Prof. Aalt Willem Heringa from Maastricht University recently published an interesting publication in which he shared his personal observations during his posting as Co-dean of the EU-funded China-EU Law School (CESL). This law school is located within the campus of the China University for Political Science and Law (CUPL) in Beijing. A wide-range of topics, such as hierarchy, censorship, teaching, …
NANC AGE 2013: “A Holland Alumni Family Gathering Evening”
The Netherlands Alumni Network China (NANC) held its Annual General Event (AGE) successfully on Saturday, 7, December, 2013 at Beijing Hilton Wangfujing Hotel. The NANC Annual General Event (AGE) aims at getting Chinese and Dutch alumni together by the end of the year to recall the cheerful and memorable times when they were in the Netherlands for their study, and …
China lands rover on the moon
On Saturday December 14th, 21:12 Beijing time, China succeeded in landing Chang’e 3, its lunar lander and carrier of the Yutu robotic rover, on the moon. It is a first-ever for China and the first soft-landing on the lunar surface since the former Soviet Union’s Luna 24 in 1976. Having successfully separated from its carrier, Yutu is currently driving on …
Netherlands-Asia Summer School will organize 2014 edition at Peking University
On 2 December, Marjan Oudeman, Supervisory Board member of the Netherlands-Asia Honours Summer School (NAHSS) and president of Utrecht University signed an agreement with PKU’s vice president Li Yansong in Beijing to expand the international summer school from Hong Kong, Taipei, Shanghai to Beijing. The main aim of the NAHHS is to allow Dutch students to obtain better understanding of …
THE Ranking: China boasts more top universities than any other emerging economy
The Times Higher Education (THE) BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2014 was released last week to rank universities in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, as well as 17 other “emerging economies”. Peking University tops the table, with Tsinghua University second. Four of the top 10 and 23 of the top 100 institutions are Chinese. The other two in …
Hong Kong to develop into hub for intellectual property trading
The Hong Kong SAR government co-organized the third edition of BIP Asia Forum for promoting Hong Kong as the region’s IP trading hub on 5-6 December. Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Mr. C Y Leung is committed to develop Hong Kong into the leading IP trading hub in Asia. He says Hong Kong is well positioned to play that role due …
China filed largest number of patent applications in 2012
The 2013 edition of the World Intellectual Property Indicators published early this week shows that in 2012, for the first time, residents of China filed the largest number of patents throughout the world. The report also indicates that China has become the main driver for global IP growth. The State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) was the only patent …
HackYiZu 2013 – Arduino fun in Shanghai
Besides the government-run research programs, science parks and incubators it’s also interesting to see bottom-up DIY technology creation. Therefore we thought it might be of interest to read the following announcement. In partnership with XinCheJian and DF Robot, Techyizu’s Hackyizu: Hardware Edition kicked-off last Sunday with a warmup event that allowed individuals to learn about Arduino, form teams, choose projects, …
TU Delft holds workshop on urban environments in Guangzhou
Last week Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) held a workshop on “urban systems and the environment” in Guangzhou, together with its research collaboration partner South China University of Technology (SCUT). This is already the 3rd workshop after TU Delft and SCUT formally set up a joint research centre on urban systems and the environment last year, one of several …
InnoAsia 2013: Towards a smart green city agenda
The Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Cooperation organized InnoAsia 2013 with the theme ‘Towards a smart green city agenda’. This conference links academics, experts, leaders, businesses and decision makers to exchange thoughts and knowledge on making the world smarter and greener. It addresses major global issues such as the growing population and rapid urbanization in combination with climate change …