Kia’s EV3 Will Start Under $31,000 In The US

    That makes it the cheapest EV in Kia’s lineup. Kia Kia has announced the US pricing for the EV3, the more compact version of its EV9 SUV. The car will start at $29,450 plus a $1,495 destination charge. Even at $30,945, that’s well under the $35,000 the company was targeting when it announced…

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      Premier Zhu, avē atque valē – China Heritage

      The Other China 朱公千古atque in perpetuum   On 12 August 2026, it was reported that Zhu Rongji (朱鎔基, 1938-2026), premier of the Chinese People’s Republic from 1998 to 2003, had passed away. We commemorate his memory with an elegiac couplet 輓聯 wǎn lián, composed by and written in the hand of Liu Chan 劉蟾. Liu,…

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        Trump’s 100% tariff on drones deepens US-China tech decoupling

        The Trump administration is imposing tariffs of as much as 100% on imported drones and their components, escalating efforts to reduce US reliance on foreign suppliers and potentially accelerating a decoupling of drone supply chains with China. The top rate will apply to heavier drones — weighing more than 25 kilograms — or those that…

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