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In recent economic reports, both Apple and Boeing face different challenges
Apple’s Greater China business continued to come under pressure, while Boeing disbanded its global diversification unit
Beijing time on November 1st, Apple released the fourth fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2024, Apple achieved revenue of $94.93 billion in the quarter, an increase of 6.07%; net profit of $14.736 billion, a decrease of 35.81%
Among them, the business in Greater China was under pressure, and the revenue in the quarter was 15.033 billion US dollars, down 0.3% year-on-year, which was down again after a 6.5% year-on-year decline in the second quarter
Apple’s U.S. stocks fell nearly 2% after trading as quarterly profits missed expectations.
Meanwhile, Boeing has been struggling and has disbanded its global diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) unit, becoming the latest high-profile company to adjust its DEI policy
Boeing’s new CEO Kelly Otterberg is streamlining the company’s operations and cutting its executive ranks as part of a plan to cut 10% of its workforce
The shift comes at a time when large U.S. companies are facing increasing pressure to undo or downplay their efforts on diversity, equity, and inclusion
While Boeing’s workforce has traditionally been predominantly white and male, under former CEO Dave Calhoun, the company has stepped up efforts to hire more black employees and other minority employees
However, anti-DEI activist Robbie Starbuck, who has persuaded Toyota and Harley-Davidson to scale back the DEI, said he contacted Boeing’s new CEO Otterberg and board chairperson Steve Mollenkopf by email earlier this month to remind them that he was considering launching an online campaign against their diversity project

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　　 In September 2017, the Charity Law officially came into effect for one year. In the year since the implementation of this law, which was called a "milestone in the history of Chinese legislation" at the time of its birth, the state has successively issued 15 regulatory documents supporting the Charity Law, covering the registration and identification of charitable organizations, charitable fundraising, charitable trust filing, charitable activity expenditure and management fees, and supervision and management. The official summary said that the law "created conditions for the improvement of the social ecology and the sustainable and stable development of charitable undertakings." At the same time, social events such as "paintings of autistic children" reflect the society’s continuous examination of the connotation of charity. There are also questions from the public that "it is more difficult to register charitable organizations after the promulgation of the Charity Law".

　　One year after the promulgation of the "Charity Law", what impact has this law had on society? Does it explore the transformation of national and social relations in the field of charity as expected by the outside world? How will it promote the social ecology of charity in China? Nandu reporters interviewed Wang Ming, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference who has just won the Fukuoka Asian Culture Award and has been deeply involved in the drafting of the "Charity Law" and a professor at the School of Public Administration of Tsinghua University.

　　Talk about the implementation effect

　　All information is released through the platform and supervised by society

　　Nandu: It has been a year since the Charity Law came into effect. What do you think of its implementation effect? Some people have suggested that it is now in an awkward transition period, and it seems that it is more difficult to register charitable organizations. What do you think?

　　Wang Ming: First of all, we need to understand the Charity Law. It is a brand-new system in itself, and the legislation itself is also a completely open process. Many scholars and all sectors of society have participated in the legislative process. After the promulgation of the Charity Law, I have been calling for greater efforts to popularize the law. The Ministry of Civil Affairs recently proposed that one of the priorities of the next step is to popularize the law, and I agree with this proposal. Why should we emphasize the importance of popularizing the law? Because almost all the institutional arrangements and principles in this law are new. Not only for charitable organizations, but also for government departments at all levels. Therefore, whether the law can be implemented depends most importantly on legal education. It is necessary for every charitable organization, every relevant government department, and even every citizen to fully learn and master the Charity Law, so that the new law can be put into practice.

　　I generally approve of the work of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in the past year, especially in terms of information disclosure. They have made great efforts and responded positively to my proposal. In my proposal, I emphasized that the construction of three information platforms is the key to the implementation of the Charity Law. On the eve of the implementation of the new law last year, the Ministry of Civil Affairs released 13 units as "designated information platforms". On the first anniversary of the implementation of the new law this year, it announced the official operation of the "unified information platform". I highly praise and look forward to this.

　　Nandu: Why does information disclosure play such a crucial role in the implementation of the Charity Law?

　　Wang Ming: What is the real key mechanism of the Charity Law? My understanding is that the most fundamental function of the Charity Law is to transform the relationship between the state and society. What does it mean? Before the Charity Law was implemented, the government directly confronted charitable organizations and social organizations. "What you should do, what you shouldn’t do, how I supervise, and how I manage" is all up to the government. After the Charity Law was promulgated, the government did not directly confront charitable organizations, but through the platform. What do you do? I will supervise you through information. This is a process and cannot be achieved immediately. So in the next year or two, it will be up to the platform to direct. First let the three platforms land, and then let the government slowly step back, from the original government facing the organization directly, to the government facing the platform, and the platform facing the organization. All information is released to the society through the platform and supervised by the society, and this law is implemented through the platform.

　　So I’m not particularly worried about what some people are seeing now, such as "It’s difficult to register, and more than 2,000 companies have been identified in a year, which is too few." I don’t think there is any need to worry. Because the identification of charitable organizations cannot be regarded as a power granted to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The Charity Law does not grant this power, but should be regarded as a procedure, and everything is determined by the procedure, not by which department.

