China news roundup / Nachrichten 2018-10-26

English news:

China knife attack injures kindergarten children

"Violent crime is relatively rare in China, but it has faced a string of unrelated knife attacks in school and kindergartens in recent years."

--- The Chinese version of mass shootings. You don't need guns for that.

Who am I? Hunt for heritage drives Chinese to DNA tests

"Other tests have an element of novelty—GeseDNA, which roughly translates to "Personality DNA", works with behavioural geneticists who analyse the way they say genetics may affect one's behaviour, from personality right down to spending habits."

--- Only problem is: We don't yet know which genes have how much influence on which behaviour...

US won't talk to China on trade until it gets specific plan to halt tech theft

"The latest impasse jeopardizes a meeting between President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping scheduled for the end of November at the G-20 meeting."

--- Well, I suppose, they'll have to wait quite a while for such a plan.

--- China Uncensored has a variety of topics today:

Deutsche Nachrichten:

Droht ein Krieg mit China?

"Schon der vom Zaun gebrochene Handelskrieg zwischen Amerika und China zeigt, wie eng beide Staaten inzwischen miteinander verwoben sind. Ein Krieg gegeneinander würde für beide verheerende Folgen haben und die Weltwirtschaft mit in den Abgrund reißen."

--- Tja, sowas dachte man auch vor dem 1. Weltkrieg über die europäischen Mächte.