China, the world's number one patent applicant, has embarked on very ambitious innovation programs in all sectors of the economy: health, education, urban planning, high-speed train transport, urban planning, digital transition, infrastructure, sustainable development, industry 4.0, aerospace sector, etc. Innovation, especially ecological innovation, has become a priority for companies today.
PlusBeijing is building tower dams in the western regions of China, populated in particular by Tibetans, with the ambition of reducing its dependence on coal. In Lianghekou, a concrete wall as high as the Eiffel Tower is taking shape in the forested mountains of southwest China.
PlusMore and more French startups in the field of life sciences are opening their capital to Chinese funds. This is a good way for them to find the industrial and financial partners capable of opening the doors of this huge emerging market to them.
PlusOctober 28 will be a date marked with a white stone or a black stone; the future will tell. Indeed, for the first time, Chinese scientists have injected an adult human with cells genetically modified by the famous CRISPR-Cas9 technique. A team of scientists from the University of
PlusChina is regularly described as the bad pupil of environmental protection. This is true at all levels: polluted air (fine particles, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone), contaminated rivers, rampant desertification and the world's largest greenhouse gas emissions.
PlusThe recently concluded G20 meeting of the world's greatest leaders in Hangzhou, China, has turned the rhetoric calling for fiscal discipline on its head. The major powers said that innovation should be an "engine of growth" to revive the global economy. Usually
PlusAs the G20 meets in China, WWF reminds leaders that now is the time for action. To this end, the NGO is publishing a report presenting 15 major signals that demonstrate that the global energy transition has begun and is irreversible. The aim of the report is to help make the world's energy transition irreversible.
PlusNothing goes right in China anymore. As the world's largest manufacturer, China produces 25 % of all the manufactured goods on the planet. But, due to globalization, Chinese wages have risen as fast as the growth of its activity. As a result, China is no longer really competitive. The human race is definitely taking a nosedive
PlusThe Silk Road, the artery that linked China to the confines of Europe to transport silk and other precious commodities, should be given a new lease of life. No more camel caravans crossing the arid deserts of Asia, no more cosmopolitan caravanserais, no more rocky tracks jumping from fortress to oasis. Today,
PlusChina has the most powerful supercomputer in the world. The Sunway Taihulight aggregates a total of 40,960 processors, each with 260 cores. Special feature: these are not Intel processors, but 100 % processors made in China. The Americans did not foresee this setback.
PlusThe propensity of investors to rush into available agricultural land in Africa or Asia has been known for some years now. But these investments have generated much disappointment due to the instability of the regions concerned. As a result, investors are now targeting less risky horizons, from Australia to the
PlusThe acquisition by a Chinese company of 1,700 hectares of farmland in the Indre region, in the heart of the French cereal basin, is causing concern among Berry farmers and the authorities responsible for rural development. A Chinese management fund based in Hong Kong has bought three cereal farms in the last year, namely
PlusLes établissements scolaires de Pékin vont suspendre pour trois jours toutes leurs activités en extérieur, en raison de nouveaux pics de pollution atmosphérique, ont annoncé dimanche les médias officiels, une semaine après un cauchemardesque épisode d' »airpocalypse » dans la capitale chinoise. « Les jardins d’enfants, écoles primaires et établissements secondaires devront
PlusLes établissements scolaires de Pékin vont suspendre pour trois jours toutes leurs activités en extérieur, en raison de nouveaux pics de pollution atmosphérique, ont annoncé dimanche les médias officiels, une semaine après un cauchemardesque épisode d' »airpocalypse » dans la capitale chinoise. « Les jardins d’enfants, écoles primaires et établissements secondaires devront
PlusDans son discours d’ouverture de la COP21 ce lundi, le président chinois Xi Jinping a d’emblée fait sienne la formule de Victor Hugo : « Face aux difficultés extrêmes on trouve des solutions extrêmes ». Pour la Chine, l’accord qui sera trouvé à Paris est un point de départ. Affirmant que « l’écologie
PlusUne équipe chinoise de l’université de Donghua à Shanghai a conçu un papier à base de graphène capable de bouger seul. Comme le papier, le graphène est solide mais flexible et il peut donc assez facilement être déformé, mais jusqu’à ce jour, il ne pouvait pas bouger tout seul… Tel un
PlusYouyou Tu becomes the first Chinese woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for her research on malaria. She shares her prize with William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura who worked on the development of ivermectin, a treatment for parasitic diseases. Youyou Tu is
Plus« Chef-Cui » est le nom de code de ce robot coupeur de Noodles, désormais cloné par dizaines pour remplacer le petit personnel dans les restaurants en Chine. Non, ce n’est pas une blague ! L’histoire : un restaurateur chinois a décidé de se passer des étudiants comme coupeurs de nouilles. Non pas
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