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Hong Kong, China – The Tufts Institute for Leadership and International Perspective kicked off its second year in July with an expanded program. Twenty students -- representing six nationalities, 10 fields of study and 13 languages -- spent two months in Hong Kong preparing themselves to be some of the new millennium's leaders.

   Pairing 10 students from Tufts with 10 students from Hong Kong and Chinese Universities, Tufts' Institute offered this outstanding group a unique combination of international business experience, leadership training and cross-cultural team building.

   This year's Institute involves an impressive array of global corporate sponsors. Tufts students and their partners worked on business challenges at companies including TIME Inc Asia, Saatchi & Saatchi, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and GE Information Service International as well as government offices including the Hong Kong Health and Welfare Bureau.

   The two-month Institute grew following a successful inaugural year in 1998. The first 14 students to complete the program have been praised across the globe. Last year's teams worked on projects in international investment and finance, health care, mass media, marketing and management consulting.

   "I consider the Tufts Institute for Leadership and International Perspective a milestone in my life -- a starting point of my personal globalization," said Meryl Wu, a graduate of Beijing's Peking University. "Through my experience in the Institute, I know more about myself and I cannot deny my drive for a 'cross-cultural career.'"