China's Week, Sunday February 1
Lithium from brine; 55,000 Japanese Cos. in China; China wins WTO case vs USA; 160,000-y.o. composite tool; Eleven gangsters executed; Scary, 500 km A2A missile.
Science & Technology
Field strength of 35.6 teslas - 700,000x Earth's magnetic field - sets a world record for high-temperature superconducting user magnets.
China, Chile explore Atacama Trench with ‘tools no other country possesses’: ’“We are physically present, 8,000 metres down, measuring, collecting samples and observing everything with our own eyes”.
20,000-tonne line extracts lithium from salt lake brine, lifts recovery from 50% to 78%, shortens production cycle and reduces lithium loss via evaporation.
Humanoid robot becomes world’s first to connect with orbiting satellite, demonstrate stable operation without any ground network support.
Economy & Trade
85% of EVs cost under $45,000. But Chinese buyers of Mercedes or Cadillac are 20 to
