Comments on: California NanoSystems Institute starts joint venture in China http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1977 examining transformative technology Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Phillip Huggan http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1977#comment-5364 Phillip Huggan Thu, 07 Jul 2005 06:47:36 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1977#comment-5364 Nanotechnology has rapid turnover in its tool/equipment lifetimes; 2 or 3 years for most sectors. The Chinese economy is likely to be in better shape to facilitate this nano-investment than will be the economies of most western powers a decade from now. Asia is already a semiconductor powerhouse. Nanotechnology has rapid turnover in its tool/equipment lifetimes; 2 or 3 years for most sectors. The Chinese economy is likely to be in better shape to facilitate this nano-investment than will be the economies of most western powers a decade from now. Asia is already a semiconductor powerhouse.

]]> By: James Le Quynh http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1977#comment-5362 James Le Quynh Wed, 06 Jul 2005 20:15:43 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1977#comment-5362 China is a growing economic power. It has just introduced the "Nanotechnology Standardization" Committee to compete with the US and EU, instead with collaborative effort. So, any effort for cooperaative research and development in Nanotechnology with China must be taken with precaution. China is a growing economic power. It has just introduced the “Nanotechnology Standardization” Committee to compete with the US and EU, instead with collaborative effort. So, any effort for cooperaative research and development in Nanotechnology with China must be taken with precaution.

]]> By: Novak http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1977#comment-5361 Novak Wed, 06 Jul 2005 19:48:48 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1977#comment-5361 I'm getting slightly tired of the "Dollars go farther in China, so the Chinese are way out in front!" canard. This is a statement born of about 10% truth and 90% desire to fool gullible people into thinking that we need to shovel more government money (more! faster! harder!) lest the Chinese steal Western tech dominance overnight. The telling part is that the people pushing that claim the hardest are, natch, the ones who want that money the most. Grain of salt, people. I’m getting slightly tired of the “Dollars go farther in China, so the Chinese are way out in front!” canard. This is a statement born of about 10% truth and 90% desire to fool gullible people into thinking that we need to shovel more government money (more! faster! harder!) lest the Chinese steal Western tech dominance overnight.

The telling part is that the people pushing that claim the hardest are, natch, the ones who want that money the most.

Grain of salt, people.

]]> By: Phillip Huggan http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1977#comment-5358 Phillip Huggan Wed, 06 Jul 2005 14:29:53 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1977#comment-5358 China and the rest of Asia are growing nano-players. Organizational synergies with China supplying personnel and other nearby centers providing commerce expertise, look likely in the years ahead. China and the rest of Asia are growing nano-players. Organizational synergies with China supplying personnel and other nearby centers providing commerce expertise, look likely in the years ahead.

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