The Shidao Bay plant in eastern Shandong province is powered by two high-temperature reactors cooled by gas rather than pressurised water, according to state news agency Xinhua...
Infinite money does not lead to infinite scale in zero time. China’s nuclear industry is robust and growing, as is their solar and wind industry. Money can’t be wasted if you’re already tapped out on growth in other avenues.
This year, China deployed more solar panels than the entirety of all solar panels in the US.
The scientists used lasers to fuse two light atoms into a single one, releasing 3.15MJ (megajoules) of energy from 2.05MJ of input – roughly enough to boil a kettle....
Exxon forecasts production of 3.8 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) in 2024, from 3.7 million this year, as it bets on a lift from the Permian shale basin and Guyana....
Methane is going to really fuck with our near-term climate change projections. Our estimates for methane emissions are even worse than they are for CO2.
Polish train manufacturer that lost servicing tender programmed train controller to brick itself after train stays for some time in 6 ISP facilities or in 1 their faculity(for testing?) until undocumented button combination is pressed. Some controller versions brick itself after train is idle for 10 days. After news about this...
"Endorsing countries include the United States, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Ghana, Hungary, Japan, Republic of Korea, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, and United Kingdom. "
It’s usually an annotation because Internet/phone penetration among the rural, uneducated, and poor in those countries isn’t great. They don’t have means to survey these people. Surveying the people who do have access to Internet is representative of what “normal people” feel.
The US has ~91% Internet penetration, while China only has 73% and India only 43%.
The goal of this comparison is to compare urban-to-urban, because those countries which don’t have this exclusion have relatively tiny rural populations.
Rural populations are negligible and covered under other factors in a number of countries (in the US, Internet access). It’s not worth mentioning because it’s not a relevant part of data.
The Chinese government is significantly reducing the number of mosques in Ningxia and Gansu provinces under its “consolidating mosques” policy, in violation of the right to freedom of religion.
I don’t really like how HRW does their reporting tbh. It basically consists of “here’s some random Chinese article that suggests something that they might do, which, because China is a single-party state, MUST describe what they do” coupled with “here are some sources from US-funded parties detailing what they claim to be happening in China.”
It’s not a question of whether their statements are accurate, but it’s a question of whether they’ve provided enough evidence to make those statements.
That’s actually not how modern China gained territory. The settlements in Xinjiang were explicitly designed to not step on the traditional Uyghur economic/cultural center of Kashgar. Instead, settlement surrounded Urumqi, a place that used to be a backwater of backwaters (the name meaning “beautiful pasture”). Even today, Kashgar and it’s surrounding areas are majority Uyghur (by far), while Urumqi is majority Han.
Privatization is such a waste of taxpayer money. You spend all those resources developing domestic capability and then sell it off to the highest bidder for a short-term cash infusion.
Anyone citing MBFC as anything other than a joke site needs to reconsider. Thing is, we don’t even know who the author of the site is, and from what he has claimed he has no credentials to make any sort of bias or factuality assessment.
Over the weekend, at least 82 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on Jabaliya refugee camp, including multiple United Nations schools sheltering Palestinians. At least 85 incidents of Israeli bombing have impacted 67 facilities run by the United Nations relief agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) in the last two months....
Objectively, they didn’t do good journalism and cite primary sources.
Primary sources were the interview with Yasmin Porat on Haboker Hazeh (which was censored by Israel) and the interview conducted with IDF helicopter pilots on, I think, Haaretz. Everything else is commentary on the same evidence.
The fact that the Tampa Bay Times failed to cite those two primary sources really calls into question their legitimacy as an institution for journalism. It’s basic journalistic etiquette to cite primary sources where possible.
What’s unmentioned is that the top 1%, the top 2%, the top 5%, even the top 10% has a disproportionate impact on emissions. That group is made up mostly by the West, but also the rich elite in China, India, Russia, Brazil, Indonesia, etc.
The most comprehensive study of global climate inequality ever undertaken shows that this elite group, made up of 77 million people including billionaires, millionaires and those paid more than US$140,000 (£112,500) a year
I mean, I agree as a whole, but I’m assuming that the online population trends upwards socioeconomically. 140k USD isn’t that high of a salary for the US coastal elite.
Wait, I’m confused. So the history of the Ryukyu Islands is that they were claimed by China until the First Sino-Japanese War, at which point they fell to the Japanese. Then, after WW2, the US takes over jurisdiction of the islands as war reparations under the Treaty of San Francisco (which China, naturally, wasn’t invited to and received basically nothing from).
So, today, the Americans have a bunch of military bases there, China claims a few small islands there, Japan claims the entire chain, and the people of the island themselves want independence.
“Regarding what the spokesman for the terrorist enemy army said about the arrival of prisoners of the occupation to Al-Shifa Hospital, we said early on that the resistance transferred many prisoners of the occupation to hospitals to receive treatment and undergo surgical operations, especially after some of them were injured as a result of the occupation’s aircraft bombing them.
