Dan Keldsen's Library tagged china →  View Popular, Search in Google

China is pushing to lure back top Chinese scientists from the United States back to China, using the standard tools of capitalism - funding. Capital and incentivization isn't limited to corporations, but to "organizations" (including countries) of all shapes, sizes and regions.

What are YOU doing to get the best and brightest people in your own organization?

"The goal is to address the biggest roadblock to China's aspirations of becoming an innovation powerhouse: an acute shortage of seasoned research scientists. Accomplished physicists, biologists, and mathematicians—who might produce technological breakthroughs and build key research programs—have long balked at low pay and a university system marred by corruption, cronyism, and lax standards. But now, China's economic boom and surging government investment in research are making mainland university posts more attractive. A decade ago, only 1 in 100 leading Chinese scientists in the U.S. would have considered returning, says Rao Yi, a former Northwestern neuroscience professor who is dean of Peking University's life sciences school. Today, he says, half would. "Now, there is a chance of recruiting the rising stars of Harvard," says Rao. "

innovation_management businessweek china innovation

Sobering thoughts on the rise of China to the "western norms" of consumption... "Today, China -- which is roughly the same size as the United States -- is almost one-quarter desert, and the desert is advancing at more than 1,300 square miles, approximatel

cnn economics environment disaster china water sustainability

Saw this blogging tip via someone on MyBlogLog.com - might as well see if Chinese readers would find my blog interesting. Submitted to Baidu for indexing.

baidu china chinese traffic experiment