Xinhua News Agency, Washington, July 1 (Reporter Gao Pan Xiong Maoling) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on July 1 that the US Federal Reserve may need to raise interest rates from the end of 2022 or the beginning of 2023 in view of the fact that the US inflation rate will continue to be higher than the target of 2% in the next few years.
On the same day, the IMF said in a statement concluding its consultation on Article IV of the United States that the economic growth rate of the United States is expected to reach 7% this year, higher than the 6.4% predicted in April. Large-scale fiscal stimulus has increased the possibility that the US inflation rate will continue to be higher than the 2% target. It is estimated that by the end of this year, the inflation rate measured by the US consumer price index will reach 4.3%, and it will slow down to 2.4% by the end of 2022, but it will remain above 2% in the following years.
The IMF believes that the rapid recovery of the US economy and additional financial support make it necessary for the Fed to consider changing its monetary policy in the coming months. The Fed may need to reduce the scale of asset purchases from the first half of 2022 and raise interest rates from the end of 2022 or early 2023.
The IMF believes that the main risk facing the US economy still comes from the COVID-19 epidemic, and it is necessary to continue to promote vaccination and make emergency plans to prevent the epidemic from rebounding. In addition, if the size of the fiscal expenditure bill finally passed by the US Congress is smaller than the Biden administration’s proposal, it will also pose a downside risk to the US economy.
The IMF pointed out that it is a serious concern that many trade-distorting measures introduced by the US government still exist in the past four years. In particular, the US government still maintains tariffs on imported steel and aluminum products, washing machines, solar panels and a series of China goods, and promises to give priority to American products in public procurement. The IMF calls on the US government to lift trade restrictions and impose tariffs, and strictly restrict the "Buy American" clause to make it conform to the international trade obligations of the United States.
The IMF pointed out that in the past four years, the United States launched countervailing investigations based on exchange rate undervaluation, and included exchange rate clauses in trade agreements, which also posed serious risks to the multilateral trading system and the international monetary system. Treating an undervalued exchange rate as a subsidy that should be offset may aggravate trade tensions and trigger trade retaliation. The IMF believes that the United States should cooperate constructively with its trading partners to better solve the macro-structural distortion that affects the external balance of payments and strengthen the rule-based multilateral trading system.
The fourth clause consultation is the routine judgment and evaluation of IMF economists on the economic performance and macro policies of member countries every year.
Recently, frozen pears in Harbin are red all over the country. However, many people in Northeast China said: The frozen pears eaten in this way are soulless!
Peeling and slicing, it is the heart of the northeast buddies! Frozen pears, after biting a small mouth, should directly suck the juice inside, and ruthlessly suck the juice inside, leaving a dark skin, commonly known as "vacuum suction method."
However, the black color of frozen pears is really easy to be misunderstood as deterioration. So, where did this dark color come from?
Why is the frozen pear so dark?
Most of the water in pears is stored in vacuoles of cells. When the pear is frozen, the water in the vacuole freezes into ice and becomes larger, which will burst the cell wall and release the polyphenol oxidase that was originally locked in the cell.
Pear skin is rich in plant polyphenols, which is a kind of polyphenols, and it will react with oxygen in the air slowly under the catalysis of polyphenol oxidase. Polyphenols are first transformed into quinones, then undergo a series of dehydration and condensation reactions, and finally form brown pigments.
For pears, the activity of polyphenol oxidase in the peel and the content of phenolic compounds are much higher than those in the pulp, and the skin is in direct contact with oxygen, so the main reason is that the peel browns during the freezing process, and the pulp inside can still maintain a light yellow color.
Among them, what is the quinone substance that causes color change?
Quinone is an organic compound which replaces two hydrogen atoms of aromatic parent nucleus with one oxygen atom to form a six-membered ring structure containing two double bonds and two carbonyl groups.
The simplest quinone is benzoquinone, and its chemical formula is C6H4O2. Let’s dream back to high school chemistry with a particularly simple question: How many benzoquinones with different structures can you write?
Quinones contain many conjugated bonds, and there is the phenomenon of electron sharing between adjacent conjugated bonds, which makes the whole system have lower energy and stronger molecular stability. After the energy band structure of molecules is modulated, they can absorb and reflect light in the visible band, so quinones are generally colored.
Para-quinones are mostly yellow, and ortho-quinones are mostly red or orange. Quinone and phenol are particularly easy to transform into each other, forming a redox system. For example, colorless hydroquinone is easily oxidized to yellow hydroquinone.
Therefore, this dark frozen pear is actually mainly a process in which phenols become quinones.
