She managed to survive the fierce competition. After her graduation from Fudan, she expanded her master’s thesis on the gap between urban and rural students at top universities in China, and her findings were published early last year. Zheng’s book, which discusses class differences from a sociological perspective, is one of the most prominent of … Read more
While Russian, Chinese and Iranian drones are easy to destroy using existing Western systems, the costs are prohibitive. This unsustainable ratio is the result of decades of complacency and bureaucratic inefficiency. Worse, this situation is merely a prelude to a future of unmanned autonomous weapons. Most current drones are either controlled remotely by a human … Read more
Climate change is here, causing catastrophic wildfires, flooding and other natural disasters. Related Articles Environment | As California wildfires rage, one Bay Area insurer uses AI for coverage Environment | Northern California Park Fire triples in size in a day Environment | Opinion: Our days are getting longer as the polar ice caps melt Environment … Read more
That denial was issued on Monday in response to a WeChat post, which went viral on Sunday across Chinese social media, by former Royole independent director Liu Shuwei, who serves as director of the China Enterprise Research Centre at the Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing. The post stated that Huawei had proposed … Read more
Nigerian student, David Akanmu, has been selected as one of the beneficiaries of the 2024 Knight-Hennessy Scholars Award at Stanford University. According to the announcement on the website of Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford University, the 2024 cohort comprises 90 students from 30 countries who will pursue degrees in 45 graduate programmes across all seven graduate schools at … Read more
Californians vote on many ballot measures, but rarely participate in significant public discussions about the measures’ contents and impacts. This isn’t just about apathy. Rather, it’s an example of “rational ignorance,” a term coined by economist Anthony Downs in 1957, to define this democratic reality: Since your individual vote doesn’t much matter among millions of … Read more
