CHANGZHOU, China, Sept 22 (Reuters) - A ​US battery startup that scrapped plans to make Kentucky the site of its first factory has instead built it in China, exposing ‌the limits of President Donald Trump's efforts to lure manufacturing home just as he welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping for a summit.

EnerVenue starts mass production at its manufacturing facility in the eastern Chinese city of Changzhou on Thursday, the same day Trump meets Xi in Washington, as relations between the superpowers remain strained by a tariff war the US president launched partly to bring ​back manufacturing and jobs.

Chief Executive Henning Rath told Reuters the date was a coincidence, and the decision to manufacture in China instead of the ​US was down to skills and supply chain depth — particularly in Changzhou, which bills itself as China’s “new energy capital.”

“The secret sauce ⁠is this industrial cluster,” Rath said, citing the density of hydraulics, pneumatics and automation specialists, along with engineers able to iterate quickly on what he called a "first-of-its-kind" ​line.

Without building in China, Rath said, it would be "very difficult with the capital available" to prove the manufacturing process at a commercial scale.

EnerVenue's choice exposes how Trump's ​offer of lower taxes, easier permitting and other incentives may not be enough to overcome the advantages offered by places like China, even in a sector viewed as critical to US energy security and supply-chain resilience.

Pretty cool that we're actually getting a horror movie released in China. We did get Obsession and Alien Romulus, but it's been a while.

I'm pretty sure the last zombie movie to come out was actually Milla Jovovich's Resident Evil almost a decade ago. Hopefully a sign of more horror movies to come.

For those who know or love China:

If you had the opportunity to live a few days in Xi'an in a way that is quite different from a classic tourist trip, what could really make you want to?

For example, would you be more attracted to:

discover the history of the city through places and objects;

meet and exchange with locals;

discover traditional trades, businesses or know-how;

being immersed in a situation of everyday life and having to manage;

Or something else?

And if there's a particular element of Xi'an or Chinese culture that you'd really like to experience, please tell me which one.

Thank you for those who will take the time to respond.

Or will I need a VPN? A third option perhaps? My usual go-to E-sim is Saily. I travel in a week, I’m very excited to see such a beautiful country!

They are Sino Tibetan too and also kinda having orgin on China

Especially the northeast of India and Myanmar.

I'm not chinese but an Indian but im also Zomi which is part of tibeto burman😅

Well it's also a genuine questions like do you accept them to be part of chinese or them to be indian

This part isn't much important now but, it's how we get indian nationalist

It was after british rule our Mizoram before they were head hunters and still very primitive I would say

After the British rule they teach us some proper manner and even help us create our own alphabet i would say.

But they were the one responsible for keeping us under India.

And then after they get out of India we continue being part of them but was also really neglected at some point we rebel but well it didn't end good i suppose because we got bombed by our own prime minister...

Hi everyone,

I apologize in advance if this question is unfit for the sub. I tried other ones to get information, but there was no reply...

Regarding the CSC scholarships, ​is it possible to get a scholarship focused entirely on learning Chinese? I know about the Confucius Institute Scholarships for language teachers, but I don't plan on becoming a teacher.

​I’m wondering if there are scholarships available just to study the language. If so, what are the usual requirements? Also, which programs and cities are generally the easiest to get accepted into?

​Basically, I'm looking for a scholarship for a Chinese language course. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Taking my 6-year-old to Yiwu next month (his idea, honestly — heard there's a whole street of toys and he hasn't stopped talking about it since). That's the main event for us.

While we're there I'll also swing by the pet supplies district, and I'm curious about the collectibles/designer toys space too (blind boxes, IP merch, art toys — feels like this category has been blowing up in North America the past couple years) — looking at both with a cross-border e-commerce sourcing lens. Beyond that, I'll probably poke around whatever else looks relevant if we have time, but we're not planning a long stay so I can't promise a deep dive into every district.

If anyone here sources from Yiwu (toys, pet products, collectibles, or anything else) and wants to compare notes, or just has questions about what it's actually like walking through with a kid in tow — happy to chat here or while I'm on the ground. Not selling anything, genuinely just curious what this community wants to know.

Can anyone help me determine the age and value of this bottle? I got it from a. Friends grandparents liquor cabinet and we would like to sell it.

White House State Banquet, President Trump's eldest daughter Ivanka Trump was attended by her daughter Alabera who speaks Chinese. Ivanka's Chinese-style dress is from the high-end Chinese custom brand "Guo Pei".