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SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Sinopec is the instrumental partner in helping the Central Government to establish a Chinese airworthiness certification for alternative aviation fuels made from locally grown feedstocks. The certified fuel known as “1# bio-jet fuel” will be produced by Sinopec using its own technology in a newly built refinery in Hangzhou (near Shanghai).

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MARCH 14, 2014

(EM), developer of opposed-piston opposed-cylinder (opoc) engine technology, has established a joint research and development center together with Hunan University (HNU) in Changsha to further develop and adapt their technology for the Chinese market. Earlier post.). —Amit Soman, EM’s president and chief operating officer.

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APRIL 22, 2014

Harman International Industries, Inc. has entered into an agreement with China’s Tsinghua University to establish a new joint research laboratory focused on creating disruptive innovations for future vehicles. We are excited about this new relationship and the work we will do to make our vehicles and our roads safer.

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JULY 10, 2018

The Chinese EV battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. The project agreement between CATL and the Free State of Thuringia was signed on Monday in the framework of the German-Chinese intergovernmental consultations in the Federal Chancellery in Berlin. GWh in 2017—making it Nº 1 globally.

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MARCH 30, 2022

Danish Minister for Transport Trine Bramsen, Aalborg municipal government representatives, and European media were invited to witness the first test runs of Geely methanol vehicles on Danish roads and visit the e-methanol production facility at Aalborg University.

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JANUARY 27, 2018

The work was supported by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science and other organizations. Jiwen Fan, Daniel Rosenfeld, Yuwei Zhang, Scott E. Giangrande, Zhanqing Li, Luiz A.T.

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JULY 10, 2018

The Chinese EV battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. The project agreement between CATL and the Free State of Thuringia was signed on Monday in the framework of the German-Chinese intergovernmental consultations in the Federal Chancellery in Berlin. GWh in 2017—making it Nº 1 globally.

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MAY 16, 2022

Using new analytical methods, the research group “CritMET: Critical Metals for Enabling Technologies” led by Michael Bau, Professor of Geochemistry at Jacobs University in Bremen has studied the distribution of germanium and gallium in iron-manganese crusts from the deep sea. Source: Jacobs University).

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FEBRUARY 8, 2021

LI Rengui from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with Prof. Kazunari Domen from The University of Tokyo, Prof. Lianzhou Wang from The University of Queensland, Prof. A research team led by Prof. LI Can and Prof. Credit: DICP.

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JULY 9, 2011

Axion International, a leading producer of industrial building products and railroad ties made from 100% recycled plastic ( earlier post ), has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) with Sicut Holding Limited (previously Micron Inc. The joint venture will be 65% owned by Axion and 35% owned by Sicut.

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AUGUST 5, 2011

The University of Michigan (U-M) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) have selected six research teams to share $1.05 Goal: To enable broader use of biofuels in advanced internal combustion engines. and Chinese governments, as well as from industry.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

These are some of the findings of a new health assessment based on the Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report (TOAR), an effort by the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project to create the world’s most comprehensive database of surface ozone observations from all available ozone monitoring stations around the globe. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 28, 2020

Dongfeng Passenger Car Corporation uses the axle drive for its new all-electric version of the Yixuan car, a recent passenger car model which belongs to the Chinese A-segment that would internationally be considered a C-segment.

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JANUARY 20, 2017

The University of Michigan (U-M) will collaborate with Chinese institutions to advance research, development and deployment of new transportation technologies and cutting-edge innovations. U-M is the first university in the US to partner with DiDi. Funding for the five-year, $25-million partnership will be provided by BICI.

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MAY 14, 2018

A new study finds that the growth of carbon production from Chinese exports has slowed or reversed, reflecting a “new phase of globalization” between developing countries that could undermine international efforts to reduce emissions. The paper is published in Nature Communications.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

Credit: The University of Hong Kong. By 2050, the global population is expected to soar to 9.7 billion, with 68% of the population living in urban areas. Breakdown of the 841 large cities by country income-levels: 353 cities (42.0%) from high-income countries (e.g.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2016

An international group of physicists led by the University of Arkansas has created an artificial graphene-like structure with transition metal atoms in place of carbon atoms. The research was also partially funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The U of A-led group published its findings in Physical Review Letters.

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JULY 23, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected Argonne National Laboratory to lead a consortium of university, private sector and national laboratory partners for a new, medium- and heavy-duty truck technical track under the US-China Clean Energy Research Center ( CERC ) Truck Research Utilizing Collaborative Knowledge (TRUCK) program.

