China's Week, July 19

New 5G fighter joins the fleet. Mind-controlled bees. Organ regeneration switch. 77,000 STEM PhD grads this year. 18% of homes mortgaged, and much, much more.

Science & Technology

Construction of the launch pad for the gigantic Long March 10 Moon rocket on Hainan Island in preparation for the 2030 moonshot.

China's research lead over the US has quadrupled in the past year The Nature Index says. By 17.4%, while America's fell by 10.1%.

Robot dog runs 100m in 13.17 seconds, breaks Boston Dynamics’ record.

China mind-controls bees with world’s lightest brain chip. It’s strapped to a bee’s back, probes pierce the bee’s brain and electronic pulses then guide its flight.

Scientists who restored damaged outer ears in mice said their findings proved the existence of a genetic switch for organ regeneration, which meant it might also be present in other organs.

Open source Kimi K2, launched July 11, outscoress Western rivals at coding tests like LiveCodeBench. This comes after DeepSeek’s R1 shocked the world in January.

China’s 2030 sovereign AI ecosystem will integrate centralized governance with localized experimentation, emphasizes resilience, ethical oversight, national unity.

Economy & Trade

World’s Highest Mega-Bridge, the new Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, 625 m. (2,051 ft) above the river below, a testament to engineering, trade and connectivity.

Exports rose 7.2%, imports fell 2.7% in H1. High-tech exports up 9.2% YoY, Chinese brands were 32.4% of the total. China-BRICS trade hits $855 billion, up 3.9%.

China’s share of US imports fell from 14.8% in September 2024 to 7.1% in May, part