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  "id": "usa-china",
  "name": "China",
  "type": "place",
  "locale": "en",
  "canonicalPath": "/us/place/china",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://atlas.lootura.com/us/place/china",
  "markdownUrl": "https://atlas.lootura.com/us/place/china/index.md",
  "jsonUrl": "https://atlas.lootura.com/us/place/china/index.json",
  "description": "Follow China, a tracked place, in Lootura: recent changes, timeline, related context, and source-backed evidence.",
  "updatedAt": "2026-08-14T20:28:29.024Z",
  "aliases": [
    "China PR",
    "Communist China",
    "P.R.C.",
    "PR China",
    "Red China",
    "The PRC",
    "cn",
    "the People's Republic of China"
  ],
  "changes": [
    {
      "title": "Guangzhou crucibles provide earliest direct evidence of brass-making in East Asia",
      "summary": "For centuries, scholars have read ancient documents describing the production of brass in 10th-century A.D. China. The problem was that the earliest physical evidence of brass production would be found nearly 600 years later, in the 16th century A.D.",
      "date": "2026-08-14"
    },
    {
      "title": "Why China should reassess how it rewards young scientists",
      "summary": "Nature, Published online: 13 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02525-1 Talent schemes helped to propel China to the forefront of global science. But the system places undue emphasis on prestigious titles as a means to secure career prospects, putting pressure on young researchers.",
      "date": "2026-08-14"
    },
    {
      "title": "US could exhaust domestic phosphorus within 40 years, but waste offers reserves",
      "summary": "The United States could exhaust its domestic phosphorus supply within 40 years. Europe, Latin America and Southeast Asia already depend on imports from China and Morocco to meet their needs. Without phosphorus, crops cannot grow—and without a reliable supply of the mineral, the world's food supply is at risk.",
      "date": "2026-08-14"
    },
    {
      "title": "Trump Gives Green Light to U.S. Companies to Aim Hacks at Cybercriminals",
      "summary": "The practice would align the United States more closely with countries like China and Russia, where spy agencies have long relied on private-sector hackers to help with national security missions.",
      "date": "2026-08-13"
    },
    {
      "title": "Trump White House says it's losing $19B-$26 billion a year in revenue as countries dodge tariffs",
      "summary": "The report specifically highlights that China responded to new tariffs in 2018 by sending their goods to other nations ranging from Mexico to Malaysia for packaging and limited assembly — a practice known as transshipping.",
      "date": "2026-08-13"
    },
    {
      "title": "Why China should reassess how it rewards young scientists",
      "summary": "Nature, Published online: 13 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02525-1 Talent schemes helped to propel China to the forefront of global science. But the system places undue emphasis on prestigious titles as a means to secure career prospects, putting pressure on young researchers.",
      "date": "2026-08-13"
    },
    {
      "title": "Taiwan briefly slows its mobile internet to text-only speed as part of defense drill",
      "summary": "The drills come amid rising tensions with China, which frequently sends military planes and ships towards Taiwan. (Image credit: Chiang Ying-ying).",
      "date": "2026-08-13"
    },
    {
      "title": "How China Remembers Zhu Rongji, the Premier Who Spoke His Mind",
      "summary": "Tributes to the former premier recalled his spirited style and his efforts to integrate China into global commerce, in contrast with the rigidity of the Xi era.",
      "date": "2026-08-13"
    },
    {
      "title": "Why the World Is Still Investing in America",
      "summary": "American flags fly at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, New York. —Sven Hoppe—Getty Images The world is not selling America short, even if Americans sometimes do. After spending much of the past few months traveling from Europe to India to China, I’ve been struck by the disconnect between how many Americans talk.",
      "date": "2026-08-13"
    },
    {
      "title": "Has the U.S. lost its dominance to China?",
      "summary": "Beijing may be benefiting from the war in Iran and Trump's tariffs and has an edge in the competition for tech supremacy. The New Yorker 's Evan Osnos discusses his story \"The Future, Made in China.\".",
      "date": "2026-08-12"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [],
  "evidenceCount": 0
}