　　Therefore, I propose four sentences: "The government controls the platform, the platform faces the organization, the public social supervision, and the organization acts according to law," which can summarize the basic structure of the new pattern of state-society relations after the promulgation of the Charity Law.

　　Talk about the three major platforms

　　The information is aggregated into a large database system, and the so-called "human flesh" will be easy

　　Nandu: Can you provide more details on the three platforms you mentioned?

　　Wang Ming: Our so-called three platforms are the "unified information platform", the "designated information platform" and the "self-built website of charitable organizations". If these three platforms can be implemented, I think the key mechanism of the Charity Law will be established.

　　The first one is called the "unified information platform." The term in the Charity Law is "the charity information platform uniformly established by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the State Council." It is mainly responsible for publishing information that must be released by the official, and it has a strong public character. Its main feature is authority.

　　The second is called the "designated information platform," which is a social operation, social funding, and release information at any time. It is highly interactive and has a large amount of information. At the end of August last year, the Ministry of Civil Affairs issued 13 units as designated charitable donation platforms.

　　My personal opinion is that 13 is actually too many, and it is best to choose 4-5 in the end. 13 will not be easy for the public to choose, and it is too time-consuming to identify. It is best to have a few. Each has its own characteristics, and it is easy for the public to choose according to their own habits. On the other hand, the biggest difference between these designated platforms and the first type of platform is that they can assume the function of "big data". The public chooses by themselves, uses this platform as often as possible, the number of clicks continues to increase, and the credibility of these platforms can also increase. With credibility, the government can delegate some functions to them, and the government can sign contracts with these designated platforms to delegate certain functions, such as the function of annual financial report disclosure. If it is dispersed to 13, the cost to the government is relatively high, and the risk is also relatively high.

　　In addition, I think these platforms should be chosen by the people, and in the end, it should not be the government that regulates them, but the ordinary people. The more ordinary people use this platform, the more useful this platform will be. If there are 13, it is likely that everyone does not use it much and is scattered.

　　But the second type of platform is actually an information publishing intermediary, a public platform.

　　The third platform is entirely the information released by charitable organizations, not an intermediary, but according to their own needs.

　　These three types of information will eventually be aggregated into the large database system of public welfare and charity. One result of this will be that the so-called "human flesh" will be easy, such as how credible a charity organization is and what it has done, it can be quickly searched. This information is sourced from all three types of platforms.

　　Nandu: How long do you think it will take for these three platforms to be completed?

　　Wang Ming: I originally estimated that it would take three to five years, but now it seems very fast. This year, I estimate that all three types of platforms will be launched slowly. And this is combined with China’s entire technological progress. Our Internet technology will play a positive role in this platform.

　　It is very important to note that the design of these platforms is stipulated by law, and once they are launched, they are not subject to human will. The biggest feature of the Internet is that after a certain stage of development, it will far exceed our imagination. In two or three years, I think our system will work effectively. At that time, it will become easy to donate, ask for help, and obtain information about organizations. At that time, its authenticity will not be determined by the information publisher, nor by the information regulator. It will be determined by the big data system. There is no need to worry about whether the information is falsified as it is now.

　　Talking about big data

　　In the era of mobile Internet, without big data, there is no way to establish new systems

　　Nandu: In fact, ordinary people encounter more situations when a friend of mine posts a message through WeChat Moments, saying that my family has some illness, and I want everyone to donate. This situation is not included in these three types of information platforms?

　　Wang Ming: I think with these three types of platforms, we should pay attention to the fact that the platform can complete the function of identification and regulation through big data. If it is not in the field of charity, big data will naturally exclude this from the system. I do not agree that the government should make this identification, but should make this identification by big data to clarify a boundary.

　　The reason why there was a lot of ambiguity in the past is because we leave a lot of moral issues to the law. The biggest improvement of the Charity Law is that it only prohibits illegal acts within the scope of charity. If it is a moral issue, or it should be in the scope of other laws, such as criminal law, civil law, leave it to the moral or other laws, instead of all issues in the circle of the Charity Law.

　　Nandu: Can you say that the introduction of this Charity Law is based on trust in the future of big data?

　　Wang Ming: In fact, we didn’t particularly consider big data and mobile Internet when drafting, but it turned out that platforms and big data may play a fundamental role in this regard, that is to say, we have actually entered an era, which is the era of mobile Internet. Without big data, we actually have no way to establish new systems. So the Charity Law was not designed in this way intentionally, but it has taken a big step forward with this era.

　　Talk about charity

　　Charity is only divided into legal and illegal, there is no "good" and "bad"

　　Nandu: In philanthropy, there is also a much-discussed issue, which is whether there is a good charity and a bad charity. For example, there were many controversial charity methods like Chen Guangbiao before, and many people felt that as long as it can help people, it doesn’t matter.

　　Wang Ming: What I want to emphasize now is that after the promulgation of the Charity Law, I do not agree with the use of value judgments to distinguish charitable acts. In fact, charity itself is good. In the future, charity only needs to distinguish between legal and illegal, not "good" and "bad". I mentioned a concept called "legal mainstreaming". In the future, there is only one thing that is mainstream, and that is legal. Other things we said before, such as good charity is mainstream, low-key charity is mainstream… These are no longer standards. Now, charity is good, including those like Chen Guangbiao. If it is within the scope of legal, why do you need to condemn it?

