UC Berkeley's College of Engineering has announced a new partnership with the Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park to develop what it describes as a "a platform for expanding industrial and academic research collaborations in Asia and fostering global learning opportunities for Berkeley students." more ›

The last time an anchor from our favourite TV channel made it to the news, he created such a brouhaha that culminated in the eviction of one coffee company from the Forbidden City. In the news this time is New Zealand-born anchor Edwin Maher who for many years before arriving in China was a weatherman with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The Los Angeles Times published a profile of Maher that started it all off. It... more ›