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The mystery Chinese crypto boss paying Elon Musk a fortune to go to space A China-born cryptocurrency billionaire with six passports is under scrutiny after paying Elon Musk's SpaceX for a mission to space

“He is a China-born cryptocurrency billionaire who says he travels with six passports, follows Mars time, and is a homeless refugee. Chun Wang, 42, is most often in the Arctic …”. And what about the #dualuse research? www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-sp...

It's March 2025, and I am still waiting for renowned China expert Kaiser Kuo to address this.

Exclusive - Chinese spy balloon was packed with American tech The Chinese spy balloon that crossed the United States carried American technology that could have enabled it to spy on Americans.

Did you - like everyone else - wonder what was in *that* ballon? I found out: www.newsweek.com/chinese-spy-...

A burn at the end of the Chinese language report of Wang Yi-Rubio convo on Friday when WY said, “希望你好自为之，为中美两国人民的未来，为世界的和平与稳定发挥建设性作用。” www.mfa.gov.cn/web/wjbz_673...

Feels as if people are a bit conflating the apparent anchor attacks (with “cutting anchors” that Ru has long had and for which we have evidence of PRC patent applications) with shadow fleet issues. AFAIK neither Newnew PB nor Yipeng 3 were shadow fleeters.

Are some cases of Alzheimer's disease caused by infection? - Harvard Health Some scientists believe that microbes might play a part in Alzheimer's disease development. There are several theories about how and why this occurs. Microbes that might be involved include certain...

'The virus that causes COVID-19, known as SARS-CoV-2, may also make the brain vulnerable to Alzheimer's'.

It's very important to think through the population-level effects this will have in the next decade.

www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-moo...

I absolutely am!

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Exclusive—Chinese patents reveal aim to cut undersea cables Patent applications showed that Chinese scientists had been devising ways for severing undersea cables

I just published this over at @newsweek.com www.newsweek.com/china-confli... Classic PRC reporting moment: "deputy director of Lishui University's Scientific Research Division, Wang Yan, said, "No need, no need" then hung up" 不用不用 @auonsson.bsky.social

China's push for supremacy moves into space A new observatory rising in Chile adds to China's extensive Latin American space network that is boosting its goal of civilian and military control in the skies

My last big report this year! #Space newsweek.com/2025/01/17/c... "China's ambition to be the world's greatest space power is taking it to the Moon, to other planets—and to the sepia dust of Chile's Atacama Desert. Here, in a lunar-looking landscape in the South American country..."

Exclusive: Britain pares back secretive China strategy review, seeking closer ties Britain's Labour government has pared back an audit of relations with China, four sources with knowledge of the matter said, preparing the way for a less critical report that could help Prime Minister Keir Starmer focus on improving economic ties.

UK could end up isolated in terms of security from the US for this kind of appeasement policy for short-term trade gains www.reuters.com/world/uk/bri...

Kilts and qipaos in Britain: Nearly 400 China 'United Front' Groups thrive An investigation by Newsweek identifies hundreds of groups in Britain tied to the Chinese Communist Party. Many work to deepen Beijing's influence worldwide.

With the brouhaha surrounding Prince Andrew and "H6", re-upping my story about the sheer scale of the PRC's United Front operations in the UK: www.newsweek.com/kilts-qipaos...

New report on #Norway, #GreenEnergy and #PRC solar panel supply chains: www.utjd.org/news/wp-cont...

Sounds a bit desperate, no? Warning not to decouple ...

thanks to you Sari! And yes I'm here - hello everyone!

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