China
ASU-Sichuan University partnership designing future of higher education
ASU’s partnership with China’s Sichuan University continues to expand. The most recent manifestation was a visit, Aug. 4 through 6, by Jian Shi, Sichuan University’s vice president for global engagement, and Shijing Yan, the director of Sichuan’s Office of International Affairs. Unfortunately, bad weather grounded Shi in Chicago. Yan made it to Arizona for a series of meetings at ASU, which Shi joined by teleconference.
ASU students receive Freeman Awards to study in China
Six Arizona State University undergraduates recently received Freeman Awards for Study in Asia to study in China this summer.
China
Arizona State University is committed to building strong and long-lasting linkages with China.
ASU's China initiative gives students and scholars a chance to build their understanding of China both by bringing the ASU community to China and by bringing connections to China home to Arizona.
The Tsinghua University Presidential Delegation Visits ASU
May 11, 2007 - There are significant collaborative opportunities between Arizona State University and Tsinghua University, said Gu Binglin, President of Tsinghua University, during a visit to ASU in May.
Cutting China's carbon cost
Jane Wu
June 29, 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
China's carbon emissions have shot up as energy demands soar. But will this change with new technology? Jane Wu investigates.
Zhang Fubin, who works at the Tianjin Cement Industry Design & Research Institute in China, is constantly being interrupted by his mobile phone.
Since the institute successfully developed new technology to generate energy from the waste gases emitted during cement making, he has barely had time to himself.
