A basic research project on “the South China Sea gas hydrate accumulation and exploitation” was successfully finished. The project was mainly undertaken by the China Geological Survey Bureau. It targeted the gas hydrate on the northern slope of the South China Sea and was focused on conditions for its formation, as well as the formation process dynamics and accumulation. The …
Dutch Teacher in Beijing Awarded Favorite Foreign Expert Title
Dutch teacher Padma Bansie received the award for ‘My Favorite Foreign Expert’ from the Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) during the New Year Party for Foreign Experts held on December 26th last year. In total, 18 foreign experts from six colleges and departments from the prominent foreign studies university were awarded the “My Favorite Foreign Experts” title. Ms. Bansie was …
JD.com’s main business not profitable?
China’s JD.com (formerly JingDong and 360Buy) prepares for a $1.5B IPO in the US. To this end it had to give a rather interesting insight into its figures in the SEC filing. Not only is the profit of JD.com rather low, but it mainly comes from interest, government tax rebates and ‘other business’. That other business is not clearly described …
Chinese professor builds home-made Li-Fi network
Chinese professor Chi Nan has built her own Li-Fi wireless system that can use LED lights to surf the internet. Li-Fi is not new, but instead of developing specialized hardware, Chi bought her components on Taobao (a major Chinese e-commerce website). The professor from Fudan University demonstrated her technology at the China International Industry Fair in Shanghai. Unlike traditional Wi-Fi …
Former Google executive now working in China: blown away
Hugo Barra was well-known as Vice President of Android Product Management. Every year at Google’s biggest conference Barra would show off Android’s latest features. Then last year, Barra quit Google to work for the Chinese company XiaoMi. In December, he gave a talk in Paris at LeWeb about how utterly blown away he has been by China. In his talk …
China Elected 104 New Academicians in 2013
On 19th December 2013, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) announced names of their newly elected Academicians, the highest academic honor in the field of science and technology in China. 53 out of 391 nominated candidates are elected as CAS Academicians this time, expanding the CAS membership to 750. CAE elected 51 out of …
Deadline CSC Scholarships for Senior and Visiting Scholars (including Postdocs) in January 2014
The deadline for application for the 2014 Chinese Government Scholarships Programme administered by the China Scholarship Council (CSC) is approaching in January 2014. Besides 7000 PhD scholarships, CSC will also sponsor 200 senior scholars and 2600 visiting scholars (including postdocs) from China for research training abroad in 2014. The duration of the scholarship for Postdocs may vary between 3 to …
Horizon 2020 launched with €15 billion over first two years
The European Commission recently announced the first calls for proposals under Horizon 2020, the European Union’s €80 billion research and innovation programme. Worth more than €15 billion over the first two years, the funding is intended to help boost Europe’s knowledge-driven economy, and tackle global issues that will make a difference in people’s lives. This includes 12 focus areas in …
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 …