China’s April exports up 9.3%, showing resilience against tariffs
China’s April exports up 9.3%, showing resilience against tariffs China’s exports in April surged 9.3 percent in yuan-denominated terms to 2.27 trillion yuan ($314.17 billion), beating expectations as the country’s trade expanded at a solid pace despite hefty US tariffs on Chinese goods, official data showed Friday. The single-month trade achieved a year-on-year increase of […]
A University in Your Dreams: Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University is known as the best university in China and Asia. According to the Times Higher Education ranking, it is 12th in the world when evaluated in terms of education, research environment, research quality, industry ties, and international outlook. In cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Tianjin, it is not as difficult to get into […]
2025 China Solid State Lithium-ion Battery Industry, Academy and Research Cooperation Innovation Platform (CASIP) Annual Conference
I attended the 2025 China Solid State Lithium-ion Battery Industry, Academy and Research Cooperation Innovation Platform Annual Conference, one of the most important platforms in China on electric vehicle technology, as a guest of Tsinghua University. I was the only foreigner attending the conference. I listened carefully to the first day’s session and tried summarizing […]
China’s New TikTok, RedNote, Tops the US App Store
The possibility of TikTok being banned in the US has led to new balances on social media platforms. Another social media app based in China, RedNote, has increased its popularity amid this debate and has become the most downloaded app in the US app store[1]. The app Xiaohongshu, which is in Chinese, has more than […]
A Game-Changing Breakthrough: DeepSeek
DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence (YP), known in Chinese as Shendu Tansuo (深度探索), meaning “Deep Exploration,” was founded in 2023 in Hangzhou, one of China’s most important IT centers, 1.5 hours away from Shanghai. The company focuses on developing large language models (LLM) and advanced artificial intelligence technologies. The DeepSeek-R1 model developed by DeepSeek has reached a […]
Chinese Professor Who Foresaw the Future of Electric Vehicles
Professor Ouyang Minggao of Tsinghua University predicted in 2010, when annual global sales of electric vehicles had yet to surpass 50,000, that new electric cars would account for 20% of the yearly sales of traditional fuel-powered vehicles by 2020. He also forecasted that “even if subsidies for electric vehicles are phased out, by 2020, electric […]
Can the West Stop China’s Automobile Industry?
The Rise of China’s Automobile Industry Over the past five years, China’s automobile industry has entered the market with remarkable momentum. Backed by comprehensive planning and incentives from the central government, the key players in the automotive market have started to shift. According to a report [1] released by the Chinese Ministry of Finance on […]
Independent Energy Policy and Combating Climate Crisis: Hydrogen Energy
Hydrogen energy is anticipated to become a significant part of the global energy system in the coming years. Known as an environmentally friendly option, hydrogen can be easily stored and recognized as a high-energy-density source. When used as fuel, hydrogen emits H2O as a waste product. Hydrogen is considered a strategically important energy source for […]