China's Half-Year Report, Part 2
ROI on China's massive R&D investment.
Health
US FDA calls China’s Sunvozertinib ‘a breakthrough therapy’ for patients with a recalcitrant lung cancer, sunvozertinib saw a 61% anti-tumour response, higher than any previous candidates.Read article →
Bio-battery never needs replacing, runs on dissolved blood oxygen. Its current power density is 2.6 µW/cm2, not yet sufficient for medical devices, though. Read article →
Implant saves end-stage Type 2 diabetic. Chinese doctors derived islet cells in vitro from patient's endoderm stem cells and reimplanted them after patient has been insulin-independent for 33 months. A world first. Read article →
First pig liver, gene-edited to delete multiple genes associated with proteins that cause organ rejection, was transplanted into a brain-dead patient who showed no sign of organ rejection after 96 hours. Read article →
Autonomous AI robot scans for thyroid, results close to human doctors’. Read article →
Single shot cell therapy asthma cure shows great promise in animal trials. Read article →
COPD-damaged lung tissue repaired using the patients' own P63+ progenitor lung cells. After 12 weeks, the median diffusing capacity of the lungs increased 30%. Read article →
Defense
Fujian beats Gerald Ford for deck space, EMALS, elevators, paint job. Read article →
Just 12% of US telecoms removed their Huawei gear and the Pentagon requested permission to use Huawei. Read article →
Phased array sonar fits in a shoebox. Previously installed on warships due to their size, this 34 lb. (15kg) device generates sound waves up to 238 db. Read article →
US is the top buyer of Chinese aerospace products. “Using shape memory alloys, we can also design and manufacture smart exhaust nozzles with adaptive adjustment functions, eliminating complex mechanical structures and achieving significant structural weight reduction”. Read article →
165 out of 195 countries choose BeiDou over GPS, often for military purposes. Read more →
High-precision Ground-based Timing System worries USA, “another example of China’s increasing lead over the United States in positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) technology”. Read more →
Radar tracks 10 incoming Mach 20 hypersonic missiles with unprecedented precision, identifies false targets. Read more →
Reading
50 of the most useful China books reviewed.
Watching
An American expat has known Xi Jinping for years..