Letter from Shanghai: Reflections on China in 2024 — Manifold #73
Letter from Shanghai: Reflections on China in 2024 — Manifold #73
Recorded on the last day of my 3 week trip to China.
Chapters:
00:00 - Overview: 3 weeks in China
02:33 - The China knowledge problem: Grappling with Reality
06:54 - Physics seminars in Shanghai and Beijing
15:54 - Chinese academia, challenges in scientific culture
22:43 - Yu Min: Two Bombs, One Satellite
27:02 - He Jiankui and gene editing, plus the future of biotech in China
33:32 - China's AI and chip war strategy. Impact of U.S. policies on semiconductor industry
35:46 - Quiet confidence in China's technological advancements
37:17 - Discovering my father's history in Yunnan, etched in stone
41:04 - Climbing Jade Mountain on election night: Trump Triumph
48:31 - Shanghai modern infrastructure and technology
51:16 - High-speed rail in China
53:12 - Visit China - or at least watch some travel videos on YouTube!
Audio-only version and transcript:
https://www.manifold1.com/episodes/letter-from-shanghai-reflections-on-china-in-2024-73
Links to X posts made during my trip - check out the whole timeline during this period.
PPP and US vs PRC Real GDP
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1851653168158949492
PhD student asks me whether Jews control US politics:
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1852179736035778768
Note to retards, on "Chicoms" 🦕
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1852195575434715645
Yu Min and the Chinese H-bomb:
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1852497112635671016
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1852497765353558371
Me and He Jiankui:
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1852693355601199262
Dali:
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1853239642075648356
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1853247317840629820
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1853301562480718195
Lijiang:
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1854395254105047484
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1854503079669838057
MAGA on the Mountain:
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1854015799901495674
Business-class lie flat seats on HSR:
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1855042439280791977
Kumming:
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1855050351755641106
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1855409317937098864
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1855748351855071433
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1856215080637215222
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1856239700362834006
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1856533059509653578
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1856634646160683273
Shanghai:
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1857282310099386857
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1857391783770276314
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1857574060122845381
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1857653348557603255
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1858033981276467535
Why you should watch this episode:
I don't respect the US elections at all. Trump only won in 2024 because of the two party monopoly. I think a lot of voters would have picked a serious populist if we were given multiple options. Trump only won because Biden became senile and Harris is just terrible.
Hi Steve interesting video. I recently stumbled upon a funny new conspiracy theory about China.
The lady in this video claims that the population of china is lower than 1 billion: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lTWh9rzW-Do
She makes a lot of anti-China videos so I don’t take any of her claims seriously but it made me laugh though