Host Silk & Steel Podcast on China, history, culture, politics @SteelSilkn, carlzhapodcast@gmail.com wife:@BaliEarthSoul
Joined August 2009
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We got our pre-Wedding pictures back!
Our traditional Balinese Wedding is Oct 23rd next Friday at 9:00AM Bali time. I’ll livestream on my YouTube channel once I figure out how lol. youtube.com/user/CarlZha
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That looks like a bomb truck
Jun 10
🚨 BMW HAS SOLVED ONE OF HYDROGEN’S BIGGEST PACKAGING PROBLEMS.
The company has developed a new “Hydrogen Flat Storage” system for the iX5 that uses seven slim hydrogen tanks instead of two large ones. This flat design fits into the same space as the high-voltage battery pack used in the electric iX5.
This is significant because it allows BMW to build the hydrogen-powered iX5 on the same production line as petrol, diesel, plug-in hybrid, and fully electric versions without major changes to the factory or vehicle architecture.
The system stores 7kg of hydrogen at 700 bar and gives the iX5 an estimated range of 385 miles. BMW plans to start series production of the iX5 Hydrogen in 2028, using a fuel cell developed in partnership with Toyota.
Why this matters:
• One of the biggest barriers to hydrogen vehicles has been packaging the tanks without sacrificing interior space or requiring completely separate production lines
• This modular “flat storage” approach makes hydrogen powertrains much more practical to manufacture at scale
• It gives BMW flexibility to produce multiple powertrains on one platform depending on demand and regional infrastructure
The deeper implication:
While battery electric vehicles currently dominate, BMW is continuing to develop hydrogen as a parallel technology, particularly for larger vehicles and longer-range applications. Being able to build both BEVs and FCEVs on the same line is a pragmatic engineering step that could make hydrogen vehicles more commercially viable in the future if the refuelling infrastructure catches up.
Follow for more frontier automotive and energy technology.
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China's North Korea Border Is Nothing Like You Think | Carl Zha & Xiang Yu x.com/i/broadcasts/1rGmqqWLQ…
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The North Korean ambassador to Indonesia speaks fluent Indonesian.
Jun 10
Duta Besar LBBP Designate Resident Republik Demokratik Rakyat Korea untuk Republik Indonesia yang baru, Bapak Hong Kwang Il fasih berbahasa Indonesia!
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Silicon Valley tech bro succeeds in achieving AGI in 2030
Skynet decides that the best way to solve US problems is thru mass genocide of US population.
Americans beg China/Russia to nuke US data centers. Solution found to avoid MAD: Seize Israeli nukes, launch against the US because US missile defense do not defend against Israeli attacks
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His wife made him seem human
Jun 10
i know he’s not a saint but it’s kinda hard for me to hate zuck i mean look at that shirt man he’s on a white boy level we’ve never seen
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They're raising the Dutch and Israeli flag in West Papua as a middle finger to Indonesia.
Because Indonesia's majority Muslim population are broadly in sympathy with Palestine.
This is just a protest against Indonesia's control of West Papua.
🇮🇩🇳🇱 Jayapura, Indonesia is already in World Cup mode— backing the Netherlands all the way 🦁🔥
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I had to do a double take because it's really surprising that a Japanese person would find Chinese rice so delicious because Japanese rice is highly prized in China
But it's just Grok translated Chinese cuisine as Chinese rice in English. Yes, Chinese cuisine definitely wins hands down
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China:
Jun 9
US asks China to resume rare-earth exports to Japan s.nikkei.com/49QF48p
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Communist countries could mobilize entire national resources to make epic scale movies. The Soviet film "War and Peace" was another prime example.
The most imposing depictions of Ottoman Empire you're ever going to find on screen can be found in Romanian movies filmed during communist times.
A compilation of clips of Ottoman army invading from the movie Stephen the Great - Vaslui 1475 (1975), featuring thousands of extras.
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Is this the sign of the peak AI bubble?
Jun 8
🚨JUST IN: Forbes report reveals tech workers are paying escorts $23K/day, not just for sex, but for someone who can actually talk AI, biohacking & crypto with them.
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Why does English language media constantly talk about war over Taiwan way more than Chinese media?
A war over Taiwan would cause a near-14% hit to the German economy, Bloomberg finds.
That's higher than the estimated cost to either the US and China, also even Japan.
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Uyghur is written in Perso-Arabic script. Many Uyghurs in Southern Xinjiang over the age of 50s barely speak any Mandarin because bilingual education was only introduced in the early 2000s. Uyghur zoomers are usually fluent in both languages
Jun 8
新疆の喀什で食堂に入ったら、メニューに一切漢字が書いてなくて焦った。全部アラビア文字だった。普通話も全く通じなかったので、身振り手振りで注文した。
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Bro got his stripper girlfriend pregnant and had to divorce his wife. He had to cash in his Enron stocks
He married his pregnant stripper girlfriend and settled on a 77,500-acre ranch in Colorado.
Lou Pai was born in Nanjing, China in 1947. His parents fled Communist victory in 1949, taking him to the US
Jun 7
Enron executive Lou Pai completes the sale of 340,000 shares of Enron stock, cashing out $250 million and formally leaving the company. His reasoning is unknown.
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