From SciDev.Net (link): Chinese scientists based overseas have written an open letter to officials in China urging them to set up a formal process to deal with allegations of scientific misconduct. The letter dated 8 May was signed by 120 Chinese scientists, mostly based at US universities, and sent to China’s science minister, the president […]
Read MoreFrom Foreign Policy In Focus (link): The image of China in the Western press is less the dragon of the Celestial Kingdom than J.R.R Tolkien‘s Smaug, a beast of enormous strength and cunning, ravaging oil markets in Africa, copper ore in South America, and uranium deposits in Australia. “The world begins to feel the dragon’s […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via Boston Globe (link): The parents of a 13-year-old boy who killed himself after playing a computer game for 36 hours are suing the game’s licensed Chinese distributor for 100,000 yuan ($12,500), a Chinese newspaper reported on Thursday. In 2004, Zhang Xiaoyi, from the northern Chinese city of Tianjin, jumped out of a […]
Read MoreChina-U.S. Climate Change Forum at UC Berkeley Leading thinkers from China and the U.S. discuss scientific, technological, business, policy, economic development, and media dimensions of climate change May 23 – 24, 2006 8:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m Wheeler Hall Auditorium UC Berkeley Campus The program is free and open to the public. SPECIAL EVENT: Former U.S. Vice […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times (link): China’s leading web search company has launched an online, user-generated encyclopedia modelled on Wikipedia, the hugely popular co-operative reference website that is blocked by Beijing censors. Unlike the encyclopedia developed by donation-funded Wikipedia, “Baidupedia” – the new service from Nasdaq-listed Baidu.com ‚Äì is heavily censored to avoid offending the Chinese government. […]
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