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China’s Thousands of Small Dams Struggle to Stay Afloat For decades, rural areas along the Yangtze River depended on small hydropower stations. Now, amid rising ecological costs and safety concerns, the government wants to make them more sustainable. from the Sixth Tone The sluice of a hydropower station sits open in Guiyang, Guizhou province, June 2020. Qin Gang/People Visual
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I saw this article get a lot of attention on another forum: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-bars-foreign-curriculums-ownership-in-some-private-schools-14825598 It seems like the vise is slowly but surely tightening... and their reasoning for this (i.e. to increase the birth rate) was... interesting. -
from the Sixth Tone A Lost ID Card, an Identity Thief, and a Marriage Delayed By Zhang WanqingJun 10, 2020 According to a Guangxi woman’s recent saga, invalidating records made under a fraudulent identity remains an arduous task for some officials.
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from Abacus True intelligence, no. Intelligently pre-programmed logic, which is definitely fallible. Facebook and Huawei are the latest companies trying to fool facial recognition Researchers from Facebook, Huawei and several universities show how software, stickers and clothing can confuse artificial intelligence After placing a sticker on the hat, the facial recognition system did not recognize the person as a person. (Picture: Petr Ivanov/YouTube) This video shows "de-id'ed" faces, which are altered enough to break the facial ID logic, but not enough to appear any different to a human eye. You can see the changes (altered eyes, nose, and mouth) using a layered image in Photoshop to switch between the real and the altered faces.
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new USCIS fee schedule, effective Oct. 2, 2020 from Politico Trump says he’ll ‘suspend immigration’ into the US It was not immediately clear when or how the order would be carried out Neither is it clear if anything will come of this. Stay tuned. -
from the Sixth Tone Why Can’t China’s Workers Unite on Overtime? The country’s white-collar workers are protesting their companies’ exhausting schedules. What about their blue-collar counterparts?
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from the Sixth Tone on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/1570821646570023/posts/2835371413448367/
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From the New York Times, an article on China's rating tourist toilets: "One place that the government penalized last year was the Shenlong Gorge, a scenic area in the southwestern municipality of Chongqing known for its white-water rafting. Shenlong, which had been classified as 5A, the highest level in the five-tier ratings, was delisted last summer after inspectors conducted two undercover visits. The National Tourism Administration said in a news release at the time that the Shenlong Gorge was a “prominent laggard of the toilet revolution, with messy toilet sanitation, filthy conditions, seriously bad odors and dirty toilet appliances.” In response, the site closed for five days in August, partly to renovate its 12 restrooms and add soap and toilet paper dispensers. But as of this week, it was still unaccredited. The number of visitors to Shenlong Gorge has slumped, and the management recently dropped the entrance fee to 80 renminbi, about $12, from 100 renminbi, said Liao Jiangwei, Shenlong’s general manager. He said that he was working to improve the site’s restrooms but that some of the government’s standards appeared to be subjective. “It is hard for us to judge if our own toilets are smelly or dirty,” Mr. Liao said." https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/05/world/asia/china-tourism-toilet-revolution.html The wife and I are going back to Chongqing this weekend. We are planning a day trip to this area while there. Hopefully, the toilets are better than when this article was written. Luckily, I can still hold my breath for two minutes.
