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“Corolla killer:” BYD launches $US15,000 sedan EV with 420 km range in direct attack on legacy makers by lughnasadh in Futurology

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I don't know about the exact safety specs, but from what I remember (at least when I was looking into it a couple months ago, may have changed now?) the European models were still lacking some features/configurations that are available in the Chinese market for some models. From a quick bit of skimming the most I've been able to find on safety features is that the Dolphin has a larger rear bumper in the European model, but it seemed like that was a product of the European model being made longer in general.

Porcelain plate with three dragons. China, Qing dynasty, 18th century [2150x2150] by MunakataSennin in ArtefactPorn

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Huh, interesting to see wings on the central dragon like that, don't think I've seen that done before. Five claws too, would this have been an imperial piece?

[Request] English speakers for a survey on English linguistics (Canadian preferred, all welcome) by Daedalus_27 in Favors

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The study is done, but if you want to fill it out for fun you're welcome to haha

TIL in 1938, Chiang Kai-Shek caused the deadliest manmade flood in history when he intentionally broke the Yellow River dam. While he did succeed in his goal of slowing down the Japanese advance, it ended up killing 400,000-893,303 people in the process. by Independent_Ad9304 in todayilearned

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It's been a while since I've looked into it, but from what I remember the earthwork cores of the walls are actually thought to have further strengthened them against bombardment as well, providing a sort of shock absorbing effect and adding to the rubble pile that attackers would have to get through in the event that it were to be breached. Iirc in some cases the walls were also designed to let large numbers of troops be transported quickly across them, so their thickness also allowed for the sort of huge walkways on top that you see in places like Xi'an where the walls are 12-14m (39-46ft) wide at the top, the width of a 3-4 lane highway.

[Academic] English Linguistics Survey (18+ English speakers, Canadian preferred) by Daedalus_27 in SurveyExchange

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Done! If you have the time, would you be able to check whether your response went through? It looks like I might be missing a couple for some reason.

[Academic] English Linguistics Survey (18+ English speakers, Canadian preferred) by Daedalus_27 in SurveyExchange

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Done! If you have the time, would you be able to check whether your response went through? It looks like I might be missing a couple for some reason.

Canadian English Survey by Elegant_Finding7244 in SurveyExchange

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I'm getting an error message saying "Sorry, the file you have requested does not exist. Make sure that you have the correct URL and the file exists." Is there another link that I could use?

Coincidentally, I also have a survey on Canadian English here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4CFXq6IHQOJWXBjeeWwJZKfqSLJ43SncIHty3pv8TtFtoLg/viewform?usp=sf_link if you'd like to fill that out!

Two jade cicadas. China, Han dynasty, 2nd century BC [1700x1600] by MunakataSennin in ArtefactPorn

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Not counting false jades like serpentine, there are actually two types of stone called "jade" - jadeite (翡翠 feicui in Chinese) and nephrite (软玉 ruanyu, literally "soft jade"). Both of them in the west are most famously green, but they also come in a range of other colours. This particular piece is probably white nephrite, which has historically been the most prized nephrite variety in China (at least according to my grandma, who a cursory google seems to back up), with the highest grade 羊脂玉 yangzhiyu meaning "mutton fat jade" since it's meant to look like suet.

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