Funding shortfall for new tech endangers rural cell service, US FCC says ~tech Article 95 words 7 votes
US government reportedly ponders crimping China's use of RISC-V ~tech Article 518 words, published Apr 24 2024 20 votes
It's not just TikTok. ByteDance has a variety of apps that could also be banned. ~tech Article 523 words, published Apr 23 2024 21 votes
F1 drivers surprised by China track that’s been ‘repainted, not resurfaced’ ~sports.motorsports Article 515 words, published Apr 18 2024 23 votes
China and California are leading the way on climate cooperation. Others should follow. ~enviro climate change Article 900 words, published Nov 28 2023 12 votes
US Congress approves bill banning TikTok unless Chinese owner ByteDance sells platform ~tech social media Link 69 votes
Guangdong’s expected massive river flooding threatens millions after it ‘rained like a waterfall’ ~enviro Link 16 votes
Sweden's Armand Duplantis broke his own men's pole vault world record in the opening Diamond League meeting of the season in Xiamen, China ~sports Article 311 words 5 votes
China is battening down for the gathering storm over Taiwan ~misc politics Article 2212 words 26 votes
Chinese woman in Beijing goes on one hundred blind dates per year ~life relationships Article 3158 words 29 votes
How Chinese students experience America ~life education.higher Article 9233 words, published Apr 1 2024 23 votes
"I watched fifteen hours of COVID origins arguments so you don't have to" ~health Article 12 171 words 30 votes
Germany’s solar panel industry, once a leader, is getting squeezed ~enviro energy.renewable Article 1384 words 17 votes
Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously approve another law giving government more power to curb dissent ~news hong kong china law politics Article 628 words 20 votes
How Chinese organized crime dominates America’s illicit marijuana market ~misc Article 6300 words 12 votes
House passes bill that could ban TikTok in the US, sending it to the Senate ~tech social media Article 795 words 45 votes
The US Army is slashing thousands of jobs to focus on Russia and China ~news usa russia china Article 554 words 8 votes
Weird Wings: The M-21, an A-12 (SR-71 Blackbird predecessor) modified to launch a drone for recon missions over China in the 60s ~engineering Image 10 votes
Google’s retiring of Internet archiving tool draws ire of China researchers ~tech google internet Article 857 words 18 votes
Preparing for war, social unrest or a new pandemic? Chinese companies are raising militias like it’s the 1970s. ~misc politics Article 14 votes
How I taught the Iliad to Chinese teenagers ~books literature Article 11 672 words, published May 30 2021 19 votes
Leak of documents on spyware developed by vendor for Chinese government ~tech security.cyber Tweet 33 votes
Gen Z and millennials proudly wear ‘lab-grown’ diamonds, oblivious to the fact they’re made from burning coal in China and India ~enviro pollution Article 1143 words 31 votes
(Former Morgan Stanley chair) Stephen Roach: It pains me to say Hong Kong is over ~finance economics Article 772 words 17 votes
Cheap electricity is luring Chinese Bitcoin miners to Ethiopia ~enviro energy Article 77 words 7 votes
Pigeon suspected of being Chinese spy released by police in India after being detained for eight months ~news india china crime Article 212 words 31 votes
Norway defends deep-sea mining, says it may help to break China and Russia's rare earths stronghold ~enviro Article 9 votes
Court orders China Evergrande property developer to liquidate after it failed to reach debt deal ~finance business Article 611 words 23 votes
100 years since death of Lenin marked by silence from China’s Communist Party ~humanities.history Article 809 words, published Jan 21 2024 20 votes
Hugo voting data from Chengdu WorldCon raises suspicions of vote tampering and incorrect eligibility rulings ~books science fiction Article 3702 words 31 votes
Maldives pro-China leader gives Indian troops March deadline to go ~news maldives china india politics Link 8 votes
A tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for fifty years ~science Link 22 votes
In a setback for Beijing, Taiwan elects Lai Ching-te as president ~news taiwan china politics Article 1661 words 30 votes
Argentina pulls out of plans to join BRICS bloc ~news argentina china politics Article 584 words 31 votes