Filters close
Released: 25-Oct-2021 1:50 PM EDT
Scientists, economists aim to make China agriculture self-sustaining
Cornell University

As the world grapples with reducing atmospheric greenhouse gas, other serious global environmental problems emerge – such as how to feed China’s burgeoning population without warming the planet.

   
Released: 19-Oct-2021 5:40 PM EDT
US ranked world No 2 for salt content of processed meat/fish products
BMJ

The salt (sodium) content of processed meat and fish products is so high in the US that it ranks second in the world, finds a 5-country study published in the online journal BMJ Open.

18-Oct-2021 8:35 AM EDT
Exploring the global environmental impacts of China's growing demand for food
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

A study by IIASA researchers and Chinese colleagues shows that carefully designed policies across the whole of China’s food system, including international trade, are crucial to ensuring that future demand can be satisfied without destroying the environment.

24-Sep-2021 8:40 AM EDT
Future prosperity in China is unlikely to be hindered by population aging
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

New research on China suggests that declining birth rates and an aging population might not hinder future prosperity when associated with better education of the young.

Released: 16-Aug-2021 1:25 PM EDT
UA Little Rock Joins DOD-Funded International Research Project to Investigate Covert Online Influence
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is part of an international research cohort that has received about $2.35 million in funding from the Department of Defense to investigate the use of social cyber forensics to understand covert online influence. UA Little Rock will receive $691,339 for its part of the project, which began in February and will conclude in 2025.

Released: 13-Aug-2021 8:55 AM EDT
Australia Must Improve Trade Strategy in Face of China Coercion
University of Adelaide

A new report from the University of Adelaide’s Institute for International Trade says China is guilty of economic coercion and discriminatory purchasing amidst souring relations with Australia.

Released: 20-Jul-2021 4:30 PM EDT
Small-Scale Worker Resistance Impacts Food Delivery Economy in China
Cornell University

Research from Cornell University has revealed a new form of bargaining power among Chinese platform-based food delivery workers, who conduct invisible mini-strikes by logging out of apps and airing grievances over.

Released: 4-Jun-2021 8:05 PM EDT
Australia's trade sector in peril unless urgent action is taken
University of South Australia

Australia is in danger of slipping down the global trade ladder unless it completely overhauls its tax and industrial relations sectors, recruits skilled migrants, banishes red tape, improves its internet services, and reduces its reliance on China.

7-May-2021 12:20 PM EDT
Residential coal use in China results in many premature deaths, models indicate
American Chemical Society (ACS)

A new study in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology indicates that in China, indoor air pollution from residential coal burning causes a disproportionate number of premature deaths from exposure to tiny, inhalable pollutants known as PM2.5.

Released: 18-Mar-2021 4:05 PM EDT
Novel Coronavirus Circulated Undetected Months before First COVID-19 Cases in Wuhan, China
UC San Diego Health

Using molecular dating tools and epidemiological simulations, researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine estimate that the SARS-CoV-2 virus likely circulated undetected for two months before the first human cases of COVID-19 were described in Wuhan, China in late-December 2019.

Released: 22-Feb-2021 4:50 PM EST
Environmental policies not always bad for business, study finds
Cornell University

Critics claim environmental regulations hurt productivity and profits, but the reality is more nuanced, according to an analysis of environmental policies in China by a pair of Cornell economists.



close
1.8656