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Pictured from left: Siqi Zheng, Samuel Tak Lee Associate Professor and faculty director of China Future City Lab; Bin Yang, vice president and provost of Tsinghua University; Martin Schmidt, MIT provost; Richard Lester, MIT associate provost for international activities; Zhengzhen Tan, executive director of China Future City Lab

MIT and Tsinghua University sign urban innovation agreement

Future City Innovation Connector to support projects addressing rapid growth of Chinese cities.

September 19, 2017

"I’ve been fortunate to have great graduate students from the day I got here, and I’m very proud of how they’ve done," Vipin Narang says.

Making sense of nuclear threats

MIT political scientist Vipin Narang explains the strategies of new nuclear powers.

September 11, 2017

A new study finds that industrial parks in China have led to the growth of nearby “edge cities” that are hubs of diverse economic activity and residential life. The researchers looked at 110 industrial parks near eight cities in China, including the city of Wuhan, pictured here.

Industrial “edge cities” have helped China grow

Study: Commercial parks have boosted growth, created new urban centers.

August 17, 2017

The student-run MIT-China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (MIT-CHIEF) announced a collaboration with the MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node to launch a new program, Co-founder’s Journey.

MIT-CHIEF launches Co-founder’s Journey

New on-site program will connect MIT startup teams with advanced manufacturing resources in China’s Pearl River Delta area.

June 6, 2017

"We can’t only care about global-scale climate change; we also need to consider the local quality of life because these two things are closely related. If you want to know more about China’s future, you need to understand its local life," says Siqi Zheng, faculty director of the Samuel Tak Lee MIT Real Estate Entrepreneurship Lab.

3Q: Siqi Zheng on air quality and urban development in China

Author of “Blue Skies over Beijing” links Chinese air quality and urban development.

May 19, 2017

Years of rapid urbanization, rising incomes, and transport investment focused on automobiles has led to a significant rise in traffic congestion in Beijing and other Chinese cities. An MIT study considers how effective new measures will be in reducing China’s air pollution.

Tackling air pollution in China

Combining climate policy and vehicle emissions standards could pack a one-two punch.

May 17, 2017

For great challenges, a global strategy

MIT plan outlines new framework for expanding its international engagement.

May 17, 2017

Albert Saiz, director of the MIT Center for Real Estate, focuses on the confluence of urban policy, economic development, and real estate markets.

3 Questions: How urbanization and revolutionary innovation are shaping global real estate

The Center for Real Estate’s Albert Saiz talks about worldwide trends affecting housing, commercial real estate, and investment in the built environment.

May 3, 2017

Zhu Zhenqi (left), president of ENN Energy Research Institute, and Robert Armstrong, director of the MIT Energy Initiative, sign the agreement for ENN's membership in MITEI's Center for Energy Storage Research.

ENN Group becomes MIT Energy Initiative member to advance energy storage technologies

ENN Group, one of China’s largest private energy companies, will join MITEI’s Center for Energy Storage Research.

April 13, 2017

MIT Asian security studies faculty (left to right) M. Taylor Fravel, Richard Samuels, and Vipin Narang train the next generation of scholars and security policy analysts; counsel national security officials in the U.S. and abroad; and inform policy through publications and frequent contributions to public debates.

Q&A: Meet MIT's experts in Asian security

Influential team counsels leaders, educates students, and informs policy.

April 3, 2017

The Edgerton Center hosted 10th-grade students from Beijing, China, for a workshop on underwater remotely operated vehicles.

Wisdom gained: A good engineer should have artisan spirit

In a three-day workshop, 60 Beijing high school students build underwater remotely operated vehicles and launch them in the Zesiger pool.

March 27, 2017

"China Comes to Tech: 1877-1931" gathers materials from this chapter in MIT history for the first time. The exhibit will run through November, in MIT’s Maihaugen Gallery in building 14N.

3 Questions: Emma Teng on “China Comes to Tech”

New exhibit delves into history of Chinese students at MIT.

February 9, 2017

C. Adam Schlosser, MIT research scientist and Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change deputy director

Modeling plausible futures

MIT research scientist C. Adam Schlosser assesses long-term risks to regional water and energy systems.

January 10, 2017

“Compared to the developed world, the state of transportation systems in China is less well-understood, and because it’s such a large, populous country, unrestricted or poorly guided growth could lead to significant negative consequences for the environment and climate,” says Paul Kishimoto, a recent recipient of a fellowship from the Martin Family Society of Graduate Fellowships in Sustaina...

Rethinking how we get around

Paul Kishimoto, a PhD student in IDSS, probes the future of transportation in China.

January 4, 2017

“The alumni scene in Hong Kong is thriving,” says Julian Lee ’97, former president of the MIT Club of Hong Kong, who estimates about 600 alumni live in the region. “We are very excited about the growing MIT presence here. It is re-energizing innovation.”

At home in Hong Kong

Growing MIT presence in the region energizes students, faculty, and alumni.

December 13, 2016

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