The China Academy

Jeffrey Sachs in Conversation with Zhang Weiwei: an in-depth intellectual exchange exploring the China model, the Israel-Iran conflict, the regime change strategies of the U.S. and Britain, and the United States’ recent turn toward conservatism. thechinaacademy.org/chinas-success…

Why, after gaining access to Huawei’s chips, hasn’t DeepSeek V4 fully cut ties with Nvidia? Are Chinese chips not good enough? In reality, the strategic calculus behind open-source AI is too complex to allow simple side-picking. thechinaacademy.org/why-deepseek-v…

Read the full article here: thechinaacademy.org/france-finally…

France finally voted to return looted Chinese artifacts. China’s public shrugged. Because France offered a procedure. China launched a campaign—firing museum directors who lost national treasures. Accountability at home comes before applause for abroad. Full article in comments.

DeepSeek and Doubao, these two homegrown Chinese AI models are about to power Tesla's cars. And yet, that wasn't the biggest Chinese tech news last week. Full link to our latest Chinese tech news in comments.

And my personal favorite, "Solidarity--the guarantee of peace!"

This is a fan-favorite. Chinese folk-art / New Year print + Socialist Realism imported from the Soviet Union. Politically modern, but culturally rooted. This is the high Maoist period, celebrating the 10th year of the PRC.

A few months ago there was an art show at the Wuhan Art Gallery about Chinese socialist poster design from 1945 to 1959. We were fascinated so decided to share some of our personal favorites. Pics are not our own but credited at bottom right. A thread.

@learning_yohei So no, Chinese doesn’t “struggle more” because of sheer character count. Different writing systems create different difficulties. Neither is strictly harder—just hard in different ways. (7/7)

@learning_yohei Plus “character amnesia” (提笔忘字) is real in China—even literate adults forget how to write rare characters by hand. Japanese speakers get the same amnesia… but they can just switch to kana in casual writing. We can’t...... (6/7)

日本からこんにちは🇯🇵😄 中国人に質問があります🇨🇳🙋 僕は日本人で、日本語の漢字を覚えるのに、とても苦労しました🥹 でも、中国語にはもっとたくさんの漢字があります。 中国人の皆さんも中国語の漢字を覚えるのに苦労しましたか？😅

Full interview with Dr. Warwick Powell on thermoeconomics, Taiwan's energy crisis, and why the US is hollowing itself out. Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=srzN_E…. Let us know what you think! (2/2)

The Iran war cut global oil by 20%. One economist says thermodynamics, not politics, decides what happens in the end, regardless of what politicians want. (1/2)

Prof. Wang Xiangsui certainly has a strong opinion: Japan enjoys supra-normal privileges w/r/t its nuclear capabilities. But we're curious as to what you think. Let us know below! (2/2) thechinaacademy.org/japans-normali…

Japan holds enough plutonium for 1,000+ bombs, no sanctions. Iran holds far less, faces severe international punishment. The nuclear non-proliferation system appears to bend. --> Do you think that's a fair application of the rules? Why or why not? (1/2)