　　Some people may think that this kind of charity seems too high-profile, or feel that it is hyped, but as long as it is within the scope of legality, we consider it to be positive, that is, to use the law instead of people’s morality to judge a charitable act.

The inheritance of martial arts includes the inheritance of equipment production. The unique Miao knife in Cangzhou martial arts equipment, through the efforts of Guo Ruixiang and Guo Tieliang father and son, not only restored the long-lost forging process, but also the gorgeous pattern, sharp edge, good elasticity and beautiful exterior, perfectly combined with the Miao knife knife technique, achieved a historic breakthrough –

Forging knives, tempered by a thousand times, passed down "Four Absolutes"

Our reporter, Qi Lingxiao

　

　

Chinese seedling knife and its teaching and inheritance

　

Knife King

Recreate the power of cold weapons

One day in 2011, Wei Hongzhong, a martial artist who had assisted in filming the special program Miao Dao, packed up his equipment and got on his motorcycle to finish work and go home. At this time, the motorcycle had started to drive, and suddenly, a person with a long gun stabbed him from behind. Listening to the sound, turning around, and tilting, the three movements were completed almost simultaneously. In the blink of an eye, the hard ash gun rod was cut off by the brush, and the gun head and gun were dropped to the ground.

This was not a pose-up. Without advance notice or preparation, the sudden attacker just wanted to sneak attack and let the CCTV "I Love Invention" program team see the power of Cangzhou martial arts, especially Miao Dao.

This scene was recorded with a mobile phone, and it was exciting to watch. White wax rods are extremely hard and generally cannot be cut off, not to mention sudden attacks. The results of the surprise attack and dynamic block made the program team feel more and more magical about this long knife.

That day, the program team was filming a special topic of "Sword King Hegemony" in a park in Cangzhou. The first shooting started from static. 200 sheets of rice paper were tied to the tree, and Guo Tieliang, the direct grandson of Guo Yanzi (Changsheng), was wearing a short rest close to his body, and he stabbed straight with a knife. Penetrating. Replace it with 800 sheets of rice paper, 10 cm thick, can it still be pierced? The crew members questioned. Turning around, the knife is piercing through the back of the paper. Guo Tieliang, who has been practicing knives for 10 years, can pierce, but can a 9-year-old girl do it? The child himself and the watching Cangzhou martial artists have no confidence in this either. Then try it. Penetrating again. Although not as strong as Guo Tieliang, the tip of the knife still pierced through the thick rice paper. If it could pierce through thick paper, could the vines that even crossbows could not pierce be destroyed by a seedling knife? After field tests, the vines could not withstand each strike.

Flirting, chopping, chipping, and stabbing are the four major uses of the seedling knife. What would it be like if the 4 actions were done in a row? The program team wanted to continue to open their eyes and erected 4 more wooden piles, and 4 watermelons were installed on the piles. The series of actions was demonstrated by Guo Ruixiang’s disciple Wang Guochun. Wang Guochun entered the circle with a knife in one go, accurate and fast. The 3 watermelons presented a perfect cut, and the last watermelon was penetrated by the tip of the knife.

This time, the program team was content and no longer asked for anything new. But when they saw Guo Tieliang and others erecting a row of wooden piles on the roadside, allowing people to push bicycles and motorcycles, the program team was bored. What was this for?

It turned out that Guo Tieliang had his own plans. Since he wanted to show the power of the Miao Knife to the whole country or the world through CCTV, he would show it thoroughly. The martial artist Zhang Liqiang rode a bicycle and slashed on a motorcycle. The Miao Knife is very long and heavy. It requires two hands, one hand to hold the bicycle handle, and the other hand to wield the knife. It is necessary to master the balance of the bicycle and have the aim. It is very difficult to complete four consecutive movements at once. Motorcycle drivers have to cooperate with the knife hand, but also avoid the driver’s body to wield the knife, simulating ancient combat immediately, which is more difficult. In this way, it is a restoration of the use of the Miao Knife in the cold weapon era.

The result was perfect. The program team used the word "good" and "didn’t expect" to express their surprise to the world. In fact, what surprised them even more was the broken gun in Wei Hong’s attack, which the program team couldn’t find the right language to express.

Sanxia Zhejiang

Development of Chinese seedling knife

Miao Dao can be said to be the unique sword and stunt of modern Cangzhou martial arts. At the beginning of the last century, when the young Cangzhou martial artist Guo Yanzi toured the martial arts camp of Cao Kun in Zhili, he was "secretly taught" by Liu Yuchun, the head teacher of Tianjin Duliu, and Liu Yuchun’s Miao Dao was obtained by changing skills with the Xie brothers of Dongguang Sangyuan in Cangzhou, and then spread to the northeast earlier. Regarding the knife technique, an earlier literature can be found in the "Selection of Single Sword Techniques" in Cheng Chong’s "Forging Remaining Techniques" in the Ming Dynasty. Although the knife technique inherits the grass, snake and gray line, there are traces to follow, but the forging method of Miao Dao is a historical secret and has been lost for a long time. After Guo Yanzi was "secretly taught" by Liu Yuchun, the technique of Miao Dao was passed back to Cangzhou, but the forging method was not passed down.

