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“Moolenaar, a Republican who chairs the House Select Ctte on the Chinese Communist Party, wrote to 6 US universities - incl. #Stanford & Carnegie Mellon - requesting their policies on Chinese nationals, an attempt to curb the flow of Chinese students to USA over national security concerns.” #trump
#China accounted for about 1/4 of the total of foreign students, the 2nd-largest group in the US, after #India.
Beijing slams growing scrutiny of Chinese students in US
A Rural #China couple yearning for son instead have 9 girls, all named with character ‘di’ meaning ‘brother’ while hoping for a boy
#China's #BYD invents flash-charger that can fill an #EV in less than 10 minutes
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/03/18/news/chinas-byd-charger-ev
Holy Hell
““Now everything is dead, it’s like a totally dead river. Unbelievable. Overnight, this river died.”
“an acid spill at a Chinese-owned mine …contaminated a major river and could potentially affect millions of people after signs of pollution were detected at least 100 kilometers (60 miles) downstream.”
#Environment #Zambia #Kafue #Water #Pollution #China #River #Africa
I was trying to answer the question: Can my 7th century Chinese MMC be addicted to hard candy and the answer is yes he can. In Sichuan, there is an ancient way of processing sugar to make rock candy. For more, check out this article and the accomoanying video: https://www.medievalists.net/2020/05/a-tang-dynasty-monk-and-his-secret-candy-recipe/
@histodon @medievodons #medieval #ancientchina #china #amwriting @histodons #foodhistory
#China’s Ne Zha 2 still flying high as highest-grossing animated movie of all time https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3301513/chinas-ne-zha-2-still-flying-high-highest-grossing-animated-movie-all-time?utm_source=rss_feed
#China: Didi’s self-driving unit close to “several hundred million dollars” in funds
“Didi entered the driverless vehicle business in 2016, spun off the unit into an independent company in 2019.
It has been operating a testing fleet of more than 200 robocars in major Chinese cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou in recent months.”
#China slaps extra #tariffs of up to 15% on imports of major U.S. farm exports https://www.npr.org/2025/03/04/g-s1-51892/china-tariffs-u-s-farm-exports
“Recent revelations by defence industry researchers suggest that cutting-edge stealth technology aboard China’s smooth-skinned stealth fighters may owe its resilience to a 3,000-year-old textile innovation: the art of silk jacquard weaving.”
How #China is solving F-22’s stealth coating cracks with 3,000-year-old silk weaving tech https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3300330/how-china-solving-f-22s-stealth-coating-cracks-3000-year-old-silk-weaving-tech?utm_source=rss_feed
The article is a bit short:-
"'Makes no sense': Industry doubts Ukraine's rare earths prospects"
#China
Chinese foodies pose as mourners to try funeral home's noodles https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjry8zz8yego
#China’s United Front Work Dept campuses are the focus.
#Taiwan bans academic exchanges & credits with three mainland Chinese universities https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3299492/taiwan-bans-academic-exchanges-3-mainland-chinese-universities?utm_source=rss_feed
