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[Education @NWmx0119]

While some similarities exist between them, the two peoples have quite different values and world views as they have been informed, reared and shaped by quite different social systems.

[Kuangyi (Guagua) Bo @BoKuangyi]

China and America, as the two current hegemons, are inevitably cast on adversarial sides. That's the neat story. Plenty still remain enamoured with the sound-bitey Thucydides Trap, a notion built on such shoddy selection bias that it reeks of Bronze Age thinking.

But peel away the rhetoric and the bluster, and Chinese and Americans are very similar peoples:

Both are enterprising and pragmatic, respect hard work, and chase prosperity. They are also so thoroughly capitalistic that in either country, every rule is quickly examined for its arbitrage. (I know this from decades on both sides, with as many American friends as Chinese)

Both modern nations were forged in revolt against empire, and both began with a genuine streak of idealism.

And on both sides, the quality of people varies enormously. The smartest and the dumbest people I know are American. In the crowded field of China punditry, some Americans who have lived there for decades understand our own story better than many of us do. Yet, as ever, the loudest pundits tend to be the least informed. certainly no meritocratic filter on the megaphone.

If we refrain from the easy temptation to bicker for a moment, we can stay on the cosier end of the frenemyship. And perhaps China can even help mediate the American-Canadian relationship!

[Education @NWmx0119]

Not true. Lots of top scoring Chinese students came to the US to study in colleges and graduate schools.

[Lauren Chen @TheLaurenChen]

@honestpollster Chinese universities are more competitive than American universities.

Top scoring students stay in China, rich kids with mediocre grades go to the US.

[Education @NWmx0119]

A cool and peaceful Sunday

[Education @NWmx0119]

Home grown

[Education @NWmx0119]

About 10000 steps up to the top to see some gliding up in the air over the valley.

[Education @NWmx0119]

It's not hard to imagine what environments in China Maye Musk visits, stays or lives. It's not hard to understand why Elon Musk says that kind of words about China. A part or several parts does not stand for the whole. Mom and son were complementing and propagandizing for China!

[Yaqiu Wang 王亚秋 @Yaqiu]

It’s sad that some people choose to be so uninterested in learning about the real China -- the good and the bad, all its complexity -- and instead just enjoy the superficial luxury when they visit.

[Education @NWmx0119]

Need to support and verify with facts. Don't jump to conclusions.

[Yaqiu Wang 王亚秋 @Yaqiu]

It is incredibly disappointing that @ChinaSelect, which began with bipartisan consensus and produced good work, has descended into this. Seriously, what? Giving preference to applicants from China over American students?

[Education @NWmx0119]

A lake loop walk with views of boathouses, the center of the universe, a live music show and a bridge connecting US neighbors.

[Education @NWmx0119]

Another perfect day for crabbing!

[Education @NWmx0119]

@namopoqiepodi 抱歉， 应该是888克

[Education @NWmx0119]

Perfect weather for crabbing!

[Education @NWmx0119]

@Lu114962Lu

[Education @NWmx0119]

@namopoqiepodi The largest one weighs 888 oz.

[Education @NWmx0119]

Live music in the park, birds flying toward the river, and bikers riding on the trail!

[Education @NWmx0119]

What a bird’s eye view! What a church! What flowers! What a park!

[Education @NWmx0119]

Same sites, different views from different spots.

[Education @NWmx0119]

A nice waterfront wedding at a beach club!

[Education @NWmx0119]

Much more than those two!

[Alex Chen @AlexChe31659937]

五角大楼突然正式宣布中国的两所顶尖学府复旦大学和上海交通大学已构成美国国家安全威胁，并将这两所高校列入黑名单，严重影响留美签证申请，这应该是调查张维为和沈逸等人长期系列的胡言乱语后得出的结论，他们的妄言严重破坏了中美关系，不仅影响了中美领导人九月友好见面，还导致严重的外交后果，中国当局需要严厉追责。

米国防総省は、中国の有力大学である復旦大学と上海交通大学を米国の安全保障に対する脅威と正式に認定し、突如としてブラックリストに追加しました。この措置は、米国への留学に伴うビザ申請に甚大な影響を及ぼすものです。今回の決定は、張維為（Zhang Weiwei）氏や沈逸（Shen Yi）氏といった人物が長年にわたり広めてきた、理不尽な言説に関する調査を受けたものと見られます。彼らの無責任な発言は米中関係を著しく悪化させ、9月に予定されていた両国首脳の友好会談に水を差しただけでなく、深刻な外交的波紋を招きました。そのため、中国当局には彼らの責任を厳しく追及することが求められています。

The Pentagon has abruptly and officially declared two of China’s top universities—Fudan University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University—to be threats to U.S. national security and placed them on a blacklist, a move that severely impacts visa applications for study in the United States. This decision likely stems from an investigation into the long-standing, nonsensical rhetoric propagated by figures such as Zhang Weiwei and Shen Yi; their reckless statements have gravely damaged U.S.-China relations, not only undermining the friendly meeting between the two nations' leaders scheduled for September but also precipitating serious diplomatic consequences, necessitating that Chinese authorities hold them strictly accountable.

[Education @NWmx0119]

Small, lower, middle and upper falls by a 2.8 mile trail!

[Education @NWmx0119]

In the lavender capital of North America!