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<item><title>Two Hundred Years of US Trade with China, by Hua Bin</title><link>https://www.unz.com/bhua/two-hundred-years-of-us-trade-with-china/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/bhua/two-hundred-years-of-us-trade-with-china/#comments</comments><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:00:45 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hua Bin]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551224</guid><description><![CDATA[A reader referred to the Burlingame Treaty between the US and Qing Dynasty in the comment section of my last essay. This triggered a thought to do a look back at the trade relationship between the two countries through historical lens. Many things have changed but some patterns of behavior stick. It could shed some...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>4</slash:comments></item><item><title>A Trump Xi Meeting, if It Happens, Will be a Nothing Burger, by Hua Bin</title><link>https://www.unz.com/bhua/a-trump-xi-meeting-if-it-happens-will-be-a-nothing-burger/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/bhua/a-trump-xi-meeting-if-it-happens-will-be-a-nothing-burger/#comments</comments><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 04:00:47 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hua Bin]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551184</guid><description><![CDATA[All eyes are on Geyongju, South Korea for a rumored “side talk” between Trump and Xi later this week. Beijing has not confirmed but Trump and Bessent sounded positive. Among the topics are rare earth, tariff, soybean, chips, and Taiwan. While diplomatic protocols and direct talks between principals of major powers are important and some...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>99</slash:comments></item><item><title>Achieving Escalation Dominance – How China Alone Can Resist US Economic and Tech Blackmail, by Hua Bin</title><link>https://www.unz.com/bhua/achieving-escalation-dominance-how-china-alone-can-resist-us-economic-and-tech-blackmail/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/bhua/achieving-escalation-dominance-how-china-alone-can-resist-us-economic-and-tech-blackmail/#comments</comments><pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hua Bin]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551137</guid><description><![CDATA[Last week, the vassal governor of Australia Anthony Albanese went to the imperial court in Washington and paid tribute to King Trump in the form of a “landmark deal” for joint mining of Australian rare earth deposits. The goal is to break China’s stranglehold on these critical minerals. Trump, in his indefinite stupidity, immediately declared...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>261</slash:comments></item><item><title>Climbing the Escalation Ladder, by Hua Bin</title><link>https://www.unz.com/bhua/climbing-the-escalation-ladder/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/bhua/climbing-the-escalation-ladder/#comments</comments><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 04:00:46 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hua Bin]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=550861</guid><description><![CDATA[As if following a pre-ordained script, the US China trade and tech war escalated to a peak last week when China launched a range of hard-hitting counter measures against the US in retaliation for its provocations, including severe restrictions on rare earth products. Predictably, Trump went into a blind rage and raised import tariff of...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>226</slash:comments></item><item><title>Apologies to Colonel Gaddafi, by Hua Bin</title><link>https://www.unz.com/bhua/apologies-to-colonel-gaddafi/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/bhua/apologies-to-colonel-gaddafi/#comments</comments><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 04:10:01 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hua Bin]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=550827</guid><description><![CDATA[Kevin Bannett, who I admire, commented on my just published piece that I was unfair to Gaddafi to call Trump’s UN speech Gaddafi-esque. Though I had a general idea of Gaddafi’s 2009 UN speech, I forgot most of the details. So I asked Grok for a quick summary of Gaddafi’s speech and compare it with...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>73</slash:comments></item><item><title>Shaving Private Ryan, by Hua Bin</title><link>https://www.unz.com/bhua/shaving-private-ryan/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/bhua/shaving-private-ryan/#comments</comments><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 04:00:21 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hua Bin]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=550825</guid><description><![CDATA[A friend forwarded some clips of the recent Quantico gathering of top US military brass for the lecture by Pete Hegseth, secretary of war (wow, we are so scared), and, let’s be charitable and call it a “speech”, by King Trump. I was laughing so hard to almost have a hernia and couldn’t watch in...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>46</slash:comments></item><item><title>How Beijing Used State Planning to Build a Scientific Powerhouse, by Hua Bin</title><link>https://www.unz.com/bhua/how-beijing-used-state-planning-to-build-a-scientific-powerhouse/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/bhua/how-beijing-used-state-planning-to-build-a-scientific-powerhouse/#comments</comments><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 04:10:55 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hua Bin]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=550800</guid><description><![CDATA[China is producing more STEM graduates, publishing more high impact research papers, and filing for more patents than any other country today. People are amazed with the seemingly sudden outburst of Chinese scientific and technological prowess. But few understand how this has happened. I’ll dive into some arcane programs launched since Deng’s reform to explore...