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Missouri military high school cultivates ties with China

Missouri Military Academy in Mexico has long prided itself in creating young leaders, boasting a one hundred percent college acceptance rate for the past decade. This academic year the school has...

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Chinese program taking root at Missouri Military Academy

This week, The special project “The China Connection” tells us about a program at the Missouri Military Academy in Mexico. Plus, an audio postcard that introduces you to a family that’s “like any...

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Science program to get more room at Columbia College

This week, Columbia College broke ground on a new science building. MU’s Confucius Institute is partnering with a program in the North Callaway school district. Plus, we’ll take you along with a trip...

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Chinese language in North Callaway classrooms

MU’s branch of the Confucius Institute has signed a one-year deal with the North Callaway School district in Kingdom city, Missouri to introduce Kindergarten through 8th grade students to Chinese...

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Small Columbia firm has a direct link to Chinese markets

In 2005, Columbia stockbroker Alex LaBrunerie placed a very long-distance cold call.

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Chinese exchange students at MU share their experiences

In China, the United States is widely regarded as the best place to send students who want a quality education. KBIA surveyed MU students who came from China to the United States so that they could...

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Missouri mom starts a Chinese immersion pre-school in Columbia

Jane O’Toole plays more roles in her life than most people around you. She’s the founder of Xiao Lao Hu (Little Tiger) pre-school; she’s an instructor at the MU Asian Affairs Center; she’s the vice...

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Missouri teacher sees China through eyes of a Chinese family

Barbara Leonhard, 60, is an instructor in the Intensive English Program and English-language Support Program at MU. In fall of 2008, she met her Chinese student Brandon Du, who practices Tai Chi....

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Columbia lawyer seeks to bring “immigrant investors” to mid-Missouri

When it comes to jobs in Missouri, Karla Klingner Diaz believes that immigration is not the problem -- but rather the solution.

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Bond to lead St. Louis business delegation to China

Former Republican Missouri Senator Kit Bond will lead a delegation of St. Louis-area business leaders to China later this year. Bond's consulting firm that works on international trade will accompany...

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