Wuyang Trades the North for the Belt
Wuyang's 39-degree orbit serves the tropics and gives up the north. Planet flew the same idea and stopped. Who pays decides the rest.
Industry & Manufacturing
China Is Australia's Top Car Source, and That Counts Factories
China took 35.5 per cent of Australia's new-car sales in September. The figure counts factories, not badges.
BYD's Spanish Double First Is Two Different Markets
BYD leads both plug-in segments in Spain, 767 cars over Tesla in battery cars and far more in hybrids. The EU tariff covered only one of them.
China's Airborne Wind Power Reaches 4,000 Metres
China's S4000 flew a floating power station to 4,000 metres, thirteen times the record. Its parts came from China's supply chain; its cost is unmeasured.
Two Nuclear Clocks, One Scarce Isotope
Two labs have built a thorium-229 nuclear clock. What separates them is isotope spent per crystal, and whether the next crystal agrees.
EnerVenue's First Factory Was Built to Be Copied
EnerVenue chose Changzhou over Kentucky because a new cell needs machines and suppliers that do not yet exist. It plans to copy the result.
Japan's Ceramic Chokepoint, and the Rare Earths Behind It
Chip tools depend on Japanese ceramic parts whose rare earths are separated in China. How long that lever holds depends on qualification throughput.
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.