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Meet Hao Ting Lyu, Qing Ying Cao, Bai Xuan Ye, Yuanhao Zhang and Jia An Pan, Chinese students who built a low-cost underwater messaging system for divers

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Meet Hao Ting Lyu, Qing Ying Cao, Bai Xuan Ye, Yuanhao Zhang and Jia An Pan, Chinese students who built a low-cost underwater messaging system for divers

Image: Conrad Space Center For divers beneath the surface, communication can become surprisingly difficult. Radio signals that work reliably on land do not travel effectively through water, leaving divers dependent on hand signals, pre-arranged plans or specialised equipment when they need to communicate. Five Chinese students, Hao Ting Lyu, Qing Ying Cao, Bai Xuan Ye, … Read more

Seven dead, nine Chinese workers missing after fire at gas chemical complex in Russia

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Seven dead, nine Chinese workers missing after fire at gas chemical complex in Russia

Fire broke out on Tuesday at the Amur Gas Chemical Complex and was extinguished Six Chinese nationals were killed and nine others remain missing after a fire broke out at a gas chemical complex in Russia’s far eastern Amur region, according to the plant.The fire broke out on Tuesday at the Amur Gas Chemical Complex … Read more

In 1999, an American teacher donated $5,000 to a Chinese woman fighting desertification; with his support, she planted a 50,000-tree forest, and 27 years later, they reunited in tears

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In 1999, an American teacher donated $5,000 to a Chinese woman fighting desertification; with his support, she planted a 50,000-tree forest, and 27 years later, they reunited in tears

In 1999, American teacher Ronald Sakolsky was teaching English in Luoyang, China, when a television report about Yin Yuzhen, a woman battling desertification in Inner Mongolia’s Mu Us Sandy Land, moved him deeply. He decided to help and spent about two months raising $5,000 through a US-based charity to support Yin’s tree-planting work. The money … Read more

Chinese humanoid robots just beat Usain Bolt’s 100m record and the human high-jump record, are humans already losing to machines?

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Chinese humanoid robots just beat Usain Bolt’s 100m record and the human high-jump record, are humans already losing to machines?

It seems technology is already outrunning humans not only in algorithms but also on the field. At a 100-meter sprint at the Beijing Robot Games, a humanoid robot is said to have beaten the human record of Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt. The robot named Lightning Bolt, achieved a result of 9.39 seconds, beating Bolt’s record … Read more

Man claims Meta fired him after he refused to sign a Green Card letter for a Chinese visa worker, seeks $1 million in lawsuit

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Man claims Meta fired him after he refused to sign a Green Card letter for a Chinese visa worker, seeks $1 million in lawsuit

A man has filed a lawsuit against Meta claiming that he was fired after he declined to sign a Green Card letter for a Chinese visa holder as his manager. He said he found the claims made in the letter questionable. James Tillinghast, a former Meta employee, has filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming … Read more

Who was Jiang Xiaorou? The haunting story of the Chinese TikToker whose death brought her most controversial video back

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Who was Jiang Xiaorou? The haunting story of the Chinese TikToker whose death brought her most controversial video back

Jiang Xiaorou, a 24-year-old Chinese paranormal content creator, has died following severe injuries sustained in a traffic accident in July. Known online for confronting supernatural beliefs and challenging traditional superstitions, she had built a large following on Douyin. Her death has now brought renewed attention to the provocative videos that made her famous, while her … Read more

South Korea’s Hangeul is the only alphabet in the world in which each consonant is shaped like the mouth that pronounces it, and the only major writing system with a known inventor | World News

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South Korea's Hangeul is the only alphabet in the world in which each consonant is shaped like the mouth that pronounces it, and the only major writing system with a known inventor | World News

The statue of King Sejong in Gwanghwamun Square – a modern tribute to the creator of Hangul (left). Most writing systems evolved gradually over centuries, so it’s impossible to say with certainty who invented the alphabet. No one knows who created A, B, or C, or the original form of most words still in use … Read more