1. Global Network Society: China Pekka Himanen Manuel Castells et al.

2. USA - neoliberalism - 1/3 economy and continues dynamic - ½ R&D ASIA - multinationals attraction - ~10% growth - expert educ.> EU & USA EU - welfare state - lagging behind POOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES - marginalized - gap between the rich and poor 75:1 - knowledge gap [Figures are Goldman Sachs projections for 2050] 35$T45$T 25$T

3. Project context continuation to Himanen-Castells research, in which the previous phases have analyzed: –Finland and the EU (The Information Society and the Welfare State, Oxford University Press 2002) –Silicon Valley and the United States (Castells ed., Network Society: A Cross-Cultural Approach, London 2004) –Singapore outcome of the China research 2004-2006: –a more empirically and theoretically grounded understanding of the Chinese development, critical to business and politics –a wider understanding of the logic of the global network society (the original theory has been largely developed based on the Western experience)