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Nokia and Pearson Form Wireless Educational Venture in China

LONDON and ESPOO, Finland, February 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Nokia
(NYSE: NOK), the world leader in mobility, and Pearson, the world’s leading
education company, today announced the formation of a joint venture, Beijing
Mobiledu Technologies, to…

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |

Made in China or Swiss Made?

BRISBANE, Australia, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ — Advertising that a toy is made in China can be as successful as saying a watch is “Swiss Made”, if the marketing is done right, a Queensland University of Technology researcher says.
Professor Brett Martin f…

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |
 

Designed to delight; MAD’s sky garden

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Feng Juan saw the construction workers outside No 32 Beibingmasi hutong in China’s capital Beijing, while riding her bike to her narrow courtyard home, last summer.

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |

New dinosaur fossil could provide clues to evolution

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – U.S. paleontologists said Thursday they have uncovered a new dinosaur species in China’s Gobi Desert that could explain how one dinosaur family came to look like birds.

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |
 

Solarfun Becomes Member of PV Cycle

SHANGHAI, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (“Solarfun” or “the Company”) (Nasdaq: SOLF), a vertically integrated manufacturer of silicon ingots and photovoltaic (“PV”) cells and modules in China, today announced that …

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |

Sino-Forest Signs Long-term Master Agreement to Acquire Trees in Guizhou Province

TORONTO, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Sino-Forest Corporation (TSX: TRE) (“Sino-Forest”), a leading commercial forest plantation operator in China, announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sino-Panel (China) Investments Limited has entered…

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |
 

John Gapper in Davos: George Soros wants China to revalue its currency

It was a sprightly and cheerful George Soros who addressed journalists at a lunch today in Davos on the aftermath of the financial crisis.
The crisis has been good for the credibility of Mr Soros and he drew a notable group of editors to listen to his …

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Random Thoughts |

LDK Solar Signs Module Supply Contract With COU/Oneworld

XINYU CITY, China and TORONTO, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (“LDK Solar”; NYSE: LDK), a leading manufacturer of solar wafers, announced today that it has signed a contract to supply solar modules to Canada based COU Solar (“COU…

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |

Trina Solar to Set up State Key PV Research Laboratory

CHANGZHOU, China, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ — Trina Solar
Limited (NYSE: TSL) (“Trina Solar” or the “Company”), a leading integrated
manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) products from the production of ingots,
wafers and cells to the …

[ More ] January 26th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |

Former French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin Visits Sundia

SHANGHAI, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — Sundia MediTech Company, Ltd., a
leading pharmaceutical R&D outsourcing Service Company in China, announced
that a French delegation led by former French Prime Minster Jean-Pierre
Raffarin visited Sundia o…

[ More ] January 26th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |