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Huping Ling, professor of history and Changjiang Scholar Chair Professor, the Chinese Ministry of education, has been invited to give the following guest lectures: “Asian America and St. Louis Chinatowns,” at Washington University in St. Louis, Oct. 10; and “The Paradox of the ‘China Model’ — Its Allures and Lessons,” at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, Oct. 12.