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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Re:its about time...

[Chess_the_cat]

Chess? What the fuck are you smoking? Chess is an Indian game. As for "works on how to run a government" maybe the Chinese should read those themselves. And silk comes from a worm! That's like crediting Canadians with lobster! Spaghetti is Italian. You're thinking of noodles. But Art of War is a good book. I'll give you that.