Guo Yanzi’s son, Guo Ruixiang, is one of the top ten martial arts teachers in the country and one of the inheritors of the seedling knife technique. There is a seedling knife left by Guo Yanzi at home. The knife was forged by Cao Kun, the famous Zhejiang Longquan "Shen Guanglong", and Guo Ruixiang donated it to the country a few years ago. The knife became a sample for Guo Ruixiang and Guo Tieliang’s father and son to develop a seedling knife forging method.

"Before my grandfather died, he instructed me to pass on the Miao knife," Guo Tieliang said. "Not only to pass on the knife technique, but also to explore the forging method of the Miao knife. My father kept my grandfather’s instructions in mind and began to explore the re-forging of the Miao knife around the beginning of this century."

The history of swordsmithing in Cangzhou is also very long, and it should be able to forge seedlings. With this idea in mind, Guo Ruixiang and his son Guo Tieliang started a journey to forge seedlings again. They found out that there was an old master who could forge swords in the western countryside of Cangzhou and visited on a bicycle. After explaining the purpose of the visit and the characteristics of the seedlings, the old master shook his head and refused – this kind of knife has strict requirements on material, size and forging method, and ordinary craftsmen cannot do it. The two men did not give up and went to Dulin in Cangxian County to ask another old master to forge. The old master gave the same conclusion: it cannot be forged.

"My father was not discouraged. After bumping into the wall several times, he suddenly thought, since the Miao knife hidden at home was made by the Zhejiang’Shen Guanglong ‘, can it be forged in the south?" With a glimmer of hope, the two men rushed to Zhejiang. The reply from the Zhejiang swordsmith was heartening: it can be forged, and it can be forged using the ancient method. Then it was time to wait for good news. However, a few months later, after getting the first newly forged knife, Guo Ruixiang was disappointed. Because forging is one thing, but it is another – the center of gravity of the newly forged seedling knife deviates from the requirements of martial arts, making it awkward. After the two returned, they carefully analyzed the data of the Miao knife passed on by Guo Yanzi, drew the new discovery of the center of gravity of the knife into an accurate pattern and sent it to the sword master again. The second forging was successful, and it was easy to use. So, how is the toughness and hardness of the new knife? After testing, the toughness and hardness of the new Miao knife are not ideal. It is too hard and will break when it touches heavy weapons. It is too soft, not tall and straight enough, and the power of the thorn is greatly reduced.

The two of them simply ate and lived together with the sword forging master and studied day and night. From the proportion of steel and carbon used in the Jiazang Miao Knife, the experiment of the quenching time and the quenching method, the length, weight, and shape of the knife, a comprehensive and thorough study. The third forging knife was really successful.

The new miaodao absorbs the advantages of the old miaodao, and combines it with actual combat to make more subtle improvements. The biggest improvement is the blade spine. "The blade spine of the miaodao left by grandpa is square, but my father changed the blade spine into a circle based on the requirements of martial arts confrontation and the characteristics of ancient swords," Guo Tieliang said. The so-called circle is actually the "loach back". The bottom foot of Chinese porcelain is mostly used in this shape to reduce the friction of the bottom foot and reduce the pressure. If the actual combat miaodao is changed to "loach back", it will not only help to block, but also reduce the weight of the blade body, making the blade body denser and stiffer, and the weight, flexibility, hardness and actual combat effect are better.

This is a new breakthrough after inheriting the ancient method of miaodao forging, and it is a great progress for Cangzhou martial artists to integrate martial arts into equipment production. After several confrontation experiments, this improvement is proved to be scientific. On November 7, 2001, a memorable day in the history of Cangzhou martial arts – the State Intellectual Property Office awarded Guo Ruixiang a utility model patent certificate, patent name: Miaodao.

trace back to the source

Cangzhou seedling knife fire inheritance

Miao Dao, which has flourished in Cangzhou for nearly a hundred years, looks a bit like Japanese swords, but it is actually the ancestor of Japanese swords. Its history can be traced back to the Han and Tang Dynasties, and Guo Yanzi in Cangzhou is unique in his skills. Through the efforts of Guo Ruixiang, Guo Tieliang and his son, the long-lost Miao Dao forging technology was restored. In view of the outstanding performance of martial arts and Miao Dao in resisting the Wushu and insults in successive dynasties, Guo Ruixiang named the newly developed Miao Dao "Chinese Miao Dao Wushu Soul".

Before the development of the Miao knife, Guo Ruixiang, Guo Tieliang and his son made a deep excavation of the history of the Miao knife. The Miao knife in history has power, law and no name. Liu Tao, a famous general and a native of Cangzhou, led his soldiers to fight against the Japanese on the southeast coast for more than ten years, and used Qi Jiguang in an unusual way. According to the fighting habits of the Japanese pirates, Qi Jiguang changed the single knife used by the soldiers to a long knife, and passed the usage to the soldiers. They slashed the banner of the General Qing and dealt heavy losses to the Japanese pirates. After that, the records of Cheng Chongdou’s "Single Saber Dharma Selection" in the late Ming Dynasty made this treasure passed down, "using the power, the image, and the name". Later generations named it because of its slender blade body like a seedling.

