This argument rings a bit hollow when it comes from a behemoth that has crushed innovation for years.
“That would hold back American innovation at a critical juncture. We’re in a fiercely competitive global race with China for the next generation of technology leadership, and Google is at the forefront of American companies making scientific and technological breakthroughs.”
tags: innovation china google
posted by matt in Tuesday, April 22, 2025
China accounts for about a third of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. A recent drop in emissions (the first since relaxing COVID-19 restrictions), combined with the decarbonisation of the power grid, may mean the country's emissions have peaked.
"With the power sector going green, emissions are set to plateau and then progressively fall towards 2030 and beyond," CEF China energy policy analyst Xuyang Dong said.
This is encouraging and motivational. China appears to be doing a great job here, which is good for all of us. And we need to do better.
tags: environment china
posted by matt in Sunday, July 21, 2024
Pandas have been housed at the Washington DC zoo for over five decades and are a draw for millions of visitors as well as fans from around the world who watch the bears online on the zoo’s panda cam. The animals have long symbolised warm relations with China, which first gifted a pair of giant pandas to the US after Richard Nixon’s historic 1972 trip to Beijing.
It's nice to see that panda diplomacy is alive and well.
posted by matt in Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Detained for dropping your pants on stage at a rock festival? China clearly doesn't get rock and roll.
tags: china music rockandroll
posted by matt in Saturday, July 29, 2023
The world held its collective breath today as Nancy Pelosi left Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It still wasn't clear if she was going to make her planned stop in Taiwan as she entered the air, so people around the world turned to flight tracking apps like Flightradar24 to watch as SPAR19 headed around the South China Sea and eventually turned North, heading around the Philippines and right for Taiwan.
I use Flightradar24 all the time, but couldn't get data to load this morning as so many people around the world watched our Speaker head East (and North) for democracy.
posted by matt in Tuesday, August 2, 2022
"You can't do whatever you want, unless you go to America. This is China."
Apparently "whatever you want" now includes basic freedom of movement and ordering of personal supplies and food. China's pursuit of COVID Zero is insane.
posted by matt in Monday, May 9, 2022
Can the Chinese government stretch its ridiculous COVID Zero policy to October? The sound of people banging on pots and pans in protest of true lockdowns doesn't bode well for that prospect.
posted by matt in Thursday, May 5, 2022
A real impact from the Bitcoin energy narrative - a region in China scheduled shut down of existing mining operations and won't allow new ones because it's in trouble with Beijing over energy consumption.
posted by matt in Tuesday, March 2, 2021