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>102</slash:comments></item><item><title>Nature Index’s Latest Global Science Ranking, by Hua Bin</title><link>https://www.unz.com/bhua/nature-indexs-latest-global-science-ranking/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/bhua/nature-indexs-latest-global-science-ranking/#comments</comments><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 04:00:55 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hua Bin]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=550759</guid><description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, I wrote about the prestigious Nature magazine’s 2024 Nature Index ranking of global research institutions based on the quantity and impact of their research output in high end science journals. ( ) Chinese research institutes and universities were prominently featured in the 2024 results. Recently, the latest Nature Index came out, reaffirming...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>137</slash:comments></item><item><title>Innovations in "Old" Industries, by Hua Bin</title><link>https://www.unz.com/bhua/innovations-in-old-industries/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/bhua/innovations-in-old-industries/#comments</comments><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 04:00:41 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hua Bin]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=550717</guid><description><![CDATA[My last piece focused on the world’s fastest car and humanoid made in China by BYD and Robotera. However, breakthrough innovations are happening not only in future industries like EV or robotics. Those of us who follow technology are often blindsided by progress in the “new and shining objects” like AI, humanoid, or space exploration....]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>65</slash:comments></item><item><title>I Don’t Know Whether Chinese Weapons Work. But I Wouldn’t Bet Against Them, by Hua Bin</title><link>https://www.unz.com/bhua/i-dont-know-whether-chinese-weapons-work-but-i-wouldnt-bet-against-them/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/bhua/i-dont-know-whether-chinese-weapons-work-but-i-wouldnt-bet-against-them/#comments</comments><pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2025 04:00:30 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hua Bin]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=550685</guid><description><![CDATA[Beijing put dozens of new high-tech weapons such as hypersonic missiles and unmanned stealth jets on display during the September 3 military parade. The stock response from western media has been who knows whether they work or not. On the one hand, it’s understandable that questions are raised about the effectiveness of weapons that have...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>75</slash:comments></item><item><title>China’s Historical Semiconductor Breakthrough, by Hua Bin</title><link>https://www.unz.com/bhua/chinas-historical-semiconductor-breakthrough/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/bhua/chinas-historical-semiconductor-breakthrough/#comments</comments><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 04:00:24 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hua Bin]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=550650</guid><description><![CDATA[Despite the obvious hype, there is no doubt AI and semiconductors are key drivers of scientific and technological progress for the world for decades to come. As silicon-based chips shrink toward their physical limits, the industry is desperately searching for alternatives to continue the progress defined by Moore’s Law — the trend that Intel co-founder...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>225</slash:comments></item><item><title>China’s Rare Earth Ban Is Widening the Weapons Gap with Its Enemies, by Hua Bin</title><link>https://www.unz.com/bhua/chinas-rare-earth-ban-is-widening-the-weapons-gap-with-its-enemies/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/bhua/chinas-rare-earth-ban-is-widening-the-weapons-gap-with-its-enemies/#comments</comments><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 04:00:09 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hua Bin]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=550591</guid><description><![CDATA[When I first wrote about China’s rare earth export control in reaction to Trump’s tariff war back in April, the topic was an obscure technical one. Over the past months, mainstream media has given the subject saturation coverage and now everyone realizes the importance of rare earth in high tech production, especially for weapon systems....]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>82</slash:comments></item><item><title>Quotes from the Founding Fathers of Israel and the US and Other Jewish Luminaries on Politics, by Hua Bin</title><link>https://www.unz.com/bhua/quotes-from-the-founding-fathers-of-israel-and-the-us-and-other-jewish-luminaries-on-politics/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/bhua/quotes-from-the-founding-fathers-of-israel-and-the-us-and-other-jewish-luminaries-on-politics/#comments</comments><pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2025 04:00:33 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hua Bin]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=550517</guid><description><![CDATA[Ben Gurion, the founding Israeli prime minister, pronounced a future Pax Judaica in 1962, “all armies will be abolished, and there will be no more wars. In Jerusalem, the United Nations (a truly United Nations) will build a Shrine of the Prophets to serve the federated union of all continents, this will be the seat...