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Letter from Shanghai: Reflections on China in 2024 — #73

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  • (00:00) - Overview: 3 weeks in China
  • (02:33) - The China knowledge problem: Grappling with Reality
  • (06:54) - Physics seminars in Shanghai and Beijing
  • (15:54) - Chinese academia, challenges in scientific culture
  • (22:43) - Yu Min: Two Bombs, One Satellite
  • (27:02) - He Jiankui and gene editing, plus the future of biotech in China
  • (33:32) - China's AI and chip war strategy. Impact of U.S. policies on semiconductor industry
  • (35:46) - Quiet confidence in China's technological advancements
  • (37:17) - Discovering my father's history in Yunnan, etched in stone
  • (41:04) - Climbing Jade Mountain on election night: Trump Triumph
  • (48:31) - Shanghai modern infrastructure and technology
  • (51:16) - High-speed rail in China
  • (53:12) - Visit China - or at least watch some travel videos on YouTube!

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    Links to X posts made during my trip - check out the whole timeline

    during this period.

     

    PPP and US vs PRC Real GDP

    https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1851653168158949492

     

    PhD student asks me whether Jews control US politics:

    https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1852179736035778768

     

    Note to retards, on "Chicoms":

    https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1852195575434715645

     

    Yu Min and the Chinese H-bomb:

    https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1852497112635671016

    https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1852497765353558371

     

    Me and He Jiankui:

    https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1852693355601199262

     

    Dali:

    https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1853239642075648356

    https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1853247317840629820

    https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1853301562480718195

     

    Lijiang:

    https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1854395254105047484

    https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1854503079669838057

     

    MAGA on the Mountain:

    https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1854015799901495674

     

    Business-class lie flat seats on HSR:

    https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1855042439280791977

     

    Kumming:

    https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1855050351755641106

    https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1855409317937098864

    https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1855748351855071433

    https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1856215080637215222

    https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1856239700362834006

    https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1856533059509653578

    https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1856634646160683273

     

    Shanghai:

    https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1857282310099386857

    https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1857391783770276314

    https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1857574060122845381

    https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1857653348557603255

    https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1858033981276467535

     


    Music used with permission from Blade Runner Blues Livestream improvisation by State Azure.

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    Steve Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Previously, he was Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation at MSU and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Science at the University of Oregon. Hsu is a startup founder (SuperFocus, SafeWeb, Genomic Prediction, Othram) and advisor to venture capital and other investment firms. He was educated at Caltech and Berkeley, was a Harvard Junior Fellow, and has held faculty positions at Yale, the University of Oregon, and MSU. Please send any questions or suggestions to [email protected] or Steve on X @hsu_steve.


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