Why is the frozen pear so sweet?
Now, we know why frozen pears are so black! Then, another question, why do frozen pears become particularly sweet?
Generally speaking, there are many kinds of sugars in fruits, such as fructose, glucose and sucrose, among which fructose has the highest sweetness.
Fructose is very special, and it has two chemical configurations, furan fructose and pyran fructose. The sweetness of the latter is about three times that of the former. When the temperature is below 40℃, with the decrease of temperature, furan fructose will gradually be transformed into pyran fructose with higher sweetness.
We can look at three common pears, the sugar content of which:
It can be seen that the content of fructose in pears is still relatively high.
Therefore, the main reason why frozen pears become sweeter is that the fructose contained in them is transformed into pyran fructose with higher sweetness at low temperature.
In fact, not only pears, but also people like to eat iced watermelons in summer, which is also because watermelons have high fructose content and will be sweeter after freezing.
However, the sugar in peaches and plums is mainly sucrose, and its sweetness will not change obviously with the temperature rise and fall, so the sweetness after freezing does not change much.
Small coup of homemade frozen pear
Seeing this, you must be very excited and want to freeze a pear yourself to check it out! There are so many varieties of pears. Will the frozen pears taste good if you use any variety?
Fortunately, someone has already studied it! The research team picked 59 kinds of pears from different regions, such as QiuPak Lei, Pingguo Pear, Yali Pear, Korla Fragrant Pear and Huangguan Pear, and made a detailed analysis of their skins and pulps after frozen storage, including the fineness of pulp taste, the degree of sweetness and sourness, the juice content, and whether the peels are easy to peel off.
According to the comprehensive data analysis, Qiuzi pear is more suitable for frozen pear. After freezing, the taste will be more delicate, the sweetness will be higher, and the juice will be rich, so it can be vacuum sucked!
After choosing the varieties of pears, it is natural to consider how to freeze them.
It is said that in the northeast which is cold enough, as long as the pears are buried in the snow and frozen for 4~5 days, when they are taken out, they will be black and frozen.
Of course, it is recommended to bury it deeper, otherwise, when you go to see it, you may find that the pear you buried in the snow was pulled out by some greedy little animal and bit … …
If it is in the south, what should we do? Some netizens recommend the method of repeated freezing: take the pears out and thaw after freezing in the refrigerator, and then take them to the refrigerator for freezing, and repeat the operation for 4~5 days.
The reason is that this operation can simulate the temperature difference in the northeast, and use the volume of water and ice to alternately change, so that more juice can flow out of the cells and the real frozen pears can be frozen.
Focus, if you are in the warm south in winter, it is not recommended to try this! Let’s take a look at the temperature difference in Erbin in recent days:
Even the highest temperature is many degrees below zero … Let’s take a look at the temperature in Guangzhou in recent days:
If friends in Guangzhou repeatedly take pears out of the refrigerator to thaw, the high temperature of more than ten degrees, once the thawing time is not well controlled, will easily make pears deteriorate during thawing.
Finally, your pear is really black, but it is possible that it is just broken … …
Is liquid nitrogen frozen pear reliable?
Since the temperature of the refrigerator is not low enough, should the temperature be enough with liquid nitrogen? Frozen pears with liquid nitrogen, can it quickly freeze out the dark, sweet and juicy effect? Move it to liquid nitrogen and we’ll see!
Put pears in the basin and pour liquid nitrogen.
When we soaked the pear in liquid nitrogen, about half a minute later, a pleasant click came, and the pear … couldn’t hold on … ..
With the increase of soaking time, pear cracks become more and more, and finally it is directly divided into many small pieces, and the pulp inside becomes more and more like the color of coconut.
Two minutes later, after the liquid nitrogen evaporated, we took out the "frozen pear" and found that it became extremely hard. We used it to hit the desktop and made a loud bang, which was as good as bricks.
The skin of pears is basically yellow, and there is not much change.
In fact, this also proves that the blackening process of frozen pears is a slow enzymatic browning reaction, and it is not enough to meet the low temperature conditions, and it takes a long time for phenols to be transformed into quinones as much as possible.
Because the temperature of liquid nitrogen is too low, it directly destroys the complete structure of pears and becomes fragmented in a few minutes.
When we melted this half "frozen pear" in warm water, we found that the pear floated on the water, and only a layer of ice was formed around it.
When the temperature gradually returned, pears became soft and rotten, and because the pulp was directly exposed to the air, it was oxidized to brown.
Four words: inedible.
