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.
USC Marshall Study Looks at Factors Behind Successful Entry into Chinese and Indian Marketplaces A new University of Southern California Marshall School of Business study is the first to show why foreign companies have succeeded or failed while entering markets in China and India. Many of those findings are surprising, say its authors.
In response to China's growing economic importance and other factors, Mandarin Chinese is becoming one of the fastest growing languages for students in secondary schools and colleges nationwide. At Indiana University, middle and high school teachers are immersed in an intensive, two-and-a-half-week course on teaching Mandarin Chinese.
As China prepares to welcome athletes from around the globe for the Summer Olympics in Beijing, interest in the games and the world's most populous country is reaching new heights.
China's massive earthquake may have dealt a huge blow to nation's push for more hydro-electric power dams, forcing more reliance on coal, more pollution and more competition for scarce global energy resources, suggests the author of a new book on the politics of China's epic dam-building campaign.
World demand for imported cotton will jump by as much as 50 percent in the next decade as China's emerging middle class snaps up ever more of the fluffy fiber, Texas Tech University economists predict. Yet India is poised to profit most from this windfall instead of U.S. farmers.
A new study of worldwide technological competitiveness suggests China may soon rival the United States as the principal driver of the world's economy "“ a position the U.S. has held since the end of World War II. If that happens, it will mark the first time in nearly a century that two nations have competed for leadership as equals.
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (ET&C) recently released a Special Edition containing 34 papers reporting the fate and effects of chemicals in the Chinese environment. This special issue is dedicated to documenting the results of environmental research conducted mostly by Chinese scientists residing in China.
A state-of-the-art, U.S.-funded Web site developed by the University of Maryland's National Foreign Language Center is now live online to help teach high school students to read Chinese and to provide essential classroom support for teachers. The developers say the new tool fills a vital and previously unmet national need.
Chinese foreign economic policy expert Chris Reardon, associate professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire, is available to discuss China's recent stock market drop and the larger implications of the increasing influence of China's impact on the global economy.
The number of young people earning university and graduate degrees in China is increasing rapidly, raising the human capital and the quality of China's labor force. However, these newcomers to the workforce often lack the practical experiences and softer creative and leadership skills required in the business world, notes an Executive Action report from The Conference Board.
Booming economies in China and India offer new growth opportunities for small- and mid-sized services firms in California, according to the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business.
Barry Naughton can provide commentary on trade and trade disputes between China and the United States, on economic reform in Chinese cities, and on economic interactions among China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
A four-month residency program developed in order to help technical professionals and others develop the critical managerial skills needed to manage large-scale, energy-related projects. The program consists of tailored academic coursework, corporate site visits, cultural experiences, and interaction with industry leaders.
Chris Reardon, associate professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire, is available to discuss the latest political moves as well as the politics of party elites in North Korea and China. Reardon is an expert in Chinese foreign economic policy, with special emphasis on elite politics and development strategies. Reardon can be reached at 603-862-1858 and [email protected].
Bt cotton in China fails to reap profit after seven years because secondary pests emerge and require lots of pesticides, three Cornell researchers find.
Nearly two decades ago a lone student stood in front of a column of tanks in Tiananmen Square in defiance to China's military crackdown of pro-democracy protestors on June 4, 1989. According to a China expert at the University of New Hampshire, in some ways, the China today is a much different country, but in other ways, not much has changed since the massacre that left an estimated 800 people dead.
"Changing Media, Changing China" is the title of a workshop to be held at the University of California, San Diego, May 5-6, to explore how the commercialization of media and the emergence of the Internet are affecting economic, social and political life in China.
Hundreds of academics, businesspersons, and government officials attended the initial BabsonCollege/Nankai University entrepreneurship programs in China.
There is an emerging pattern of rural unrest that challenges the very legitimacy of the Chinese state and the development path on which it has embarked," says Joshua Muldavin, Henry R. Luce Professor of East Asian Culture/Human Geography at Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, NY).
The growth of Chinese imports in the U.S. economy boosted the total emissions of carbon dioxide from the two countries by over 700 million metric tons between 1997 and 2003, according to an analysis.
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