Guo Tieliang said that the data show that the embryonic form of the Miao knife can be traced back to the "ring hand knife" at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the "long knife" during the Cao Wei period of the Three Kingdoms. The "long knife" developed to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and has become an incomparably sharp actual combat blade "Tang knife". Archaeological excavations show that the "ring hand knife" in the Han Dynasty was found in ancient tombs, and the shape of the knife is very similar to that of the modern Miao knife. According to this, it is inferred that the embryonic form of the Miao knife has existed as early as the Han Dynasty in our country.

Yang Hong, a historian at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, also argued in his book "On the Cluster of Ancient Chinese Weapons" that "a strange knife is also a long knife." Guo Ruixiang’s "Textual Research on the Miao Knife", which is collected by the Chinese Historical Archives, wrote: "The Miao Knife was used to charge, far superior to a single sword and other short soldiers." In all previous anti-Japanese wars, he had excellent performance.

The newly developed seedling knife is known as the "Four Absolutes". The seedling knife forged with high-grade patterned steel has strict requirements in production.

Guo Tieliang pulled out a high-grade seedling knife to demonstrate that choosing the right raw materials is a prerequisite, one is wool iron, and the other is steel. The so-called wool iron is actually a local method of smelting iron with low iron content and carbon content and more impurities, but it is soft and viscous, and is suitable for repeated folding and forging. The so-called "three catties of wool iron and half a catty of steel" can withstand a thousand trials. The appropriate amount of carbon in "wool iron" and "steel" can get fresh and eye-catching patterns.

After the material is selected, it is forged. First, the wool iron is "exercised". After repeated forging, the blank is decarbonized, and impurities are removed to make the blank more pure. This is decarbonization steelmaking. The second is forming forging. During the process, metal molecules are organically combined with activated carbon, the density of the knife body is increased, and a knife strip with extremely high hardness and toughness is made. This is also known as the carburizing process. After forging the knife strip, it is quenched. The formed knife strip is burned in the furnace to a certain temperature and then quickly cooled back. The method, time and medium not only affect the flexibility and sharpness of the knife, but also affect the brightness of the pattern. The commonly used medium for quenching is water, oil and special liquid, etc. Different steels have different media, so that various steel seedlings can obtain different hardness. After quenching, it is tempered. The purpose is to reduce the unreasonable hardness after quenching. After the knife is tempered in a furnace at 250-300 degrees Celsius for 6-8 hours, the molecular structure of the metal changes and the knife body obtains the best quality.

The final process is grinding and decoration.

At this stage, the grinding stone is very important, and the grinding stone is also called the bright stone. Different grinding stones have different functions. After orderly grinding, the knife body can reach the level of no pitting and smooth as a mirror. Grinding is very time-consuming, and the ancients said "sharpening a sword in ten years", which fully illustrates the importance and time spent on grinding the seedling knife. The seedling knife uses red sandalwood as the handle sheath and bronze as the carving. The blade and the scabbard are slightly tight and not loose, and the loosening is appropriate, so that the thrusting of the knife is just right. After these processes, a complete new type of seedling knife is considered complete.

Exceptionally sharp, brilliant literary talent, comfortable and flexible, and difficult to rust and corrode are the four characteristics of seedling knives. As far as the hundred-refined pattern steel seedling knives are concerned, the gorgeous pattern, sharp edge, good elasticity and beautiful exterior constitute the "four absolute" of modern high-end seedling knives.

The Chinese Miaodao technique is superb in Guo Yanzi and interprets the legend of Cangzhou martial arts; the forging of the Chinese Miaodao, in the hands of Guo Ruixiang and his son, has been tempered for thousands of times, presenting the inheritance of academic research and equipment research and development.

　　Yangcheng Evening News reporter, Hu Guangxin

　　The "May Day" holiday has passed, but the good show in the concert market has just begun. Since the second quarter, large-scale commercial performances in various places have been "retaliatory recovery". The tour concerts of Liu Ruoying, Zhang Jie, Mao Buyi, Zhang Xinzhe and other singers have taken the lead, and the mainland tours of Jay Chou, Mayday, Miriam Yeung, Liang Jingru, Wu Bai, Li Ronghao and others have also been arranged. Hong Kong and Macau, China are even more exciting: Liming, Jacky Cheung, and Guo Fucheng "Three Heavenly Kings" take turns to sing, and the new Best Actress of the Academy Awards, Cheng Xiuwen, has regained her status as a singer and re-entered the Red Pavilion. Music fans in the Greater Bay Area of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao will face "happiness troubles": so many concerts, which one is better to watch?

　　What are the major concerts worth looking forward to in the Greater Bay Area in the next three months? Keep this guide and wish everyone all the best to get tickets!

　　Guangzhou, a dazzling array of choices

　　Miriam Yeung "MY TREE OF LIVE" World Tour Guangzhou Station

　　Time: May 27 and 28

　　Venue: Guangzhou Haixin Sha Asian Games Park

　　After a four-year absence, Miriam Yeung has once again embarked on a world tour. The theme of this "MY TREE OF LIVE" concert is trees: trees have a very tenacious vitality, and they will repair themselves and grow again after experiencing the wind; the annual rings witness the growth and history of trees, just like Miriam Yeung’s musical works, accompanying fans through a period of life journey, carrying precious memories and growth experience. At the tour press conference in Beijing, Miriam Yeung personally interpreted the theme of this concert. In her opinion, singing the same song at different ages is interpreting a different story. She invites the audience to enter her inner world and feel her understanding of life and love for music.

