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NYT: China Drawing High-Tech Research From US
New York Times ^ | March 17, 2010 | KEITH BRADSHER

Posted on 03/18/2010 3:32:31 AM PDT by shader

Mr. Pinto is the first chief technology officer of a major American tech company to move to China. The company, Applied Materials, is one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent firms. It supplied equipment used to perfect the first computer chips. Today, it is the world’s biggest supplier of the equipment used to make semiconductors, solar panels and flat-panel displays. On the other side of Xian from Applied Materials sits Thermal Power Research Institute, China’s world-leading laboratory on cleaner coal. The company has just licensed its latest design to Future Fuels in the United States. Future Fuels will ship the equipment to Pennsylvania and have Chinese engineers teach American workers how to assemble and operate it.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: china; economy; research; tech; technology; us

1 posted on 03/18/2010 3:32:31 AM PDT by shader
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To: shader

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2 posted on 03/18/2010 4:00:12 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Weakening McCain strengthens our borders, weakens guest worker aka amnesty)
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To: shader

Alternate title: “The ‘brain-drain’ begins as the US starts its transition from a superpower to a third world nation...”


3 posted on 03/18/2010 5:22:31 AM PDT by PIF
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To: shader

The main bipartisan effort that interests of both political parties try to cover up with the shrieking, emotional, white noise of contemporary political speech—the effort to destroy their own country in return for bribes (debt) from foreign nations.


4 posted on 03/18/2010 6:14:06 AM PDT by familyop (cbt. engr. (cbt), NG, '89-' 96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote.)
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To: PIF

It’s an easy repalcement because many labs and other research facilities have been swarming with asian and european guys - becuase they could expect a lot more money overseas.

Now they just go home.


5 posted on 03/22/2010 1:36:06 AM PDT by Rummenigge (there are people willing to blow out the light because it casts a shadow)
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