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A young man was obsessed with building things by hand. At 10, he made a wind-powered car from waste cardboard. At 15, a miniature engine from scrap metal. Junk taught him what no classroom could. How to build things for next to nothing. In 2009, over a freshman winter break, he spent 200 yuan (around 30 US dollars)…

What if the biggest disruptor in the car industry doesn't build cars? Say "Huawei automotive" and most people picture a Huawei-branded car. There isn't one. Huawei doesn't make cars. It makes carmakers. That's the idea behind HIMA: the Harmony Intelligent Mobility Alliance. Huawei owns almost the entire chain exce…

A doctor operated on a dying man knowing there was nothing he could do. He opened up. Looked. Stitched him back up. And said nothing. My cousin shared this story over dinner when I visited Hainan for Qing Ming last week. He's a head of department at a hospital. His colleague was the doctor in the room. A son broug…

A young man was obsessed with building things by hand. At 10, he made a wind-powered car from waste cardboard. At 15, a miniature engine from scrap metal. Junk taught him what no classroom could. How to build things for next to nothing. In 2009, over a freshman winter break, he spent 200 yuan (around 30 US dollars)…

What if the biggest disruptor in the car industry doesn't build cars? Say "Huawei automotive" and most people picture a Huawei-branded car. There isn't one. Huawei doesn't make cars. It makes carmakers. That's the idea behind HIMA: the Harmony Intelligent Mobility Alliance. Huawei owns almost the entire chain exce…

A doctor operated on a dying man knowing there was nothing he could do. He opened up. Looked. Stitched him back up. And said nothing. My cousin shared this story over dinner when I visited Hainan for Qing Ming last week. He's a head of department at a hospital. His colleague was the doctor in the room. A son broug…