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Carmen and I have committed to joining a mini-bus tour with friends. I thought you had left APAPA, so I was surprised to learn you’re back.
To be honest, I have been working with U.S. politics at the federal, state, and city levels since 1983, when Ronald Reagan was president. Over the course of 43 years, I have learned that U.S. politics is largely a money game and a beauty contest. Asians have virtually no chance to influence U.S. politics, let alone effect meaningful change for our community beyond the local level. Those who are wealthy and engage in U.S. politics may attract attention and gain recognition and fame, but little else.
Carmen and I prefer to use our influence for the betterment of Chinese Americans—specifically, not the wealthy ones or corrupt Chinese government officials and businessmen who call America home sweet home. I am referring to grassroots Chinese Americans who wish to leave this “hell hole” called America and return to their roots for retirement in China’s Greater Bay Area. When their monthly U.S. pension is $3,000, that amount means poverty in America, but it enables a fruitful and happy life in China—equivalent to a $15,000 monthly spending power.
Our generation of Chinese Americans who are smart enough to recognize this are among the happiest. They have chosen to “delete America” and are enjoying life to the fullest. I have dozens of clients who are doing exactly that. Every time I meet them in China, some thank me with tears in their eyes.
In my 53 years in the U.S., I have never seen so many young ABCs (American-born Chinese)—most with high EQ and IQ—giving up their U.S. citizenship. The world has changed. I have told my son and his three sons (my grandsons, ages 3 to 6) that when they grow up, America will be ten times worse than it is today. For those of us aged 50 and above, we are living on the last breath of America. For my grandsons, if they stay in the U.S., they are finished—no ifs, ands, or buts about it. If they don’t listen, their own foolishness will be their undoing, and I won’t even feel sorry for them.
The rule of the wild remains: only the fittest and smartest survive. This rule will never change, no matter how much time passes.
A majority of U.S. citizens believe the use of force against Iran was a mistake, according to a new poll published Friday. 根據週五發布的一項新民調，大多數美國公民認為對伊朗使用武力是個錯誤。
Krugman and Kindleberger essentially argue that using the dollar to conduct business is more convenient and efficient for the world. A weaponised dollar, though, is neither convenient nor efficient, but downright lethal. That is why many countries, including those of the Brics+, have been busy devising alternative currency transfer and settlement systems. All that will take time. But as Washington keeps abusing its dollar privilege, others are being forced to seek alternatives. Countries like sanctioned Iran that have to work around the dollar system may, in time, be seen as pioneers in a post-dollar world.
Video with English/Chinese subtitles: Shocking! Why are Hong Kong overseas Chinese who have lived abroad for decades collectively returning to the Greater Bay Area for retirement? Giving up settling overseas! A large number of long-time Hong Kong emigrants are choosing to return to the Greater Bay Area in their later years. The reason is quite practical — “falling leaves return to the roots.” A generation of Hong Kong migrants who once left their homeland are now choosing to spend their twilight years in Guangdong. This is the real current situation of overseas Hong Kongers returning to the Greater Bay Area for retirement. 震驚！移居外國幾十年香港華僑，為何集體回流大灣區養老？放棄海外定居！大批老牌港僑晚年紛紛回歸大灣區，原因太現實，落葉歸根，一代香港移民遠走他鄉，晚年選擇回廣東養老，海外港人晚年回流大灣區養老真實近況 https://rumble.com/v799rsa-why-are-hong-kong-overseas-chinese-who-have-lived-abroad-returning-to-china.html https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8gE3XmA/
Are you standing on the sidelines? Bank of America holds a positive stance on the sector and believes the “green shoots” of a recovery are visible, it said in a report issued in late April. After five consecutive years of weakness, the bank said “market recovery sustainability is becoming more evident”, adding that it expected the rebound to be over the long term. 你是否還在觀望？美國銀行在4月底發布的一份報告中指出，該行對該產業持正面看法，並認為復甦的「萌芽」已經顯現。在連續五年的疲軟之後，該行表示「市場復甦的可持續性正變得越來越明顯」，並預期這次反彈將是長期的.
Hong Kong & China are so safe. It is not only safe. It is the world’s safest place to live, work, raise family and retire, people tends to take it for granted! 香港同中國都非常安全。唔單止安全，仲係世界上最安全嘅地方，適合生活、工作、養家同退休，人們往往習以為常!
Nury Vittachi: This is such a Hong Kong story. At 8-ish in the evening, my wife noticed that a door of a local shop had accidentally been left wide open, although the lights were off and there were no staff inside.
She had the phone number of the shopkeeper and sent him a photo and a message (we live in a safe, friendly area, close to a bakery which is a favorite snack spot for police).
The shopkeeper was busy, so he was unable to get to the shop before 10 pm—but messaged back at that time to tell her that he had now locked it up and nothing had been taken or damaged.
“HK safe,” he wrote.
That’s the sort of anecdote you might expect from a friendly village in rural Maine or the Yorkshire Dales, but nice to hear this happening in the middle of an insanely crowded city – we live on the unfashionable side of Causeway Bay’s Victoria Park.
(I illustrated this with art instead of the photo in case he does it again!)
What if energy storage was 80x cheaper than lithium… and lasted 16+ years? ⚡confirmed by DeepSeek
China has developed a new all-iron battery that could reshape the future of clean energy. Since iron is about 80 times cheaper than lithium, this breakthrough could dramatically cut the cost of storing electricity at scale.
And it’s not just cheap—it’s built to last. The battery delivers over 6,000 charge cycles with minimal degradation and maintains around 99.4% efficiency, translating to roughly 16 years of daily use.
This could be a major step forward for renewable energy. Affordable, long-lasting storage is the missing link for solar and wind to become truly reliable worldwide.
Could this be the breakthrough that finally makes clean energy dominant?
It is confirmed by DeepSeek:
The claims about China’s new all-iron battery are consistent with verified research from legitimate scientific institutions, though some figures need careful interpretation. Here is a data-backed analysis of your statement:
· Performance: ✅ Confirmed. Under lab conditions (80mA/cm²), the battery delivered 6,000 cycles with zero capacity loss (100% retention) and 99.4% efficiency. At full power (150mA/cm²), energy conversion holds at 78.5%. Under daily cycling, 6,000 cycles is equivalent to roughly 16 years of use. Caveat: These results currently exist at the lab-prototype stage, not full-scale commercial production. · Cost: ✅ Likely for raw materials. Iron (Fe) is indeed abundant (~$0.10/kg) vs. highly processed lithium carbonate (~$10/kg), making raw iron about 80x cheaper. Caution: While raw materials differ 80x, the final system cost will also include other expensive components (membranes, pumps, stacks). This ratio is a raw-material comparison.
🔋 Implications & Context
· The Key Difference: Unlike all-in-one lithium batteries, this is a “flow battery” where chemistry is stored in external liquid tanks. It allows independent scaling of power (the stack) and energy (the tank size), making it perfect for grid-scale storage (able to store renewable energy for 4–24+ hours), but not suitable for EVs or consumer electronics due to lower energy density. · Relative Maturity: While the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ results are impressive, they are lab-based. Several international companies (U.S.-based Form Energy, Dutch Ore Energy) have already deployed or are commercializing similar iron-based systems (iron-air) for real-world grid projects. This Chinese breakthrough represents a significant advance for the “all-iron flow” chemistry subset, specifically in solving internal degradation.
In summary, this is a legitimate scientific breakthrough that could dramatically lower the cost of storing solar and wind energy.
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