Tag Archives: China
Spotting scientists, lazy scientists
Calling scientists as a community ‘lazy’ is to abdicate the responsibility to make it easier for them to enjoy the fruits of their labours. Continue reading
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Tagged bureaucracy, China, CNR Rao, higher education, Japan, JNCASR, science community, scientists, South Korea
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Why India’s rabies problem is especially bad
India bears the world’s heaviest rabies burden, according to a new study from the Global Alliance for Rabies Control, accounting for 35% of all deaths due to the disease. Here’s why you shouldn’t be surprised (data from GARC). 1. Vaccination … Continue reading
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Tagged BRICS, China, Global Alliance for Rabies Control, palliative care, prophylaxis, public health, rabies, vaccination of dogs
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Alibaba IPO – A vindication of China’s Internet?
If China wants Alibaba to go international, it will find it tough to take refuge behind its current Internet governance policies. Anuj Srivas explains. Continue reading
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Tagged Alibaba IPO, China, Google, Great Firewall, Internet censorship, Internet governance, Microsoft, privacy, transparency, Yahoo!
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R&D in China and India
“A great deal of the debate over globalization of knowledge economies has focused on China and India. One reason has been their rapid, sustained economic growth. The Chinese economy has averaged a growth rate of 9-10 percent for nearly two … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Current Science, decentralization, GDP, India, peer review, plagiarism, private sector investment, publish or perish, R&D, scientific misconduct, scientific publishing, scientific research
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