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China, a Pioneer in Regulating Algorithms, Turns Focus to Deepfakes (wsj)
Beijing’s internet regulator, the CAC will begin enforcing regulation—on what it calls “deep synthesis” techn, incl AI-powered image, audio and text-generation software—starting Tuesday.
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Starting from zero to becoming world's No. 1 in one decade: The first highs-speed railway was built in 2008 between Beijing and Tianjin with a total length of 113.54 km.
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Mao, in 1971
"In another 50 years China will be very strong, and by that time the Chinese Communist Party will be a hundred years old. Amerika will most likely be very envious and restless, but it doesn’t dare attack China, not even with a single bullet. It will research germ contamination instead. That is very unconscionable. After it finishes with this unconscionable deed, it will self-destruct."
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Asia Highway Route Map
Wondering what the Pangaea Continent's Highway Route Map looked like...
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"The Chinese character for medicine actually comes from the character of music."
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Medicinal Mushroom Traditions of the East
Medicinal mushrooms have been used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for thousands of years (estimates vary from 3-7,000 years). The oldest official list of 365 medicinal substances, Shennong Bencao Jing, contains the materia medica of TCM, dating from the 29th century BC. The list contains several mushroom species used for medicinal purposes; especially revered was the famous ganoderma mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum, Chinese: lingzhi, Japanese: reishi or mannentake).
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Wang Xiang Zhai doesn’t like Tai Chi
Somebody posted a quote by (founder of Yi Quan) Wang Xiang Zhai from his 1940s interview containing his thoughts on Tai Chi. It is pretty clear, unambiguous and to the point. Have a read:
Wang Xiang Zhai on Taijiquan (from an early 1940’s interview):As masters of the original Taijiquan, I should recommend the Yang brothers Shouhou and Chengfu. They are my friends, and I know that their Taiji has some knowledge of mechanics. But out of one hundred students, not even one gains its essence…and even then, it is still one-sided, because the skills of intuitive perception died out a long time ago. Originally, Taiji consisted of three fists, Wang Zongyue changed it into thirteen postures, and it was later embellished into as much as one hundred and fifty postures. This is the cause of the distortion.Sticking to mechanical movements, seeking beautiful postures and mistaking it for the glory of martial arts…that is terrible. Such a person cannot comprehend boxing for life. If a man of insight sees such a performance, he will feel sick for ten days.As a means of health preservation, Taijiquan restrains the spirit, and brings discomfort to its practitioner. For combat, it harms the practitioner’s limbs and trunk, and causes a useful body to become a mechanical and stiff thing…it’s nothing more than a waste of time.As for the training method—a punch with the fist here, a slap with the palm there, a kick to the left, and another one to the right—it is pitiful and laughable.As for dealing with an enemy in a fight: please do not even consider it. So ruined is this boxing that it has become useless. There are many more things, but I feel embarrassed to say them.
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Mysterious face of LuSheNa Giant Buddha, praised by tourists as "Oriental Mona Lisa" and "the most beautiful statue in the world". Located in Longmen Grottoes, Luoyang, China. Made in 672 of Tang Dynasty, carved during Empress Wu Zetian’ reign according to her own appearance.
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Economic Growth and Ecological Harmony are fundamentally conflicting goals
China's recent history is a great example that technologically driven economic (hyper) growth and ecological harmony are fundamentally conflicting goals: China used to be 40% renewables. Then economic growth happened. Bottomed in 2011 at 7.4% Now at 10%, with 1.8% from solar PV and wind. Fossil fuels still provide 87.3% of all primary energy. Data source: IEA.
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China's provincial announced wind and solar installed targets add up to *874GW* in the current five-year plan period (2021-2025), according to industrial news portal in-en.com. China has delivered 103GW in 2021 and is expected to add 150GW in 2022. China is planning to add 200GW per year of solar and wind capacity until 2025. For an order of magnitude, this is the equivalent of adding almost the TOTAL US wind and solar capacity installed to date (260GW)... but EVERY YEAR until 2025 .
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.‘Lying flat’, or tang ping, a social protest movement, went mainstream in China last year, referring to the idea of just doing enough to get by. But now, some Chinese youths are ‘letting it rot’ by not even attempting to participate in society to begin with."
#Comment: Expect to see more of this type of thing globally, in lock-step with the rise of "naked automation" (tech with no social/education/culture plan)
