1. How many NBA players have tweeted in support of Hong Kong? by Tyler Cowen (sports + politics + China) 2. The peculiar bathroom habits of Westerners (culture, BBC) 3. Quantum gold rush: the private funding pouring into quantum start-ups (startups, Nature) 4. But is it science? Theoretical physicists who say the multiverse exists set a dangerous precedent: science based on zero empirical evidence by Jim Baggott (science, aeon)
Our opinion piece on China’s central bank digital currency has been published in South China Morning Post.
1. These Caterpillars Can ‘See’ Colors With Their Skin (science, NYT) Amy Eacock, Hannah M. Rowland, Arjen E. van’t Hof, Carl J. Yung, Nicola Edmonds, Ilik J. Saccheri, Adaptive colour change and background choice behaviour in peppered moth caterpillars is mediated by extraocular photoreception, Communications Biology, 2, 286 (2019). 2. Dating While Dying (NYT) 3. How Does a Think Tank Founder Do His job? podcast with Sean McElwee, co-founder of Data for Progress (startups, Slate) 4. […]
1. Understanding China’s robot phenomenon (innovation) China is the world’s largest user of industrial robots. In 2016, sales of industrial robots in the country reached 87,000 units, accounting for around 30 per cent of the global market. To put this number in perspective, robot sales in all of Europe and the Americas in 2016 reached 97,300 units (according to data from the International Federation of Robotics). In addition, between 2005 and 2016, the operational stock […]
Well, that’s an interesting turn of events. China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), revealed that its central bank digital currency (CBDC) “can now be said to be ready“. The new CBDC will not be available to the public and will not compete with commercial bank deposits. It will be used by the PBoC and commercial banks for settlement of transactions. This may increase transparency of the Chinese banking system and create some […]
1. AI and the intellectual debt: The Hidden Costs of Automated Thinking by Jonathan Zittrain 2. China has more companies on Fortune Global 500 list than the US (if you include Taiwan). Chinese companies, however, underperformed when it came to profitability 3. When, exactly, did the astronaut set foot on the moon? No one knows 4. Moody’s Buys Climate Data Firm, Signaling New Scrutiny of Climate Risks 5. Pop culture has fixated on the Manson […]
1.The Making of the ‘Entourage’ Pilot, as Told by the Creator and Cast 2. Black Metal For The Oppressed by Shane Burley 3. The Rise of the Next Antetokounmpo by Mirin Fader 4. The Many Stages of Manny: How Pacquiao Keeps Reinventing Himself “Manny Pacquiao’s greatest gift isn’t his footwork or his left hand, it’s his ability to remake himself over his storied career. At 40, and finally at peace, he’s done it again.“ 5. […]
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