China

Winds of change?

Study: China could go big on wind power — if it adjusts its grid operations.

June 20, 2016

MIT to launch Hong Kong Innovation Node in June

Launch celebration and inaugural program for students marks the beginning of MIT’s long-term presence in Hong Kong.

June 7, 2016

Coal barges head upstream on the Huangpu River in Shanghai.

Target coal or carbon?

Researchers are analyzing coal and energy caps as carbon policy instruments for China.

May 24, 2016

MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research hosted a visiting delegation from China.

McGovern Institute for Brain Research hosts visiting delegation from China

Guangdong Party secretary leads group of officials to discuss research collaborations.

May 17, 2016

Nadia Lucas visits Tiananmen Square during record-low temperatures in China.

Victor and William Fung Foundation donates $1 million for global education programs

Five-year funding will expand opportunities for MIT undergraduates.

May 4, 2016

“Broadly speaking, my research looks at the causes of conflict, especially those involving China,” Taylor Fravel says. He is an associate professor in MIT’s Department of Political Science and a member of MIT’s Security Studies Program.

MIT political scientist awarded prestigious Carnegie fellowship

Taylor Fravel will examine Asia’s maritime conflicts in further depth.

April 19, 2016

Book celebrates MIT urban planning projects that solve real-world problems

"Planning Practice" documents a decade of workshops and studios in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

April 12, 2016

“For China, it looks like industrial growth [has the greatest impact on water shortages] as people get wealthier,” Charles Fant says. “In India, population growth has a huge effect. It varies by region.”

Water problems in Asia’s future?

Study finds high risk of severe water stress in Asia by 2050.

March 30, 2016

Prominent MIT economist and dean Lester Thurow dies at 77

Scholar and public intellectual examined globalization and its consequences.

March 29, 2016

“It certainly is the case that trade contributes to certain lower-priced goods and services, and on the average, that lowers the cost of living,” David Autor notes. “But for displaced workers, the fact that things are 10 percent cheaper at Walmart is just not making up for the fact that they’re not employed.”

Trading places

Economists take a new look at the evidence that the U.S. has lost millions of jobs to China.

March 9, 2016

MIT students take a tour of Derneng, a factory located in the Guangdong province, China.

MIT students tour factories in China’s manufacturing hub

During Independent Activities Period, students traveled to the Guangdong province for a behind-the-scenes look as part of the MISTI-China Program.

March 1, 2016

“Using carbon pricing in combination with energy price reforms and renewable energy support, China could reach significant levels of emissions reduction without undermining economic growth,” says Valerie Karplus. Pictured is a photo of Beijing.

Study: China’s new policies will lower CO2 emissions faster, without preventing economic growth

MIT professor sees coal use peaking within next decade and emissions dropping soon after.

February 9, 2016

Dispatches from the Paris climate talks

MIT attendees of COP21 share experiences, perspectives on outcomes

February 2, 2016

Left to right: Annabeth Gellman, Alexander Springer, and Kelsey Jamieson.

Three from MIT named inaugural Schwarzman Scholars

New award pays for one-year master's at Tsinghua University in China.

January 11, 2016

Yiqing Xu, MIT PhD candidate in political science

Building analytical tools to improve understanding of China's political economy

PhD student Yiqing Xu applies new methodology for better insight into the Chinese political economy.

December 15, 2015

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