Monthly Archives: August 2010

Education in China: Doctoral programs seriously flawed

With a rapid increase in the number of Chinese graduates enrolling in PhD programs in the past decade, it seems the quality of education doctoral students in China receive is falling short [...]

Brazilian Music at Shanghai World Expo: YAMANDÚ COSTA

One of the greatest Brazilian Contemporary Musicians, the guitarist Yamandú Costa, brings to Shanghai World Expo the best of Brazilian instrumental music “Chorinho” in the show “Tribute to Choro”, scheduled for the evening of September 12, at the America Square [...]

Intellectual Property: Use of illegal software continues to rise in China

The rate of global software piracy climbed to 43 percent in 2009, a two-percentage-point increase from 2008 fueled in large part by expanding PC sales in emerging markets [...]

Watch Ellen Dunham-Jones’ “Retrofitting suburbia” talk at TED

Ellen Dunham-Jones fires the starting shot for the next 50 years’ big sustainable design project: retrofitting suburbia. To come: Dying malls rehabilitated, dead “big box” stores re-inhabited, parking lots transformed into thriving wetlands [...]

Watch David McCandless’ “The beauty of data visualization” talk at TED

David McCandless turns complex data sets (like worldwide military spending, media buzz, Facebook status updates) into beautiful, simple diagrams that tease out unseen patterns and connections. Good design, he suggests, is the best way to navigate information glut — and it may just change the way we see the world [...]

Advertising in China: “We’re beside you!”

“Please use each branch as you like in You Life Styles. Colabo is beside you!”

Living in China: Over 23 million Christians

The number of Christians in China has hit a record number in 2010, according to a survey released on recently by the institute of world religions at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences [...]

This is a Public Service Announcement: Google may harm your computer!

I got this message the other day while browsing on my Google Reader Account [...]

China, Technology, Innovation and the Environment: China’s State Grid unveils ultra-high-voltage power line plans

State Grid Corp of China, China’s major power grid operator, plans to build a network of ultra-high-voltage (UHV) power transmission lines by 2020, linking major energy production bases with the nation’s power-guzzling regions [...]

Chinglish: “Pursues my fashion lifes; Testimony family’s transformation”

Chinglish: “Pursues my fashion lifes; Testimony family’s transformation”, originally uploaded by designative.