Golden ginkgo leaves meet the soaring skyline of Beijing’s Financial Street, where the warmth of autumn contrasts with the ambition of modern finance. As the 2026 Financial Street Forum brings global voices together under the theme “Building an Open, Collaborative and Inclusive Ecosystem for Global Financial Development,” this vibrant scene reflects a shared vision for a more connected and sustainable financial future. China is advancing green finance. By mobilizing capital for emissions reduction and supporting the low-carbon transformation of industries, these efforts contribute to the broader global transition towards a more sustainable economy. #FinancialStreet2026# #ChinaSeen#

Autumn Stroll Autumn deepens. A gentle breeze, cool and mild, drifts through the ginkgo branches, shaking loose a carpet of gold. Slow your steps, and let us savor together the fragrance of tea in our cups, the warmth of the hearth, and laughter by the stream.

We're leading @transfyrai’s $25M seed as they come out of stealth to build the observability layer for science. Much of scientific knowledge lives in the hands and instincts of the person at the bench, and it's lost when they move on. @AnnaMarieWagner and @rwegrzyn saw this firsthand at Ginkgo Bioworks and the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). Transfyr's physical AI captures that knowledge as it's made so scientists, models, and robots can build on it, accelerating scientific progress. Congratulations to Anna Marie, Renee, and the entire team.

The Lost World at the Bottom of the Deepest Hole on Earth Drop the Empire State Building into the ground, and it would vanish without a trace. That's the scale of the Xiaozhai Tiankeng — a 662-meter wound in the limestone karst of Chongqing, China, the deepest sinkhole on the planet. It wasn't dug. It collapsed. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, the roof of an enormous underground cavern gave way, and the earth simply fell in on itself — twice. The result is a double-nested abyss: an upper bowl plunging 320 meters to a sloping terrace, which then drops another 342 meters into the pit. Stand at the rim and you're staring into a geological Russian doll. But the part that sounds like fiction: at the bottom, there's a forest. A primeval one. The sinkhole's sheer vertical cliffs act like the walls of a thermos — blocking cold winds, trapping humidity — while an underground river runs eight kilometers beneath the floor, breathing moisture up into the chasm. The result is a warm, eerily stable microclimate: a natural greenhouse sealed off from the world above. Inside it, more than 1,280 documented plant species thrive. Towering trees stretch dozens of meters toward the distant rim. Among them grow living fossils — the dove tree, the Chinese yew, wild ginkgoes — ancient relict species that survived the ice ages here while their cousins outside perished. Rare ferns and thick moss carpets cover the limestone floor. And it isn't just plants. Clouded leopards prowl the understory. Leopard cats, Asian black bears, and masked palm civets move through the green dark below, while swallows nest in cities along the rock faces. A whole ecosystem — predators, prey, and thousand-year-old trees — living at the bottom of a hole, in a climate of its own making, that almost no one will ever see. The planet keeps its best secrets underground.

Made with seedance 2.5 Prompt: Create a 30-second, 1080p ultra-realistic personal home-video showing a young Korean woman attempting to film an "aesthetic" café vlog for her social media and everything comically not going to plan. No reference image. MAIN SUBJECT Young Korean woman in her early 20s, trendy and put-together look, dewy makeup, confident expression that keeps cracking into laughter. Straight black hair with curtain bangs, small gold hoop earrings, soft pink lip tint. Wearing an oversized cream sweater, a plaid mini skirt, chunky white sneakers, and a small quilted shoulder bag she keeps adjusting for the "shot." Maintain the same face, hairstyle, clothing, body proportions, and appearance throughout the entire video. SETTING A charming autumn café street in Seoul on a crisp, sunny afternoon. A cozy corner café with outdoor seating, string lights, a chalkboard menu, falling ginkgo leaves, a latte art station visible through the window, a bicycle propped against a brick wall, pedestrians occasionally walking through frame, and a small tree dropping leaves onto the sidewalk table. Warm, golden, Pinterest-looking — until it isn't. CAMERA / VISUAL AESTHETIC Raw personal footage, filmed by her friend who keeps trying (and failing) to make it look cinematic, strong handheld vlog shake throughout. The video oscillates between deliberately "aesthetic" attempted shots — slow pans, artful angles, soft focus — and sudden chaotic handheld jolts when things go wrong. Autofocus hunts comically between her face and the latte. Camera tilts and overcorrects. Exposure blows out when it swings toward the sun. Mild motion blur during quick recoveries. Slightly warm, oversaturated color grade like a try-hard Instagram filter that keeps slipping back to raw reality. No stabilization, no real cinematic polish — the "aesthetic" is aspirational, the execution is not. 00:00–00:05 — THE PERFECT LATTE SHOT (ATTEMPT) She sits at the outdoor table, carefully positioning a latte with foam art, trying to casually "candid" sip it for the camera. The camera does a slow artful pan down toward the cup — then a leaf falls directly into it with a soft plop. She freezes, staring at the ruined latte art, deadpan. 00:05–00:10 — REACTION She looks up at the camera, unimpressed, leaf still floating in the foam. "...Are you kidding me right now." The friend behind the camera bursts out laughing, shaking the frame violently. 00:10–00:15 — THE "CANDID" WALK She gets up to attempt a slow-motion aesthetic walk past the café window, hair flowing, sunglasses going on in one smooth motion — sunglasses immediately get caught in her hair. She stops mid-stride, wincing, trying to untangle them one-handed while still smiling for the camera. The camera zooms in awkwardly close on the tangled sunglasses, then yanks back out. 00:15–00:20 — BICYCLE MISHAP She leans against the parked bicycle for a "casual candid lean" pose, one hand in her pocket. The bicycle kickstand gives way and it slowly tips sideways, taking her balance with it. She stumbles but catches herself, laughing hard, one hand up defensively toward the lens. "Okay, delete that, delete that!" 00:20–00:25 — GINKGO LEAF CHAOS She tries to recreate a "leaves falling around me" cinematic moment by tossing a handful of gathered ginkgo leaves into the air above her head. A gust of wind blows them straight back into her face instead. She spits out a leaf, blinking, completely unbothered and giggling. The camera shakes as the operator nearly drops it laughing. 00:25–00:30 — FINAL MOMENT She gives up on the aesthetic altogether, plops back down at the café table, and grabs the leaf-ruined latte anyway, taking a defiant sip through the foam. She looks dead into the camera, deadpan, leaf still stuck to her sweater. "This is the content. This is it. Post this one." She gives an exaggerated thumbs up as the frame shakes with the friend's laughter, and the footage cuts abruptly to black. AUDIO Natural location sound only: Café ambience, cup clinking, leaves rustling, wind gusts, bicycle clattering, footsteps, her friend's audible laughter throughout, fabric rustling, and handheld camera noise. No music. No narration. No artificial sound effects. Spoken lines: "...Are you kidding me right now." / "Okay, delete that, delete that!" / "This is the content. This is it. Post this one." FINAL FEEL A self-aware, comedic behind-the-scenes of someone trying to film an aesthetic vlog and getting completely humbled by reality at every turn — warm, golden autumn light paired with genuine, unscripted chaos and laughter. No posed perfection sustained for more than a few seconds before something goes wrong. No exaggerated slapstick acting — the comedy comes from real reactions, real mishaps, and the gap between the "vision" and what actually happens on camera.