China's Bumpy Road Ahead Broadcast Yourself. Observations based on my Trip to China Sorry I was away so long. I was in Spain, and then China. Let me tell you about the China trip. One of the first things I discovered on the China trip was that I couldn’t write posts on Our Finite World from China, thanks to China’s censorship. The impression I got was that China allows a moderately free expression of opinion, as long as it is through a recognized organization, like a newspaper, or even The Oil Drum, or Energy Bulletin. My trip consisted of two parts: (1) A visit to China University of Petroleum for three days, followed by (2) A commercial to tour (by Viking) which included stops at Beijing, Xian, and Shanghai and a boat ride down the Yangtze River from Chongqing to Wuhan. Visit to China University of Petroleum Professor Feng Lianyong invited me to visit China University of Petroleum, to meet with his students and to speak at a small symposium he was putting on that included a number of local dignitaries, plus people from Petroleum University. Gail and Ben with Students
Taiwan Government Entry Point China’s housing bubble: New evidence For a while now, analysts have been arguing there is a bubble in China’s property market. Using records from 35 major cities this column finds evidence of a housing bubble. It compares house prices to cointegrated fundamentals and finds that property in China is in general overvalued by around 20% – and even more so in the boom towns. For many observers, the Chinese economy has been spurred by a bubble in the real-estate market, probably driven by the fiscal stimulus package and massive credit expansion (Nicolas 2009). In reaction to the global crisis, the government urged banks to increase lending (Cova et al. 2010). There are several indications that the market might have overheated in recent years. To dampen the evolution, the People’s Bank of China has increased its nominal interest rate. A burst of a house-price bubble can be harmful for the real economy. While accelerating house prices may indicate the presence of a bubble, its existence is rather controversial. Figure 1.
Taiwan Coordinates: Taiwan ( i/ˌtaɪˈwɑːn/ TY-WAHN Chinese: 臺灣 or 台灣; pinyin: Táiwān; see below), officially the Republic of China (ROC; Chinese: 中華民國; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó), is a state in East Asia. Constitutionally, the ROC government has claimed sovereignty over all of "China", in a definition that includes mainland China and Outer Mongolia,[14] but has not made retaking mainland China a political goal since 1992.[15] However, the government's stance on defining its political position largely depends on which political coalition is in charge. Names The official name of the state is the "Republic of China"; it has also been known under various names throughout its existence. History Prehistoric Taiwan Taiwan was joined to the Asian mainland in the Late Pleistocene, until sea levels rose about 10,000 years ago. Opening in the 17th century In 1626, the Spanish landed on and occupied northern Taiwan, at the ports of Keelung and Tamsui, as a base to extend their trading. Qing rule Japanese rule
Cisco Poised to Help China Build Surveillance Project 中華民國物理學會 The Physical Society of Republic of China 雙星系統的伽瑪射線瞬變現象政大應物所台大物理系 郭光宇 教授 若在通電流的導體上外加橫向磁場，電荷載子在勞倫茲 (Lorentz) 力的作用下會往垂直於電流方向的兩邊偏移[如圖一(a)所示]，造成導體兩側有電壓降。這個1879年美國學者Edwin Hall發現的現象叫做霍爾(Hall)效應。1970年代初，兩位蘇聯學者... (本專欄由物理推動中心鏡像產生) The end of cheap coal World energy policy is gripped by a fallacy — the idea that coal is destined to stay cheap for decades to come. This assumption supports investment in ‘clean-coal’ technology and trumps serious efforts to increase energy conservation and develop alternative energy sources. It is an important enough assumption about our energy future that it demands closer examination. There are two reasons to believe that coal prices are likely to soar in the years ahead. First, a spate of recent studies [1–5] suggests that available, useful coal may be less abundant than has been assumed — indeed that the peak of world coal production may be only years away. Second, global demand is growing rapidly, largely driven by China. Economic shocks from rising coal prices will be felt by every sector of society. Forecasting future supplies of coal is a murky business, largely because of the unreliability of national estimates. Coal consumption is accelerating fast, notably in China (see graphic). 1.
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