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...China and the World Stage John Lee's clear reminder of China's vastly different historical perspective versus that of the U.S. is a point not made often enough [March 8]. Where the U.S. sees a four-year electoral cycle, China is still making decisions with generations in mind. Lee misses one key factor, though, regarding China's seemingly silent role on the world stage: rather than seeing it as beneath them, China's leaders have avoided interfering in other countries' affairs for the simple reason that they don't want anyone having reason to interfere with their...
...home, Japan Inc. has missed out on the globalization game; its companies, unable to adapt to a changing world, are losing global market share to more nimble competitors. The nation that once led the way toward prosperity in Asia is sitting by while its influence is being usurped by China. (See pictures of Japan and the world...
...Davis says NBA superstar LeBron James asked him during a game, "Yo, B.D., why do your shoes look better than everyone else's?" The answer - a team of young, talented designers working for a Chinese company that has the cash to sign up an NBA star - could usher in China's first global apparel brand. As Li Ning's slogan says, "Anything is possible...
...gorillas' habitat would remain by 2032. But the authors say even that dire prediction was optimistic. At the time, researchers did not predict the rise in Chinese demand for timber or the extent of mining in Congo. "Ten years ago, when we did the other report, China and the rest of Asia were not major players in Africa, and now China has up to 40% of the wood-and-mineral trade," Christian Nellemann, a U.N. Environment Program official and the report's lead author, tells TIME. "We have new satellite imagery, new scientific evidence. We have new alarming reports...
Guan, a resident of Eliot House from Florida, was born in China and has lived in four countries to date because of her mother’s occupation. The summer before starting her job at the Liu laboratory, Guan attended the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition (iGEM), in which student teams design and create biological systems in living cells. David Thompson, the graduate student who is currently running the project Guan is working on, happened to be the teaching fellow working with Guan’s group at iGEM...