Posts Tagged ‘china’
Mar. 25, 2013 | Filed under: Business, Law and Society, Media Release, News Feed | Tags: asia, business, china, commerce, customer service, Daniel Skarlicki, hospitality industry, hotels, human resources, intercultural understanding, Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Division, Psychology, revenge, sauder school of business
A new UBC study reveals that North American service workers are more likely to sabotage rude customers, while Chinese react by disengaging from customer service altogether.
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Mar. 6, 2013 | Filed under: Science, Health and Technology, UBC Reports Stories, University News | Tags: Alzheimer's, Canada Research Chair, china, Faculty of Medicine, health, intercultural understanding, international engagement, Weihong Song
A year in the life of a Three Minute Thesis finalist
Baillie Redfern’s 2012 entry to UBC’s annual competition was on whale barf and perfume
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Feb. 6, 2013 | Filed under: Arts and Humanities, UBC Reports Stories | Tags: arts, books, china, Culture, Dept. of English, Faculty of Arts, history, Journalism, literature, Mary Chapman, media
UBC prof. uncovers lost works by Asian-American author, Edith Eaton
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Nov. 5, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: asia, business, china, experts, Institute of Asian Research, intercultural understanding, international relations, Li Keqiang, UBC experts list, Xi Jinping
On Nov. 8 – just days after the U.S. election – China will hold its 18th National Party Congress, a week of high-level meetings that will culminate with new leadership for the superpower. UBC Asia scholars are available to preview the event and discuss its outcomes.
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Oct. 4, 2012 | Filed under: UBC Reports Stories | Tags: #18CP, 18th National Congress, business, china, Institute of Asian Research
Yves Tiberghien discusses the likely challenges facing an October leadership transition.
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May. 10, 2012 | Filed under: UBC Reports Stories | Tags: arts, asia, business, china, Education, Japan, Korea, language apps, learning, studentlife, technology, university apps
The UBC Asian Studies App is the first university Asian language mobile application and boasts 10,000 digitally animated Chinese characters.
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Dec. 19, 2011 | Filed under: Media Advisory, News Feed | Tags: china, internaiotnal relations, Kim Jong-il, North Korea, security
With the news of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s death, UBC experts are available to comment on the implications for North Korea, regional security issues and international relations.
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Oct. 16, 2009 | Filed under: Media Advisory | Tags: asia, china, taiwan
A leading chronicler of China and Taiwan will make her first public appearances in Vancouver this weekend at UBC.
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