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Chinese University To Open Campus in New Hampshire?

Matthew McDonald

A Chinese university has apparently purchased the campus of the former Daniel Webster College in Nashua, New Hampshire. A professor of Asian studies at the University of New Hampshire says that the Communist Party of China may control the curriculum of the new school, and if so then party officials may like the idea as a way to allow Chinese nationals to have an educational experience abroad without being contaminated by Western values.

Twenty Questions for Beth Lindstrom and John Kingston
Culture

Twenty Questions for Beth Lindstrom and John Kingston

James P. Freeman

It's been said that you can't split dead wood.

Surprisingly, the Massachusetts Republican Party, usually barren tundra when competing in statewide races, is fielding a forest of formidable candidates to challenge Democrat incumbent U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren in 2018. Two of them — Beth Lindstrom and John Kingston — are twin oaks of establishment politics and just recently announced their candidacies. They are worthy contenders, nevertheless, and deserve recognition.

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