China

China and Japan remain miles apart on uninhabited islesAt MIT event, diplomats and scholars reinforce high stakes, lack of progress on Asian territorial dispute.

Chinese students set their sights on an MIT futureMiddle and high school students from Beijing engaged in project-based hands-on science and engineering lessons at the Edgerton Center.

Facing the facts about our changing climateMIT researchers join Boston Globe panel in weighing climate risks and resolutions.

Powering the Chinese dragonChina Light and Power’s Peter Littlewood talks with MIT researchers and students about the country’s strengths and the United States’s opportunity to embrace them.

All the difference in the worldIn new book, economists Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson assert that above all else, political institutions — not culture or natural resources — determine the wealth of nations.

When (and where) work disappearsStudy: Overseas manufacturing competition hits U.S. regions hard, leaving workers unemployed for years and local economies struggling.

Companies looking at a more regional approach to manufacturingChina no longer the obvious choice for manufacturing functions of large U.S.-based companies, paper says

China’s pollution puts a dent in its economyDespite improvements in air quality, the economic impact of air pollution has increased dramatically, new MIT study shows.

Taylor Fravel decodes China’s foreign policyA political scientist analyzes the decisions of a world power.

PhD candidate Greg Distelhorst explores accountability in China

American made?MIT forum examines the role of manufacturing in rebuilding the economy.

Former mining CEO: China growth will continue, Africa the ‘next battle for natural resources’Agnelli speaks at Sloan as part of Dean’s Innovative Leader Series

A true bargain houseFirst prototype built from MIT’s effort to construct houses for $1,000 each.

3 Questions: Dennis Frenchman on making cities sustainableHow the form of urban spaces adds to the energy they use.

The price of fresh airHow costly are the health damages from air pollution in China?

Making clean-energy citiesA new set of tools for designers and developers

MIT and China cement educational goalsTop-ranking Chinese official visits MIT, signs agreements to improve cross-country collaboration in education.

Chinese property tycoon encourages entrepreneurshipDuring talk at MIT Sloan, Zhang Xin details how she helped bring 'color to Beijing'

Huang awarded the 2010 Scaglione Prize from the Modern Language AssociationChinese Shakespeares cited as a 'landmark' book

MIT strengthens its ties to Greater ChinaThe Institute has embarked on a major, long-term effort to promote intellectual and technological exchange.

Power to the peopleEntrepreneurs at MIT’s Legatum Center are trying to bring clean-energy solutions to developing countries.

Letter to the community on MIT’s engagement with Greater ChinaMIT Greater China Strategy Working Group issues its final report.

Slideshow: President Hockfield in ChinaShe meets with leaders of government, business and academia -- as well as MIT alumni -- during stops in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taipei.

Should Google stay in China?A panel discussion suggests that if the goal is to promote Chinese democracy, a censored Google is better than no Google at all.