China Fast Forward
China Fast Forward

Author: Bill Dodson

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-07-25

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1118176359

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Will China Surpass the United States as an innovation nation? China is tirelessly working to overcome its technological deficiencies by driving R&D initiatives in government and business and adapting Western Internet platforms for domestic use. It is extending its technological reach through a major drive to rival India as a services outsourcing leader and projecting its high-tech brands into the companies and homes of other countries. But whether China succeeds will depend on how it handles such issues as demography, energy dependency, and resource limitations. The environmental challenges posed by China's vast manufacturing sector are well documented, but what isn't widely realized is that China is actually outstripping the West in all manner of green initiatives, renewable energy investments, research and development funding, and other areas essential to improving the health of the planet. However, omnipresent government intervention, environmental degradation, natural resource exhaustion, and other issues threaten to derail China’s rise to superpower status. As the country meets global challenges on a scale that few nations can match, China Fast Forward takes a look at what lies ahead and why China’s success is important to us all. In this book, Bill Dodson explores China's reincarnation from a closed, agrarian nation into a modern, high-tech superpower bent on literally cleaning up its act. Presents an on-the-ground survey and analysis of China's renewable and clean energy sector that identifies the kinds of projects and technologies Chinese enterprises and local governments are hungry for Includes a discussion on how successful Chinese companies are developing their brands to go head-to-head with the world’s best-known companies Discusses how central government conflicts of interest are actually foiling corporate and official drives to innovation across a range of sectors Taking a look inside China's march toward becoming a sustainable superpower through innovation, China Fast Forward presents a balance sheet of the country's technological and social progress on its path to becoming a world leader.

Fast Forward
Fast Forward

Author: William Antholis

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 0815722192

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"Clearly establishes how and why global warming is a major threat and why urgent action is needed, including the history of domestic and global negotiations on global warming and the players who must be involved in finding a solution to climate change to protect future generations"--Provided by publisher.

Fast Forward
Fast Forward

Author: Melanne Verveer

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 0544527194

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Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In ignited a conversation about women and their careers, and resonated with millions of readers. Fast Forward, by two women leaders with experience and access throughout corporate America and around the world, takes the next step. Through interviews with a network of over fifty trailblazing women, it shows women how to accelerate their growing economic power and combine it with purpose to create success and meaning in their lives while building a better world.

China Fast Forward
China Fast Forward

Author: Sergi Vicente

Publisher: Ediciones Península

Published: 2018-03-20

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 8499425569

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¿Qué sabemos de la China de hoy? No, de verdad: ¿qué sabemos? Seguramente tan poco como cuando Sergi Vicente aterrizó allí en 2002 con algunas nociones de mandarín y la idea de dar clases de inglés durante tres semanas. No llegó a utilizar el billete de vuelta. A lo largo de los más de doce años que siguieron amplió sus conocimientos del país, del idioma y de sus habitantes y, convertido ya en corresponsal de televisión, recorrió todas las provincias chinas en busca de la noticia. Su periplo coincidió con una época de profundos cambios en el país asiático que han catapultado a China a la primera línea informativa. En muy pocos años, la población china, más del doble de la europea, ha pasado de las estrecheces a una confortable existencia de clase media. Como contrapunto, están ahora en primer término el replanteamiento de prioridades político-económicas y las urgencias medioambientales y de seguridad alimentaria de un país demográficamente al límite. Es el precio de estar pasando a cámara rápida del comunismo maoísta al capitalismo de Estado. China Fast Forward es un relato trepidante, hecho desde el conocimiento del territorio y la cultura chinas. Es una historia de amor y desamor a un país. Pero sobre todo es un libro imprescindible para entender cómo es la China de hoy y cuáles son sus retos inmediatos de futuro.

