Medical partnership paying off for Chinese patients and the NU Medical Center.
While thousands of Chinese students already are at American medical schools for doctoral programs, research or short-term clinical rotations, the UNMC program is different.
China is a key part of Werner's logistics business.
The orange slice of carrot, carved into the iconic shape of Mickey Mouse, gets your attention.
If you want to see ways that a Nebraska company can make money from China's infrastructure spending boom, just look up.
The master gallery of Matt Miller's photos from the China trip.
Every day, hundreds of Chinese laborers here pass in front of a factory sign that may be true, but still reads like an insult to the people of DeWitt, Neb.: "Home of the Vise-Grip."
Ed Poels, 50, has lived in Shanghai for nearly 11 years. He's married to a Chinese woman, and they run an export business that helps U.S. companies obtain products from Chinese factories.
The trade mission delegates find that doing business in Chinese means first laying the groundwork, which has had its ups and downs.
Additional photos from World-Herald photographer Matt Miller.
An essential part of Chinese business culture.
The governor led a delegation of Nebraska business leaders and state officials on the week-long mission, which included stops in Beijing, Xi'an and Shanghai.
A new science partnership finalized today between the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Tongji University is being called one of the most extensive partnerships ever between the U.S. and Chinese academic institutions.
Family practice training is just one of the ways that Nebraska universities are working with China.
A Chinese agribusiness firm announced Thursday that it will open an Omaha office to export meat products to China.
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman signed an agreement here Tuesday to establish a sister state relationship with Shaanxi Province in central China.
Nebraskans, meet your new sister state. Like the Cornhusker State, Shaanxi province is an agricultural area in its country's heartland.
The huge demographic shift provides an opportunity for Right at Home, an Omaha-based franchise company that is expanding in China.
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman had to scramble to get to here Sunday for the start of his trade mission to China.
Behlen and several other Nebraska companies announced new deals made Sunday and Monday in Beijing.
The growth of the Asian market offers a chance to build on existing Nebraska ties, from economic to academic.
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman had to scramble to get to here Sunday for the start of his trade mission to China.
When Gov. Dave Heineman announced in late February that he was leading a trade delegation to China, Executive Editor Mike Reilly and I quickly concluded that we should take World-Herald and Omaha.com readers along on the trip.
MATT & PAUL
Photographer Matt Miller, left, and reporter Paul Goodsell recently returned from China, where they explored the relationships between China and the Midlands. Check back for the latest in this occasional series.
Goodsell has been a World-Herald reporter for 31 years, and wrote stories about China after a reporting trip in 1985. Miller, who joined the World-Herald in 2002, also has been to China.
Read more about the Nebraska trade mission to China.
WHERE THEY'LL BE
CHINA FACTS
BEIJING
• Capital of People's Republic of China
• One of the most populous cities in the world with 19.6 million (as of 2010); second-largest city in China
• Headquarters of most of China's largest state-ownded companies
• Political, cultural and educational center of China
• First post-industrial city in mainland China
• Home to 41 Fortune Global 500 companies
• GDP per capita: $12,447 (as of 2011)
SHANGHAI
• Largest city proper in the world (23 million, as of 2010)
• Most populous city in China
• Sits at the mouth of the Yangtze
• GDP per capita: $12,784 (as of 2011)
XI'AN
• One of China's oldest cities, with more than 3,100 years of history
• Capital of the Shaanxi province and a sub-provincial city in China
• Population of about 8 million
• GDP per capita: $3,634
CHINA & U.S.: HOW THEY COMPARE
Click either to see a breakdown of population and GDP in states and cities in U.S. and China.
