Weekly Links, 08/07/2026

I visit China frequently. This is the best roundup of China’s rise I’ve read. “A report by researchers identified almost twenty thousand scientists of Chinese descent who left America between 2010 and 2021.” The Future, Made in ChinaFlixels or flying pixels, are quickly replacling firework shows. Some imagine these systems as potential military contexts. Shenzhen’s DAMODA has a mobile drone system that charges, deploys, and launches light shows directly from the vehicle.