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Watch Lalitesh Katragadda’s “Making maps to fight disaster, build economies” talk at TED
As of 2005, only 15 percent of the world was mapped. This slows the delivery of aid after a disaster -- and hides the economic potential of unused lands and unknown roads. In this short talk, Google's Lalitesh Katragadda demos Map Maker, a group map-making tool that people around the globe are using to map their world [...]
Watch Bill Gates’ “A New Kind of Philanthropy” talk at TED
Bill Gates hopes to solve some of the world's biggest problems using a new kind of philanthropy. In a passionate and, yes, funny 18 minutes, he asks us to consider two big questions and how we might answer them [...]
Posted in economics, trends Also tagged AIDS, artist, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, education, founder, healthcare, HIV, HIV/AIDS, internet, leadership, microsoft, Personal Computing, TED conference 1 Comment
Watch Afterquake’s “Sala” Video
The following video, produced by Sexy Beijing and posted on Danwei, is part of Abigail Washburn’s Afterquake project, in which she creates music with children from the earthquake-affected areas of Sichuan:
Steven Pinker’s “A brief history of violence” talk at TED
Steven Pinker charts the decline of violence from Biblical times to the present, and argues that, though it may seem illogical and even obscene, given Iraq and Darfur, we are living in the most peaceful time in our species' existence [...]
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e-Commerce in China: dot-com economy grew over 60 percent year on year in the second quarter/2008
China's dot-com economy grew nearly 63 percent year on year in the second quarter, despite increasing inflation and the effects of the Sichuan earthquake, a Shanghai-based research firm reported recently. Revenue generated by China's online search, game and travel providers reached 13.32 billion yuan (US$1.94 billion) in the April-to-June period, iResearch said...
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China, Technology, Innovation and the Environment: Chinese President Hu Jintao elaborates on China’s stance on climate change
Chinese President Hu Jintao said on recently that his country will take substantial measures to cope with climate change. Hu made the remarks at the Major Economies Meeting on Energy Security and Climate Change, which gathered leaders from Australia, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa, South Korea and the Group of Eight (G8) nations at Toyako, a resort town on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido...
Posted in China, economics, trends Also tagged Africa, Australia, Brazil, Chinese Government, Chinese People, Climate change, Economic Development, energy, energy efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions, Hu Jintao, india, Indonesia, Industrialization, japan, korea, Kyoto Protocol, Laws And Regulations, Mexico, Rural Area, South Africa, South Korea, sustainability, sustainable, sustainable development, United Nations, Urban area 1 Comment
China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: auto sales up 17% in first half of 2008
China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said on recently that between January and June 2008, the country sold 3.61 million passenger motor vehicles, a growth of 17.07 percent over the same period a year previous. The growth rate, however, was 5.19 percentage points lower than the 22.26 percent level recorded in the same period last year [...]
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Wenchuan Earthquake: China races against time as death toll nears 10,000
Rescuers are racing against time to reach survivors a day after the strongest quake that hit China in more than three decades jolted the southwestern province of Sichuan. The country was immersed in immense grief as the death toll rose to nearly 10,000. China's English-language newspaper China Daily silhouetted the front page in black to mourn the victims. The headline reads: 'The Day the Earth Moved.' Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who flew to Sichuan Monday evening, urged 'calm, confidence and courage' in face of the catastrophe. Wenchuan County, the epicenter of the earthquake at western Sichuan province, has reported 57 confirmed deaths, and about 60,000 locals were still out of reach...
Posted in China, economics Also tagged Chengdu, China Daily, google, government official, location, Report, Shanghai, Sichuan, Sichuan Province, Wen Jiabao, Wenchuan County, Xinhua 1 Comment
Watch the trailer of Academy Award Nominee for Documentary Short “China’s Unnatural Disaster”, from HBO