Nikkei Asia (July 19)
“A Chinese startup this month became the first in the world to mass-produce large, bendable perovskite solar panels, based on technology initially developed by researchers in Japan.” The revolutionary “technology is seen as a candidate to win a Nobel Prize” and holds tremendous commercial potential, but “Japanese companies have little capacity to make new investments, allowing China to take the lead in large-scale perovskite panels.”
Tags: Bendable, China, Commercial potential, Investments, Japan, Mass-produce, Nobel prize, Perovskite, Solar panels, Startup, Technology
Wall Street Journal (December 27)
“China tends to save its most controversial arrests and verdicts for Christmas,” hoping that few people will notice. After Liu Xiaobo, who was sentenced on December 25, 2009, received the Nobel Prize, one might think China would discontinue the practice. This year, however, the tradition continues. “Last Friday, a Sichuan court meted out a nine-year sentence to blogger Chen Wei for inciting subversion—i.e., writing several essays calling for freedom of speech and political reform.”
Tags: China, Christmas, Dissidents, Nobel prize