Fast Forward
Fast Forward

Author: Holly Willis

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2016-08-16

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 0231850972

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Cinema, the primary vehicle for storytelling in the twentieth century, is being reconfigured by new media in the twenty-first. Terms such as "worldbuilding," "virtual reality," and "transmedia" introduce new methods for constructing a screenplay and experiencing and sharing a story. Similarly, 3D cinematography, hypercinema, and visual effects require different modes for composing an image, and virtual technology, motion capture, and previsualization completely rearrange the traditional flow of cinematic production. What does this mean for telling stories? Fast Forward answers this question by investigating a full range of contemporary creative practices dedicated to the future of mediated storytelling and by connecting with a new generation of filmmakers, screenwriters, technologists, media artists, and designers to discover how they work now, and toward what end. From Chris Milk and Aaron Koblin's exploration of VR spherical filmmaking to Rebeca Méndez's projection and installation work exploring climate change to the richly mediated interactive live performances of the collective Cloud Eye Control, this volume captures a moment of creative evolution and sets the stage for imagining the future of the cinematic arts.

Rewind, Play, Fast Forward
Rewind, Play, Fast Forward

Author: Henry Keazor

Publisher: transcript Verlag

Published: 2015-07-31

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 3839411858

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Due to shifts in the contexts of the production and presentation of the music video, more and more people start to talk about a possible end of this genre. At the same time disciplines such as visual-, film- and media-studies, art- and music-history begin to realize that despite the fact that the music video obviously has come of age, they still lack a well defined and matching methodical approach for analyzing and discussing videoclips. For the first time this volume brings together different disciplines as well as journalists, museum curators and gallery owners in order to take a discussion of the past and present of the music video as an opportunity to reflect upon suited methodological approaches to this genre and to allow a glimpse into its future.

Fast Forward
Fast Forward

Author: Richard C. Carlson

Publisher: HarperBusiness

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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This perceptive look into the future of our country examines the great technological, economic, and social changes we are facing now, and their coming impact on our educational, health, legal, and environmental policies. Originally self-published as 2020 Visions.

China in Space
China in Space

Author: Brian Harvey

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2019-10-08

Total Pages: 564

ISBN-13: 3030195880

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In 2019, China astonished the world by landing a spacecraft and rover on the far side of the Moon, something never achieved by any country before. China had already become the world’s leading spacefaring nation by rockets launched, sending more into orbit than any other. China is now a great space superpower alongside the United States and Russia, sending men and women into orbit, building a space laboratory (Tiangong) and sending probes to the Moon and asteroids. Roadmap 2050 promises that China will set up bases on the Moon and Mars and lead the world in science and technology by mid-century. China’s space programme is one of the least well-known, but this book will bring the reader up to date with its mysteries, achievements and exciting plans. China has built a fleet of new, powerful Long March rockets, four launch bases, tracking stations at home and abroad, with gleaming new design and production facilities. China is poised to build a large, permanent space station, bring back lunar rocks, assemble constellations of communications satellites and send spaceships to Mars, the moons of Jupiter and beyond. A self-sustaining lunar base, Yuegong, has already been simulated. In space, China is the country to watch.

Fast Forward
Fast Forward

Author: Scott B. MacDonald

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-01-18

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1351293346

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Latin America is developing rapidly. As the authors see the region, a small group of countries has found a fast-forward button. In these countries change is exciting, occurring at such a rapid pace that a major breakthrough hi economic growth appears within grasp. After an almost decade-long period of recession and stagnation, many Latin American economies now have elected governments. With a few exceptions, most have also improved their socioeconomic conditions beyond meeting basic human needs. Yet few North Americans or Europeans are aware of these advances. How does Latin America fit into the changing world in the 1990s, and why should someone living in the United States, Europe, or developed parts of the Pacific Basin care? Fast Forward shows that Latin America's economic renaissance clearly has implications for a post-Cold War world order. Latin America is starting to make important contributions, particularly in the areas of international diplomacy, economics, and culture. Collectively, Latin Americans now demonstrate a coherent collective will about where they wish to take themselves. This does not mean that U.S. influence in the Americas will soon disappear, but that new challenges in the international system will force greater equity in Western Hemisphere relationships. While Latin America in the 1990s offers much to be excited about, the authors caution that there are dangers in being too enthusiastic. The always-present potential for top-down authoritarian approaches must temper enthusiasm about a better Latin American future. Despite this, the authors see a well-defined departure from past economic modes occurring and the potential for a higher level of development for some countries. This book is for economists, sociologists, and political scientists interested in economic and political development, and researchers interested in Latin America in particular.