TY - BOOK AU - Zhu,Jinzy ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - China Cloud Rising: China's Journey Towards Technology Supremacy SN - 9783642537455 AV - HB71-74 U1 - 330 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Berlin, Heidelberg PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Imprint: Springer KW - Economics KW - Economics/Management Science KW - Economics/Management Science, general N1 - Cloud Evolution -- Cloudonomics -- Cloud Security -- Cloud Standards -- China Dreams -- Connecting the Possibilities -- Cloud Use Cases -- China Firsts -- Cloud in Motion -- Clouds of Change -- Cloud Factory -- The Art of Cloud Wars N2 - In twenty years, China's expenditures for research and development will surpass those of the United States, a trend that epitomizes nationalistic ambitions to regain intellectual prestige for a country that had once invented paper and gunpowder. Tens of billions of dollars have been poured into a new technology superstructure as China seeks to transform its economy from a crippling reliance on manufacturing outsourcing. Cloud computing represents a dynamic foundation for the new superstructure that can foster the growth of a socio-capitalistic ecosystem, creating a new class of green exports in the form of highly sophisticated software and services. With Cloud computing, China is seeking to establish a new Silk Road, where its cultural products will once again change the world UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-53745-5 ER -