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11.27.18
How to Be a Chinese Scientist without Being China’s Scientist
As trade tensions between the United States and China worsen, a new technological cold war looms, casting its shadow over American universities and research institutions. How should individual scientists of Chinese origin decide whether to accept a...
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02.07.18China Is Placing Underwater Sensors in the Pacific near Guam
NPR
China’s official People’s Daily newspaper reported in December that Chinese scientists had lowered acoustic sensors into the Mariana Trench, at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
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02.06.18Philippines’ Duterte Reneges on China Deal, Bans Foreign Research Ships
Reuters
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has banned all foreign scientific research off the country’s Pacific coast and told the navy to chase away unauthorised vessels, despite earlier allowing Chinese oceanographers to operate there.
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03.17.17Apple Plans Two More R&D Centers in China as Its Challenges in the Country Continue
CNBC
Apple has announced plans to set up two new research and development centers in China amid continued challenges to the iPhone maker in the world’s second-largest economy.
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03.09.17No Country Comes Even Close to China in Self-Made Female Billionaires
Quartz
China is home to more self-made female billionaires than any other nation, according to Hurun Report.
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02.16.17China’s Artificial Intelligence Boom
Atlantic
The country’s universities and tech giants are starting to surpass American ones when it comes to researching and implementing AI.
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02.08.17Surprise Findings: China’s Youth Are Getting Less Nationalistic, Not More
Foreign Policy
Harvard and Peking University researchers just upended conventional wisdom.
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02.05.17China’s Intelligent Weaponry Gets Smarter
New York Times
The Pentagon’s plan to bring A.I. to the military is taking shape as Chinese researchers assert themselves in the nascent technology field.
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01.24.17Scientists Discover Prehistoric Giant Otter Species in China
NPR
Six million years ago, giant otters weighing more than 100 pounds lived among birds and water lilies in the wooded wetlands of China’s Yunnan province.
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11.17.16How China’s Government Helps —and Hinders— Innovation
Harvard Business Review
Given its ideological leanings, China presents itself as a unique experiment in the power of the state to help the economy become more innovative
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11.16.16China’s Arctic Ambitions Take Shape in Remote Iceland Valley
Washington Post
In a valley near the Arctic Circle where the wind whips the coarse yellow grass, China and Iceland are preparing to look to the sky — and a shared future
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10.31.16Made in China
Quartz
Once known for cheap knockoffs, Chinese companies are now the world’s innovators
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10.18.16Delia Davin Obituary
Guardian
A pioneer of Chinese women’s studies who avoided the stereotypes offered by the communist regime and its critics
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09.30.16Apple Opening a $45 Million Research Hub in China to Develop Hardware, ‘Advanced’ Tech
CNBC
The center will be located in Beijing's version of Silicon Valley, the Zhongguancun Science Park
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07.16.15Biggest Ever Winged Dinosaur is Found in China
Guardian
An ancient feathered creature dug up in northeastern China is the largest winged dinosaur ever found, researchers say.
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05.19.15China Issues Plan for Gleaming High-tech Future
Reuters
China’s plan to promote advanced industry is supposed to aid its economy’s move away from low-value manufacturing.
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03.26.15Which U.S. Companies Are Doing the Most R&D in China and India?
Harvard Business Review
Companies' quest to cut costs per engineer drives new entrants into using R&D from India and China.
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02.20.14Harvard-Linked Hospital Eyes Expansion With China Billionaire
Bloomberg
Brigham and Women’s Hospital is considering a proposal from real estate billionaire Hui Ka Yan to become the first Harvard-University affiliated hospital to expand to China.
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01.16.14China Playing a Long Game in Polar Governance
World Politics Review
The recent Antarctic rescue of a Russian vessel highlights China's comprehensive polar strategy.
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08.06.12Advising Chinese Leaders: Futile Efforts?
WSJ: China Real Time Report
At a recent conference of Chinese political scientists and international relations scholars in Beijing, a western academic remarked that he was struck by how Chinese scholars often seemed keen to use their research to come up with advice for the...