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The Hardest Metamaterial Test Is a Train
China's 400 km/h CR450 uses acoustic metamaterials to hold cabin noise down. The same material family sits on the J-35. The train is the harder case.
Robin Wen |
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China's Route Around the Helium-3 Bottleneck
Chinese teams have twice reached the 100 millikelvin class without helium-3. The second result, in a metal, is the one that makes a refrigerator.
The MATCH Act Draws Its Line at Today
The MATCH Act would exempt allied-owned fabs already in China, but not ones built later. That is a stricter rule than Washington applies to itself.
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Payment Terms Follow Scarcity, Not Rules
China's listed carmakers promised 60-day supplier payment in June 2025. On the fiscal-statement measure it is 187 days. Battery makers moved the other way.
China's Data Property Certificates Can Finally Travel
China's national data registry issued 56 certificates in September. Provincial pilots had already issued more than 40,000. The difference is recognition.