Another excellent discussion about Taiwan from the point of view of a Taiwanese pro-unification supporter. A follow-up to the previous discussion posted here: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/9819905

Well, discipline worked in modernizing the rural areas. Other countries could adopt some if planners studied China's successes carefully.
Alt: Infographic of rural revitalization strategy in China with some info asking why the Philippines cannot replicate China's central and large-scale rural model, but can adopt China's strongest transferrable element.
China is the world’s leader in manufacturing. It contributes around 30% of global manufacturing value-added and as much as two-thirds of physical output in shipbuilding, electric vehicles, lithium batteries, commercial drones and solar panels. It employs cutting-edge technology, installing over half of the world’s industrial robots in 2024, with a robot density 50% higher than the US. It boasts over 30,000 smart factories, including autonomous “dark factories” operating without workers or lights around the clock. Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory produces twice as many vehicles per worker as its California plants. ... read full post
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Reporters learned today that the acne therapeutic vaccine independently developed by Wescare Biotech in collaboration with West China Hospital of Sichuan University has officially received approval for its Investigational New Drug (IND) application from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA), becoming my country's first acne therapeutic vaccine to enter the clinical stage. This breakthrough not only marks a crucial step forward for my country in the field of acne immunotherapy, but also brings new hope for treatment to people worldwide who have long suffered from acne. ... read full post

In this episode of the Silk and Steel Podcast, host Carl Zha sits down with Angelica Ong, a pro-nuclear activist and political commentator based in Taiwan. They discuss her dramatic political shift as well as her pragmatic analysis of Taiwan's energy crisis and precarious geopolitical position between the US and China. ... read full post
BEIJING, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Primary and middle school students in China are expected to engage in comprehensive physical activities for no less than two hours a day, education authorities said on Wednesday. ... read full post
BEIJING, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Five years ago, Meishu Village, tucked deep in the mountains of central China, joined thousands of villages across the country in shedding the official label of poverty. ... read full post
China's central government has sent more than 2,400 medics in 11 different groups to various hospitals in the Xizang autonomous region since 2015, contributing to the development of healthcare in the region, health authorities said at a news conference on Monday. ... read full post
HOHHOT, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has treated 66.88 million mu (about 4.46 million hectares) of desertified land over the past five years, an area equivalent to 2.7 times the size of Beijing, according to the regional forestry and grassland bureau. ... read full post
“China’s cooperation with Cuba in the energy sector remains strong and steady, from ongoing projects, such as equipment and spare parts for distributed generation, the 5,000 photovoltaic systems for isolated homes, and the installation of other solar photovoltaic parks (PSFV) with a total capacity of 85 MW, to the next project to install another 200 MW and the new 5,000 photovoltaic systems for isolated homes.” ... read full post
Hug fans or follow celebrities? How nationalism is reinforced on Chinese social media
So i got recommended this video recently and i was very skeptical at first. Looked clickbaity, and also, usually when travel vloggers do things like this in developing countries it tends to be quite exploitative and scummy, taking advantage of poor people and making a spectacle out of them. ... read full post