China: the New Advanced Technology Research Hotbed

securitas writes "The New York Times' Chris Buckley reports that China is the new hotbed of advanced technology research and development for hundreds of global technology companies. The list includes household names like Oracle (which 'opened a lab in Beijing to tailor its Linux operating software to suit its Asian customers'), Motorola, Siemens, IBM, Intel, General Electric, Nokia and others. Microsoft Research Asia hopes Google-surpassing technology comes from a group of '10 researchers ... working on new ways to drill deep into the Internet and select and organize the information found there.' Growth of the R&D sector in China is so rapid that 'within five years China could overtake Britain, Germany and Japan as a base for corporate research, leaving it second only to the United States.'"

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Way to go guys!

[Anonymous Coward]

That's good business sense - train your competition, so that native Chinese companies can steal your lunch in a few years.

Typical American crap - since anything past 1-2 quarters is "an infinity away".

*sigh*

Filling in the blanks..

[kagaku]

Microsoft Research Asia hopes Google-surpassing technology comes from a group of '10 researchers ... working on new ways to drill deep into the Internet and select and organize the information found there.

Microsoft Research Asia hopes Google-surpassing technology comes from a group of '10 researchers locked in a small windowless room getting paid $0.10 an hour and all the rice they can eat working on new ways to drill deep into the Internet and select and organize the information found there.'

Re:Within 5 years?

[Solder Fumes]

Can't be that bad:

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Re:Any link to China-Linux here?

[Anonymous Coward]

Did you read what you just posted? What the fuck is wrong with you?

Re:Bad news for US (USA USA USA)

[gosand]

You make me SICK.... America IS the greatest country in the world. First off, for being one of the youngest countries in the world, we have the oldest and longest standing Constitution in existance. I agree the US isn't perfect. But what entity or individual is? For you to come out and say America isn't the BEST country in the world is blasphemy. Go to China were you cant view all the pr0n you want. Or Russia with its wishy washy and highly secretive (more than ours) government. Or Ruwanda were kids 10 yrs old are being given assault weapons to go kill people. Or...... well, I could go on forever. Anyway, go blow smoke up someone else's a$$ because I don't want to hear it, commie bastard!!!! P.S. The United States of America gives more money to countries around the world than all the rest of the countries combined. If that isn't "worldly" I don't know what is, so SHUT UP!!!

Thank you for illustrating my point perfectly.

You read what you wanted to read, and missed the last half of that sentence where I said "and that it always will be." I DISTINCTLY put that in there. I never said this country wasn't great. But pride goeth before a fall, and there were many many more great civilizations before use that were around much longer. There is a good reason they aren't still around today. But you miss that point. You call me a commie because you are an ignorant, jingoistic fool. You say what I said is blasphemy, which is EXACTLY the point I was trying to make, yet I am sure you don't see why calling it blasphemy is making my point. You see donating money as being worldly.

I keep trying to think that people like you don't exist, and that there is hope for this country.