China news roundup / Nachrichten 2018-10-27/28

English news:

Location of large mystery source of banned ozone depleting substance uncovered

""Not only that, but despite the phase out of carbon tetrachloride production for emissive use in 2010, we found no evidence for a subsequent decrease in emissions.
In fact, emissions from certain regions may have increased slightly since 2010. The results from the study show the emergence of a new source of emissions from the Shandong province of China after 2012."

--- Now that's a surprise.

The Guardian view on China’s detention camps: now we see them

"A disturbing account by an ethnographer this week detailed how more than a million Chinese officials have been sent out to stay with households in a “Becoming Family” campaign."

--- & here's a quite detailed account of what that means:

China’s Nightmare Homestay

"In many of the ongoing human engineering projects in the Uighur homeland, it appears that the state is attempting to separate Uighur children from their parents and from Uighur-language education"

--- Some interesting comparisons to how the nazis operated in Germany during the 3rd Reich.

First private Chinese attempt to send rocket into space fails

"“Before Zhuque carrier rocket was launched, its mission was already completed,” the company said in the post on Saturday"

--- How so? The satellite aboard abandoned ship & walked into space?

--- Here's a little video about the new bridge in Hong Kong:

Deutsche Nachrichten:

China nimmt Superreiche ins Visier

"Die publikumswirksame Bestrafung von Fan Bingbing ist ein klares Zeichen nicht nur an die Neureichen, sondern ebenso an die Banken: Die kommunistische Partei ist keinesfalls gewillt, die Kontrolle über das Kapital im Land aus der Hand zu geben."

--- Sollte sich jeder zu Herzen nehmen, der in der VRC investieren will.

ABB baut in China Roboter mit Robotern

"In dem neuen Werk werden Geräte und Roboter miteinander vernetzt sein und untereinander kommunizieren. Es wird auf künstliche Intelligenz gesetzt, um jährlich mehr als 100 000 Roboter herzustellen."

--- Hmm, meines Wissens sind Roboter auch Geräte. & man braucht keine KI, damit Roboter Roboter bauen.