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>31</slash:comments></item><item><title>Trump, the Diplomat-In-Chief, Just Took a Dump at the UN, by Hua Bin</title><link>https://www.unz.com/bhua/trump-the-diplomat-in-chief-just-took-a-dump-at-the-un/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/bhua/trump-the-diplomat-in-chief-just-took-a-dump-at-the-un/#comments</comments><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 04:00:28 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hua Bin]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=550478</guid><description><![CDATA[When Jimmy Kimmel was taken off the air briefly and Stephen Colbert’s Late Show was cancelled – both for offending Trump’s sensitivity, a lot of people bemoaned the loss of free speech and humor in politics. While loss of free speech is increasingly the norm in the “world’s foremost democracy”, humor in politics is safe...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>59</slash:comments></item><item><title>Delete USA, by Hua Bin</title><link>https://www.unz.com/bhua/delete-usa/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/bhua/delete-usa/#comments</comments><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 04:05:05 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hua Bin]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=550237</guid><description><![CDATA[Since Trump and Biden launched the tech and trade wars with China, I have written several essays arguing that Beijing should pursue a full decoupling with the US for national security and economic competitiveness reasons. It seems that is happening right now. Beijing just banned its big tech companies from buying the Nvidia H20 and...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>644</slash:comments></item><item><title>Why Is Charlie Kirk a Big Deal?, by Hua Bin</title><link>https://www.unz.com/bhua/why-is-charlie-kirk-a-big-deal/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/bhua/why-is-charlie-kirk-a-big-deal/#comments</comments><pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2025 04:00:19 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hua Bin]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=550128</guid><description><![CDATA[Political assassinations in the US have been a feature of the system since JFK. The targets of such violence are typically people of significance like RFK, MLK, Ron Reagan and Trump. The killing of Charlie Kirk is unusual in the sense that there has been a media firestorm for someone who didn’t hold any office...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>119</slash:comments></item><item><title>What Message Is China Sending During the September 3 Beijing Military Parade, by Hua Bin</title><link>https://www.unz.com/bhua/what-message-is-china-sending-during-the-september-3-beijing-military-parade/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/bhua/what-message-is-china-sending-during-the-september-3-beijing-military-parade/#comments</comments><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2025 04:00:37 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hua Bin]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=549892</guid><description><![CDATA[The biggest news out of China in the past month is the military parade held in Beijing on September 3rd to celebrate the defeat of the Japanese during WW2. President Xi Jinping was joined by President Putin and Kim Jong Un as well as the heads of state from Indonesia, Malaysia, Iran, Vietnam, Belarus, Pakistan,...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>399</slash:comments></item><item><title>Zbigniew Brzezinski’s Take on Russia, Iran and China, by Hua Bin</title><link>https://www.unz.com/bhua/zbigniew-brzezinskis-take-on-russia-iran-and-china/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/bhua/zbigniew-brzezinskis-take-on-russia-iran-and-china/#comments</comments><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 04:00:34 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hua Bin]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=549766</guid><description><![CDATA[One of the more astounding things about the US political establishment since the Bill Clinton administration is how much the quality of the leadership has degenerated. I am not referring to the soft targets of a string of low-quality, low-impact, even disastrous POTUSes from Clinton to Trump – anyone who has watched late night shows...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>317</slash:comments></item><item><title>Peter Thiel and Vladimir Ilyich Lenin – Apostles of Two Economic Orders (Part 2), by Hua Bin</title><link>https://www.unz.com/bhua/peter-thiel-and-vladimir-ilyich-lenin-apostles-of-two-economic-orders-part-2/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/bhua/peter-thiel-and-vladimir-ilyich-lenin-apostles-of-two-economic-orders-part-2/#comments</comments><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:56 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hua Bin]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=549641</guid><description><![CDATA[In the first part of my essay, I outlined how market and competition in the earlier phases of industrial capitalism in the West have given way to monopoly finance capitalism in the pursuit of maximum capitalist profits (a.k.a. shareholder value), as advocated by Peter Thiel, the philosophical godfather of Silicon Valley tech and financial elite...