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Tag: China
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Via archinect.com
Transforming a Dumping Ground Into a Floating Forest in China
Fish Tail Park is a new 126-acre floating forest in Nanchang, China that helps regulate floods, restore wildlife habitation and create a recreational area for the city. Transforming what was once a …
Blockchain Chicken Farm
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From chickens with QR codes to AI systems that farm pigs, the essay collection Blockchain Chicken Farm explains and interrogates how technology and agriculture intertwine in rural China. On the surface, coder and …
Tea Drunk Handpicks Leaves From 1,000-Year-Old Terroir in China
Founded by tea expert Shunan Teng, Tea Drunk preserves China's historic, native plants
Via designboom.com
The World’s Biggest Astronomy Museum to Open in China
Set to open 18 July, the 420,000-square-foot Shanghai Science and Technology Museum is set to be the largest museum in the world dedicated to astronomy. The building, designed by Ennead Architects, mimics …
Via core77.com
China’s Ningbo Fotile Kitchen Ware Co Reimagines the Dishwasher
With their Fotile 3-in-1 Sink Dishwasher, Chinese appliance company Ningbo Fotile Kitchen Ware Co embeds the unit right into the countertop, directly beside a complementary sink. Its name references the fact that …
Via washingtonpost.com
Mount Everest’s New Height
Officials from Nepal and China, the two nations that border Mount Everest, just announced a new official height for the mountain. Now documented as standing at 8,848.86 meters (29,031.69 feet) tall, Everest …
Via bloomberg.com
Highlights from the 2020 Beijing Auto Show
Originally set for March, the Beijing Auto Show is on now and marks the first large-scale trade show for the industry since the onset of the pandemic. It makes sense that this …
Via electrek.co
Kandi Electric Car Priced Under $10K for US Launch
An important milestone for the Chinese electric car manufacturer (and EVs in general), Kandi’s K27 and K23 have had their prices reduced even further for their US launch. This deal applies to …
Via nytimes.com
Three Spacecraft Head to Mars
This summer, three unmanned spacecraft—the Perseverance (US), Tianwen-1 (China) and Hope Orbiter (United Arab Emirates)—are making the journey to Mars in order to explore. Helicopters, rovers, infrared spectrometers, cameras and other equipment …