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JUNE 28, 2018

Countries seeking to meet Paris Agreement targets on CO 2 emissions must get a grip on the amount of pollution produced at city level, according to a new open-access study published in S cience Advances by an international team of researchers from Europe and China. Total CO 2 emissions of 182 Chinese cities. Shan et al.

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JULY 17, 2017

Exposure to ozone, long associated with impaired lung function, is also connected to health changes that can cause cardiovascular disease such as heart attack, high blood pressure and stroke, according to a new study of Chinese adults. —Junfeng (Jim) Zhang, from Duke and Duke Kunshan University. 2017.2842.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Commerce Department issued new rules that clamped down on the export of certain advanced chips—which have military or AI applications—to Chinese customers. has blocked chip sales to individual Chinese customers. Both chips, intended for datacenters and AI trainers, cannot be sold to Chinese customers under the new rules.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

In China, people breathe ozone-laden air two to six times more often than people in the United States, Europe, Japan, or South Korea, according to a new international study published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters. —Lin Zhang of Peking University, lead author.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

An international research team led by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research (WIMR) has found that even a sub-chronic low level exposure to particulate matter can have an adverse effect on lung health. —Dr Yik Chan from UTS and WIMR, and co-lead author.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2021

An international team of scientists, led by NTU Singapore, has linked increased air pollution to an uptick in cases of lung adenocarcinoma (LADC) worldwide. This study, done in collaboration between NTU and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, showed that a 0.1 LSCC is often linked to a history of smoking. —Prof Sung.

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DECEMBER 28, 2022

According to Chinese authorities, the ones on Changbiao are civilian power reactors, designed to generate 600 megawatts of electricity each, which amounts to a little more than 1 percent of the total capacity of China’s nuclear power sector. So China could start producing weapons-grade plutonium there very soon.

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JULY 8, 2018

Daimler became the first international automaker to receive a road test license for highly automated driving research vehicles (level 4) in Beijing, marking a major new milestone in the company’s local research and development efforts in China. topics and tailor them to the Chinese market.

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OCTOBER 25, 2016

signed an agreement with SAIC USA, a fully owned subsidiary of Chinese automaker SAIC Motors, to manufacture and distribute the Savari V2X communications solutions in the Greater China and selected ASEAN countries. V2X company Savari Inc. The smartcity will feature more than 10,000 vehicles equipped with Savari’s V2X solutions.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2014

As a key element for our sustainable growth strategy in China, our new R&D Center will help us to fully tap our potential here and give our Chinese customers’ voice even more weight in our global network and future product development. With these collaborations, Mercedes-Benz engineering teams get also access to a vast Chinese talent pool.

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

Biofuel produced by the China-US Aviation Biofuel Pilot Project will meet international specifications approved in 2011 for jet fuel made from plant oils and animal fats. The project’s goal is to assess the technical feasibility and cost of producing higher volumes of biofuel.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

On 3 January 2019 , the Chinese spacecraft Chang'e-4 descended toward the moon. and Soviet (now Russian) programs, had registered an international first. The landing also prefigured grander Chinese lunar ambitions. China's space program , long trailing in the footsteps of the U.S. Petersburg. James Provost.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The University of California, Davis, and the China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC) have entered a new agreement to work together to help speed the commercialization of plug-in and fuel cell electric cars in China. Major international and Chinese automotive and energy companies will also be invited to participate.

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JANUARY 12, 2013

Consumption-based power mixes and NG transmission distances by Chinese province in 2010. However, the fuel-cycle PM 10 , PM 2.5 , SO 2 , and NO x emissions of EVs could be up to five times higher than those of ICEVs (internal combustion engine vehicles) and CNGVs. Credit: ACS, Huo et al. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.]

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FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Years of government support for corn farmers—paying Chinese corn producers more than twice the international price level until 2016—have left China with a substantial stockpile. China’s end-of-year corn stock estimates (2017/2018 values forecasted). Source: USDA FAS. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

But it may also signal a de-escalation of the pressure Washington has brought to bear on the Chinese company now that Huawei is on its heels. What's at stake is control of international 5G networks, which are expected to transform global communications. Washington embarked on an intense campaign to block Huawei, and Ms.

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APRIL 28, 2016

China-based internet company LeEco unveiled its LeSEE electric car concept this week at Auto China 2016—The 14th Beijing International Automobile Exhibition. He also led the development of GM’s three major global platforms and purchasing as a Chinese joint venture. Earlier post.) Ding received a B.S.

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APRIL 21, 2011

In addition to its impacts on snow and ice, black carbon is an air pollutant.

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JULY 8, 2018

Daimler became the first international automaker to receive a road test license for highly automated driving research vehicles (level 4) in Beijing, marking a major new milestone in the company’s local research and development efforts in China. topics and tailor them to the Chinese market.

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