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Stephen Zhou

Show BioHide BioStephen Zhou is currently a senior student at AISG. It is his 2nd year working with The Beacon publication. He mainly writes articles on school sports and expresses his opinions on social issues.

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Reaching for Gold – From APAC to GISAC Badminton

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Tri-cities, ACAMIS, and now finally, last but not least, Super APAC. The Ram’s badminton team has experienced some of the most competitive and most challenging matches of the team history, with the addition of the greatest amount of games ever played by the sc... More »

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Badminton Team Returns with 3rd

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Over the weekend, the Rams’ badminton team travelled to Shanghai Pudong to compete in the annual Tri-Cities Badminton tournament between the Western Academy of Beijing, Shanghai American School – Pudong, and lastly ourselves, AISG. Serving as the host school, ... More »

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Laptop vs Paper: the Battle Between Learning Methods

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AISG has adapted to a system of combining the traditional teaching methods of a teacher in a classroom leading students with the revolutionized use of laptops, which has become a widespread method through many developed countries today. Not only has the laptop... More »

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ADHD in U.S. Increases by 43 Percent

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As Attention Disorder Hyperactivity Disorder, shortened and most well known as ADHD, is commonly interpreted as a disorder that causes extreme behavior, resulting the incapability to focus for long periods of time, it has been a subject that has been largely i... More »

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A Touch of Classical Strings

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APAC Orchestra, an event with mere competition between students, but rather an opportunity to share passion in the traditional music instruments gathered more than 80 students throughout the Asia Division of APAC activities, comprised of the six school, Americ... More »

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Iraq Planning to Top the World’s Tallest Tower

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The tallest building in the world of modern day, the Burj Khalifa (source: Wikipedia) The Burj Khalifa, located in Dubai, UAE has remained the tallest building in the world for 5 years now, since its completion in 2010. It stands more than 800 meters above gro... More »

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Better than the iPhone? Much Cheaper for Sure

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OnePlus is probably a brand you’ve either never heard before, or one that has been buzzing around the technology sites for a while already. It is known for its unbelievably cheap priced phones, with high quality specifications that are packed under its unique ... More »

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El Capitan: Worth the Upgrade?

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Once again we are presented with Apple’s fancy, annually “updated” operating system. This year, in keeping with last year’s name, Yosemite, comes El Capitan, one of the most famous areas within California’s Yosemite National Park. Simply based on the name, OS ... More »

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Game, Set, Match: 2015 Tri-Cities Tennis

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[by Stephen Z] Four new boys, three new girls, and one of the youngest teams in AISG sports history, our 2015-16 varsity tennis team travelled to the city of the Forbidden Palace to compete with three other schools in the annual Tri-Cities tennis tournament. T... More »

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Fear of the Future

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[by Stephen Z] Progress is unpreventable. We, as the human race, leading with intelligence on our planet, are destined to become even greater beings. The desire of ours to constantly advance in technology and knowledge has not diminished throughout the various... More »