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IBM Study: New Shift Points to Growth Markets Investment in U.S. and European Jobs

By Guest PostOctober 12, 2010TechnologyChina, denis brousseau, ebidata, Europe, global human capital study, globally, globe, ibm, India, North America, western europe, workforce investments, working beyond borders

*Social Networks Value for Business Use on the Rise*

ARMONK, N.Y. – 12 Oct 2010: In a dramatic shift of workforce investments, growth market companies – led by the twin forces of China and India — are increasingly hiring in North America and Europe, according to the findings of a major new IBM (NYSE: IBM) study of over 700 Chief Human Resource Officers (CHROs) and senior executives from 61 countries and 31 industries worldwide. (more…)

Berkeley Lab Awarded $12.5 Million to Lead a U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center

By Guest PostOctober 8, 2010EnvironmentBeijing, cerc, China, clean energy research center, climate master, david sandalow, energy efficiency, global carbon pollution, hu jintao, mark levine, Obama, Technology, urbanization, US

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has been chosen to lead a consortium for a U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center on Building Energy Efficiency. The Center will develop technologies for low-energy residential and commercial buildings, as well as work on commercialization of those technologies and research how human behavior affects building energy use. (more…)

Berkeley Lab Creates New Energy Model for Chinese Cities

By Guest PostOctober 4, 2010Environmentair-conditioning, China, china energy group, chinese cities, city, david fridley, energy consumption, eric masanet, julie chao, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, low-carbon city, suzhou, united states, urban-ram, urbanization

To tally the energy consumption of a city, the usual method is to add up all the energy used by residents—when they drive their car or turn on the air-conditioning—plus all the energy consumed by commercial buildings and industries in their day-to-day operations. But how should one account for the energy that went into building the office park where people work or paving the roads that people drive? And what about the energy required to make the clothes they are wearing? (more…)

Microsoft Engkoo Helps Teach English to Chinese Internet Users

By Guest PostAugust 26, 20101 commentTechnologybing, champagne, China, chinese, chor, engkoo, english, frank soong, internet, matt scott, ming zhou, natural language, phonetic search, search technology

*Engkoo, a new language assistance search technology released by Bing in China, helps Chinese speakers learn not just English words but the language itself, complete with slang and idioms.*

REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 26, 2010 — Teach someone a word and help them once. But teach a search engine linguistics, and it can help people learn an entire language.

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Beijing Goodwill and IBM Team to Improve Detection of Cardiovascular Diseases

By Guest PostAugust 19, 2010TechnologyBeijing, beijing goodwill information and technology, cardiovascular, China, diseases, egg, electrocardiography, electronic cardiogram systems, examination, healthcare industry solutions lab, heart attacks, heart patients, ibm, mobile application, strokes, world health organization, xia jun

*Mobile Application Allows Doctors to Monitor Heart Patients*

BEIJING – 19 Aug 2010: Beijing Goodwill Information and Technology Co., Ltd., a leading provider of electronic cardiogram systems in China, and IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced the launch of the country’s first all-in-one electronic cardiogram management system in China. This system supports smarter healthcare by helping hospitals to analyze patient information generated from electrocardiography (ECG) examination reports to gain real-time insight and better detect cardiovascular diseases with more accuracy. It also empowers doctors to use mobile devices to monitor heart patients.

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MU Researcher Says Chinese Credit Market Remains Underdeveloped

By Guest PostAugust 4, 2010EconomyBeijing, China, chinese credit market, chinese government, chinese households, credit market, economic policies, rui yao, tsinghua university, university of missouri, urban chinese households

*Survey reveals urban Chinese households maintain high saving rates and are unwilling to utilize credit*

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The Chinese government has made several reforms to its economic policies in recent years. Despite these reforms, a new study shows that Chinese households are not utilizing their credit market to its fullest extent. Rui Yao, a researcher in the department of Personal Financial Planning in the College of Human Environmental Sciences at the University of Missouri, says a recent survey of urban Chinese households shows that the Chinese credit market remains underdeveloped.

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Rare Earth Elements: The World is Rapidly Running Out and China Has Most of The Remaining Supply

By Guest PostAugust 2, 2010Economy, Politicscalifornia, cerium, China, chinese economy, europium, green economy, hybrid car batteries, iphones, ipod, lanthanum, missile-guidance systems, mountain pass, neodymium, radar systems, rare earth elements, tantalum, us military, usgs, w david menzie

Most people have no idea what rare earth elements are, but a wide array of the technologies that we use every single day are dependent on them.

Without rare earth elements, we would have no hybrid car batteries, flat screen televisions, cell phones or iPods. Without rare earth elements, the entire “green economy” would not be able to function, because almost all emerging green technologies use them.

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Tons of Toxic Chemicals Flow from China to Russia

By PravdaJuly 30, 2010Environmentamur river, blagoveshchensk, chemical plants, China, far east, hazardous substances, igor demchishin, jilin, khabarovsk, lake hanka, songhua river, trimethylchlorosilane, vende river, yongjia county

On Wednesday, approximately 7,000 containers of hazardous substances were washed away to a tributary of the Amur River with floods from the territory of chemical plants in China.

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