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chinaWithout SpaceX China would have caught up to NASA in 2030 with Long March 9 matching SLS block 2

July 4, 2018 | brian wang |
 
By 2030, China wants to build the Long March-9 rocket to carry 140 tonnes into low-Earth orbit. This will be almost as powerful as a SpaceX Falcon BFR. China’s Long March-9 would have a core stage measuring 10 meters (33 …
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chinaChina’s cities are shaping China and impacting the World

July 3, 2018 | brian wang |
 
In 2014, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said that two significant forces would shape global prosperity in the 21st century: 1. U.S. technological innovation 2. urbanization in China. The Brookings Institute has an updated look at 103 cities in China …
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aircraftChina’s 7 aircraft carriers in 2025 compared to the 20 of the USA

July 2, 2018 | brian wang |
 
China will have 7 aircraft carriers by 2025 and the USA has and will have 20 aircraft carriers. 9 of the US carriers are amphibious assault ships and three of the Chinese ships will also be amphibious assault ships. Only …
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chinaChina accidentally bombs a Chinese town with the first stage of a rocket launch

July 2, 2018 | brian wang |
 
China launched Long March 2C lifted off from Xichang but the first stage fell on land in Niuchang town, part of Fuquan city in Guizhou, according to a video posted on the Chinese social media platform Sina Weibo. China has …
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chinaScale of China’s dirty and deadly air and water problems means both nuclear and renewables are needed

July 2, 2018 | brian wang |
 
China’s anti-air and water pollution plan has 2020 targets: * ‘good-air days’ reach over 80 percent annually * Over 70% of the surface water to be drinkable * around 70 percent of the country’s offshore area water should be of …
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chinaHow does China’s claimed handheld laser rifle compare to the US and to reality?

July 2, 2018 | brian wang |
 
China has created the ZKZM-500 laser assault rifle is classified as being “non-lethal” but produces an energy beam that cannot be seen by the naked eye but can pass through windows and cause the “instant carbonization” of human skin and …
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artificial intelligenceGoogle not helping US military with AI but will end up help China’s military AI

July 1, 2018 | brian wang |
 
Google is choosing to not help the US military with AI but is indirectly helping the Chinese military. Former deputy secretary of defense Bob Work points out * Google opened up an AI center in China * China will be …
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chinaChina could be starting its own natural gas fracking revolution

June 29, 2018 | brian wang |
 
China National Petroleum (CNPC), the largest state-owned producer of oil and natural gas in the China, reportedly plans to nearly double natural gas production from shale sources this year and wants a five-fold increase in such production by 2020. China …
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chinaChina’s Official CGI of Super Aircraft carrier that will match US carriers around 2025

June 27, 2018 | brian wang |
 
China has released CGI imagery of the Type 003 super aircraft carrier with catapult launching for fighters. The Type 003 aircraft carrier is a planned third generation nuclear-powered aircraft carrier design that will displace about 110,000 tons and pretty much …
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batteriesChina’s CATL making two giant battery factories with billion dollar funding

June 16, 2018 | brian wang |
 
Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. (CATL) has raised nearly $1 billion to fund new battery plants. China will be making 70 percent of the world’s electric-vehicle batteries by 2021, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). China is already the world’s …
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