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What can be termed a "statistical procession" took place on May 1st 1955, when workers and technicians from the Second National General Tire Plant 國營第二橡膠總廠 in Qingdao displayed their six-year production of rubber tires from 1949 to 1954. What looks like a linear growth in total production actually c...

Category: Statistical Snippets, Visualization

During the summer term 2021 the IKGF organizes an online lecture series on the Consortium's theme Fate, Freedom and Prognostication. Strategies for Coping with the Future in East Asia and Europe. It takes place on Tuesdays, 6:15 pm–7:45 pm CEST (US East Coast: 12:15 pm–1:45 pm EDT; China: 0:15 am...

Category: Event, News, Prognostics, Summer term 2021