Lynette Wu

The phenomenal rise of Apple's iPad is changing the face of mobile computing in almost all major aspects of Asian society, including education. Schools in more economically-advanced Asian countries are now going high-tech with the integration of the iPad and other similar tablet devices as a comprehensive learning solution for their students, which will eventually replace traditional paper-based notepads.

The Asia-Pacific travel market is diverse and dynamic, and coupled with an equally robust online growth, the travel industry in the region quickly rebounded from the recent global economic slowdown and has catapulted its way to the top as the second largest regional travel market in the world – overtaking the United States in the process.

China amazed the world in rapidly becoming the second largest global economy, second only to the United States, surpassing both Germany and Japan.

Even during the global economic meltdown, China experienced tremendous growth which it is maintaining this year and is expected to continue doing so in the years to come. However, to support this growth, China has an urgent need to upgrade its energy infrastructure as well as comply with carbon emission reduction requirements and energy conservation.

The race is on for worldwide leadership in green technology, and China leads the way as it spearheads the Asian push and is now rapidly making its way to the top.

The green trend is inescapable nowadays. Green tech is starting to become as firmly rooted — in recognition of the fact that it is both necessary and saleable — in the building sector as it has become in many other sectors, despite the high costs that must be incurred in order to “green” a building, or, moreover, construct one from scratch.