WeChat's 2025 Spring Festival Data Report: A Billion+ Custom Red Packet Covers, Rich Online Festive AtmosphereOn February 5th, the WeChat team released their 2025 Spring Festival data report, "Cyber Festive Flavor in WeChat." Based on data collected from Chinese New Year's Eve to the fifth day of the festival, the report vividly portrays an online scene brimming with festive cheer...

Supercritical Water-Assisted Carbon Capture: Carbonic Ester Intermediate Reveals Novel CO Dissolution MechanismA new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has made significant progress in understanding the complex reaction mechanism of carbon dioxide (CO) in supercritical water, offering new hope for developing more efficient carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies. This groundbreaking research reveals the role of carbonic ester as a key reaction intermediate, providing a solid foundation for future CCS innovations...

Google in China: An Analysis of Business Models and Regulatory ScrutinyGoogle, a global tech giant, maintains a complex relationship with the Chinese market despite the inaccessibility of its core services like Google Search, Gmail, and YouTube in mainland China. Recent investigations into Google have heightened scrutiny of its business model in the country...

The Rise and Fall of Satellite Dishes: A Technological and Social ShiftOnce ubiquitous in China, satellite dishes hold a special place in the television memories of generations. In an era of limited entertainment options, they magically brought global television programming into ordinary homes, attracting countless families to risk using them despite government bans...

The "Energy Tower" Craze: A Double Threat of Cancer Risk and False AdvertisingIn recent years, "energy towers" have become a hot seller on online platforms, marketed with pseudoscientific claims of altering fate and improving fortune. Prices range from a few dollars to over ten thousand...

China's Manned Space Program in 2025: Shenzhou, Tianzhou, Haolong, and Qingzhou Usher in a New Era of Space Exploration2024 witnessed a remarkable achievement in Chinese space exploration with 68 rocket launches, leaving a significant mark on the vast cosmos. In 2025, China's manned space program will continue its glorious journey, taking even bolder strides towards the stars...

2025: The Year of Humanoid Robot Mass Production: Technological Breakthroughs, Application Prospects, and Opportunities for ChinaThe Spring Festival Gala 2024 featured a stunning performance of "YangBOT," a creative dance collaboration between dancers and humanoid robots provided by Unitree Robotics. The seamless interaction between robots and human performers, showcasing graceful movements with handkerchiefs, presented a captivating "cyber" Yangge feast, thrusting humanoid robots into the public eye...

In the Age of AI, Does Reading Still Matter? A Clash of Perspectives Between DeepSeek and Academician Zheng QuanshuiThe recent emergence of DeepSeek has sparked global debate. Silicon Valley giants fear being surpassed, the general public worries about job displacement by AI, and the education sector is in turmoil...

NFC "Tap and Go": Exploring Phone Access Cards and More Convenient FeaturesUsing your phone as an access card for apartments and offices has become commonplace. However, forgetting your phone or access card happens frequently, causing significant inconvenience...

WeChat Friend Relationship Anomaly Detection: 6 Simple and Effective Ways to Tell if You've Been Deleted or BlockedOpen WeChat, go to your Contacts, find the friend you want to check, and click to enter their profile page. Observe whether their Moments are displayed normally...

Solid-State Batteries: A Deep Dive into a Trillion-Dollar Market and its Industrialization ProcessEmerging and future industries are crucial components of a modernized industrial system, possessing leading advantages and significant development potential. Cultivating and developing strategic emerging and future industries is a primary pathway to accelerating the formation of new qualitative productive forces...

The escalating US tech blockade against China: Hegemonic anxiety or strategic miscalculation?The US has further tightened its technological restrictions on China, banning the export of advanced AI chips and pressuring allies to strengthen export controls, citing "national security" as the justification. This isn't the first time the US has pressured China's tech sector, but the underlying anxieties and potential strategic miscalculations warrant closer examination...