China has become a science / engineering super power over the past 20 years

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/06/12/china-has-become-a-scientific-superpower

creating and destroying; built flying cars & autonomous vehicles, now building /faust, more here: /july, web: july.rocks

One thing I notice in the West especially is this tendency to severely underestimate how much change China has gone through in the past 30ish years. It’s unprecedented at a scale that I don’t portend to even attempt to understand as well, but I think it’s severely overlooked as many in the West

I think Zhangke Jia captures the tremendous modernization and change (and the effect it has on humans) through movies especially the change that China has undergone in the past 30 years. 

“ash is purest white" is a wonderful illustration of the changes

I think Zhangke Jia captures the tremendous modernization and change (and the effect it has on humans) through movies especially the change that China has undergone in the past 30 years. 

“ash is purest white" is a wonderful illustration of the changes

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7298400/

Completely different direction but reminds me also of “elephant sitting still” what an absolute horror and emotionally exhausting but beautiful movie. RIP Hu Bo

There’s also a tendency in the West to focus primarily on the negative aspects of China often it seems, antagonized repeatedly

Completely different direction but reminds me also of “elephant sitting still” what an absolute horror and emotionally exhausting but beautiful movie. RIP Hu Bo

https://totonyproductions.com/blog/2021/02/22/an-elephant-sitting-still/

Jia Zhangke is one of the few outstanding directors in China. Many of his films have been banned from screening by the Chinese government.