The U.S. and China are exploring new ways to bridge U.S. moon exploration plans with China. Includes comments from WUSTL earth and planetary sciences professor Ray Arvidson.

References:

1. April 16, 2009 — U.S. Astronauts Might Hitch Rides on Chinese Spacecraft in the Space.com

WUSTL chancellor Mark S. Wrighton is trying to establish meaningful relationships with foreign universities, in hopes of engaging large numbers of WUSTL students and faculty members, encouraging robust research collaborations, and cultivating a more global campus.

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1. Feb. 27, 2009 — U.S. Colleges Get Serious With Partners Overseas in the The Chronicle of Higher Education

A UBS memo, along with dozens of e-mail messages like it, were disclosed on Thursday in a blistering court document filed by the Justice Department, which sought to compel UBS, based in Switzerland, to divulge the identities of 52,000 Americans whom the authorities suspect of using secret offshore accounts at the bank to dodge taxes. WUSTL criminal and securities law professor Samuel Buell, who helped to prosecute Enron, comments.

References:

1. Feb. 20, 2009 — UBS Pressed for 52,000 Names in 2nd Inquiry in the The New York Times

and 7 others.

In a Dec. 8th news conference in Hong Kong, twenty-five premier research universities from around the world, including WUSTL, announced the establishment of the Consortium for Clean Coal Utilization to promote research and applications of clean coal technology.

References:

1. Dec. 9, 2008 — Story on the establishment of the Consortium for Clean Coal Utilization in the Xinhua News Agency (China)

and 11 others.

The Beijing Olympics begin in just over three weeks, and the Chinese are trying to clear the air. In a recent test, Beijing's air failed to meet international health guidelines six days out of seven. WUSTL chemical engineering professor Jay Turner comments.

References:

1. July 15, 2008 — China trying different things to improve air quality for Olympics in the CBS Evening News

WUSTL law professors Scott Kieff and Troy Paredes along with a Stanford colleague write that the latest regulatory actions by the competition unit of the European Union against Microsoft could have a profound impact on other U.S. companies doing business in Europe. Consumers may end up paying the freight for runaway regulation.

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1. March 14, 2007 — Microsoft's European experience troubling for U.S. companies in the SiliconValley.com

and 9 others.

Eager to tap into China's pool of dirt-cheap engineers and technical employees who earn $5,000 to $10,000 a year, hundreds of European and U.S. companies have opened research centers throughout China in the last two years.
WUSTL political science professor Andrew Mertha warns that companies should be careful because of the seriouis problem of intellectual property piracy.

References:

1. Nov. 5, 2006 — U.S. research making great leap in the Philadelphia Inquirer

BusinessWeek looks at the growth of business school programs in China that are being developed with the help of U.S. business schools, Including WUSTL's Olin School of Business.
Patrick Moreton, who is the co-director of the executive MBA program offered by Fudan University and WUSTL's Olin School, comments.

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1. Jan. 8, 2006 — China's B-School Boom in the BusinessWeek

It was almost unimaginable 25 years ago that China, the nemesis of the capitalist world, would embrace American-style management education. But today it is doing so with a gusto that puts the western world to shame.
While US business schools are reporting falling applications for their MBA programs, partly as a result of competition from overseas and a tight labor market, students in China are beating at the doors of the top courses.
Fudan runs programs with the WUSTL Olin School, the Norwegian School of Management and Hong Kong University.

References:

1. Aug. 4, 2005 — China's lust for business learning in the The Financial Express (Bangladesh)