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The New Rules of Innovation: Does China Have What it Takes?

As the Chinese economy grows and Chinese industries expand, new markets are opening up that provide fertile ground for innovation. Increasing consumption means a growing demand within China for new products, more efficient business models, and better technology.
Will China take advantage of this growing demand and develop its potential for creative invention? And will the rise of Chinese innovation necessitate the fall of America’s global contribution?

Participants in the November 2011 US-China Forum on the Arts and Culture.

New US-China Forum Sends Top American Artists to Beijing

Meryl Streep, Yo-Yo Ma, Joel Coen, and Amy Tan are just some of the American cultural figures going to Beijing next month for four days of unprecedented cultural exchange. more
Yang Junpo, Pingdingshan, Henan Province, China, 1996.

'Coal + Ice' Exhibition Opens in Beijing

The Center on US-China Relations photography exhibition "Coal + Ice," documenting the effect of coal-fueled climate change on Himalayan glaciers, opens in Beijing. more
Pingdingshan, Hunan Province, China. Niu Guozheng, 2006.

Mined In China － 煤矿中国

China's growth has required a concurrent boom in energy production; these photographs reveal the effects of the boom on the people and places that have fueled it. more
An onlooker holds the US and China flags as US President Barack Obama welcomes Chinese President Hu Jintao during a State Arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, January 19, 2011. (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)

Orville Schell: 'Tarnished' U.S. Needs to Learn How to Work With a More 'Combative' China

The prominent journalist, author and Arthus Ross Director of the Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations on China's rigid response to recent protests. more
Stonyfield Farm CEO Gary Hirshberg at the Asia Society, November 9, 2009. (Bill Swersey/Asia Society)

A Healthy Outlook for Organic Food in Asia

Stonyfield Farm CEO Gary Hirshberg and Wal-Mart's Beth Keck on organic food in Asia. more

China Boom

A mosaic explanation of China's extraordinary rise, in the words of those who have watched it most carefully. more

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