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Posted on July 5, 2012 by admin

China labor shortage? Not this year say suppliers and experts

SINOLAND WORLDWIDE LTD. was quoted in an article by GLOBAL SOURCES

Leslie T. Chang: The voices of China’s workers

In the ongoing debate about globalization, what’s been missing is the voices of workers — the millions of people who migrate to factories in China and other emerging countries to make goods sold all over the world. Reporter Leslie T. Chang sought out women who work in one of China’s booming megacities, and tells their stories.

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The LED revolution – report from Light + Building 2012, Frankfurt

Posted on July 5, 2012 by admin

Light emitting diodes were the most lit-up segment at Light + Building 2012, with Hong Kong firms making the most of LED technology.

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LED Lighting: Call for a coherent European vision

A public consultation on the European Commission’s green paper for the future deployment of solid-state lighting (SSL) has generated responses calling for a more coherent vision across the continent, and incentives to promote manufacturing investments for job creation.

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Sourcing, Purchasing and Quality Inspection in (South) China

Posted on April 18, 2012 by admin

Doing business in China sucks – or does it?

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LED Lighting Applications – Possibilities and Developments

Posted on January 21, 2012 by admin

Urban Farming: The LED farming revolution

The BBC’s ‘Horizons’ program looks at urban farming and the role LED lighting does and will play to increase output

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Optical Safety of LEDs paper published

The “Optical and Photobiological Safety of LED, CFLs and Other High Efficiency General Lighting Sources” paper has been released. To download both the full report and an abridged version please visit Global Lighting Association’s website

Getting the green light – survey at the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Spring Edition) 2012

Industry players at the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Spring Edition) 2012 were optimistic. Sustainability, especially LED technologies, represent the light at the end of an economically-perilous tunnel of business prospects for 2012.

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Comparing LED and Conventional Light

When comparing LED lighting performance to conventional lighting, buyers will want to consider energy efficiency, operating life and lumen depreciation, light output/distribution, color quality, color shift, dimmability, and expected lifetime.

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Cheaper LED Lightbulbs Are on the Way

Silicon backing should make high-efficiency lighting more affordable

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Guangdong Province to Complete LED Lightings Transition in Public Places Within 3 Years

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Links to two more discussions were added on LED Lighting Applications – Possibilities and Developments:

LED solutions make down light applications flexible, reliable and more energy efficient

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Navigating uncharted waters: New challenges in specifying LED luminaire lifetime

What if every light bulb had an internet IP address?

LEDs Magazine looks at IPv6-enabled intelligent lighting

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Let there be intelligent light: The case for LEDs

Everything else has gone digital. Lighting is literally the last vestige of the vacuum tube era.

Hong Kong includes LED lamps in its ‘Voluntary Energy Efficiency Labelling Scheme’

Effective June 1, 2012, LED lamps are included in Hong Kong’s Voluntary Energy Efficiency labelling scheme.

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Conquering LED Efficiency Droop: Overcoming Mysterious Phenomenon Could Lead to Affordable LED Lighting

Opinions

Posted on December 3, 2011 by admin

Martin Jacques, writer and columnist, about Civilization state versus nation-state - China confronts Europe with an enormous problem: we do not understand it

What Else Happened?

Posted on November 28, 2011 by admin

Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2012 commenced on June 9-12, 2012 at the China Import and Export Fair Complex, Guangzhou, China. The exhibition consisted of not only Chinese companies such as Mulinsen, ChangFang, Honglitronic, and Refond Optoelectronics but also global big names such as Philips, Osram, GE, Panasonic, and Toshiba. Taiwanese LED companies gathered at Arena B – 10.2 and 11.2 while international top-tier firms showcased at Arena A – 3.1 and 4.1. Displays and TVs were exhibited at Arena B – 12.1 and 13.1.

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Didn’t happen:

The great annular solar eclipse of 2012 fell flat due to seasonal cloudy weather and was not visible in the the PRD. Now we have to wait another 300 years, or so, we are told, when the next one visible in our area is due

New Procedures to Make Foreign Company Registration much Easier in Guangdong

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What China can do to you! German Chancellor Andrea Merkel apparently grew wings during one of her recent visit to Beijing and Guangzhou

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Shenzhen’s annual Flower Market in Luohu’s Aiguo Road (爱国路) is the largest of its kind in Greater Shenzhen and held in the week before the Spring Festival. More pictures on China Impressions

Allen Youngblood & Eugene Pao Live @Grappa’s Cellar, Hong Kong (Jan 21, 2012) See and listen on This and That – links we think are worthwhile to know

China’s commemorative stamp for the Year of the Dragon drew some attention. Few have seen it, but those who didn’t have an opinion anyway. See the Chinese dragon and some of his international cousins and make up your mind: Which is the most fearsome of them all? on Droppings from the Laowai Biotope

Pictures from the Great Typhoon Shelter Fire in Shekou on China Impressions

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New Books

Posted on November 28, 2011 by admin

Dr. Bernhard Wessling’s extraordinary book about life and work in Shenzhen will soon be published in a new German language edition: ‘Hier nennt man mich LaoWei’ (Here they call me LaoWei). For more details about the book and its author go to Do some reading. It’s good for you.