Word: china
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...duty highway patrolman and his family are killed when they rent a Lexus ES350 and have a runaway crash. The NHTSA and the California Highway Patrol investigate the incident and believe the floor mat snagged the pedal, causing the uncontrollable acceleration. (See pictures of the best-selling cars in China...
Asian carp are particularly dangerous. Native to China and parts of Southeast Asia, the freshwater fish have been cultivated for aquaculture for more than 1,000 years, often raised in submerged rice paddies. Catfish farmers in the U.S. imported Asian carp decades ago to eat up the algae in their ponds; the fish slowly escaped into the wild and have been making their way up the Mississippi River. They are eating machines; bighead carp can grow incredibly quickly and reproduce rapidly as well. "They just eat so much," says David Ullrich, executive director of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence...
Last month, Google threatened to exit China after discovering that some of its users’ accounts had been hacked by the Chinese government. Google’s declaration was quite weighty, considering China’s large economy and potentially huge market for the company. Most importantly, it brought to light the epic battle for cyber-security between one of the world’s largest technological companies and one of the world’s most secretive regimes. After deciding to remain in China but stay wary of censorship and human rights abuses, Google has called upon...
...would take flight in 2015 and send astronauts to the moon in 2020 in order to build a lunar base. But Obama’s budget undoes this commendable plan and will instead turn astronauts into paying passengers aboard yet-to-be developed commercial vehicles or Russian rockets. Meanwhile, China will be forging ahead in its effort to go to the moon. If we fall behind in this new space race, we will forfeit our status as the hegemon of exploration and technology...
...perception in business that “do no evil” translates into “make no profit”—and thus that no corporation would actually prioritize humanitarian ideals over moneymaking. However, Google’s removal of its business from China bucks this contention and reflects what I hope to be a growing trend in business. It behooves us, as consumers and world citizens, to note this trend. Some corporations gross more annually than small countries, and they are thus as important as many nations in the sphere of international relations. Therefore, there...