Because the pear doesn’t have a relatively frost-resistant skin protection, the last frozen pear overturned. So, what if it is replaced with a thick skin?
Please welcome the sugar orange! Similarly, when we soaked the sugar orange in liquid nitrogen, we found that the sugar orange also became hard and brittle, but because the skin was thick and tough, it did not crack and remained intact.
Sugar orange taken from liquid nitrogen
After gradually warming up, the skin of the sugar orange becomes soft again. After peeling off the skin, the pulp inside looks not much different from the original one, but it tastes a bit like a frozen pear when bitten, and it is sassy and waxy, and its sweetness will be higher.
That is to say, using liquid nitrogen to quickly freeze sugar orange, under the condition that the peel tightly protects the pulp, it mainly undergoes a physical change of reversible phase change. When the temperature gradually returns, most of the pulp can return to its original state, but a small part of the tissue structure has been destroyed at extremely low temperature, which contributes to the final taste similar to smoothies.
In a word, frozen sugar oranges are a great success!
Finally, friends in the south will definitely ask: So, why do southerners freeze pears at home? Answer: Put the pear in the freezer, and then … forget it!
Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets. In the article "Several Major Issues in Current Economic Work" published recently, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out that it is necessary to promote the green transformation of economic and social development, jointly promote carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion and growth, create conditions to speed up the transition from "double control" of energy consumption to "double control" of carbon emission, and continue to fight the defense of blue sky, clear water and pure land to build a beautiful China. today,Dangjian. comI sort out some important expositions of the Supreme Leader’s General Secretary, and invite you to study and understand them together.
From September 16 to 18, 2019, the supreme leader visited Henan. On the afternoon of 17th, the Supreme Leader had a cordial exchange with his colleagues in the assembly workshop of Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery Group Co., Ltd.. Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Peng photo
Adhere to Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets’s philosophy.
We should attach great importance to ecological protection, firmly establish the concept of Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, solve the ecological environment problems from the source, continue to promote the upgrading and optimization of industrial structure and energy structure, strive to build a green and low-carbon circular economic system, resolutely win the battle for blue sky, clear water and pure land, make overall plans to promote the management of landscape forest, field, lake and grass systems, protect the ecology along the Yellow River, and improve the quality and stability of natural ecosystems.
— — From September 16 to 18, 2019, the speech of the supreme leader during his investigation in Henan. Since the 18 th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our concept of ecological civilization has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. This concept conforms to the development law of human society and the people’s expectations for a better life. To promote high-quality economic development, we must never take the old road of pollution first and then treatment. As long as we adhere to ecological priority and green development, persevere and make contributions for a long time, we will certainly turn green mountains into Jinshan Yinshan. — — From January 19 to 21, 2020, the Supreme Leader made a speech during his investigation in Yunnan. We adhered to Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets’s idea, adhered to the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, fields, lakes, grass and sand, and strengthened ecological environmental protection in all directions, regions and the whole process. The system of ecological civilization system was more sound, pollution prevention and control was pushed forward in depth, green, circular and low-carbon development took solid steps, ecological environmental protection took place in a historic, turning and overall way, and our motherland was bluer.
— — On October 16, 2022, the report of the Supreme Leader in the The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China(CPC).
From January 19 to 21, 2020, the supreme leader came to Yunnan to visit and express condolences to the cadres and masses of all ethnic groups and extend Chinese New Year greetings to the people of the whole country. This is the afternoon of 20th, when the Supreme Leader visited the ecological wetland in Xinghai Peninsula, Dianchi Lake, Kunming. Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Peng photo
Maintain the strategic determination to strengthen the construction of ecological civilization, and strive to promote the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development. On the new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way, the whole party and the whole country should maintain the strategic determination to strengthen the construction of ecological civilization, make great efforts to promote the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, make overall plans for pollution control, ecological protection and response to climate change, strive to build a beautiful China where man and nature coexist harmoniously, and make greater contributions to building a clean and beautiful world! — — On June 5, 2022, the Supreme Leader sent a congratulatory letter to the national home event on the Sixth Five-Year Environment Day in 2022. Promoting green and low-carbon economic and social development is the key link to achieve high-quality development. Accelerate the adjustment and optimization of industrial structure, energy structure and transportation structure. Implement a comprehensive conservation strategy, promote the conservation and intensive use of various resources, and accelerate the construction of a waste recycling system. Improve the fiscal, taxation, finance, investment and price policies and standard systems that support green development, develop green and low-carbon industries, improve the market-oriented allocation system of resources and environmental factors, accelerate the research and development, popularization and application of advanced technologies for energy conservation and carbon reduction, advocate green consumption, and promote the formation of green and low-carbon production methods and lifestyles. — — On October 16th, 2022, the report of the Supreme Leader in The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China(CPC) promoted economic optimization and upgrading. Accelerate scientific and technological innovation and institutional innovation, cultivate new economy, new format and new business model, and realize the digital transformation of Asia-Pacific economy. Adhere to green and low-carbon development, expand green industries and green finance, and accelerate the construction of green cooperation pattern in the Asia-Pacific region.
