A new analysis of the setting for last month’s devastating earthquake in China by a team of geoscientists at MIT shows that the quake resulted from faults with little seismic activity, and that similar events in that area occur only once in every 2,000 to 10,000 years, on average.

Posted : Wed, Jul 02, 2008

   Microsoft Corp. today announced several new actions that deliver upon the commitments set in its Interoperability Principles to increase the openness of its products, drive greater interoperability, and provide increased opportunity and choice for developers, partners, customers and competitors.

Posted : Tue, Jul 01, 2008

   DuPont today recognized 17 young professors from universities in the United States, China, Spain and India with the annual DuPont Young Professor grant.

Posted : Mon, Jun 30, 2008

   Fujitsu (China) Holdings Co., Ltd. today announced that China Mobile Communications Corporation, the country's largest mobile phone carrier, has selected Fujitsu's SPARC Enterprise UNIX servers, ETERNUS storage equipment, and PRIMECLUSTER middleware for its core information system, which is to be deployed in all 31 provinces, cities, and autonomous regions in mainland China.

Posted : Thu, Jun 26, 2008

   China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have made impressive strides in tackling the risk of contamination from unsafe blood by reaching close to 100% voluntary blood donation, said WHO today .

Posted : Sat, Jun 14, 2008

   Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that it has been selected by the Beijing municipal government to deploy an optical transport network solution in Beijing, to enhance e-government security services and deliver mission critical communications.

Posted : Tue, Jun 10, 2008

   Important investment program will increase capacity and update technology to manufacture complete plate assortment.

Posted : Mon, Jun 09, 2008

   Dell's focused execution enabled the company to grow worldwide PC unit shipments in the calendar first quarter of 2008 more than 1.4 times faster than the overall market growth rate, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker.

Posted : Sat, Jun 07, 2008

   Changan Ford Sales Company, Ford Motor Company's joint venture in China, today announced the opening of its 200th full-service dealership, completing a sales and service network that now covers the whole country.

Posted : Mon, May 26, 2008

   The Government of China has organized a high level mission to Sichuan - with support from UNICEF - to provide immediate psycho-social assistance for children suffering emotional trauma following the major earthquake that struck the region on 12 May.

Posted : Fri, May 23, 2008

   First hand reports indicate surviving children without food, water, shelter

Posted : Sat, May 17, 2008

   Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) today announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Brazilian-based Dixtal Biomedica e Tecnologia ("Dixtal").

Posted : Fri, May 16, 2008

   Two days after the largest earthquake to hit China in a generation, news of its full impact on the communities living close to the epicenter is still trickling in at a painfully slow speed.

Posted : Wed, May 14, 2008

   Wal-Mart announced today it is providing more than RMB 3 million (US $430,000) in disaster relief and reconstruction for the central part of China that has been affected by the worst earthquakes in more than 30 years.

Posted : Wed, May 14, 2008

   DuPont partnerships with China's public and private sectors will help increase farm productivity in the country and increase total global supply of key agricultural products

Posted : Mon, Apr 28, 2008

   DuPont Crop R&D Leader Discusses Pioneer Hi-Bred Biotechnology Leadership at Beijing Ag Summit

Posted : Fri, Apr 25, 2008

   Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) was honored with the title of "China Green Company" in a national selection revealed by China Entrepreneur magazine, Daonong Enterprise Institute and Guanghua School of Management of Beijing University

Posted : Wed, Apr 23, 2008

   BenQ today expands its Joybook R series lineup with the launch of Joybook R45. Powered by a 2.10 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor

Posted : Sun, Apr 20, 2008

   The sleek Buick Invicta show car revealed here in conjunction with Auto China 2008 is Buick's strongest statement yet of its deliberately international plans.

Posted : Sun, Apr 20, 2008

   Zurich Financial Services Group (Zurich) announced today that it has signed an agreement with Nan Kai University's Department of Risk Management and Insurance (DRMI), based in Tianjin City, to launch a research project.

Posted : Sun, Apr 13, 2008