Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
China's investment overseas is increasingly important to the United States and the international community. The China Global Investment Trackercreated by The Heritage Foundation is the only publicly available, comprehensive dataset of large Chinese investments and contracts worldwide beyond...
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
China successfully launched a remote-sensing satellite on Wednesday that it says will be used to conduct scientific experiments, carry out surveys on land resources, monitor crop yields and help with natural disaster prevention and response. Called Yaogan XIII,...
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
This week I am working on a model to map out civic actions in China. I borrowed models on social movements in the field of political science and added one dimension, the level of centralization of the...
Monday, November 7th, 2011
Leica Geosystems today announced that the company has entered into a Research and Development (R&D) agreement with YTO, a leading agricultural machinery and construction machinery manufacturer in China. The agreement includes plans to develop integrated precision auto-steering solutions...
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
In response to recent public announcements on the readiness of the Beidou-2 navigation system and the planned release of the signal Interface Control Document, Spirent Communications plc, the leading provider of navigation and positioning test solutions, today...
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
One hundred years ago today, China kick-started a rebellion which overthrew centuries of imperial rule, stripping the young emperor and regent of power. Ecstatic revolutionaries did away with the reviled pigtails mandated by the Manchu rulers and decried...
Friday, September 23rd, 2011
The Philippines is urging a meeting between the 10-member Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China to clearly map disputed areas in the South China Sea in order to reduce tensions. The meeting of ASEAN Maritime...
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
Hubei Provincial People's Government Information Office held in Wuhan Hongshan Li Tong the "Eleventh Five-Year" conference. The event was about mapping the development of the province's achievements and important geographic information data. The conference is the Hubei provincial...
