China accelerating into the future

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

This is an issue I feel strongly about. We are in danger of becoming a
technical second rate country in a few more decades (if not sooner). Our
research labs , at least in my areas, are mostly gone either through company
contraction or due to being exported off shore.

Dave


------ Forwarded Message
From: "Robert J. Berger" <rberger () ibd com>
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 22:54:17 +0900
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>, Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
Subject: China accelerating into the future

These headlines came across my virtual desk today. Unfortunately you must
pay to read the articles, but the headlines do speak for themselves.
>
The point that hit me is that China is moving ahead with engineering,
bio-tech and modern post-industrial production while the US seems to be
distracted while it unconsciously falls into a fog of spin and
anti-intellectualism , banning scientific experiments based on religious
fundamentalism and slowing down investment in new manufacturing and
innovation.

US Scientists are already moving their labs to China do do biotech research
that is banned here in the US. Guess who is going to be the most powerful
nation in a decade if our government keeps up our their retro-behaviors....
> > ATIP (Asian Technology Information Program) has released a new Chinese
> > Science and Technology Digest for February 15-28, 2003. Headlines:
> >
> > China Will Invest 700 Billion Yuan (~US$85B) for Scientific Development
> >
> > 8.2 Billion Cell Phone Short Messages Sent Last Month in China
> >
> > Chinese First Digital Chip Developed in Shanghai
> >
> > China's Information Technology Sector Reports Slowdown
> >
> > China Discovers New Genes That Cause Parkinson's Disease
> >
> > China Puts New Anti-AIDS Drug in Clinical Use
> >
> > China Approves Production of HIV Testing Reagent
> >
> > Oracle to Train 4,000 Chinese Software Engineers Annually
> >
> > Organ Transplant Center Opens in Shanghai
> >
> > To view this newsfeed, please visit the ATIP website at:
> >
> >
> > To subscribe to the China News site, please visit:
> >
> > http://www.atip.org/CHINANEWS/



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