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China’s navy is moving toward all-nuclear submarine construction, the US Navy’s intelligence lead said, describing a long-term shift in how Beijing builds its undersea force as it expands its capacity to produce more vessels in the coming decades.China operates one of the largest submarine forces in the world, but it’s…
Some Americans want to be Chinese now. China isn’t sure how to feel about that.On TikTok, non-Chinese American creators are filming themselves boiling apples, practicing tai chi at sunrise, and drinking hot water — all soundtracked to traditional Chinese instrumentals or clips from Mulan. They call it “Chinamaxxing,” and the…
China didn’t just celebrate Lunar New Year this week. It staged a robotics flex.At the annual Spring Festival Gala, the Lunar New Year show in China, humanoid robots from Chinese startup Unitree Robotics flipped, lunged, and swung swords and nunchucks just feet from child performers in a tightly choreographed kung…
The US Air Force will need a lot more next-generation fighter jets and bombers to fight a war against China, former pilots and airpower experts argued in a new report.They said the Air Force will need to procure significantly more of the new and coming B-21 Raider bombers and F-47…
The US accused China of secret nuclear explosive testing and attempting to cover it up, an official said Friday.Banned for decades under an international agreement to which China and the US are signatories, nuclear explosive testing involves the detonation of warheads. The US accusation comes on the heels of the…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with John von Seggern, founder of Futureproof Music School. It has been edited for length and clarity.In the 90s, the music scene in Asia was booming. I’m a bass player and jazz musician, and I was drawn to Japan in particular. Japanese…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Dylan Rothenberg, 32, the founder of Wu Mountain Tea. His words have been edited for length and clarity.I realized in high school that my academic strength was learning foreign languages.My dad did business in China, and his best friend was Chinese,…
An app that asks a blunt question — “Are you dead?” — has become a hit in China.The app, called “Si Le Me” (Chinese for “are you dead”), requires users to “check in” by pressing a button. If they fail to do so for two consecutive days, the app alerts…
