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Released: 29-Nov-2022 10:40 AM EST
Cleveland Clinic Expands Global Access to Care by Appointing Five New In-Country Representatives
Cleveland Clinic

As part of its continued efforts to ensure greater access to quality care for patients around the world, Cleveland Clinic is broadening its network of in-country representatives to five locations: Canada, China, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico.

Released: 11-Nov-2022 5:45 PM EST
Case study proposes framework for analyzing U.S.-China geo-political tensions in Indo-Pacific
Hiroshima University

Social sciences and international relations experts at Hiroshima University in Japan have proposed a new framework for studying the immensely complex power dynamics between China and the U.S., and its allies bordering the Pacific Ocean – “hybrid balancing.”

Released: 10-Nov-2022 6:05 AM EST
Thirsty wheat needed new water management strategy in ancient China
Washington University in St. Louis

Research from Washington University in St. Louis shows that a practice of purposeful water management, or irrigation, was adopted in northern China about 4,000 years ago as part of an effort to grow new grains that had been introduced from southwest Asia. But the story gets more complex from there. Wheat and barley arrived on the scene at about the same time, but early farmers only used water management techniques for wheat.

Released: 1-Nov-2022 9:00 PM EDT
NCCN Working with Medlive to Advance High-Quality Cancer Care in China and Worldwide
National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®)

United States-based National Comprehensive Cancer Network enters strategic cooperation agreement with Chinese medical information website to publish and translate evidence-based expert consensus guidelines for cancer care; now available at nccnchina.org.cn.

Released: 21-Oct-2022 2:05 PM EDT
War in Ukraine widens global divide in public attitudes toward US, China and Russia – report
University of Cambridge

Around the world, public attitudes toward international politics are coalescing into two opposing blocks: liberal democracies favouring the United States (US) and citizens of more authoritarian nations who back China and Russia – a process accelerated by the war in Ukraine.

Newswise: Online Taiwan Lectures on Chinese Studies “China-US Geopolitics in the 21st Century”
Released: 20-Oct-2022 8:55 AM EDT
Online Taiwan Lectures on Chinese Studies “China-US Geopolitics in the 21st Century”
Chulalongkorn University

Chulalongkorn University invites all to attend the online Taiwan Lectures on Chinese Studies, “China-US Geopolitics in the 21st Century”, on Thursday, October 27th, 2022, from 14:00-16:00 Thailand time (ICT) via Zoom.

Released: 18-Oct-2022 10:30 AM EDT
Could China become the world’s loudest voice in research?
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd

China could surpass the US and the EU to become the most dominant voice in global research within a decade, according to a new analysis.

Released: 27-Sep-2022 4:40 PM EDT
Selective abortion of girls occurs -- for different reasons -- among Indian and Chinese diaspora
University of Toronto

The study authors, health researcher Catherine Meh and Prof. Prabhat Jha from the Centre for Global Health Research, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, previously established that selective abortion of females in second and third pregnancies was widespread and growing within India.

   
Released: 12-Sep-2022 3:25 PM EDT
Competition with China a ‘driving force’ for clean energy funding in the 21st century – study
University of Cambridge

The first major study of driving forces behind government funding of energy RD&D – and the public institutions generating it – over the 21st century shows that competition created by China’s rise as a technology superpower led to significant increases in clean energy investment.

Newswise: Latest city-level emission accounting in China: cities are on the track toward net-zero emissions and 38 have achieved emission peak
Released: 29-Aug-2022 1:20 PM EDT
Latest city-level emission accounting in China: cities are on the track toward net-zero emissions and 38 have achieved emission peak
Science China Press

This study is led by Assoc. Prof. Yuli Shan (University of Birmingham / University of Groningen), Yuru Guan (PhD researcher, University of Groningen), Prof. Dabo Guan (Tsinghua University), Prof Klaus Hubacek (University of Groningen) and 5 other researchers.

Released: 26-Aug-2022 1:05 PM EDT
Natural climate solutions help mitigate climate change in China
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Natural climate solutions (NCS), which comprise various land stewardship options, are approaches to trapping carbon in terrestrial pools and/or reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Released: 25-Aug-2022 2:15 PM EDT
China’s cities leading the way on carbon reduction - Study
University of Birmingham

Thirty-eight Chinese cities have reduced their emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) despite growing economies and populations for at least five years - defined as proactively peaked cities, a new study reveals.

