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Zhang Jie, professor, Sociology, and director, Center for China Studies, delivered two papers at the 41st annual conference of the American Association of Suicidology in Boston, Massachusetts, April 17–19: an oral presentation, “Suicidal Ideation in Prisoners and Its Correlates: A Comparative Study in China,” and a poster presentation, “Economic Growth and Suicide Rate Changes: A Case in China from 1981 to 2005.” At the Chinese National Conference of Social Psychology held in Chongqing April 25–27, Zhang delivered a keynote speech on “Family Oriented Collectivism in Chinese Culture.”