　　It is reported that the tour will go to more than 50 cities around the world. Among them, the mainland cities include Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Zhuhai, Chongqing, Xiamen, Foshan and so on. The overseas tour will reach the United States, Canada, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and other places. So far, three cities have announced concert dates: the first stop is Guangzhou, which will hold two consecutive concerts on May 27 and 28; the second stop is Xiamen, which will be held on June 17; and the Shenzhen stop is July 22.

　　Zhou Baihao "Sound Sand Together" FAN MEETING Guangzhou Station

　　When: May 6th

　　Venue: Guangzhou Gymnasium Hall 1

　　Since his appearance on "Breaking Through Thorns", Zhou Baihao’s popularity has increased to a higher level. The first stop of this "Shing Sand Together" fan meeting was held in Changsha on April 21, and on May 6, it was held in Guangzhou to gather with fans in the Greater Bay Area. According to the organizers, this fan meeting will narrow the distance between the stage and the audience, allowing the audience to integrate into the performance. The playlist is also a highlight of this performance: in addition to the highly representative songs such as "Enough Time" and "Rumors", there will also be some unpopular songs that have rarely appeared in previous concerts.

　　Wang Yuan’s "Living Room Carnival" Tour Guangzhou Station

　　When: May 13

　　Venue: Guangzhou Baoneng Guanzhi Cultural Center

　　Wang Yuan’s first solo concert tour, "Living Room Carnival," kicked off in Shanghai on April 29 and 30 and will land in Guangzhou on May 13. The theme of this concert is "Living Room Carnival", which is the same name as Wang Yuan’s third album in 2022. He explained the meaning of "Living Room Carnival" in this way: As many people grow up, they lose the ability to communicate with the world, and the living room is an opportunity for one to reconnect with the world. Invite friends to chat and go to a friend’s house to watch a play, you will find a different perspective and hear a different story. He regards the stage as his living room: not only invite friends to be guests, invite music partners to co-create, but also invite listeners to listen to songs.

　　As Wang Yuan’s first solo tour, the stage design of "Living Room Carnival" is quite thoughtful, with more varied Rubik’s Cube stage frames to encapsulate the whimsy of living room carnival. From the playlist of Shanghai Station, most of the songs are Wang Yuan’s original works, which can give a glimpse of Wang Yuan’s creative strength in recent years.

　　Farmer "Hip Hop Hee Haha" Concert

　　When: May 21

　　Venue: Guangzhou Gymnasium Hall 1

　　Farmers, a Hong Kong hip-hop group made up of Mr. Lu and Mr. C, are on a packed Livehouse tour of 11 cities in 2022, with several additions at Guangzhou Station, a testament to their popularity in the Cantonese-speaking region. In 2023, they continue up the ante and enter the Guangzhou Stadium to sing. This is also the first year of their "three-year appointment" with fans: every May, they meet fans through concerts.

　　Organizer Le Teng Performing Arts revealed that this is the largest concert held in the mainland since Farmer’s debut, and it may also be a rare large-scale Cantonese Rap concert in the Guangzhou performance market. Last year’s Livehouse tour was dominated by new songs from the new album "Farmer’s Essays". The playlist of this large-scale concert will be richer, and there will be mysterious assistant guests, which is worth looking forward to.

　　Huang Qishan "Qiwang Thirty" Tour Concert Guangzhou Station

　　Time: May 24, 25, 26

　　Venue: Performance Hall of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall

　　Huang Qishan’s "Qiwang 30" national tour started at the beginning of this year and arrived in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Changsha, Chongqing, Chengdu and other cities. The tour was highly discussed, not only did Huang Qishan’s new look get hot searches, but the box office response was also awesome: the Guangzhou station was held in March, and now it continues to be added in May, with three consecutive shows.

　　It is reported that the "Qiwang 30" concert includes two parts: "Huang Qishan" and "Xiaoxia". As "Huang Qishan", she is the familiar iron lung female singer; as "Xiaoxia", she is the most authentic self after removing many halos and labels. At this concert, the audience will feel two different aspects of Huang Qishan.

　　Shenzhen, classic old songs are waiting for you

　　Wang Feng "UNFOLLOW" Tour Shenzhen Station

　　When: May 13

　　Venue: Shenzhen Bay Sports Center "Spring Cocoon" Stadium

　　Wang Feng’s "UNFOLLOW" tour, which has been waiting for three years, finally resumed in 2023 with more content. In addition to hits such as "Life in Full Bloom", many new songs from Wang Feng’s new album "Maybe I Can Ignore Death" in 2022 also premiered at the concert.

　　This "UNFOLLOW" tour has a strong production team, among which Soda Green bassist Xinyi is the production coordinator of this tour.

　　Ren Xianqi "On the Road" Tour Concert Shenzhen Station

　　Time: June 22 and 23

　　Venue: Shenzhen Bay Sports Center "Spring Cocoon" Gymnasium

　　Recently, Ren Xianqi has been "on the road". His "On the Road" tour started from Wuhan and went all the way to Beijing, Shenyang and Nanjing, and will come to Shenzhen in June, with two consecutive performances on the 22nd and 23rd.

