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TWAS meeting in China
SciDev.Net’s China correspondent Li Jiao will be blogging live from TWAS’s 23rd General Meeting and 12th General Conference in Tianjin, China, this week (18–21 September). The programme will focus on...
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Will the president of Chinese Academy of Science become the next president of...
Li Jiao China correspondent, SciDev.Net Welcome to my blog from the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World’s (TWAS) 12th General Conference and 23rd General meeting, taking place in Tianjin,...
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TWAS elects new president
Li Jiao China correspondent, SciDev.Net Bai Chunli, the president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), was elected today as the next president of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World...
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President Hu Jintao makes surprise visit to TWAS meeting
Li Jiao China correspondent, SciDev.Net The Chinese president, Hu Jintao, surprised attendees with an appearance at the opening ceremony of the conference this afternoon in the Tianjin Great Hall. He...
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Science for future economic development
Li Jiao China correspondent, SciDev.Net “The world is likely to be increasingly inflicted with poverty, hunger, disease, conflicts, violence, and economic uncertainty,” Atta-ur-Rahman, former science...
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China sets its eyes on lunar exploration
Li Jiao China correspondent, SciDev.Net A session this morning on ‘Advances in China’s Lunar Exploration’ was introduced by China’s chief lunar exploration scientist and pioneer in astro-chemistry,...
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TWAS changes its name, again
Li Jiao China correspondent, SciDev.Net During breakfast this morning, it was announced that TWAS — which was originally known as the Third World Academy of Sciences and changed its name to the...
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TWAS and the future of developing world science
Li Jiao China correspondent, SciDev.Net Academician M.H.A. Hassan, the former director of the TWAS, made a speech during the Abdus Salam Medal Lecture yesterday that delegates are still talking about....
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TWAS meeting ends on a high note
Li Jiao China correspondent, SciDev.Net The TWAS (The World Academy of Sciences) conference finished today, Bai Chunli, its next president and the president of Chinese Academy of Sciences, working...
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