— — On November 17, 2022, the Supreme Leader delivered a written speech at the APEC CEO Summit.
On March 5, 2019, the top leaders attended the deliberation of the Inner Mongolia delegation at the Second Session of the 13th National People’s Congress. Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Huanchi photo
Implement the new development concept and unswervingly follow the path of ecological priority, green and low-carbon development. It is necessary to explore new ways of high-quality development oriented to ecological priority and green development. It is necessary to implement the new development concept, coordinate the relationship between economic development and ecological environment protection, and strive to explore a new high-quality development path that conforms to strategic positioning, reflects the characteristics of Inner Mongolia, and is oriented to ecological priority and green development. — — On March 5, 2019, when the Supreme Leader attended the deliberation of the Inner Mongolia delegation at the Second Session of the 13th National People’s Congress, he should unswervingly implement the new development concept, adhere to the system concept, properly handle the relationship between development and emission reduction, overall and partial, short-term and medium-and long-term, take the overall green transformation of economic and social development as the guide, and take the green and low-carbon development of energy as the key, accelerate the formation of industrial structure, production methods, lifestyle and spatial pattern that save resources and protect the environment, and unswervingly take ecological priority, green and low carbon. — — On March 15, 2021, the Supreme Leader’s Speech at the Ninth Meeting of the Central Financial and Economic Committee
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee has implemented the new development concept, unswervingly followed the path of ecological priority, green and low-carbon development, and made great efforts to promote the overall green transformation of economic and social development, and achieved remarkable results. We have established and improved a green and low-carbon circular development economic system, continuously promoted the adjustment of industrial structure and energy structure, launched a national carbon market transaction, announced that no new overseas coal-fired power projects will be built, accelerated the construction of a "two-carbon" policy system, and actively participated in international negotiations on climate change, demonstrating the responsibility of a responsible big country.
— — On January 24, 2022, the Supreme Leader’s speech at the 36th collective study in the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.
Now is the internet age, and many elective courses in universities offer the choice of online courses, which allows students to choose online courses or offline courses freely. So,How to finish online courses quickly? The following will be introduced to you.
How to finish online courses quickly
Step 1, download and install an old version of the roaming browser;
Step 2, open the web page of the online course, enter the settings of the browser, and set the mandatory extreme speed mode in the advanced settings;
Step 3, click on the online course video you selected;
Step 4, put the mouse in the video frame, and a horse icon will appear in the upper right corner of the video frame;
Step 5: Move the mouse to the icon and select Fast Forward.
The above is the answer about how to finish the online course quickly, hoping to help everyone.
As double 11 approaches, many people have already filled their shopping carts with health care products in advance, just waiting for the zero discount time to start shooting. Among them, one of the hottest and most publicized commodities is probably imported joint health care products. However, the latest research proves that the key ingredients in joint health care products may not be as useful as placebos. At the same time, because its formula changes at will, its medicinal properties and toxicity are also difficult to monitor. Friends who want to buy such health care products at special prices need to think twice before you do.
Today’s two articles bring together some kinds of goods that should be bought carefully or even not. Among them, the e-cigarettes that we strongly warned about were completely removed from Taobao and Tmall on November 6. So far, the online sales platform has completely banned the sale of e-cigarettes.
Writing | Shi Juan
Maybe you exercise a lot, maybe you need to sit still for a long time because of your work, or maybe you are old. In either case, the concept of protecting your joints must be familiar.
Known as a health care product that is good for joints, the most popular brand at present is Move Free, which is a brand of Schiff, a famous American health care company. Common models are as follows:
Image from Schiff official website
Costco, a famous American supermarket, also has several kinds that people often buy.
Image from CVS official website
The main components of these drugs are glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate. Some of them are added with vitamin D or an organic sulfur compound: dimethyl sulfone (MSM, an essential substance for human collagen synthesis).
Glucosamine claims to "strengthen, protect and rebuild joints", while chondroitin sulfate "can help lubricate and cushion joints", thus finally relieving joint pain, joint stiffness and arthritis.
