Computer World (Thibodeau) - China's focus on science and technology is relentless, and it's occurring at all levels of its society. Its labor pool is becoming increasingly sophisticated, its leadership is focused on innovation, and the country is adopting policies designed to pressure U.S. firms to transfer their technology. The trend is causing increasing worry in Washington, but there are five reasons why China may yet succeed in its goal to achieve world dominance in technology...
1. China's leadership understands engineering
2. China's leadership wants to out-innovate the U.S.
3. China's science and technical talent pool is vast
4. The U.S. is failing at science and math education
5. China is getting U.S. technology, all of it
China's goal is not to just build TV sets and computer components. It has established what it calls an indigenous innovation policy, meaning it wants Chinese-origin technology that is owned by Chinese companies. This policy, "designed to encourage technology transfer and force U.S. companies to transfer R&D operations to China, will force U.S. companies to transfer technology in exchange for access to its markets," U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke testified at a Senate hearing in June. China's indigenous innovation policy may be showing results.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
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All you have to do is look at the publicly funded "direct link" transfer of emerging technology ... the large number (the majority in some schools) of MS and PhD students at US engineering and science departments. They aren't studying "general studies", "English literature", "sports communications" (do you want fries with that type degrees) ... American students can't get admission but the schools like Purdue, UofMich, U of IL, etc. are loaded with Chinese grad students. Even the German institutes (Max Planck, Fraunhofer, Hahn Meitner, etc. have the same). They may have taxpayer funding to develop new technology and "jobs of the future" but they will never happen in the US - NACFAM has documented that... the PLA and other Chinese organizations will see to that
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