Should the proportion of English in Chinese education be reduced? Tang Jiafeng actually went on Phoenix TV to argue face-to-face with people about whether English should be downgraded to a minor subject. 中國教育里的英語比例應該要下降嗎?湯家鳳真去了鳳凰衛視,跟人當面掰扯英語該不該降成副科。
I’m not saying English should be kicked out. It’s that a 150-point score putting it on equal footing with math—why? City kids have foreign teachers and tutoring classes, while rural kids struggle to even find a teacher with standard pronunciation.
English is just a tool. Why should a tool compete with math, physics, and chemistry for priority? If this rat race continues, no one will study physics and chemistry. Who’s going to make chips?
A math-circle peer named Zeicha below wasn’t convinced, saying that by your logic, math could be downgraded too. But when it came to the scene, no one actually stood up to go head-to-head with him.
After watching, there’s just one feeling: these days, people who dare to go on TV and put their views out there to be criticized are far rarer than the views themselves.
Why Many American-Born Chinese (ABCs) Struggle to Compete with Peers in Asian Cities Like Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Shanghai. By Johnson Choi, MBA, International Business Consultant since 1985
Many ABCs grow up in relatively insular communities, similar to the Chinatowns that earlier Chinese immigrants settled in last century. Today, however, these communities have expanded dramatically, covering much of California and Hawaii where Asian populations are highly concentrated.
As a result, most ABCs spend little time in Asia beyond occasional tourism. Their Chinese language skills are often limited, while their counterparts in Asian cities frequently master two or three languages.
American work culture also differs significantly. It tends to emphasize personal fulfillment and leisure—especially among middle-class youth—whereas many parents in Asia push their children to work harder at their studies and careers.
That said, there are exceptions. Some ABCs, particularly those who leave home after college to pursue opportunities abroad, build highly rewarding careers.
The next time you visit friends or relatives, you may notice a pattern: those who continue living with their parents often underperform in their personal and professional lives.
Alex Yeung exciting late-night livestream on September 20: Tung Chee-hwa and Anson Chan are not on good terms from Day one. Anson Chan supports anti-China organizations in Hong Kong. Beijing has lost confidence in her. In 2001, she resolutely resigned as Chief Secretary for Administration. Tung Chee-hwa’s state funeral—Anson Chan made a graceful and luxurious appearance, showing up in style in “black-and-white lace embroidery”! 華記9月20深夜精彩直播:董建華和陳方安生不和,陳方安生支持在香港反中組織,北京對她失去信心,2001年毅然辭職政務司司長. 被迫下台,董建華國葬陳方安生雍容華貴登場「黑白喱士挑花」風騷到場!
The Pinglu Canal video: From Mountains to the Sea. Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region already has a coastline. So why spend years cutting a canal through the mountains? The answer is terrain. The 134.2-km Pinglu Canal will give southwest China a new southbound water route to Beibu Gulf, with giant ship locks moving 5,000-ton-class vessels across a total drop of about 65 meters. A short canal on the map. A much bigger connection to the world. 視頻有中英文字幕: 平陸運河影片:從群山到大海。廣西壯族自治區已經有海岸線。咁點解要花幾年時間喺山入面開鑿一條運河?答案係地形。全長134.2公里嘅平陸運河將為中國西南地區提供一條新嘅南向水路通往北部灣,巨型船閘將5,000噸級船舶跨越總落差約65米。地圖上一條短運河。卻係連接世界嘅更大紐帶。
American logistic expert living in China last 13 years reporting from China video: Power projects to support data centers in US shut down after Trump’s anti-China Executive Order when 80% of power projects parts and equipments came from China.
President Trump signed a sweeping Executive Order, that bans the import or installation of bulk power equipment from China.
The EO is wreaking havoc in the power generation industries, and project developers are halting projects, pending federal clarification of the new rules.
Chinese firms have effective monopolies in most of the supply chains across power generation, and any American company faces severe risks and penalties if they source components, parts, technology, or hardware from China.
US utilities are struggling to keep up with surging demand for electricity, driven mostly by AI data centers. They have budgeted hundreds of billions of dollars to catch up.
But the new rules not only threaten new builds; companies that installed Chinese-sourced parts before the EO may be required to replace them.
On September 18, inside a high-speed rail carriage, the song “I Love You, China” rang out. Those singing were a group of teenagers from Hong Kong and Macao, dressed in uniform school clothes, with visitor badges hanging on their chests, and behind them was a blue banner reading “Salute the National Flag.” That day was the 95th anniversary of the September 18 Incident; on that journey, they set off from West Kowloon Station and headed north all the way to Beijing, keeping an appointment with the national flag.
SCMP HK: US’s China containment failed miserably and backfired. According to the latest data from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) Critical Technology Tracker, in the 74 key technology categories tracked, the United States leads in only 8 categories, while China leads in 66 categories. The gap is closing fast.
US-sanctioned Chinese companies are increasingly turning to open-source research to innovate and reverse-engineer restricted foreign technology, with a 72 per cent surge in scientific literature citations in their patent applications, according to a new study.
While the United States said it expanded its Entity List to safeguard national security and preserve its technological edge, an analysis of Chinese patent filings over the 12 years until 2022 showed that US restrictions on access to technology had driven Chinese firms to widely source publicly available scientific knowledge and conduct more of their own research.
Video: The Fed Has Lost Control! US-China Heads Toward “No Turning Back” The Fed just hiked rates again — but the real story isn’t the hike itself. It’s what comes after. 影片有中英文字幕: 聯準會已經失控!美中走向「無法回頭」 聯準會才剛又升息——但真正的重點不是升息本身,而是之後會發生什麼。
High-rate deposit hoarding, propping up the AI bull market, protecting the elite’s assets — that’s what the Fed is really doing. But there’s one thing it’s missing: this round of inflation is a supply-side problem, not a “too much money printed” problem. For the first time in 40 years, the Fed has completely run out of tools to fight inflation.
Since 2021, the Fed has thrown everything at inflation — and it still can’t get back to 2%. What does that really mean? Is US debt heading toward a “soft default”? Why is the probability of a global financial crisis climbing sharply over the next 3 years?
Even more critical: all of this is pushing the US-China rivalry into a new phase — not compromise, but a fight with no turning back.
This video breaks down the real logic behind the Fed’s rate hike, and where global assets and US-China relations may be headed next.