IFTF's Future Now: links for 2008-04-07

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April 07, 2008

The Real China and the Olympics - washingtonpost.com

"Huge investment in Olympic projects and a total lack of transparency have facilitated serious corruption and widespread bribery. Taxpayers are not allowed to supervise the use of investment amounting to more than $40 billion. Liu Zhihua, formerly in char

(tags: China Olympics corruption censorship protest)
Beijing Olympics boosts China`s cable market - BroadcastNewsroom

the Beijing Olympics is driving domestic digital cable take-up which is set to grow from 18 per cent at the end of 2007 to 24 per cent by the end of Olympics year.

(tags: China television Olympics sports business technology)
Innovation trends in China - Thomson Scientific

with data on patents and R&D spending

(tags: China innovation R&D)
State Intellectual Property Office of the PRC ENGLISH

website of the State Intellectual Property Office of the PRC

(tags: China patents search innovation)
Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology website

(tags: China government science technology)
China No 7 in 2007 world patent filings; India lags

has table with countries' rates of growth in PCT patent filings

(tags: China data innovation science technology)

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