International Webinar: Navigating life in China as an international student and afterwards
A webinar organised by the Federation of Latin American and Caribbean Associations for Friendship with the People’s Republic of China (FALCARPC) and hosted by the ABCF
Friday May 30, 8:30pm, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT – 4)
Zoom Meeting ID 819 2417 2084
Charted: How Top Economies Generated Electricity in 2024
Despite a growing push toward cleaner energy sources, coal remains the leading source of electricity generation worldwide. In 2024, fossil fuels accounted for nearly 60% of global power generation, with coal alone contributing 35%, according to the International Energy Agency.
How Daily Incomes Have Changed in Top Economies (1994-2024) (visualcapitalist.com)
Ranked: Global Share of Manufacturing Value, by Country - (visualcapitalist.com)
In 2010, China overtook the United States to become the world’s largest manufacturer. Over a decade later, the gap has only widened.
In 2023, China’s manufacturing sector added $4.8 trillion in value—making up 27% of the country’s total economic output.
Henry Huiyao Wang speaks at 1st Princeton China Forum
…. Years later, I founded the Center for China and Globalization (CCG), now ranked as the No.1 non-governmental thinktank in Beijing. CCG has become an unofficial port of call for diplomats seeking ground truth, for professors brainstorming joint studies, for journalists hunting nuance beneath headlines, and for students—American, European, African—searching for China’s place in their own future. We host dozens of dialogues each year, drawing participants from leading policy centers and universities across North America. It is in those exchanges—where tariffs and technology fears are probed with data rather than slogans—that I learn daily how engagement tempers ambition with realism and realism with empathy.
Man quits top China university, declines PhD offer in US to sell snacks, earns US$95 a day | South China Morning Post
Academic pressure makes 24-year-old from poor family veer off pathway to elite education into humble world of making mashed potatoes.
Former Harvard professor convicted over China ties joins Tsinghua University | South China Morning Post (scmp.com)
Retired Harvard University chemist and nanoscientist Charles Lieber, who was convicted in 2021 for not disclosing his connections to a Chinese talent programme, has joined Tsinghua University as a chair professor.
Lieber, 66, a pioneer in the integration of nanotechnology for use in biology and medicine, will be researching at the Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, launched by the top Chinese university in 2019.
Beijing Story: I helped set up the Chinese Liason Office in Washington
The story today is told by Wang Hongbao (王红宝), who was a member of a team of Chinese diplomats tasked with setting up a liason office in the United States after Nixon’s historical visit to China, to prepare for establishment of formal diplomatic ties between the two countries.
This weekly newsletter is put together by DeLisle Worrell, President of the ABCF. Visit us at Association for Barbados China Friendship | (abcf-bb.com).
Thanks to everyone who sent contributions for this week’s Update. Please send items of interest to me via the contact page at ABCF-BB.com or to info@DeLisleWorrell.com
The ABCF mission is to build a deeper understanding between the Chinese people and Barbadians and Caribbean people from all walks of life. The association’s focus is on personal experiences, people-to-people contact, cultural exchanges and exchanges of ideas, and the facilitation of travel, business and study. From the outset we aim to learn from and build on the experiences of the Caribbean and China, and to develop mutual understandings and support that will be to the benefit of both sides.
