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Driving on China’s Mountain Corkscrew Highway

Driving on China’s Mountain Corkscrew Highway

Take a ride on one of the world’s most unusual roads. To help drivers comfortably reach the summit of China’s Taiyuan Tianlong mountain, the government built a highway with a corkscrew section. TEKNIQ takes us on a leisurely ride-along with a truck driver as he climbs the twists and turns of the scenic highway. It certainly looks easier to climb than this.

Board-shoe Racing

Board-shoe Racing

You know the three-legged race game that people play at company picnics to get them to work together? This is like that but at a much higher level. Dating back to the Ming Dynasty, the traditional Chinese sport of board-shoe racing forces cooperation by strapping three athletes’ feet to a pair of wooden boards so they must run in lock-step.

Making Millions of Screws

Making Millions of Screws

There aren’t many products that can be made by the millions, but hardware like screws are one such item. This video from SatisFactory Process takes us inside a facility in China that cranks out mass quantities of screws every day. Machines straighten coils of steel wire, cut, shape, then thread the screws before they’re heat-treated for strength and washed.

Fire Dancer Wearing a Jet Pack

Fire Dancer Wearing a Jet Pack

What’s more impressive than flying over the water with a jet pack? Adding fire to the mix. This performer strapped on one of those foot-mounted Flyboard jet packs while carrying a pair of cages filled with fire. He’s basically a human fireworks show. The traditional Chinese Huohu (fire pot) show is already quite the spectacle when performed on solid ground.

World’s Largest Drone Show

World’s Largest Drone Show

We’ve reached the point where drone shows are replacing fireworks shows. Chinese company Zhujian Planning Media now holds the Guinness World Record for the largest aerial image ever produced by drones. Controlled by a single laptop, 7,598 drones took to the sky, displaying images including The Great Wall of China, an enormous dragon, and a tiger.

Realistic Horse Robots

Realistic Horse Robots

A company in Japan is showing off one of the most realistic animatronic animals we’ve ever seen. Created to promote the Japanese Race Association, the electronic equine looks like something straight out of Westworld, though it can’t gallop… at least not yet. This footage is from 2019, so we can only imagine how much the tech has evolved by now.

Drone Flies Around China’s Tallest Skyscraper

Drone Flies Around China’s Tallest Skyscraper

Drone pilot and photographer Joshua Turner visited Shanghai, China, where he managed to fly his Iflight quadcopter alongside the nation’s tallest skyscraper. Currently, the third-tallest building in the world, the sleek 2,073-foot-tall Shanghai Tower looks incredible through the lens of Joshua’s GoPro11 Mini camera. He also flew around a few other tall structures.

Infinite Neon Sign Effect

Infinite Neon Sign Effect

Chinese sign maker Star Road Factory has perfected an infinite neon effect by sandwiching LEDs between sheets of acrylic and a mirrored backing to create an awesome infinite light effect that looks even cooler when changing perspective. They have another TikTok channel that shows off more of their work.

How AA Batteries Are Made

How AA Batteries Are Made

Zinc carbon batteries are the cheapest kind of batteries you can buy. Alkaline and lithium batteries last longer, but that doesn’t make this factory video any less fascinating. Miracle Process took their cameras inside a Chinese factory that uses an army of machines to crank out millions of zinc-carbon batteries each year. Turn on captions.

How RGB LEDs Are Made

How RGB LEDs Are Made

Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are found everywhere these days, so they must be produced in mass quantities. Scotty Allen from Strange Parts scored a tour of China’s World Semi factory for a fascinating look at how they crank out millions of RGB LEDs that can be programmed to change colors. The automation used in the process is truly incredible.

Making Cotton Candy without a Machine

Making Cotton Candy without a Machine

Most cotton candy is produced by spinning heated sugar in a special appliance until it forms thin strands. But this talented candy maker shows how a traditional Chinese cotton candy can be made by spinning hot, caramelized sugar in the air and inserting a skewer of caramels in the middle to catch the candy floss.

Glass Water Slide

Glass Water Slide

This water slide in Tianjin, China, gives riders a chance to float down the side of a mountain in a raft. The slide is made with glass panels on its sides and bottom and offers 360º views of the tree tops and surrounding scenery. For more thrills, there’s a more sketchy looking slide that hugs the side of a cliff.

Shimao Quarry Hotel

Shimao Quarry Hotel

The Smithsonian Channel takes us near Shanghai, China, where what was once a rock quarry has been transformed into an extravagant luxury resort. Architect Martin Jochman of JADE+QA designed the structure that appears to be just two stories when approaching from the top, but is actually a 16-story tower that blends into the rocks.

Sweet China O’ Mine

Sweet China O’ Mine

Moyun is known for performing covers of popular songs on a traditional Chinese string instrument called a guzheng. To bring out the rock sound, a guitarist and drummer join her for a fantastic cover version of the Guns N’ Roses hit Sweet Child O’ Mine. Where do we go now?

No Place to Place: Inside China’s Bicycle Graveyards

No Place to Place: Inside China’s Bicycle Graveyards

With over 1.4 billion people, China generates a lot of waste. In 2017, it created a new problem. After shared bicycle programs cluttered streets with more than 25 million bikes, the government enforced fleet size limits, and countless bikes ended up in massive graveyards. Guoyong Wu’s short film uses aerial photography to show just how big the problem got.

3 Body Problem (Teaser Trailer)

3 Body Problem (Teaser Trailer)

This science fiction series comes from Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. It’s based on Liu Cixin’s Hugo-award-winning trilogy about the first contact between Earth and an alien civilization and its far-reaching implications on humanity’s future. Coming to Netflix 1.2024.

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