"Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave? Sure I love my country with all her faults. I'm not ashamed of that, never have been, never will be."
Posted on 07/22/2008 4:11:49 PM PDT by Flavius
Duke University has named the head of China's sovereign wealth fund to its board of trustees.
The university said in a statement that Xi-Qing Gao has joined the board for a five-year term.
A 1986 graduate of the Duke Law School, Gao served in various positions on Wall Street and in China before, in 2007, becoming the head of the China Investment Corp. That organization manages some $200 billion in state assets and has made high-profile bets on firms such as private equity giant Blackrock and investment bank Morgan Stanley.
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"Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave? Sure I love my country with all her faults. I'm not ashamed of that, never have been, never will be."
I hope Duke at got rid of the bumbling President Brodhead.
Isn’t that just so global of Duke. Does this new board member approve of Brodhead and the university’s handling of the Duke Rape Hoax?
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