Hu Wei in the Shanghai Public Policy Research Association has many harsh words for Russia. Russia’s ‘special military operation’ against Ukraine has caused great controversy in China, with its supporters and opponents being divided into two implacably opposing sides. This article does not represent any party and, for the judgment and reference of the highest … Continue reading China Indicates Russian Invasion of Ukraine “an irreversible mistake”→
A talk I was watching recently suggested researchers finally in 2019 had cracked how robots could efficiently act like a swarm. Their solution? Movement based entirely on a light sensor. That sounded familiar to me so I went back to one of my old presentations on IoT/AI security and found a slide showing the same … Continue reading 1953 Machina Speculatrix: The First Swarm Drone?→
The California Historical Society has made an event announcement for tomorrow, Weds evening: Siler tells the story of both the abolitionists who challenged the corrosive anti-Chinese prejudices of the time and the young women who dared to flee their fate. She relates how the women who ran the Cameron House defied contemporary convention by physically … Continue reading The SF Women Who Fought Slavery in Chinatown→
The WSJ reported in March that a company in Beijing had been accused of identity theft at a very large scale. Commercial information provider Dun & Bradstreet Corp. said it suspended the operations of a China-based business pending an investigation into whether it violated local consumer-privacy laws, and it is also looking into whether employees … Continue reading Shanghai Roadway Breach and Identity Protection in China→