Newswise: Don't understand the feud between Taiwan & China? UNLV political scientist Austin Wang has you covered.
Released: 18-Aug-2022 4:30 PM EDT
Don't understand the feud between Taiwan & China? UNLV political scientist Austin Wang has you covered.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Many Americans go about their daily routines without fear of invasion or repercussions for acknowledging their own freedom. But an ocean away, that’s the reality for Taiwan, a small island off the coast of mainland China. China and Taiwan are embroiled in a decades-long battle of acknowledgement — an unfinished civil war. And because of their history, every day is a juggling act of unresolved issues from the past, maintaining a delicate balance to ensure peace.

Released: 4-Aug-2022 1:20 PM EDT
Does China’s research and development funding reach the right firms?
Yale University

Chinese investments in research and development (R&D) have burgeoned since the turn of the century, increasing more than tenfold in absolute terms since 2000 and reaching a high of 2.4 percent of GDP in 2020.

   
Newswise: Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan bears ‘enormous symbolic significance’
Released: 2-Aug-2022 7:05 PM EDT
Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan bears ‘enormous symbolic significance’
University of Miami

University of Miami Chinese scholar and defense expert June Teufel Dreyer assessed the motivations and implications of the visit by the Speaker of the House to Taiwan, one of the stops on her congressional delegation tour.

Newswise:  HKIAS Appoints Distinguished Scholar in Neutron Scattering as Executive Director
Released: 1-Aug-2022 8:45 AM EDT
HKIAS Appoints Distinguished Scholar in Neutron Scattering as Executive Director
Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study, City University of Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study (HKIAS) is pleased to announce that Professor Xun-Li Wang, currently Head and Chair Professor of the Department of Physics of the City University of Hong Kong (CityU), has been appointed as the Executive Director of the HKIAS, effective from 1 August 2022.

Newswise: Coronavirus Jumped to Humans at Least Twice at Market in Wuhan, China
Released: 26-Jul-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Coronavirus Jumped to Humans at Least Twice at Market in Wuhan, China
UC San Diego Health

In a pair of related studies, UC San Diego researchers show that the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic was at a Chinese market and resulted from at least two instances of the SARS-CoV-2 virus jumping from live animal hosts to humans working or shopping there.

Newswise:Video Embedded scientists-trace-earliest-cases-of-covid-19-to-market-in-wuhan-china
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26-Jul-2022 10:00 AM EDT
Scientists Trace Earliest Cases of COVID-19 to Market in Wuhan, China
University of Utah Health

An international team of 18 researchers have determined that the earliest cases of COVID-19 in humans arose at a wholesale fish market in Wuhan China in December, 2019. They linked these cases to bats, foxes and other live mammals infected with the virus sold in the market either for consumption as meat or for their fur.

Newswise: Venomous! New pit viper discovered in Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve, China
Released: 22-Jul-2022 2:50 PM EDT
Venomous! New pit viper discovered in Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve, China
Pensoft Publishers

Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve, a World Heritage Site, lies in the transition zone from the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the Sichuan Basin in Sichuan Province, China, and occupies an area of 651 km2.

Newswise: Forum to Address Challenging Issues in Driving Data Science and AI Technology
Released: 8-Jul-2022 9:30 AM EDT
Forum to Address Challenging Issues in Driving Data Science and AI Technology
Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study, City University of Hong Kong

The HK Tech Forum on Data Science and AI (DSAI) gathers world-renowned scholars in data science and AI to address challenging issues in driving data science and AI technology for the benefit of the society. Media are welcome to attend. Link to registration included in release.

7-Jun-2022 12:05 PM EDT
Higher Socioeconomic Status Linked to Increased Air Pollution Exposure in China
University of Washington

For the first time, a University of Washington led team has uncovered that people living in China who have a higher socioeconomic status are actually more exposed to outdoor air pollution, also known as ambient air pollution. This finding runs contrary to existing studies conducted throughout North America, which have shown that higher pollution levels tend to be experienced among people with lower socioeconomic status.

Released: 2-Jun-2022 5:05 PM EDT
The Possibility of Carbon Emissions Peak in China by 2030 Depends on the GDP Growth Rate
Science China Press

This research is done by Professor Weidong Liu, Associate Professors Zhipeng Tang and Mengyao Han, and Dr. Wanbei Jiang from the Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

26-May-2022 4:00 PM EDT
How Will Humans Survive a Global Catastrophe?
Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)

One suggested way to save humankind in the event of a deadly pandemic or other extreme global catastrophe is establishing a safe refuge – on an island or in such far-out places as the moon or under water -- where a portion of the human population can stay alive.

