Erinome: Hello dear friends! Welcome to today's "News Roundup". I'm Erinome.
Enceladus: And I'm Enceladus! Let's chat about the latest news together, starting now!
Erinome: First, let's talk about the weather. From October 13th, the temperature pattern in China will change a lot. The long heavy rain in North China is expected to end, and at the same time, the high temperature in South China will start to go down. Oh, that's good news! North China has been rainy for so long, and South China was too hot.
Enceladus: Right! I hope people in North China can dry their clothes finally, haha. And South China can cool down a bit. No more hot days, yay!
Erinome: Next, good news for China's tech! China Meteorological Administration says the BeiDou sounding system has reached the world's leading level, breaking GPS's monopoly in the meteorological sounding field. Wow, BeiDou is getting better and better!
Enceladus: So cool! Now we don't have to rely only on GPS for weather探测 (detection). BeiDou is making us proud, you know that?
Erinome: Moving on to housing. The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development said that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, about 5 billion square meters of new commercial housing were sold nationwide. Also, more than 7.5 million housing units that were hard to deliver have been delivered. Oh, 7.5 million families must be so happy now!
Enceladus: For sure! Having a home is so important. 5 billion square meters... that's like a huge number of buildings, haha. Good job!
Erinome: Here's a surprising one about house prices. There's a rumor that the house price in a small city in Northeast China is 153 yuan per square meter. Local agents say it's an individual case, and many platforms show there are indeed housing sources with a unit price of several hundred yuan per square meter. 153 yuan? That's really cheap!
Enceladus: Is that true? The agent said it's个别现象 (individual case), so maybe most are several hundred yuan. Still, way cheaper than big cities like Beijing or Shanghai, right?
Erinome: Now, invention news! The American magazine "Time" announced its annual list of 300 Best Inventions. Chinese companies like Unitree Technology (宇树科技), DeepSeek, Huawei, and BYD are on the list. Oh, that's great! Chinese tech is getting global recognition.
Enceladus: Huawei and BYD are famous, and the others too. So proud of our companies! They're making cool things, haha.
Erinome: Let's go back in time. In Zibo, Shandong, 45 charred small beans from 9,000 years ago were found. That's nearly 7,000 years earlier than Qin Shi Huang. It provides颠覆性实证 (subversive evidence) for the study of agricultural origins in East Asia. 9,000 years ago? That's so old!
Enceladus: Wow, before Qin Shi Huang, which is already ancient. So East Asia started farming really early? Those small beans must tell us a lot about the past, you know that?
Erinome: Now, some earthquake news. In Ludian, Zhaotong, Yunnan, there were two magnitude 4 earthquakes within 14 hours. The local seismological bureau is studying the situation and has not received reports of casualties yet. Oh no, two earthquakes in 14 hours? Hope everyone is safe there.
Enceladus: Scary! But glad no one was hurt. Earthquakes are dangerous, but it's good they're checking the situation quickly.
Erinome: A sad but strange story. A netizen said that the new mobile phone number he just got logged into the account of the late singer CoCo Lee. The background had a lot of netizens' mourning messages. NetEase Cloud Music responded: it was caused by the mobile phone number being reissued by the operator. Oh, CoCo Lee was a great singer. That must be surprising for the new user.
Enceladus: Yeah, operators sometimes reissue numbers when they're not used. RIP CoCo Lee. Hope the user is okay with those messages, haha.
Erinome: Now, a trademark dispute. The overseas trademark war between Jiaduobao and Wanglaoji is escalating. Jiaduobao says it owns the "Wanglaoji" trademark rights in more than 60 countries, while Wanglaoji states it has completed trademark registration in more than 100 countries worldwide. Both sides accuse each other of infringement. So they're fighting over the "Wanglaoji" name abroad?
Enceladus: Looks like it. Both want the "Wanglaoji" brand overseas. Hope they can solve it peacefully, haha.
Erinome: Finally, crypto news. Bitcoin dropped 13% in 24 hours, causing a historic level of liquidation. Over 1.62 million people globally were liquidated, with the daily liquidation amount exceeding 19.1 billion US dollars. Oh no! That's a big drop. 1.62 million people... that's sad for them.
Enceladus: Bitcoin is so volatile. 19.1 billion dollars is a lot of money, wow. I hope those people are okay.
Erinome: Okay, that's all for today's news. We talked about weather, tech, housing, prices, inventions, history, earthquakes, and crypto.
Enceladus: Yeah! Thanks for listening, dear friends. Let's chat again next time. Bye!
Erinome: Bye!
