EVs must detect, rescue disabled drivers; China, Russia are sole nuclear superpowers; Childhood myopia eye drops; 1M tons/year Green Hydrogen; first naval hypersonic anti-ship missile deploys.
Wow! Chinese mass-production of T1200-grade carbon fiber, and breaking Japan's monopoly esp. for aerospace and defence is a massive game changer. And as they scale up, and export must should hugely benefit other countries, including the Global South. Outstanding achievement.
Carbon fiber deserves more than a bullet point here. When 48K large-tow production hits 30,000 tons/year on a fully domestic supply chain, the downstream effects compound: cheaper carbon fiber feeds cheaper wind blades, cheaper wind feeds cheaper electricity, cheaper electricity feeds cheaper manufacturing of everything else on this list, including more carbon fiber. Several of these items are inputs to each other, not parallel achievements. That self-reinforcing loop is harder to replicate than any single technology in it.
Wow! Chinese mass-production of T1200-grade carbon fiber, and breaking Japan's monopoly esp. for aerospace and defence is a massive game changer. And as they scale up, and export must should hugely benefit other countries, including the Global South. Outstanding achievement.
Carbon fiber deserves more than a bullet point here. When 48K large-tow production hits 30,000 tons/year on a fully domestic supply chain, the downstream effects compound: cheaper carbon fiber feeds cheaper wind blades, cheaper wind feeds cheaper electricity, cheaper electricity feeds cheaper manufacturing of everything else on this list, including more carbon fiber. Several of these items are inputs to each other, not parallel achievements. That self-reinforcing loop is harder to replicate than any single technology in it.
I suspect we don't hear much about it because the US lacks the technology..