After being released, the Oregon group traveled by bus to the city of Dengfeng, Dewing said.

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That student has been placed in a hospital for H1N1 cases, Dewing said.

CNN: U.S. students face second quarantine in China

By Monday, two more students had tested positive for H1N1, Dewing said, and yet two more on Tuesday reported elevated temperatures.

CNN: U.S. students face second quarantine in China

The group was placed in quarantine on Sunday in Dengfeng, Henan province, after a student tested positive for the virus, Dewing said.

CNN: U.S. students face second quarantine in China

Speaking over the Internet, Dewing said he and his group of 64 students and six more chaperones were keeping their sense of humor.

CNN: U.S. students face second quarantine in China

"If you look at other project developers in Asia, Hopewell is among the few that have delivered, " says Bob Dewing, head of project finance at Citicorp.

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In 2002 Sprint, reeling from the collapse of the telecommunications industry, initiated a wave of layoffs that eventually totaled 15, 000 workers in 13 months, Ms. Dewing among them.

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That helps explain Ms. Dewing's experience.

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By the time they leave China, the students from Oregon will have spent less than four days actually seeing the country in what had been planned as a three-week tour of the country, said Scott Dewing, one of the chaperones and director of technology at St.

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