19 must-read stories from our China meeting

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1. My grandmother’s feet were bound, but she still sent her daughters to university. Tian Wei on closing China’s gender gap .
2. How to attend our meeting as a robot. A virtual guest arrives in Tianjin, as we make our debut on Vine.
3. China is launching a “self-targeted revolution.” Read Premier Li Keqiang’s speech on reform, growth and the world economy.
4. How to turn people power into green power, by Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Prime Minister of Denmark.
5. Five tech revolutions that are changing the world. Everything you need to know about trends in robotics, nano, neuro, data and energy.
6. What does the second machine age mean for jobs? We need to create whole new industries, says Erik Brynjolfsson.
7. Also: “Don’t be surprised if China puts a cap on carbon”, a paralysed man walks on robotic legs, and why art matters.
8. Finding the “heart and soul” for reform. An interview with Professor Schwab on his hopes for the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2014 in Tianjin, China. (China Daily)
9. China’s money supply growth slowed in August, as the country weans itself off printing money to stimulate growth. (Wall Street Journal)
10. Premier Li Keqiang’s views on the economy made news around the world. (Reuters), (International Business Times), (Xinhua), (Ecns), (The Diplomat).
11. Inside the World Economic Forum. From Davos to Syria, Professor Schwab reveals what worries him most as founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum. (Wall Street Journal)
12. Creating value through innovation. What it means, why it’s the theme of our meeting in Tianjin. (新华社)
13. Global economic growth moderate but fragile. (International Business Times)
14. Weibo Queen visits the World Economic Forum. (新华社)
15. Interests, influence and knowledge. “How can we assure ourselves that these institutions [think tanks] will arrive at scientifically justified conclusions without crippling distortions created by the funding and career environments in which they are lodged?”
16. Confessions of a foreign agent.
17. On the optimal size of the financial sector. “The world before the crisis was one where there were too many bankers and too few engineers.”
18. The world at warm. More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. More acid in the oceans.
19. You are what your ancestors ate.
Author: Adrian Monck is Managing Director of Public Engagement at the World Economic Forum.
Image: A participant talks to a virtual guest in Tianjin, courtesy of BEAM telepresence technology. WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
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