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News, scholarship and events at the University of Melbourne, as published in 21st Century newspaper, China. For further University news uninews.unimelb.edu.au

Vol. 4, No. 4, November 2006

Vice Minister visits University
China’s Vice Minister for Science and Technology, Professor Cheng Jinpei, was a guest of the University of Melbourne early in November.

Melbourne ranks among world’s top universities
The University of Melbourne is among the world’s top-performing universities, according to the recent academic discipline rankings released by the London-based Times Higher Education Supplement (THES).

China years influenced work of famous Australian architect
An exhibition of drawings and plans by the architect AW Purnell – who worked in Australia and China in the early 1900s – was launched recently at the University of Melbourne, attended by a delegation from the Bureau of Culture of Guangzhou Municipal Government.

Secret to survival explored in salty Taklamakan Desert
Populus euphratica grows in soils containing up to two per cent salinity, and can be found in locations ranging from the semi-arid northwest of China through to western Morocco.


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