Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Principal Ted Moccia, right, speaks with students in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program at a luncheon in their honor Friday at the Paris school. The group included several students from Zhejiang Normal University Middle School in Jinhua, China. Students and teachers spent three days at the school last week. […]
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RSU 9 receives preliminary approval to partner with Chinese school
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 has received word that the Chinese government has approved a partnership to offer a dual diploma program to students attending Beijing No. 2 Middle School in China. RSU 9 expects to receive at least $60,000 in the first year and $120,000 in the second year. The figures do not […]
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China becoming world leader? Not a chance
The world has had its delusions about China over the years, but none quite as fantastical as the notion of Beijing assuming the mantle of global leadership. Ever since Donald Trump’s election, it has been a journalistic trope to speculate that China is about to take the lead on globalization, climate change and international diplomacy. […]
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Pak Y. Chan
LEWISTON — Pak Y. Chan, 60, a resident of Poliquin Avenue in Auburn, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, July 12, at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center. He was born in China, Nov. 25, 1956, the son of Tian Chuag and Hui Juan (Zhang) Chan. He came to America as a young man and worked as a chef […]
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RSU 9 signs on to diploma program with school in China
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 is pursuing a partnership to offer a dual-diploma program to students attending Beijing No. 2 Middle School in China, which serves grades 10 through 12. The district stands to gain at least $60,000 the first year and $120,000 the second year. The figures do not factor in revenue for […]
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Mt. Blue High School students travel to China
From left, Mt. Blue students Michael Gurney, Sam Smith, Lexi Mittelstadt, Ryan Haszko, Noah Ward-Rubin, Lilly Kenney, Ashley Kenney and Ashlynn Pease enjoy beautiful weather on the Great Wall of China. BEIJING, China — A group of students from Mt. Blue High School made the nearly 14-hour journey by plane to China as part of […]
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Lobster-crazy China sets record for U.S. crustacean imports
In this Dec. 10, 2015, file photo, live lobsters are packed and weighed for overseas shipment at the Maine Lobster Outlet in York, Maine. The expanding market for lobsters in China is continuing to grow, with the country setting a new record for the value of its imports of the crustaceans from the United States. […]
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RSU 9 students to visit China
FARMINGTON — Seven or eight high school students and two teachers will spend April vacation in China, meeting students and learning Chinese culture. The group from Mt. Blue High School will leave April 12 and return April 20. The Regional School Unit 9 board approved the trip Jan. 10. Directors approved a student trip to China […]
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U.S. says Chinese warship seized Navy underwater drone
WASHINGTON — A Chinese warship seized a U.S. Navy unmanned underwater glider that was collecting unclassified scientific data in the South China Sea, and the U.S. is demanding its return, the Pentagon said Friday. Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, said that the U.S. has issued a formal diplomatic complaint over Thursday’s incident, but […]
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South China Sea decision a blow to China
Arbitrators in The Hague have given the Philippines a unanimous legal victory over China, one that definitely frustrates China’s “divide and conquer” strategy for gaining sovereign control of the South China Sea. The ruling, however, does not answer the question that could ignite a deadly regional war. Given China’s immense military and economic power, how […]