　　At Ren Xianqi’s concert, the most indispensable thing is the chorus. He can be called a "hot song maker", holding many classic songs that the audience is familiar with. And this time, the audience who wants to listen to old songs and good songs will not be disappointed: "The girl opposite looks over", "The heart is too soft", "The waves are blooming" and the flowers will bloom in spring "are all on the playlist.

　　Hong Kong and Macao "Four Heavenly Kings" three lack one

　　Dawn "STAGE ON 8" Macau Concert

　　Time: May 1, 2, 6, 7, 20, 21, June 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18

　　Venue: Cinema Melco, Macau

　　Starting in April, Melco Cinema Macau has curated a series of solo concerts by well-known singers. After Joey Yung’s concert, Dawn’s "STAGE ON 8" Macau concert took over. Fans can watch Dawn’s concerts at Melco Cinema Macau almost every weekend in May and June. There are 14 concerts in total.

　　The first two concerts of "STAGE ON 8" have ended on May 1 and 2, and the response has been very good. The playlist of this concert includes many classic songs such as "Will You Come Tonight", "People Are on the Edge" and "Listen to the Body Singing".

　　Jacky Cheung "60 +" World Tour Concert Macau Station

　　Time: June 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 30, July 1, 2

　　Venue: Cotai Arena, The Venetian Macao

　　The 2019 "Xueyou Classic World Tour" ended with a record-breaking 233 concerts, and Jacky Cheung set off again in 2023 to hold the 10th large-scale concert "60 +" world tour in his life, with Macau as the first stop.

　　This tour continues Jacky Cheung’s usual style. Audiences can not only appreciate his powerful singing skills, but also enjoy the beautiful stage design and the highly observable performance arrangement. At the same time, Jacky Cheung has also prepared some songs that have rarely or never been seen in concerts before. There are new songs, as well as "The Pearl of the Sea" over the years.

　　Jacky Cheung’s concerts have always been hard to get a ticket. Ten performances in Macau have been sold out. The organizers announced that they will open two more performances on June 25 and July 2, and offer for sale on May 5. Audiences who want to see Jacky Cheung’s concerts should remember to grab tickets.

　　Guo Fucheng "Dream Dance Forest" Concert 2023

　　Time: July

　　Venue: Cinema Melco, Macau

　　Not only Liming and Jacky Cheung are singing in Macau, but Guo Fucheng is also coming. On April 28, Guo Fucheng took the lead in announcing on Weibo that his "Dream Dance Forest" concert 2023 will be held at the Melco Film Arena in Macau in July this year. The specific date and information will be announced in the near future.

　　Cheng Xiuwen "You & Mi" World Tour Hong Kong Station

　　Time: July 14-16, 18-19, 21-23

　　Venue: Hung Hom Sports Centre, Hong Kong

　　Cheng Xiuwen will visit the Red Pavilion again in July for her 11th solo concert. The "You & Mi" world tour will be held in Hong Kong for a total of eight sessions, and tickets will be open from May 8 to 10.

　　Zheng Xiuwen’s last concert was the "FOLLOWMi" concert in 2019. At that time, there were heavy guests in every concert, and Koo Tianle and Wang Jiaer were even invited at the end. Will there be more surprising guests in this "You & Mi" concert? It is worth looking forward to.

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　　In the second half of this year, the large-scale commercial performance market in Guangdong was very lively. In addition to the above concerts that have been announced, there are also a large number of concerts that have been confirmed to be held, but the specific dates and information have not been announced. According to the Yangcheng Evening News reporter, the concerts of Mayday, Five People, Zhang Shaohan, Zhang Xinzhe, Li Ronghao, Tan Yilin and others have all been approved; Liang Jingru and Wu Bai’s tours have also included Guangzhou or Shenzhen in the list of tour cities.

　　June 10

　　● Li Ronghao "Across the World" Tour Concert Guangzhou Station

　　Guangdong Olympic Sports Center Stadium

　　June 10

　　● Zhang Shaohan 2023 "Fable" Tour Concert Guangzhou Station

　　Guangzhou Haixin Sha Asian Games Park

　　June 17

　　● Zhang Xinzhe 2023 "Future 2.0" Tour Concert Shenzhen Station

　　Shenzhen Bay Sports Center "Spring Cocoon" Stadium

　　July 8

　　● Alan Tam Classic Legend Tour Guangzhou Station

　　Guangzhou Haixin Sha Asian Games Park

　　July 7-9

　　● Mayday "2023 I really want to see you" Shenzhen concert

　　Shenzhen Longgang Universiade Center Stadium

　　August to September

　　The first New World Tour for five people

　　Shenzhen Bay Sports Center Gymnasium, Guangzhou Gymnasium Hall 1

　　October 21

　　● Li Ronghao "Across the World" Tour Concert Shenzhen Station

　　Shenzhen Bay Sports Center "Spring Cocoon" Stadium

　　October 21

　　● Zhang Shaohan 2023 "Fable" Tour Concert Jiangmen Station

　　Jiangmen Binjiang Sports Center Stadium

　　December 9th, please.

