Gov. Beverly Perdue leaves Thursday for nearly two weeks in Japan and China in hopes of, among other goals, luring more businesses to set up shop in North Carolina.

The trip won't be all bowing and business cards, though. Perdue plans to visit a couple schools.

"We’re competing on a global basis now," said Perdue spokesman David Kochman. "So it’ll be interesting to see firsthand how some of the schools in Asia operate."

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