China’s new official obsession: Getting people to read more books.
In February, China passed a new regulation to build more public reading facilities and spaces.
In April, China had its first-ever national reading week.
State media encourages people to put down their phones and pick up a book.
President Xi wants China to become a “cultural powerhouse” by 2035, and says the revival of reading is one of its pillars.
Xi quotes Mao saying, “One can go a day without eating, a day without sleeping, but not a day without reading.”
In 1949, less than 20% of China's population was literate. Today it's approaching 99%.
When one of the most tech-focused countries in the world says that a population of book readers is vital to their future, we should all take note.
Israel has killed at least 633 Palestinians and injured at least 1,703 since the ceasefire began on October 10.
In total, they have killed at least 72,117 Palestinians and injured at least 171,801 since the beginning of its genocide in Gaza.
Netanyahu is the extremist who killed 75,000 in Gaza.
The extremist who said invading Iraq would create "enormous positive reverberations."
The extremist who has pushed U.S. presidents to go to war with Iran for decades.
Finally, he found a President who said yes.
Tragic.
Trump said we had to attack Iran because we can‘t allow it “to have a nuclear weapon.” Really?
This is the same president who, in June, said: “Iran’s nuclear facilities have been obliterated.”
Vietnam. Iraq. Iran. Another lie. Another war.
When a kid told Iran Supreme Leader Late Ali #Khamenei that he wants to get martyred, Ali Khamenai told him to study first, become a scientist , live your life and then when you turn old and frail, then die.
Today, he refused to leave his home and hide while the US and Israel struck it and accepted death without fear.
Bravery if its highest order, Rest in Peace.
So Ukraine has lost more than 20% of its territories and tens of thousands of its men. Millions of Ukrainians have fled the country. It can't get the land back. It can't become a member of Nato. It won't even get credible security guarantees from the West. And now, it is being forced to hand half of the country's mineral resources to the US in the return for the assistance America provided for the lost war! Imagine, loss of land, loss of people and loss of resources--all for nothing.
Ukraine is the greatest strategic catastrophe of the 21st century. It will go down in history as a lesson for smaller powers on how they should not behave while being caught in the proxy war between great powers.
What Happens When Your Body Is Severely Vitamin D Deficient?
These 12 bizarre symptoms might shock you.
You May Never Skip Your Vitamin D Again After Reading This:
1/ Your head starts sweating uncontrollably... 🧵 (THREAD)
Excessive screen time is silently damaging our eye health.
Our eyes didn't evolve to stare at bright pixels 2 inches from our face. The damage is accelerating each year.
But there are solutions that ophthalmologists rarely share: 🧵
I've told this many times. India is a poor country. If we exclude top 10% of the income earners or exclude south and west, India is mind bogglingly poor. This article was shared by @stn_in. The super imposed date is incorrect. It should be read as 08.11.2023.
One third of families (please note it is families and not individuals) in Bihar earn less than Rs.6000 a month. May be a weekend eatout cost for a upwardly mobile family in Mumbai.
Only 10% of families in Bihar earn more than Rs.20,000 a month. Very clear why many from north are migrating to south for work.
With this kind of dire poverty, as a country, we're still not getting our priorities right.