I believe everyone has read many online articles recommending this health care product (the screenshot is omitted here).
However, are glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate really good for joints?
One study after another published in authoritative magazines shows that glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate health care products have no effect on joints. Even in the United States, there are several class actions, accusing the manufacturers of these health care products of making false advertisements, misleading and deceiving ordinary consumers [1, 2].
Photo: In June 2019, consumers collectively sued Schiff Move Free for false advertising and formally filed a case. [2]
A series of studies, the answer is getting clearer and clearer.
The most famous research is called Gait (Glucosamine/Chondroitin Arthritis Intervention Trial), which took four years and cost $12.5 million. It was funded by two departments under the National Institutes of Health (NIH), namely National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and National Institute of Arthritis/Musculoskeletal/Dermatology (NIAMS).
The purpose of this study is to determine whether glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate are effective in the treatment of osteoarthritis.
Let’s take out these studies and analyze them for everyone.
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This study was published in the authoritative medical journal New England Medicine in 2006 [3].
A total of 1583 patients with osteoarthritis were recruited and randomly assigned to take:
Placebo (the same shape as medicine, but without the ingredients of medicine, it can be simply understood as sugar ball)
1,500 milligrams of glucosamine per day
1200 mg chondroitin sulfate per day
1500 mg glucosamine +1200 mg chondroitin sulfate per day
200 mg of prescription drug celebrex (an analgesic used to relieve pain for arthritis and other diseases) every day.
It is worth noting that this dose is the dose of glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate in popular health care products at that time. It is emphasized here that there was a reason for the dose in health care products at that time, which will be further explained later.
If the patient feels that the joint pain is still uncontrollable, he can take up to 4000 mg of acetaminophen (the main component of Tylenol) every day.
The main purpose of the study is to see if the pain in the knee joint is reduced by 20% after taking the medicine for 24 weeks.
The result is as follows:
It can be seen that there is no significant difference between the group taking glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate and the placebo group.
However, it is worth noting that at 24 weeks, 60.1% (more than half) people who took placebos also felt that their symptoms had improved. This extraordinary placebo effect is often seen in clinical trials of arthritis. Without knowing what they are eating, patients think they are taking useful drugs, and strong psychological hints will make the pain less intense.
Source: The-Science-Site.com.
This trial is a good example to explain why clinical trials are rigorous only if they are randomized and double-blind. Randomized double-blind trials should make sure that there is basically no difference in appearance between the pills in the placebo group and the real pills. The people who eat them can’t guess what they are eating at all, and the people who collect data don’t know what each patient is eating, so as to ensure that there will be no bias in the data collection process.
After taking celebrex for 24 weeks, those who felt that their pain was reduced by 20% were about 10% higher than those in the placebo group, achieving a statistically significant effect. Once again, it proves that this prescription drug is effective.
Finally, the author of this study divided the patients into groups according to the severity of symptoms, and found that the combined therapy of 1500 mg glucosamine and 1200 mg chondroitin sulfate/day seems to have certain effect on patients with severe symptoms. However, it is worth noting that the number of volunteers with severe symptoms in this study is relatively small, and the sample size is too small to be conclusive, which needs further research to confirm.
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So, these authors continued to study. The new results were published in the journal Arthritis and Rheumatism in 2008 [4]. We call it study 2 (the last one was called study 1).
The time of the second study was extended from 24 weeks to 24 months (two years), and the patients with severe symptoms were studied emphatically, because the last short-term trial found that the combination therapy of glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate might be useful for these patients.
572 patients with moderate or severe knee osteoarthritis were recruited and randomly divided into five groups:
placebo
Glucosamine (500 mg each time, 3 times a day: 1500 mg/day)
Chondroitin sulfate (400 mg each time, 3 times a day: 1200 mg/day)
Glucosamine (500 mg each time, 3 times a day)+chondroitin sulfate (400 mg each time, 3 times a day)
Celebrex (200 mg once a day)
The final effective index of this experiment is not the subjective pain feeling in the first experiment (this kind of patient’s feeling is the most prone to error), but the change of joint space width is determined by X-ray at 24 months. The more severe osteoarthritis is, the more cartilage loss is, and the smaller joint space is. If a drug can stop or even reverse the shortening of joint space, it can improve the joint structure and relieve symptoms.
Finally, in the second study, the average joint spacing of patients with osteoarthritis in the placebo group decreased by 0.166 mm after two years, which meant that osteoarthritis was aggravated.
