A new snake species nicknamed the "Guangxi two-headed #snake#" has been discovered in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The species, scientifically named Calamaria incredibilis, was identified in the Guangxi Huaping National Nature Reserve and the findings were recently published in the international taxonomy journal Zoosystematics and Evolution. Calamaria incredibilis is a small, slender, non-venomous species measuring only about 22 centimeters in length. Its brown back is marked with seven broken dark stripes, while dark-edged scales create a distinctive net-like pattern. The snake gets its "two-headed" nickname from its defensive behavior. When disturbed, it curls into a figure-eight shape and lifts its blunt tail to resemble a second head, a tactic used to confuse predators. #WildChina#

According to the news from Liuzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, as of 11:10 on May 18, rescue teams have pulled out the last trapped person from the disaster site at Taiyangcun Community.

(1/6) Someone filed a FOIA request with the NTSB for data on China Eastern Flight MU5735 — the March 2022 crash in Guangxi, China that killed all 132 on board. The NTSB released all backed-up FDR (Flight Data Recorder) data...

The same tiger head bag carried by Elon Musk’s son! I found it at Shenzhen ICIF. So popular that orders are backed up three months — display only, no sales. #elonmusk# #tigerbag# #ICIF# #guangxi# #chineseculture#

The same tiger head bag carried by Elon Musk’s son! I found it at Shenzhen ICIF. So popular that orders are backed up three months — display only, no sales. #elonmusk# #tigerbag# #ICIF# #guangxi# #chineseculture#

Did you know? There are only around 1,400 white-headed langurs left globally. With AI-powered monitoring, over 37,200 sightings of the "Stone Mountain Elf" of China's Guangxi have been recorded, helping make conservation more efficient, less intrusive & better informed.

Dong people take part in Duoye, a traditional dance, during a Duoye festival in the Sanjiang #Dong# autonomous prefecture, #Guangxi# Zhuang autonomous region, on Thursday. Thirty-two local teams competed at the event.

Singapore's most senior diplomat just stood on Chinese soil and told the Chinese state directly: we cooperate with you because of shared interests, not because of shared blood. That sentence is more significant than it sounds. Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore's former Prime Minister and current Senior Minister, completed a five-day visit to China last week, meeting officials in Guangxi and Shanghai. Speaking to Singapore media on May 22, he was direct: "We are a Chinese-majority country, but we are a multiracial society. We are a separate country with separate sovereignty from China." He added that Singapore's ties with China are grounded in mutual benefit, not shared ethnicity or ancestry. This is a deliberate and pointed statement. The CCP has spent decades promoting the idea that ethnic Chinese people around the world, regardless of citizenship, share a special bond with the Chinese motherland. The concept of 同宗同源, meaning "same ancestry, same roots," is embedded in Chinese state rhetoric aimed at diaspora communities across Southeast Asia, including Singapore's Chinese majority. United Front Work Department operations, diaspora engagement programs, and state media all lean on this framing to cultivate affinity, influence, and loyalty among overseas Chinese populations. Lee Hsien Loong said that is not the basis of Singapore's relationship with China. Singapore cooperates with Beijing because it serves Singapore's interests. Full stop. The moment those interests diverge, the shared ethnicity changes nothing. Singapore has maintained this position since Lee Kuan Yew built the country. It rejects the "Third China" label. It maintains strong ties with the United States, Japan, and the West while trading extensively with Beijing. It is ethnically Chinese-majority and fiercely sovereign. That combination makes it a direct challenge to the CCP's narrative that Chinese ethnicity implies Chinese political alignment. Lee said it in Shanghai. In front of Chinese media. After visiting Chinese officials. The message was intentional and the audience was chosen carefully. #Singapore# #China# #CCP# #LeeHsienLoong# #Sovereignty# #Geopolitics# #SoutheastAsia# #UnitedFront# #Diaspora# #ASEAN#

Over the past three years (2023-2026), Guangmi and I have been documenting the evolution of global large language models through quarterly reports. This is Episode 9—stay tuned! "If you only listen to one podcast per quarter about global LLMs, make it this one."🙇🏻