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Former investigative journalist Chai Jing delivers an arresting retrospective in 柴静谈朱镕基｜“对执政者最危险的不是坏消息，是假消息” on 柴静 Chai Jing, examining former Premier Zhu Rongji’s fraught relationship with media oversight and the pioneering days of CCTV’s Focus Report. Drawing on firsthand newsroom memories, she reflects on the personal cost borne by whistleblowers and reporters in the field, showing why systemic deception poses a far greater peril to governance than uncomfortable truths.

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News & Business

On CNBC International, China’s Biggest Rare Earths Processing Challenger Says It Can Match Its Tech profiles Australian miner Lynas and its Malaysian plant, highlighting how the company is closing the technological gap with Beijing’s 85% monopoly over the global rare earth supply chain. Meanwhile, CNBC Make It examines media economics in How Imax Makes Millions From Theaters It Doesn’t Own, explaining how an asset-light licensing and revenue-share framework generated record global box office returns despite owning only a single venue. In Chinese-language current affairs, BBC News 中文 interrogates state media narratives in 中國官媒上為何看不到西藏洪災衝擊畫面？ － BBC News 中文, investigating why Chinese state broadcasts largely suppressed imagery of flood devastation across Tibetan regions. Finally, GQ Taiwan questions the future of cinema exhibition in 串流平台會威脅到電影產業嗎？, assessing the growing existential anxiety in Hollywood as streaming platforms and YouTube reshape viewing habits.

Learning & Ideas

Leading today’s intellectual picks, young artist Joe Whale delivers an insightful talk on TED titled How Doodling Unlocks Your Imagination | Joe Whale | TED, championing pen-and-paper doodling as an irreplaceable cognitive journey that builds organic imagination rather than relying on instantaneous AI prompts. On Hoover Institution’s EconTalk snippet, How the Pentagon UFO Videos Changed the Conversation #EconTalk details how declassified Navy cockpit footage and the revelation of the Pentagon’s AATIP program legitimized UFO investigations within mainstream journalism. On the Chinese-language historical channel LIFEANO CLUB, host Yuan Tengfei answers audience questions in 【限免】袁Sir翻牌：日本海军真是世界第二？#lifeano翻牌 260823, breaking down why Imperial Japan’s industrial shipbuilding capacity trailed far behind Britain’s Royal Navy alongside tactical analyses of the Crimean War. Rounding out the educational sphere, Khan Academy uploaded an expansive library of over 70 modular lessons covering AP Calculus AB/BC accumulation functions, geometry proofs, and practical financial mathematics such as bond yield calculations and capital gains taxation.

Tech & AI

On Chinese-language financial channel 美投讲美股, the host presents an exhaustive deep dive into semiconductor giant Nvidia in AI产业巨变！英伟达将迎来二次爆发？. The analysis examines Jensen Huang’s unprecedented multi-year guidance, the 30-fold throughput leap promised by the upcoming Rubin architecture over Blackwell Ultra, and how long-term supply commitments aim to lock in critical memory pricing. Crucially, the video addresses growing market anxiety over Nvidia’s “circular financing,” where the company backs debt for AI startups purchasing its chips, effectively acting as an industry central bank while adding balance-sheet leverage.

Everything Else

For Taiwanese pop culture, GQ Taiwan invites singer Ng Ki-pin in 黃奇斌的十樣必備單品！用阿公的手尾錢買了一隻嗩吶？一則留言意外成為幹話梗圖迷因、擦護唇膏要擦到滿嘴油油｜明星的10件私物｜GQ Taiwan to reveal his quirky personal essentials, from an MPC sampler and a suona bought with his grandfather’s inheritance to the story behind an accidental meme. In lifestyle and retail, 老佳和老萌 provide a practical walkthrough of warehouse savings in Costco 9月～生活用品折上折❤️羊肚菌/鲜无花果/黄西瓜/好喝的蛋白质饮品/蜜李子/🎄圣诞礼物🎁 Costco Must-Buys: September 2026, reviewing seasonal produce like yellow watermelons and navigating complex P&G rebate deals. In boutique hospitality, GQ Taiwan showcases modern urban luxury in 台北嘉佩樂酒店入選全球最佳酒店, documenting how Capella Taipei’s tranquil residential design earned it a spot on Condé Nast Traveler’s Hot List.

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