China’s Innovation: From Where It Came and to Where It Will Go?
February 23, 2017
By Professors Yutao Sun and Cong Cao China’s innovative capacity has been on the rise and China’s innovation system is still state-led. However, when we talk about “China’s innovation” in a knowledge-based and globalized economy, we have to first figure out what “China” and “innovation” mean. Specifically, we need to call into question things such …
Will Chinese trains come to Britain?
November 14, 2015
By Dr Yuefan Xiao Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Amsterdam. The internationalisation of China’s High-Speed Rail (HSR) has gone a long way since 2010 and it epitomised China’s soft power as an ascending nation not only of great growing but innovative potential. Recent months have seen a sequence of international endorsements of China’s …
Reforming China’s Science and Technology System
October 23, 2013
By Dr. Cao Cong, Associate Professor and Reader, at the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, The University of Nottingham UK. Despite more money, better trained talent, and sophisticated equipment, China’s domestic innovation system is still underperforming. The root of these problems can be found at the macro, meso, and micro levels of governance of the …
Study Tools for Chinese Studies – Technology
September 11, 2013
By Tracy Fallon, Third Year PhD Student in Contemporary Chinese Studies, The University of Nottingham UK. Technology has radically altered the way that students and researchers are able to engage with data and the learning process. No less so for studying and researching Chinese Studies. I remember the first Chinese-English dictionary I bought. It was …