　　● Zhang Shaohan 2023 "Fable" Tour Concert Zhuhai Station

　　Zhuhai Sports Center Stadium

　　Time and venue to be determined:

　　● Wubai and CHINA BLUE "ROCK STAR 2023" Tour Guangzhou Station

　　● Liang Jingru 2023 "When We Talk About Love" World Tour Guangzhou Station, Shenzhen Station

　　(Source: Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism website, credit Guangdong platform)

Today is February 13th, 2023, and there are 321 days before the end of the year. On February 13th, 1880, Thomas Edison discovered the Edison effect.

Krypton completed $750 million Series A financing with a valuation of $13 billion.

Geely Holding Group’s high-end smart electric brand Krypton announced that it has completed 750 million US dollars of Series A financing, with a post-investment valuation of 13 billion US dollars. This round of financing is invested by Amnon Shashua, founder and CEO of Mobileye, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited, Yuexiu Industrial Fund, Trading Fund and Quzhou Xin An Zhi Fund. The raised funds will be mainly used for R&D of krypton products and technologies, global business development and user experience improvement. As of January 31, 2023, the cumulative delivery volume of extreme krypton brand has exceeded 80,000 units.

Wechat official response avatar faded: related functions have been optimized.

On February 12, some netizens reported that the WeChat avatar faded. Compared with the original picture, the photo of the avatar used for a while became dim in definition and color. "Fading of WeChat avatar" also ranked first in Weibo’s hot search, and some netizens speculated that it was caused by compressed image quality.

In response, WeChat officially responded: "A small number of Android users have given feedback. In the avatar setting interface, they choose to view the previous avatar and switch back to the original avatar. The color of the avatar set many times will fade. At present, related functions have been optimized and will be restored as soon as possible. "

Yunda Express: Online transmission of "more than 2,000 outlets are closed" and "the company is going to close down" is false.

According to the official micro-message of Yunda Express, more than 2,000 outlets were closed for false content. According to the latest statistics, Yunda’s first-class outlets have increased by more than 100 compared with the same period of last year, and more than 10,000 outlets have been added at the end of the distribution. "Customer service is not accepted", "revenue is not profitable" and "the company is going to close down" are all false words.

Source: Weibo

It is said that Google has split its AR department into two teams: hardware services and ecosystem.

According to 9to5Google news, Google’s AR department has been split into two teams: platform and ecology, with the former led by Hiroshi Harmo and the latter led by Rick Osterloh.

It is understood that Osterloh was responsible for developing consumer hardware of Pixel and Nest brands and achieved success. In addition, the team seems to have cooperated with some people who have been dug up from North to carry out an AR glasses project.

Guo Ming: Almost all Android brands face high inventory risk.

Guo Ming Tan, an analyst at Tianfeng International, said recently that in Xiaomi’s spare parts inventory (about 20-30 million mobile phones), the processor is the most serious, and the suppliers are MediaTek and Qualcomm (Qualcomm).

Guo Ming said that almost all Android brands are facing high inventory risk caused by weak demand, not just Xiaomi. Take Samsung as an example, the brand’s global mobile phone inventory (the sum of terminals and components) is not expected to drop to a reasonable level until June.

Guo Ming also said that for Android component suppliers with bargaining power, the inventory can be transferred to brands and agents/distributors because of the supply contracts signed in 2020-2022 when the supply is in short supply. However, although this can correct the inventory to a reasonable level in a short time, the high inventory of brands and agents/dealers may lead to weak demand for spare parts in the next few quarters.

Disney streaming media CTO leaves, CEO hints or sells Hulu equity.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Robert Iger, who returned to Disney as CEO, recently reorganized Disney’s entertainment business. Iger plans to cut costs and streamline Disney’s investment in entertainment and sports. This move may imply that Disney will sell HULU, a streaming media platform that focuses on sports live broadcast.

Under the new structure of Disney, all basic businesses will be managed by top entertainment executives, including content distribution and advertising sales.

Vayve Eva, India’s first solar electric vehicle, was unveiled, and it can contribute about 30% of the mileage by the sun.

The electric vehicle startup based in Pune, India, announced the launch of Vay Veeva, India’s first solar electric vehicle. The product will be launched in 2024 and will be delivered in mid-2024.

It is understood that Vayve Eva is an ultra-small city commuter car, which can accommodate two adults and one child. Eva is equipped with a bunch of solar panels with rated power of 150W on the roof, which can increase the cruising range by 10-12 kilometers every day. Vayve Eva is also equipped with a 14kWh battery pack, with a total battery life of 250 kilometers, and can be fully charged within 4 hours using a home wall socket charger.

Vayve Eva is equipped with a 6kW motor, with a maximum output of 12kW or 16hp and a torque of 40Nm. It can accelerate from zero to 40km/h in 5 seconds, with a top speed of 70km/h.. Powertrain is assisted by liquid cooling system and supports IP68 protection.

Nilesh Bajaj, CEO of Vayve, claimed that the design of the vehicle has been going on for some time, and the company has been striving to achieve a sufficient size of solar panels under the weight of about 550 kilograms. He said that Indian users drive an average of 30 kilometers a day, and solar panels can contribute about 30% of the mileage by the sun alone.

Source: official website

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