Topic: Beijing

The Next Cultural Revolution

The Chinese don't get creativity, right? Sure, they can stamp out a widget, or knock off a DVD, but when it comes to imagination, they just don't have the gene. Well, keep telling yourself that.READ»

Sad News for Architecture Fans: Portion of CCTV Complex Burns Down

In 2009, one of the most eagerly anticipated buildings in the last 20 years was to be completed: The headquarters of CCTV in Beijing, designed by Rem Koolhaas and OMA. A striking, integral piece of that complex was the nearby ...READ»

"Bird's Nest" Designers Debut a Brilliant New Museum

Herzog & de Mueron won the architecture profession's highest honor, the Pritzker, in 2001; last summer their iconic "Bird's Nest" stadium was beamed into a billion homes during the Beijing Olympics. But unlike other starchitects ...READ»

The Most Innovative Companies in Architecture

You have seen our Fast Company 50. But what are the companies within specific categories doing creative and ground-breaking work? Who is leading an industry into the future? Here we present the top ten firms in Architecture.READ»

17th World Congress on Ergonomics

In the feel-good event of the summer, designers and researchers will gather in Beijing to swap the latest in research, theories and practices in the field of ergonomics and human factors engineering. Themed “Changes, Challenges and ...READ»

The Olympics: Green or Brown?

Beijing's pollution isn't a secret. But as part of its bid to secure the Olympic contract, the world's 13th filthiest city (according to a World Bank study) embarked on a massive cleanup to improve air quality, sanitize drinking water and purify the rivers in time for the games, which began on Thursday. New sports stadiums were built with solar power and other energy-saving technologies, while new public transit systems were introduced to the streets. But can Beijing really claim this summer's games are green?READ»

• Are Beijing's Olympics Really Green?
• The Power of Green

Design in Beijing and Shanghai? China-mite!

Six years ago, when the One Club first launched its initiative to teach Chinese students Western design and advertising skills, the creative work produced by the country’s young designers was, well, pretty grim. “So much of the ...READ»

London Calling: Why the 2012 Summer Games Must Restore Consumer Confidence in the Olympics

The controversial issues surrounding the Beijing Olympics have received more coverage than Jerry Rice in the backfield. The damage is done – the falsified passports, the oppressive smog, and enough overdubbing and fake performances ...READ»

Postcard from Beijing

What do Starbucks and smog have in common? Opportunity. As I walk around Beijing, the signs of the 2008 Olympics fading into memory, I am struck by the fact that every corner has a Starbucks, not to mention other ubiquitous American ...READ»

Can NBC Garner Olympic-Sized Ratings?

If you haven't seen the commercials on every NBC channel for the last year, the 29th Summer Olympic Games commence in Beijing at 08:08:08 p.m. Given that Beijing is 12 hours ahead of the East Coast, and 15 hours ahead of the West ...READ»

Can Beijing Design Week Make China an Innovator Instead of a Copycat?

More than a year after the Olympics, the party isn't over in Beijing. Earlier this month, the Chinese capital's National Day extravaganza, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic, offered a ...READ»

Plan G: Should Geoengineering Be Our Weapon in the War Against Global Warming?

Nature stopped being natural decades ago. That is to say, starting the mid-19th century, human activity has changed global ecosystem conditions in ways that fall outside the normal variations visible in geological ...READ»

High-Tech Gear for Olympic Athletes

When it comes to finding that last bit of leverage over the Olympic competition, gear makers strain as hard as the athletes. READ»

• 7 Footwear Innovations for the Olympics
• Olympic Innovations in Athletic Gear
• 7 Super Secret Olympic Shoes from Nike, Adidas, and Puma

Time (Zone) Travelers

It's becoming the essential competitive edge: the ability to hopscotch the globe, switching countries, cultures, and languages as easily as the rest of us change clothes. Meet some folks who are really living the borderless life.READ»

Best Cities for Innovation

Cities to watch, from Abu Dhabi to Orlando.READ»

• U.S. City of the Year: Chicago
• Global City of the Year: London Calling

Now September 2008

What's happening in September, from clean coal to the hottest new music.READ»

• Meet: World Low-Cost Airlines Congress
• Listen: Songs of Autumn
• Numerology: The Car Century

How To Fix Olympic Spoilers

I participated in an somewhat-obscure Olympic sport in college:  rowing. It's only on TV during the Olympics, and during that time you can't pry me away from the TV with a 30-pound crowbar. But for most people rowing is one of those ...READ»

Let’s Look Beyond the Haze

I was in Beijing last week and noticed the smog, of course, but as China grapples with Olympics and air quality I also saw something much more important. China is serious about energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse ...READ»

October 2008: Reader Feedback

In the Fast Lane By the time our July/August issue arrived in subscribers' mailboxes, cover girl Katie Hoff had broken the world record in the women's 400-meter individual medley at the U.S. Olympic trials, shaving 0.34 of a second ...READ»

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Medal in Quitting for Balance

Quit. I did. That’s the answer if you want to be an Olympic athlete.  Seth Godin, in his little book “The Dip” talks about strategic quitting.  I expect many athletes at the Bejing Olympics quit a lot of other activities to ...READ»

The Mintz Dynasty

Dan Mintz landed in Beijing without a college degree, a job, or a word of Mandarin. Now he heads up the hottest advertising shop in the country. How one man cracked the Chinese market (by really, really trying).READ»

Entrepreneurship: Not So Fast, China

This morning the web is abuzz with some news out of Beijing. Apparently the Chinese index of entrepreneurial confidence (which I think needs an acronym) is still soaring in the third quarter of 2007. It registered no statistically ...READ»

Wind Power Asia booth design construction/booth contractor YoHo Expo China

YoHo Expo China Press-Wind Power Asia 2009 was successfully completed in China International Exhibition Centre in Beijing,which has attracted the leading companies like: VACON,OWENS ...READ»

In China, It's the 'Year of the Manager'

Motorola's opportunity: to triple its Chinese workforce by the year 2000. Motorola's problem: How to teach 10,000 Chinese the basics of business.READ»

China booth design booth construction in Beijing Shanghai-Vorstar Exhibition

Our Company provides professional booth designing, image display, booth construction in Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Chengdu and so on, as well as other exhibition related service in China. Our ...READ»