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from the SCMP US demands China close Houston consulate; Beijing says it will retaliate China labels US demand as ‘unprecedented escalation’US media reported that Houston emergency services were called to reports that documents were being burned in the courtyard of the Consulate General in Houston
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from the SCMP If the traditional characters aren't displaying properly, in simplified characters, her name is 贺锦丽. or What’s in a name? For Kamala Harris, maybe an edge with some Asian-American votersThe Democratic vice-presidential nominee is one of the few US politicians not of Chinese heritage to have a Chinese name that she chose for herselfBy law, candidates names’ must be translated into Chinese in some areas of the US – but often based on phonetics rather than meaning Kamala Harris, right, and Julie D. Soo pictured together at an event in 2004 following Harris’ first win for the office of San Francisco's district attorney. Photo: Julie D. Soo
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from the NY Times She Was a Communist Party Insider in China. Then She Denounced Xi.“At last I’ve regained my freedom,” Cai Xia, a fierce government critic, said after her expulsion from the party whose officials she once taught. A propaganda poster in Beijing in 2017 read: “Unite more closely around the party center with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core. Painstakingly strive for the grand victory of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.”Credit...Gilles Sabrié for The New York Times
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from China Daily COVID-19 test a must for all overseas flyers to China Tuesday, July 21, 2020, 15:25By Wang Keju A foreigner receives a nucleic acid test at a temporary inspection point in Shanghai on March 21, 2020. (GAO ERQIANG / CHINA DAILY)
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This is in the Guardian (UK) and Al Jazeera China blackmailing dissenters in US to return home – FBI chiefChristopher Wray condemns campaign against ex-pats and says Beijing espionage is ‘greatest threat to US economic vitality’ and Al Jazeera FBI chief says China threatens families of overseas critics in US
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from Al Jazeera China launches political policing task force: State media New agency established on the same day that a Beijing law professor and outspoken critic of Xi Jinping was detained. The government said it can only guarantee people's safety if it maintains a stable political environment [File: Greg Baker/AFP]
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from the SCMP - hopefully, they will be able to convert between the 2 coordinate systems, if needed China one step closer to satellite navigation system that could threaten dominance of GPS Successful launch of new BeiDou-3 satellites expected to ensure network will be up and running by the end of the year A discussion of the mis-matched coordinates - Mapping China - Chinese style
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This article may be of interest both about Hainan and the information it provides about free trade zones. From the SCMP Questions raised over Hainan free port plan and WTO rules China’s plan to turn Hainan into a free-trade port may run counter to global trade and competition rules, experts sayFree-trade zones are common, but few are on the scale of Hainan, nor do they promise access to the world’s largest consumer market for select firms
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from the Sixth Tone China Has a Civil Code Now. What Does That Mean?After six years of tweaking, the country’s legislature has finally adopted a civil code that expressly protects some civil liberties and will serve as a reference for future legal decisions http://image5.sixthtone.com/image/5/27/493.jpg
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a survey from the Sixth Tone National Survey Lays Bare the Sex Lives of Chinese StudentsMasturbation, orgasm, contraception, and consent: Thousands of respondents from universities across the country reflect on their most intimate experiences. http://image5.sixthtone.com/image/5/27/128.jpg
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from the SCMP Ji Chaozhu, Chinese diplomat who acted as bridge with US during historic thaw in relations, dies aged 91Zhou Enlai protégé played ‘indispensable’ role in historic meetings between Chinese premier, Mao Zedong, Richard Nixon and Henry KissingerHarvard-educated diplomat was later sent to Washington to help normalise relations and won the trust of senior leaders on both sides Ji appeared in the famous photograph of Zhou Enlai shaking hands with Richard Nixon. Photo: Getty Images
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Flyover around Washington D.C. salutes healthcare workers fighting COVID-19Source:Xinhua Published: 2020/5/3 11:25:19 Look for a map in your local news showing the dates, times, and routes they will follow in your area.
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from Forbes Watch Out For China Buying Spree, NATO Warns A container ship in the German city of Hamburg[-]March 26, 2020. China has major stakes in at least a half dozen EU ports. NATO warns: make sure China doesn't use pandemic to buy more strategic assets. (Photo by MORRIS MAC MATZEN / AFP) AFP via Getty Images
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from Reuters China-Thailand coronavirus social media war escalates War of words and hashtags on Chinese platform Weibo resulted in more than 1.44 million posts and 4.64 billion views.
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from the Shanghaiist With zoo closed to visitors, pandas finally bang after 10 years
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from the SCMP Yao Ming and Kris Wu not Chinese? Online witch hunt of Chinese celebrities with foreign passports Nationalism on the increase in China, and film stars and celebrities are being outed for holding overseas passportsFrom Yao Ming to Chen Kaige, celebrities with overseas nationality are considered unpatriotic by some
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from the SCMP Coronavirus: US Postal Service suspends shipments to China, Hong Kong https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3050103/coronavirus-us-postal-service-suspends-items-destined-china-and-hong USPS says it would no longer accept items destined for China ‘until sufficient transport capacity becomes available’ In a note informing its counterparts all over the world, USPS said it was “experiencing significant difficulties” in dispatching letters, parcels and express mail to China, including Hong Kong and Macau, and it would no longer accept items destined for China “until sufficient transport capacity becomes available”, according to Associated Press.
