China’s hi-tech success is not patently obvious – Guy de Jonquieres
From the Financial Times: Beware of extrapolation, a former British chancellor of the exchequer once remarked: it can make you go blind. The warning should be heeded by those western observers who,...
View ArticleChina: Rising Scientific Superpower? – Richard Suttmeier
From OSA Podblog: Our first Podcast features Richard Suttmeier, Ph.D., a keynote speaker at the 2007 OSA Winter Leadership Meeting. Introduced by OSA’s 2007 president, Dr. Joseph Eberly, Dr....
View ArticleCoca-Cola to Build R&D Center in Shanghai – Dow Jones
From Dow Jones: As part of its efforts to boost its sales in China, Coca-Cola Co. (KO) is investing $80 million to build a new China headquarters and research and development center in Shanghai , the...
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China’s Drive to Promote Invention – James Reynolds
After ancient China gave the Four Great Inventions to the world, it has kept silent for centuries. But “now it wants to start innovating again.” From BBC News: Since 1999, Chinese spending on research...
View ArticleChina Needs Innovation, OECD Says – AP
According to a new report from the OECD, China needs more innovation in order to become an advanced economy. From AP: Better protection of patents and other intellectual property, more cooperation...
View ArticleGrand Plan for 4G R&D
From Caijing Magazine : Led by the state council, China is initiating a large-scale research plan for a 4G standard, successful development of which could shape the 4G landscape of China and beyond, as...
View ArticleBooming China Splashes Out on Science
From Reuters: China’s booming economy has allowed it to increase spending on research and basic science, but it still has a way to go to catch up with the United States and other developed countries,...
View ArticleOECD Urges China to Innovate
Chemistry World writes about a report put out last month by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) about the state of China’s innovation economy: China’s R&D intensity –...
View ArticleAmerican Engineer Detained for Year in China
Hu Zhicheng, an American automotive engineer, has been held for over one year in China on charges of violating trade secrets. From David Barboza of the New York Times: Hu Zhicheng, a Chinese-born...
View ArticleChina as an Innovation Center? Not So Fast
China’s surge in patent applications and impressive R&D spending mask a lack of genuinely groundbreaking work, according to a Wall Street Journal article: Over 95% of the Chinese applications were...
View ArticleChina Aims To Renew Status As Scientific Superpower
A three-part series by Louisa Lim at NPR explores China’s quest for scientific prestige. Frequently, it emerges, this is marked by impressive but superficial figures such as raw numbers of papers...
View ArticleMoving China Up the Value Chain
A new book, Run of the Red Queen, argues that China would be better served by playing to its strengths in innovation through refinement than by continuing to chase the global lead in flashier...
View ArticleU.S. Citizen Detained as Pharma Probe Spreads (Updated)
An American has been detained in China as part of a probe into multinational pharmaceutical companies that previously led to bribery charges against GlaxoSmithKline executives earlier this month. From...
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Google Faces New Wave of Scrutiny Over China Ties
After months of mounting scrutiny of American companies’ involvement with Chinese AI and surveillance technology, and particularly its deployment in Xinjiang, the spotlight has returned to Google with...
View ArticleNavigating Chinese AI Research Collaboration: Cases from Australia, Microsoft
Western institutions’ AI and surveillance research ties with China, particularly those with partners implicated in ongoing rights abuses in Xinjiang, have been coming under mounting scrutiny. This...
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