Compared with placebo, glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate or their combination therapy did not significantly reduce the loss of joint space width (arthritis did not relieve).
The researchers even observed that the joint space shortening (arthritis aggravation) of combined therapy was more serious than that of other groups, probably because taking two drugs at the same time affected the absorption of each drug-and most health care products on the market mixed these two ingredients together.
three
The final result of the GAIT study was published in Rheumatology Annual Report in 2010 [5]. We call it study three.
The third study was similar to the first study, except that the experiment was extended from 24 weeks to 24 months.
This time, the researcher recruited 662 volunteers with moderate to severe osteoarthritis and randomly divided them into five groups as in the second paper. The main index is, as in the first study, to see whether the pain of knee joint is reduced by 20% compared with that before taking medicine.
The results of this long-term experiment are similar to those of study 1. All groups had significant pain and functional improvement within 2 years. However, no treatment is significantly better than placebo. There was no statistically significant difference between the treatment groups, which once again proved the powerful placebo effect.
The good news is that no serious side effects were observed in all the treatment groups-it seems that these drugs are safe to take for at least two years in this experiment.
GAIT research tells us:
1. The curative effect of glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate comes from strong psychological suggestion to a great extent. Even if you eat "sugar balls", if you think you are eating drugs that are useful for joints, more than half of people will feel that joint pain is reduced.
2. Taking glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate at the same time may affect the absorption of any single component.
3. Glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate can not improve the shortening of joint space after illness.
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The latest study on glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate was completed in 2016 [6]. This experiment recruited 164 patients with knee pain caused by osteoarthritis, and half of them took glucosamine (1500 mg/day) and chondroitin sulfate (1200 mg/day). The other half took a placebo.
However, the study was terminated early for an unusual reason: compared with the placebo group, the symptoms of patients who took glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate worsened.
Further than the previous three experimental results, this result suggests a terrible possibility: taking glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate may make the joint condition worse than doing nothing.
Move Free, hepatotoxicity?
I often hear friends around me say that most people eat health care products without any side effects. What if they eat them? If you don’t eat, don’t you miss that "one thousand" opportunity?
However, have you overlooked the "one thousand" harmful situation?
In fact, there are no published prospective studies on the efficacy, tolerance and safety of most health care products.
Remarks:
Prospective study usually involves observing a group of subjects for a long time, and studying whether some observed results (such as illness) are related to other factors (such as suspicious risks or protective factors) during the trial. The prospective study related to the safety of health products mentioned here is to observe whether a group of people who eat health products will have some adverse reactions related to eating health products.
This is because the ingredients of health care products are not strictly monitored by FDA, and the formula can be changed frequently. This not only makes it difficult to study its security, but also means that its security is even more insecure. Who knows which batch of formula will go wrong?
Take the current Schiff Move Free series products as an example.
If you look closely at the website of Schiff Nutrition International, the manufacturer of Move Free, you will find that there is a small line below:
“Our packaging and/or formulas change from time to time. Please refer to the actual packaging for current product information.”
Our packaging and/or formula will change from time to time. Please refer to the actual packaging for current product information. "
Figure: Composition description of a Move Free product on Schiff Nutrition International website.
At present, many cases have been reported, saying that patients taking Move Free have obvious liver damage in clinic.
In 2010, the first case report on liver injury caused by taking Move Free was published in the United States [7]. Subsequently, new cases were reported in August 2012 and September 2013. In these published cases, patients developed acute hepatocyte injury within 1-3 weeks after taking a Move Free product. The degree of injury is moderate and can be relieved within 1 to 2 months after stopping taking it; There is no immune allergy and autoimmune reaction, and it can finally recover completely in all cases. However, one patient resumed using the product when he was half well, and immediately developed acute liver injury with similar symptoms. In addition, although no more cases have been published, there are three prospective studies on drug-induced hepatotoxicity in the United States, all of which mentioned acute liver injury cases related to Move Free, all of which occurred in 2012-2013 [October 12].
The specific Move Free products mentioned in these cases at that time, in addition to the main glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate, also contained a patented herbal mixture, including China Scutellaria baicalensis and Acacia catechu.
These reports attributed the liver injury caused by Move Free to Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi in China [13], and only one case was attributed to glucosamine [11]. However, China Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi protects the liver in animal models, but not damages it [14-16]. Why can it cause human liver injury? The report did not reasonably explain its mechanism of liver injury. There is also a kind of explanation that the China Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi in Move Free contains pollutants, or maybe it is not China Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi at all (the manufacturer made a mistake and added a similar plant as China Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi).