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>242</slash:comments></item><item><title>Peter Thiel and Vladimir Ilyich Lenin – Apostles of Two Economic Orders (Part 1), by Hua Bin</title><link>https://www.unz.com/bhua/peter-thiel-and-vladimir-ilyich-lenin-apostles-of-two-economic-orders-part-1/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/bhua/peter-thiel-and-vladimir-ilyich-lenin-apostles-of-two-economic-orders-part-1/#comments</comments><pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:26 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hua Bin]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=549503</guid><description><![CDATA[Peter Thiel is a self-claimed “libertarian” billionaire with a legendary tech career in the Silicon Valley. Thiel wears many hats as “the godfather of the PayPal Mafia”, angel investor in Facebook, creator of Palantir which many call the “most evil company in the US”, and former boss and financial sponsor of Vice President JD Vance....]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>128</slash:comments></item><item><title>CH-7 Stealth ISR and Precision Strike Drone, by Hua Bin</title><link>https://www.unz.com/bhua/ch-7-stealth-isr-and-precision-strike-drone/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/bhua/ch-7-stealth-isr-and-precision-strike-drone/#comments</comments><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 04:00:06 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hua Bin]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=549348</guid><description><![CDATA[photo of WZ-7 I recently wrote about 2 drones in the WZ family of unmanned aerial vehicles (WZ-8 and WZ-9) as well as the CH-T1 ground effect “carrier killer” attack drone. All these drones have no direct comparable counterparts outside of Chinese arsenal. The pace of drone innovations is only accelerating. Here I’ll discuss another...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>130</slash:comments></item><item><title>Beijing’s New Paradigm of Sustainable Computing – Build Data Centers Underwater, by Hua Bin</title><link>https://www.unz.com/bhua/beijings-new-paradigm-of-sustainable-computing-build-data-centers-underwater/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/bhua/beijings-new-paradigm-of-sustainable-computing-build-data-centers-underwater/#comments</comments><pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2025 04:00:52 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hua Bin]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=549292</guid><description><![CDATA[Back in May, I wrote about the Three-Body Computer Constellation – the world’s first space-based supercomputer network China launched. ( ) The goal was to tap into celestial energy, physical space, and low temperature to manage issues related to power consumption, land use, and carbon emission from heat dissipation that face terrestrial networks. Beijing is...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>43</slash:comments></item><item><title>The Emergence of Two Divergent Trade Blocs, by Hua Bin</title><link>https://www.unz.com/bhua/the-emergence-of-two-divergent-trade-blocs/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/bhua/the-emergence-of-two-divergent-trade-blocs/#comments</comments><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 04:05:24 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hua Bin]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=549252</guid><description><![CDATA[Trump’s tariff playbook is now clear. There are three parts to a “deal” Trump imposes on US’s submissive trading partners: Zero tariff on US imports in exchange for an arbitrary non-zero “reciprocal” tariff Trump puts on them (ranging from 10 to 50%) Lump sum purchase, usually several hundred billion dollars, of US goods from energy...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>327</slash:comments></item><item><title>WZ-8 Near-Space Hypersonic Stealth Penetration Drone, by Hua Bin</title><link>https://www.unz.com/bhua/wz-8-near-space-hypersonic-stealth-penetration-drone/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/bhua/wz-8-near-space-hypersonic-stealth-penetration-drone/#comments</comments><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 04:00:20 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hua Bin]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=549167</guid><description><![CDATA[A critical element of modern warfare is system redundancy. As adversaries wage an endless loop of offense and defense innovations, no single weapon system can be relied upon to perform a designated task. Modern military doctrine calls for overlapping capabilities and built-in redundancies in weapon platforms in case some systems are neutralized. Single points of...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>53</slash:comments></item><item><title>WZ-9 Drone – China’s “sensor Truck” in the Air, by Hua Bin</title><link>https://www.unz.com/bhua/wz-9-drone-chinas-sensor-truck-in-the-air/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/bhua/wz-9-drone-chinas-sensor-truck-in-the-air/#comments</comments><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 04:00:50 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hua Bin]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=549061</guid><description><![CDATA[When the B-2 stealth bombers attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities in June, Trump regime showed the world that countries are vulnerable without air defense systems that can detect and destroy advanced stealth platforms. Stealth jets such as B-2 or F-35 are designed to minimize their radar cross sections on traditional radars with their aerodynamic designs and...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>55</slash:comments></item></channel></rss>