Tag: china
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Today’s fatalism about China is the fallacious assumption that its trajectory is inevitably upward, so it must be accommodated. Demographics tell a different story. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/17/how-united-states-beats-china/ more ›
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Today’s plans to decarbonize global energy systems, which center on a massive expansion in the use of solar, wind, and battery technologies, need to better account for the high environmental… more ›
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Beijing Silvermine is an archive of 850 000 negatives salvaged over the last ten years from a recycling plant on the edge of Beijing. Assembled by the French collector and… more ›
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The war in Ukraine has cut Russia off from much of the Western world. Barraged by sanctions, denounced in international media, and ostracized from global cultural events, Russians are feeling… more ›
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As a musician growing up in Taiwan, my music experience had mainly revolved around CDs and downloading tracks onto an iPod Mini — cassettes seemed quaint and outmoded in comparison.… more ›
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Over the past decade, entertainment companies in China and Japan have increasingly invested in developing virtual talent: pop stars that appear on stage via hologram, animated personalities who livestream themselves playing games and… more ›
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Luo Tianyi is China’s most popular virtual idol among an estimated 30 to 40 holographic celebrities in the country. The trend originated in Japan, which has a long history of… more ›
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GUANGZHOU, China — As I walked through the narrow alleyways of the garment district here in China’s third-largest city one afternoon, I saw a woman I’ll call Wong Yip sitting beside… more ›
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When Liu Yang started his current job, he found it hard to go back to driving his own car: “I instinctively went for the passenger seat. https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/07/27/1056472/life-of-chinese-robotaxi-driver/ more ›
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HILLSBORO, Ore. — To create a beam of ultraviolet radiation precise enough to print the world’s most advanced microchips, one of the most expensive tools in the world sprays microscopic… more ›