There was me and Baz – Barry Stevens, my DS – in one car.

Mainland China's petroleum industry enjoyed spectacular growth between 1960 and 1978, when the Taching (Daqing) oilfield in Heilungkiang (Heilongjiang) Province began to operate on a large-scale basis.

In the dusty bazaar streets of Kashi, also known as Kashgar, Uighur hatred of Chinese authorities runs deep. Many here believe that more than 100 died fighting Chinese troops last spring in the nearby town of Baren.

The primary burden of recruiting, hiring, evaluating, promoting, and terminating faculty rests with department heads in virtually all academic institutions, although their decisions are generally made in consultation with others ...