Smithfield Bid Boils Down to China's Growing Appetite for Pork and Profit
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A special section in the Journal of Environmental Quality details the challenges China faces today in managing nutrient losses from crop and livestock production, and how the country must shift from a sole focus on food security to a triple emphasis on food security, efficient use of resources, and environmental protection.
In their new book, Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth in China, Ting Zhang, research assistant professor in the University of Baltimore’s Merrick School of Business economic research center, the Jacob France Institute, and her co-author Roger R. Stough, vice president for research and economic development and professor of public policy at George Mason University, present a groundbreaking analysis of the existing economic dynamics and factors contributing to entrepreneurship in China.
Allen Carlson is a professor of government at Cornell University, has worked with the nonprofit National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, and has published several books on Chinese foreign relations. He comments on the recent escape of Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng from house arrest to the U.S. embassy in Beijing.
Electric cars have been heralded as environmentally friendly, but findings from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, researchers show that electric cars in China have an overall impact on pollution that could be more harmful to health than gasoline vehicles.
Dr. Jim Simpson and Dr. Yeqing Bao, marketing professors at The University of Alabama in Huntsville, are compiling research that could serve as a road map for how developing countries like China can most effectively market their products in developed markets such as the United States.
Trade and foreign direct investment can have a positive effect on the serious environmental degradation in China, according to political scientist Ka Zeng at the University of Arkansas.
University of Utah startup company receives $150,000 SBIR and $50,000 VIP grants.
Despite an economy that seems to be growing at a boundless rate, China’s rise as an economic powerhouse has been carefully managed by its Communist leaders, says Roselyn Hsueh of Temple University.
Audi took the top rank in the second-annual Prestige 100®: China IQ, which measures the digital footprint of 100 prestige brands in China, the world’s fastest-growing luxury market.
Sales of luxury goods, which analysts say could spike as much as eight percent this year, are soaring thanks to expanding personal wealth in China, says a luxury retail expert at Washington University in St. Louis.
In the late 20th century, Chinese authorities enacted sweeping legal reforms, but in recent years, officials have stepped back from these reforms in the face of increasing citizen protests and concerns about social stability. “Horrified by the chaos of the Maoist era, Chinese authorities rebuilt their legal system in the 1980s and 1990s,” says Carl Minzner, JD, leading expert on Chinese law and politics and associate professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis. Now Chinese Party and court authorities have begun to move away from the reform track of the last several decades, reasserting tighter control over the Chinese judiciary, restricting the activities of public interest lawyers, and resurrecting earlier mediation practices.
University of Kentucky sociology professor Tom Janoski sheds light on China's emerging civil society.
A new analysis of sulfur emissions shows that after declining for a decade, worldwide emissions rose again in 2000 due largely to international shipping and a growing Chinese economy. An accurate read on sulfur emissions will help researchers predict future changes in climate and determine present day effects on the atmosphere, health and the environment.
New research from the University of New Hampshire suggests that China should establish a unified supervisory agency, similar to what is used in Singapore, to oversee its complex financial sector.
Please note that the following USC experts are available to provide context for stories about President Hu and the US-China trade relationship.
What do beer industry giant Tsingtao and a St. Louis microbrewery have in common? Hops, barley and business school. Schlafly's brewmaster and Tsingtao's president are recent graduates of Olin Business School's Executive MBA program that provides a unique experience for students to network with peers around the globe and share stories from the executive suite over a glass of beer.
The SCU-ASU Center for American Culture, officially launched Dec. 13 at Sichuan University in Chengdu, China, is designed to be a model for Sino-American cultural engagement through university-to-university collaboration.
China watchers are reporting another lifestyle shift in the world’s third largest country: the resurgence of organized religion. James Carter, Ph.D., an and expert in 20th century China and professor of history at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, offers insight into this cultural change.
A sustainable trade strategy for China suggests changes for the manufacturing and energy sectors, services, voluntary standards, as well as its “trade foreign policy” as an influential member of the WTO.
The Confucius Institute at UK will provide Central Kentuckians, as well as UK students, faculty and staff an opportunity for a greater understanding of China.
As China’s economic ascendancy and military expansion has prompted fears of a more aggressive China, a timely new book recasts the prevailing understanding of East Asian relations, showing how a strong China has historically created stability in East Asia, not conflict.
In remote, rural areas of southwestern China, villagers cook and dry their clothes by burning pieces of coal they pick up off the ground. This fuel releases a toxin that may be poisoning millions of people, according to an ongoing investigation by researchers in New York and China.
University of Vermont professor Patricia Riley is playing a key role in a plan to help China's Ministry of Education overhaul primary and secondary education in the country. Lessons she scripted and modeled are showing rural teachers in the country that there’s more to music than singing songs.