We risked our fighters to guarantee the injured prisoners the best treatment. Possible in hospitals in the Gaza Strip.
We have published many pictures about this; Now their army spokesman presents it as if they have discovered something great.
What the spokesman for the occupation army says completely condemns them. These are points that are recorded for us and not for us.
Taking care of the prisoners, treating them, and giving them possible medical care is a point for us and not for us.”
South Korea on brink of ‘extinction’ unless embraces immigration, says minister (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Myanmar Junta Asks China to Pressure Brotherhood Alliance to End Offensive (www.irrawaddy.com)
Peru: Fujimori’s Release Violates International Law (www.hrw.org)
Ruling to Free Ex-President Runs Counter to Peru’s International Obligations...
Kishida to Offer Free University Tuition for Families with 3+ children Starting 2025 (stoppopulationdecline.org)
China launches fourth-generation nuclear reactor, world's first (www.hindustantimes.com)
The Shidao Bay plant in eastern Shandong province is powered by two high-temperature reactors cooled by gas rather than pressurised water, according to state news agency Xinhua...
World’s biggest nuclear fusion reactor comes online (www.independent.co.uk)
The scientists used lasers to fuse two light atoms into a single one, releasing 3.15MJ (megajoules) of energy from 2.05MJ of input – roughly enough to boil a kettle....
Exxon Mobil forecasts increases in project spending, oil output (www.reuters.com)
Exxon forecasts production of 3.8 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) in 2024, from 3.7 million this year, as it bets on a lift from the Permian shale basin and Guyana....
Climate change shown to cause methane release from the deep ocean (www.ncl.ac.uk)
Global Chip Equipment Sales Plummet by 11%, Taiwan Nearly Halves, China Breaks Records (www.trendforce.com)
Train manufacturer intentionally bricks trains serviced by independent service providers (social.hackerspace.pl)
Polish train manufacturer that lost servicing tender programmed train controller to brick itself after train stays for some time in 6 ISP facilities or in 1 their faculity(for testing?) until undocumented button combination is pressed. Some controller versions brick itself after train is idle for 10 days. After news about this...
China accords diplomatic recognition to Taliban government in Afghanistan (www.indiatoday.in)
Russia Takes Control of Iraq’s Biggest Oil Discovery for 20 Years | OilPrice.com (oilprice.com)
Sorry America, China has a bigger economy than you (www.ft.com)
Chinese shipyard unveils plans for world’s first nuclear tanker powered by cutting-edge molten salt reactor (www.scmp.com)
Moody's turns negative on US credit rating, draws Washington ire (www.reuters.com)
Putin seems to be winning the war in Ukraine—for now (www.economist.com)
China, IMF and investors can’t reach a deal on Zambia’s debt. What does it mean for other distressed African nations? (www.scmp.com)
Sunday's Gaza Guests Linked to Military Industry, Pro-Israel Funding (fair.org)
Ipsos Global Happiness 2023. China tops at 91%. (lemmy.ml)
ipsos.com/…/Ipsos Global Happiness 2023 Report_0.…
China: Mosques Shuttered, Razed, Altered in Muslim Areas (www.hrw.org)
The Chinese government is significantly reducing the number of mosques in Ningxia and Gansu provinces under its “consolidating mosques” policy, in violation of the right to freedom of religion.
Israeli settlers steal Palestinian farmers’ land in occupied West Bank (www.aljazeera.com)
India set to miss divestment targets by more than half this year - sources | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
China’s CO2 emissions may be falling already, in a watershed moment for the world (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Ex-Obama adviser says more Palestinian kids should die in Islamophobic rant (www.aljazeera.com)
US considers redesignating Houthis as ‘terror’ group after ship seizure (www.aljazeera.com)
Ukraine War: Selling Stalemate and Prolonging Pain (nationalinterest.org)
Harvard Law Review Blocks Article About Genocide in Gaza (theintercept.com)
Haaretz confirms Grayzone reporting it dismissed as ‘conspiracy’ showing Israel killed own festivalgoers - The Grayzone (thegrayzone.com)
US to Deploy Previously Banned Missiles to Aim Them at China (news.antiwar.com)
Palestinian Death Toll in Gaza Tops 13,000 as Israel Repeatedly Strikes U.N. Schools Housing Refugees (www.democracynow.org)
Over the weekend, at least 82 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on Jabaliya refugee camp, including multiple United Nations schools sheltering Palestinians. At least 85 incidents of Israeli bombing have impacted 67 facilities run by the United Nations relief agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) in the last two months....
Israel Implemented 'Mass Hannibal' Directive on 7 October: Israeli Pilot (new.thecradle.co)
‘Respect the facts’: Beijing rejects Australian claims China sonar injured navy divers (www.theguardian.com)
Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says (www.theguardian.com)
Japanese troops drill on island seen as vulnerable to China (www.reuters.com)
Palestine-Israel Crisis Megathread II (lemmy.ml)
This is the second megathread for discussion regarding the crisis....