Released: 27-May-2022 2:15 PM EDT
Patient Activeness During Online Medical Consultation in China: Multilevel Analysis
Journal of Medical Internet Research

Background: Online medical consultation is an important complementary approach to offline health care services. It not only increases patients’ accessibility to medical care, but also encourages patients to actively participate in ...

Released: 23-May-2022 12:50 PM EDT
New Study Informs Mitigation Strategies for Contrast Shortage in CT by Identifying Promising Areas of Focus
Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute

The current shortage of iodinated contrast in the United States due to the COVID-19 related production shutdown in China is causing severe disruptions in patient care. A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study outlines the most frequently used computed tomography services performed on Medicare beneficiaries as focus areas for mitigation strategies for the greatest overall impact.

Released: 19-May-2022 3:05 PM EDT
Policy, Farm Management Help China Mitigate Climate Change
Cornell University

Production of animal protein in China has increased by 800% over the past 40 years, driven by population growth, urbanization and higher worker wages. However, the amount of climate-warming nitrous oxide released from animal farming in the country has not risen as quickly, thanks to science-led policy and farm management interventions in the way animals are fed and their manure recycled.

   
Newswise: China's terrestrial carbon sequestration in 2060 could offset 13–18% of energy-related peak CO2 emissions
Released: 17-May-2022 11:15 AM EDT
China's terrestrial carbon sequestration in 2060 could offset 13–18% of energy-related peak CO2 emissions
Science China Press

President Xi of China announced in September 2020 that China will “aim to have CO2 emissions peak before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060”.

Released: 3-May-2022 11:05 AM EDT
China’s Segregated School System Hinders Migrants
Cornell University

When Eli Friedman set out to write his second book, he intended to focus on the segregated education system in China and how it affected teachers’ work, but quickly found that the project moved in an unexpected direction.

Newswise: Three Gorges Dam: Friend or foe of riverine greenhouse gases?
Released: 19-Apr-2022 2:30 PM EDT
Three Gorges Dam: Friend or foe of riverine greenhouse gases?
Science China Press

Dams are conventionally regarded as emitters of GHGs in large rivers. A team from Peking University of China, however, has disrupted this perception, based on whole system thinking applied to the Three Gorges Dam (TGD) on the Yangtze River in China.

Newswise: WashU Experts: China’s political and economic dilemma
Released: 21-Mar-2022 12:05 PM EDT
WashU Experts: China’s political and economic dilemma
Washington University in St. Louis

International business experts John Horn and Patrick Moreton offer their perspectives on the developing situation with China, including challenges facing the country and what impact their actions could have on the Chinese and global economies.

   
Released: 17-Mar-2022 1:50 PM EDT
Global instability and the timing of Russia’s attack on Ukraine
Washington University in St. Louis

Analyzing more than 200 years of conflicts, David Carter at Washington University in St. Louis finds revisionist states — like Russia — have made territorial claims when the great powers that dominate the international system are embroiled in crisis.

Released: 15-Mar-2022 3:30 PM EDT
The Mediating Role of Patients’ Trust Between Web-Based Health Information Seeking and Patients’ Uncertainty in China: Cross-sectional Web-Based Survey
Journal of Medical Internet Research

In the physician-patient relationship, patients’ uncertainty about diseases and the lack of trust in physicians not only hinder patients’ rehabilitation but also disrupt the harmony in this relationship.

Released: 8-Mar-2022 8:30 AM EST
Analysis suggests China has passed U.S. on one research measure
Ohio State University

After decades of dominance by the United States, a new measure suggests that China edged the U.S. in 2019 on one important measurement of national research success. Findings showed Chinese research ranked as high as or higher than U.S. work in the top 1% of scientific studies in 2019.

   
Released: 23-Feb-2022 8:05 PM EST
UCI’s Forum for the Academy and the Public brings together multidisciplinary scholars for two-day symposium on growing global impact of People’s Republic of China
University of California, Irvine

EVENT:  UCI’s Forum for the Academy and the Public will host a two-day symposium on “Global China in an Anxious Age.” More than 30 speakers from a variety of academic and non-academic backgrounds (including law, humanities, glaciology, pharmacology, journalism, tech, public policy and more) will discuss the complicated relationship between the People’s Republic of China and the wider global order.

Released: 14-Feb-2022 7:05 AM EST
Pursuing carbon neutrality and water security in China
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

China has promised to become carbon neutral before 2060 and has coupled this ambitious target with stringent limitations on industrial water use by 2030. An international team of IIASA researchers and Chinese colleagues explored the effects of simultaneously pursuing these goals.



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