Board Chairman of New Hope Group, a leading Chinese agribusiness company in China, was elected chairman of subsidiary New Hope Liuhe Co. Ltd. on May 22.

Born in 1980, Liu Chang attended university in the United States in 1996 and returned to China after receiving an MBA in 2002. She has worked in various positions for the group since while developing her management ability.

Last year, New Hope Group recorded sales revenue of more than 80 billion yuan ($12.7 billion) and it is expected the figure will increase by 10 percent this year.

"A huge number of Chinese computers, Chinese companies and Chinese government agencies have also been attacked by hackers. Maybe some of them, or even most of them, would come from the United States. But we are not in the position to come to the conclusion that these attacks are sponsored or supported by the U.S. Government. This is not a very responsible way of making such claims."

China's Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai in an interview with Foreign Affairs on accusations that the Chinese Government is behind cyberattacks of U.S. commercial and military computers

"The regulation is ridiculous. What if a woman chooses to have a test tube baby without getting married? Should she also be fined?"

Wang Qiong, a professor at Wuhan University, in response to a draft regulation released by the legislative affairs office of Wuhan, capital of Hubei Province, on May 31, which imposes financial penalties on unmarried mothers

"Between ages 4 and 9, children should be given sex safety education and basic sexual physiology education. After 10, children should be taught how to deal with the opposite sex."

Peng Xiaohui, sexology professor with Central China Normal University, on May 31. Frequent sexual assault cases against children have made such education necessary and urgent

"In my experience, few dogs or cats are aggressive unless humans provoke them first."

Zhao Jing, a devoted volunteer with Eryi Pet Yard, an animal shelter in Tianjin, on May 25. The city's animal welfare organizations held the Fourth Homeless Animals Adoption Day on the date, aiming to help stray animals and find homes for them



 
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