Robert C. Hockett, Cornell University professor of Law, comments on moves by Congress and the Treasury Department to “get serious” about Chinese-U.S. currency arrangements.
Falls are the most common injury for both urban and rural elderly in China, responsible for more than two-thirds of all injuries in people 65 and older, according to a study by researchers from China and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Injury Research and Policy. The study is the first to uncover the leading causes of non-fatal injuries among older adults in China.
An intensive two-week Chinese language and culture camp at Furman University this summer will allow high school students to take their Chinese skills to new levels. Students will study and live with native Chinese language teachers, interact via webcam with high school language partners in China, and plan a virtual trip across China, exploring the history and architecture of bustling Beijing to remote Xinjiang.
John R. Scully , an internationally recognized corrosion expert, presented failure analysis reports on plumbing and wiring affected by Chinese drywall and testified about the case in the U.S. District Court in New Orleans.
The Henry Luce Foundation has awarded a three-year $250,000 grant to Indiana University for an initiative on China and global governance that will lead to the university's establishing a permanent presence in Beijing.
Top experts in Chinese law will gather at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law Thursday, Feb. 25, for a panel discussion and open public forum. The event, co-sponsored by the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. A live Web cast also will be available.
A novel arrangement with the Chinese government is bringing a half dozen high-tech companies to Maryland, and more may follow. The University of Maryland-China Research Park – a one-stop gateway for Chinese technology companies to set up operations in Maryland – is the only such U.S. effort by the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, and one of only five in the world.
Former Taiwan Vice President and Honorary Kuomintang party Chair Lien Chan drew on his personal cross-strait diplomacy in a recent address at the University of Maryland. His talk "made a strong case for the need to continue moving forward with cross-Strait reconciliation," says University of Maryland political scientist and Taiwan expert Scott Kastner.
Prof. Zhanqing Li, a professor of atmospheric and oceanic science (CMPS) at Maryland is investigating the impact of aerosols in China on climate change.
Could the recent trend of tighter U.S. government oversight of banks and automobiles be extended to the oil industry, and would it benefit consumers? Research by Dr. Oliver Roche focuses on the benefits--and drawbacks--of a country already practicing stricter oil controls: China.
Indiana University and several of its research centers and schools in business, law and international studies are coming together to host an ambitious conference on U.S.-China business cooperation that is designed to assist entrepreneurs and promote the prosperity of both countries. More than 50 speakers from China and the United States are participating in the free conference, "U.S.-China Business Cooperation in the 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges for Entrepreneurs."
Beyond parades marking the Chinese New Year, here's something with a harder edge to write about or discuss. Consider these facts based on recent research by the University of Maryland -- the most comprehensive profile to date of Chinese Americans: 1) Fastest growing U.S. immigrant group (30 percent rise in six years); 2) One of the most AND least educated groups in U.S"¦
Energy experts will create a nationwide building energy code program for China.
Media briefing by the University of Maryland and OCA to release surprising economic and educational findings from the most comprehensive profile of Chinese Americans too date. Based on extensive census data, the report challenges widely help stereotypes about Chinese American success, the so-called "model minority myth."
How will the U.S. elections affect the agenda for Chinese-American relations? This is the topic of a day-long symposium to be held in Beijing, Nov. 10 on the campus of the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University, featuring some of the most well-informed American authorities on China, as well as leaders in the field from Beijing. The event is free and open to all members of the news media.
A specialist on aging and adult development shares observations about how Chinese families care for -- and interact with -- older adults.
"Montezuma's revenge" doesn't happen just in Mexico. If you are planning a trip to China for the Olympics, first talk to your physician, recommends R. Michael Buckley, MD, travel medicine expert at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia.
As China gears up for the Beijing Olympics, a burgeoning relationship between U.S. and Chinese social workers is helping ensure that the world's most populous nation can deal with its growing pains at the same time that it's coming of age.
As the Olympics are about to unfold, a Johns Hopkins University political scientist with expertise in the Chinese economy is available to work with reporters.
While the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing has elicited a rallying cry for human rights among high-profile activists and organizations outside China, ordinary Chinese citizens are mobilizing to fight for their rights inside the rapidly changing country, according to sociologist Ching Kwan Lee, writing in the summer issue of the American Sociological Association's Contexts magazine.
Many analysts believe that the Olympic Games in Beijing will be a coming out party for the world to see China's economic progress. Randall Doyle, CMU history faculty member and an authority on northeast Asia, believes that the Games also could bring unwanted attention to the social and political problems in China. Doyle is available for commentary on the issue.