Therefore, it is still uncertain what specific components may cause liver injury. Manufacturers often change the composition and concentration of health care products, so it is not certain whether the products currently on the market still contain these harmful ingredients. At present, Move Free series products no longer list "including China Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi and other herbal ingredients", but give a patented ingredient with a new name on some products, which is called "uniflex (fruitex-b calcium fruitoborate)", claiming to be a mineral extracted from vegetables and fruits.
What’s more noteworthy is that the content of chondroitin sulfate in the Move Free series products listed on the official website in the United States has been greatly reduced (see the figure below), and the dosage has been reduced from 1200mg per day to 200mg per day. There is no glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate in the Move Free Ultra series products, one of which only contains calcium and calcium borate, and the other contains a patented cartilage mixture. However, most of them are produced by different manufacturers, such as similar products of Kirkland brand sold by Costco, and the dosage is still 1500 mg of glucosamine and 1200 mg of chondroitin sulfate every day.
Figure: The ingredients of four existing Move Free series products (from official website, USA) are chondroitin sulfate content in the red box. Click to see a bigger picture.
Figure: Components of four existing Move Free Ultra series products (from official website, USA).
In addition, a small study in 2013 found that taking glucosamine may increase the risk of glaucoma, which will threaten vision if it is not treated in time [17]. Chondroitin sulfate can play the role of blood anticoagulant, so it may cause internal bleeding.
Another problem that is often overlooked is drug interaction: any combination of compounds may produce bad interactions. If you are taking other drugs, you must decide carefully whether to take health care products. Because they may not contain the amount indicated on the label, or they may contain pollutants-this will make it more difficult for you to accurately judge whether there will be drug interactions.
Other side effects of glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate include:
Heartburn, heartburn
feel tired and sleepy
headache
Allergic reaction (especially if you are allergic to shellfish)
What drugs/treatments are there for arthritis?
So far, there is no therapy or medicine that can cure arthritis.
There are many drugs that can be used to improve symptoms (mainly to relieve pain) and slow down the deterioration of the disease, but they cannot completely reverse the structural damage.
Because there are more than 100 different kinds of arthritis, each specific type of treatment is not exactly the same. We should prescribe the right medicine after diagnosis.
After the doctor looked around and guessed the type of arthritis he might have, there were two main methods for further diagnosis:
1. Body fluid analysis. Analyzing blood, urine and joint fluid can help determine what type of arthritis you may have. In order to obtain a sample of joint fluid, doctors usually need to put a needle into the joint space to suck some fluid.
2. Imaging analysis. Commonly used imaging methods include X-ray, CT, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound.
After confirming the type of arthritis, you may need to try several different treatments or combinations of treatments to find the one that suits you best.
There are usually three types of therapies: drugs, physical therapy and surgery.
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medicine
Different types of arthritis, should use different drugs. Commonly used arthritis drugs include:
Analgesics These drugs help to relieve pain, but they can’t diminish inflammation. For example, acetaminophen (the main component of Tylenol), Ultram (Ultracet), and some strictly regulated painkillers (such as oxycodone).
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). These drugs can relieve pain and diminish inflammation at the same time. Over-the-counter NSAID include ibuprofen (Motrin) and naproxen sodium (Aleve). Some types of NSAID must be obtained by prescription. Oral NSAID may cause stomach upset, and some may increase the risk of heart attack or stroke. Some NSAID can also be rubbed on joints as creams or gels. I have talked about the points for attention in the use of Tylenol and Ibuprofen before. If you are interested, you can go and see it (→ How to use Tylenol and Ibuprofen correctly? | 117 threesome).
Anti-irritant Some kinds of ointment contain menthol or capsaicin. Rubbing these ointments on the skin of painful joints may interfere with the transmission of pain signals, thus achieving the effect of relieving pain.
Antirheumatic drugs. Usually used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, it can slow down or prevent the immune system from attacking joints. Such as methotrexate (Trexall) and hydroxychloroquine.
Specific immune response modulators. It is usually used with anti-rheumatic drugs, which target certain protein molecules involved in immune response. Such as etanercept (Enbrel) and infliximab (Remicade).
Corticosteroids. These drugs, including prednisone and cortisone, can reduce inflammation and suppress the immune system. Corticosteroids can be administered orally or directly into joints.
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physiotherapy
Physical therapy is helpful for some types of arthritis. Moderate exercise can improve and strengthen the muscles around the joints.
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operation
If nothing works, it will be operated. Include joint repair or joint replacement.
