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Education: Self-taught. Career path: My mother is a self-taught artist. When she was young, she wasn’t allowed to pursue art studies or careers as it was considered “unseemly” for a girl to do, so she trained to be a secretary instead. Once she was married, she bought an easel and brushes. I grew up surrounded by colors, the smell of mineral spirits, and paintings of horses, flowers and trees—her favorite subjects. I ended up following her example. I drew on paper as many children do, b...

Learning English is a given in China. Now the next generation is turning to Spanish. Amanda Florian © Provided by NBC News Yilin Ye, a student from Anji, in the eastern province of Zhejiang, China, is spending time abroad at the University of Zaragoza in Spain. Ye, 25, said she first started learning Spanish after having heard about its "excellent reputation." She said she feels she takes on a slightly different persona when she speaks Spanish. "Its a really beautiful thing,...

Learning English is a given in China. Now the next generation is turning to Spanish. Amanda Florian © Provided by NBC News Yilin Ye, a student from Anji, in the eastern province of Zhejiang, China, is spending time abroad at the University of Zaragoza in Spain. Ye, 25, said she first started learning Spanish after having heard about its "excellent reputation." She said she feels she takes on a slightly different persona when she speaks Spanish. "Its a really beautiful thing,...

Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute In a major advance in the treatment of multiple myeloma, a CAR T-cell therapy has generated deep, sustained remissions in patients who had relapsed from several previous therapies, an international clinical trial has found. In a study posted online today by the New England Journal of Medicine, trial leaders report that almost 75% of the participants responded to the therapy, known as idecabtagene vicleucel (ide-cel), and one-third of them had a complete res...

In China, an interesting new fiction bestseller is mixed with nonfiction—and become a point of debate among Chinese readers. In illustrated books, a title for only children has a touching message. On the banks of the Yangtze in Wuhan, a February 14 shot of citizens out for celebrations of the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Ox. Image – iStockphoto: Julien Viry Controversy Sells There were six new titles on the Beijing OpenBook overall bestseller list in fiction in January, and in three case...

A mix of classics and newcomers makes up the bestseller lists from December in China, with the approach of the Lunar New Year in February starting to lift sales of ‘Our New Year.’ On Shanghai’s Yingao West Road in the city’s Baoshan district, January 31. Image – iStockphoto: Scqbj-Jz A Presidential Release and Traditional Favorites In the last month of 2020, China’s bestseller lists were reflecting that duality of interest familiar to Publishing Perspectives readers—a kind of tens...