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"Now What?" by John Hopfield (2018) [pdf]

pni.princeton.edu
37 points·by ktln2·2 years ago·3 comments

Nobel Prize winner for mRNA vaccines discusses being demoted by UPenn

thehill.com
9 points·by ktln2·3 years ago·0 comments

China harvests masses of data on Western targets, documents show

washingtonpost.com
15 points·by ktln2·5 years ago·0 comments

Why Authoritarian Regimes Bother with Elections

theatlantic.com
3 points·by ktln2·5 years ago·1 comments

Beijing unleashed a propaganda campaign to redefine democracy

www-therecord.recfut.com
14 points·by ktln2·5 years ago·5 comments

Even on U.S. Campuses, China Cracks Down on Students Who Speak Out

propublica.org
11 points·by ktln2·5 years ago·1 comments

Purdue President Daniels responds to Chinese student's harassment

purdueexponent.org
2 points·by ktln2·5 years ago·0 comments

China-linked disinformation campaign blames Covid on Maine lobsters

nbcnews.com
17 points·by ktln2·5 years ago·1 comments

I woke up this morning to discover that LinkedIn had blocked my profile in China

twitter.com
19 points·by ktln2·5 years ago·0 comments

‘Highly probable’ Covid-19 was in US in September 2019: Chinese paper

scmp.com
4 points·by ktln2·5 years ago·1 comments

Wikipedia blames pro-China infiltration for bans

bbc.com
3 points·by ktln2·5 years ago·1 comments

Pro-China social media campaign hits new countries, blames U.S. for Covid

reuters.com
18 points·by ktln2·5 years ago·8 comments

Nobelists decry Chinese government’s censorship attempts at the Nobel Summit

sciencemag.org
19 points·by ktln2·5 years ago·1 comments

China tightens control over cybersecurity in data crackdown

nbcnews.com
1 points·by ktln2·5 years ago·1 comments

An American lawyer tried to break up a scuffle in Hong Kong. Now, he’s in jail

washingtonpost.com
3 points·by ktln2·5 years ago·0 comments

How Taiwan’s struggle for Covid vaccines is inflaming tensions with China

theguardian.com
8 points·by ktln2·5 years ago·0 comments

China’s firewall is spreading globally

qz.com
3 points·by ktln2·5 years ago·0 comments

Tesla Apologizes for Its Handling of China Customer After Outcry

wsj.com
2 points·by ktln2·5 years ago·0 comments

Chinese Students Pay Agents $12000 for Shot at Wall Street

bloomberg.com
1 points·by ktln2·5 years ago·0 comments

China launches musical in bid to counter Uyghur abuse allegations

theguardian.com
8 points·by ktln2·5 years ago·0 comments

comments

ktln2
·4 years ago·discuss
Not familiar with legal issues - can someone explain why Adam Neumann is free but Holmes is in jail? Isn't both committing fraud from investor POV? And is SBF committing the same crime?
ktln2
·4 years ago·discuss
also

- getting paid below (barely above if you are lucky) 6 figures

- requires 3+ years of postdoc training which paid even worse
ktln2
·5 years ago·discuss
Purdue Pro-CCP Chinese students responding to the statement:

https://www.change.org/p/purdue-university-call-for-mitch-da...
ktln2
·5 years ago·discuss
Under the new rules, anyone in China who finds a vulnerability must tell the government, which will decide what repairs to make. No information can be given to “overseas organizations or individuals” other than the product’s manufacturer.
ktln2
·5 years ago·discuss
Just another example of

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_approximation_theore...
ktln2
·5 years ago·discuss
Modern AA missile systems are also very expensive - a S-400 battery cost you $500 million. [1]

[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/19/russia-lures-buyers-as-s-400...
ktln2
·5 years ago·discuss
For many countries they have no choice - you either spend the money on Military or you get invaded by Russia/China/North Korea.
ktln2
·5 years ago·discuss
F-35 is not expensive if you consider the alternatives:

Brazil bought 36 JAS-39E for $5.8 billion. [1]

Taiwan ordered 66 F-16V for $8.1 billion. [2]

Korea is going to get 20 F-35A for $3.3 billion. [3]

[1] https://www.flightglobal.com/saab-brazil-finalise-gripen-ng-...

[2] https://nationalinterest.org/feature/taiwans-f-16v-fighter-j...

[3] https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2019/10/10/s...
ktln2
·6 years ago·discuss
"In 1985, Mr. Yin, then 21, was the first to isolate the hepatitis A virus, and in 2001, he founded Sinovac Biotech ... From 2002 to 2011, Mr. Yin paid $77,000 to a senior Chinese drug regulator, Yin Hongzhang, and his wife to approve his vaccines, according to a 2018 filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, citing court documents."

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/business/china-coronaviru...
ktln2
·6 years ago·discuss
The fear is real - A lot of pro-democracy Hong Kong activists in US are harassed and threatened by PRC government agents, many of them Chinese students studying in US.

[1] https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2019/08/30/hong-kong-activist...

[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/26/us/hong-kong-protests-col...
ktln2
·6 years ago·discuss
Chinese always has the freedom to criticize and mock US government - as long as you are not targeting Chinese government you are fine ;-)
ktln2
·6 years ago·discuss
It is funny to see comments like “this will only strengthen the hostility of Chinese people against US” - the fact is most if not all Chinese see US as their arch nemesis.
ktln2
·6 years ago·discuss
This is giving China a taste of it's own medicine - pretty sure EU or Japan would love to see this given the treatment of their companies in China.