Hangzhou

Yes, in only a very few years, they were able to, had learned how to destroy the cities along the Yangtze River and how to cross those.

And then they had, in 1276, they took Hangzhou, the capital of the Song Dynasty.

And it was a very dramatic moment in which there was a child emperor, the last of the Song, but there was an empress who was a Dowager regent, Dowager empress who served as regent.

And many of her men deserted.

The officers were leaving even their own families in Hangzhou.

She had been deceived and deserted by everyone.

And then when Bayan, who was the real commander over all military for the Mongols, and Aju, came.

They conquered everything up to Hangzhou, and Dowager Empress realized that the only thing she could do to save her city was to surrender.

All right, well, we went all over the place with 42 geeks.

Actually jumped over to Singapore first, but then we took about 50 or 60 people, I think 60 people, to Shanghai, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong.

Yeah, a side trip to Macau for a couple of us.

A few of us went up to Macau.

You're looking at a team that has basically weaponized its batting lineup in recent years.

I mean, consider the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou.

Against Mongolia, right?

Exactly, against Mongolia.

really are.

It presents a fascinating question for the future.

I mean, if you take the raw, unfiltered, world record-breaking passion of nights like the Hangzhou Asian Games, and you finally align it with the structured, well-funded, ICC-sanctioned machinery of a franchise league like the NPL, what happens to the traditional global cricket hierarchy?

It's a great question.

We went over to the China Inland Mission and consulted Mr. Stevenson on our plans for China.

The plan worked out in Mr. Stevenson's study filled the time to be given to China in the most interesting way possible, and when the travelers left by river steamer for Hangzhou, they were anticipating visits to Peking and not a few other places.

In his journal, Borden wrote, November 20th, 1904.

Traveling all day up the mouth of the Yangtze, which is practically a sea it is so wide.

And I'm going to do all three.

The funniest part is that the data itself, the LIDAR and the video are already probably going straight to a server in Hangzhou, China and Alibaba's thing.

And this is the whole reason they're granting it to me.

is to build American open source software for a robotic operating system.

Yeah, the message is to change the destination for the airplane.

They're going to land in Hangzhou.

And a day or two earlier, Chiang Kai-shek had stepped aside as president, with Li Zongren becoming acting president.

Politics really in turmoil.

So for example, one of the farms that we work with, they grow a cultivar called Longjing 43.

Now, people may have heard of Longjing from Dragon Well Tea, which is a very famous green tea made in Hangzhou in China.

And what the producers there have done is use that same cultivar, but then blended it with a Japanese cultivar called Yabukita to achieve what can be at the same time a fresh, grassy type note, but then also something that's a little bit bolder, has some soybean and has that creamy aftertaste.

And how much of your business is actually matcha today? I mean, obviously you've started a tea company and it's become presumably matcha is a very big part of your

From 27th to 29th October, a 12-member delegation from the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade, INTA, is visiting China for talks with Chinese counterparts and government officials.

The delegation is scheduled to hold meetings in Beijing, Hangzhou and Shanghai.

According to the official press release, during the visit, the delegation will engage in direct discussions with Chinese counterparts and government officials on fair competition, better market access for European countries, industrial subsidies, secure supply chains, and critical raw materials with the aim to assess China's trade policies firsthand, raise EU concerns, and explore opportunities for cooperation.

On 27 October, the delegation met with representatives of the European Chamber.