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25% of new car sales in China were fully electric in 2023 for the first time ever

January 31, 2024 | By Peter Schulte | -, Change Milestones

Electric vehicles sales in China, the world’s largest automotive market, are surging. All plugin models accounted for 37% of the market in 2023, up from just 6% at the end of 2021. Full electrics (BEVs) alone accounted for 25%. Plugins are expected to cross the 50% mark for plugins and electric by 2026, with BEVs likely to account for over a third of sales, if current trends persist.

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Chinese scientists invent a cost-effective, low-emission method of converting coal into protein for livestock feed

January 9, 2024 | By Peter Schulte | -, Change Milestones

Biotech researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) say the new method could feed livestock much more efficiently than natural plants, while using a1/1000th as much land as farming.

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China’s JAC Motors rolls out world’s first commercial lithium-free EV

December 27, 2023 | By Peter Schulte | -, Change Milestones

Although sodium-ion battery technology has a lower density (and is less mature) than lithium-ion, its lower costs, more abundant supplies and superior cold-weather performance could help accelerate mass EV adoption worldwide.

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Chinese scientists develop novel gene therapy that allows deaf children to hear for the first time

October 31, 2023 | By Peter Schulte | -, Change Milestones

The scientists from Shanghai’s Fudan University implanted new genetic code into a harmless virus and then injected the viruses into the children’s cochlea. They say the experiment has sparked hearing in four out of five children who received the treatment.

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Hong Kong courts rule in same-sex couples’ favor

October 17, 2023 | By Peter Schulte | -, Change Milestones

Hong Kong’s Court of Appeals ruled in favor of two same-sex couples in separate cases involving their rights to own and rent public housing. While same-sex marriage is not legal in the city, the rulings follow other decisions that have firmly established same-sex couples’ rights to equal treatment under the law.

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China likely already hit peak oil demand in 2023

October 11, 2023 | By Peter Schulte | -, Change Milestones

Now, half of the world’s economy has already reached peak gasoline and diesel demand while electric vehicle deliveries in every segment are shooting through the roof.

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U.S.-China collaboration creates the cheapest and fastest way to desalinate seawater yet discovered

September 29, 2023 | By Peter Schulte | -, Change Milestones

“For the first time, it is possible for water, produced by sunlight, to be even cheaper than tap water,” said Lenan Zhang, a research scientist from the team from MIT and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. “This opens up the possibility for solar desalination to address real-world problems.”

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Chinese researchers grow world’s first human organ inside a non-human animal

September 7, 2023 | By Peter Schulte | -, Change Milestones

The experiment from the Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health experiment grew humanized kidneys in pig embryos. It represents a key step toward building an inexhaustible source of organs for transplants.

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China’s “War on Pollution” has added years to citizens’ life over last decade

September 1, 2023 | By Peter Schulte | -, Change Milestones

While the life expectancy has risen on average 2.2 years since 2013, some cities have seen far more drastic increases. Citizens living under the new “Beijing Blue,” are predicted to live 4 more years, while those 11 million in Baoding are predicted to gain 6 years.

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China to reach peak gasoline demand in 2024

July 31, 2023 | By Peter Schulte | -, Change Milestones

With plug-in cars increasingly displacing gas guzzlers, China is now on track to hit peak gasoline demand in 2024, according to independent analyses from the International Energy Agency and Rystad Energy.

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