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Acupuncture, yoga, Tai Ji Chuan and massage.
There is little data to support these unconventional treatments, but there is no conclusive evidence that they are ineffective. You can look at your own reaction to see if you try.
Total knot
Although there is no convincing data to prove that health products containing glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate are beneficial to joints, many people will buy and take them. Some people think that even if there is no effect from the overall data of the population, it may be useful for individuals because of some factors; Others believe that even if most of the effects come from the placebo effect, the benefits of the placebo effect are real and hard to give up.
However, the latest clinical results and several cases of side effects show that these health care products may also be harmful to health. Manufacturers often change the formula, and the actual ingredients and dosage may be far from what you expected.
Most types of arthritis are chronic and will affect life-long diseases. Knowing all kinds of risk factors (including obesity, sedentary lifestyle, eating habits, joint injuries, smoking, etc.), changing lifestyle and reducing the chance of getting sick are the best preventive measures. It is absolutely unacceptable to put all your hopes on health care products without fundamentally changing your living habits.
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The pen name is "Cats at My Will" and now lives in Boston, USA. I graduated from the Department of Biological Sciences and Technology in Tsinghua University with a bachelor’s degree, and joined a multinational well-known pharmaceutical company to engage in drug research and development after obtaining a doctorate in the United States. For more than ten years, he led the team to fight diabetes and muscular dystrophy. In recent years, he focused on the research and development of anti-aging drugs. Personal WeChat WeChat official account "Feel Free" to talk to you about medical care.
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According to the "Botou CDC" news, recently, a cluster epidemic occurred in Haohui Trading Co., Ltd., Xiaoqiao Town, Jinzhou City. In order to effectively control and reduce the spread risk of COVID-19 epidemic and effectively protect people’s health and life safety, relevant matters are hereby notified as follows:
1. The residents who have purchased related products online from Jinzhou Haohui Trading Co., Ltd. since October 18th are requested to fully disinfect and sterilize the received packages, and seal the packages. Those who come into contact with the packages should take the initiative to report to their towns (streets, development zones) and work units, and cooperate with the screening, testing, control and other work. Anyone who fails to report truthfully, causing the spread risk of COVID-19 epidemic or other serious consequences, will be investigated for responsibility according to law.
Two, the city residents don’t have to leave the local, try to reduce the flow of people.
3. If you find that there are people around you who have not taken the initiative to report, please actively call the epidemic prevention and control office to report.
[Hangzhou, May 10, 2022] On May 10, the latest technological achievement of the global self-research of the zero-run automobile, the zero-run C01, made its debut and officially started the pre-sale. Focusing on the mid-to-high-end car market and meeting the needs of users for multi-scene cars, C01 has released five configuration versions, namely, 500 standard endurance version, 606 long endurance version, 717 long endurance version, 630 Pro performance version and 630 Pro high performance version, with the pre-sale price range of 180,000-270,000. At the same time, Zero Car launched the "0 yuan Reservation" C-level courtesy for C01. During the pre-sale period, it was decided that the first owner could enjoy the lifetime warranty of Sandian.
Zhu Jiangming, the founder of Zero Run Car, said at the press conference that "C01 is a luxury electric car for Chinese people". Zero-run C01 is positioned as a fully intelligent multi-scene electric car. Relying on the advantages of global self-developed technology, it builds the bottom strength with the core highlight of "1357"-equipped with the world’s first battery-free CTC technology, with an acceleration performance of 3.66 seconds, the size of a medium and large car of 5050*1902*1509mm, and the battery life of CLTC under comprehensive working conditions is as high as 717 kilometers. C01 brings advanced experience with advanced technology, and will refresh the market value standard of mid-to-high-end cars with the strength of C-bit wisdom, C-bit design and C-bit character, so as to help users improve their life.
[Zhu Jiangming, founder and chairman of Zero Run Technology]
C-bit wisdom: intelligent cubic to achieve exponential improvement of wisdom
Adhering to the global self-research route, all the key software and hardware in the core system and electronic components of intelligent electric vehicles have been developed by zero-running, and the complete body of intelligent electric vehicles has been built around intelligent power, intelligent cockpit and intelligent driving. Zero-run C01, as the latest achievement of global self-research of zero-run vehicles, fully embodies the intelligent product concept.
Zero-run C01 is equipped with Leapmotor Power intelligent power, including two systems: intelligent battery and intelligent electric drive. The world’s first CTC technology without battery pack, compared with the traditional scheme, the number of parts is reduced by 20%, the vehicle weight is reduced by 15kg, the battery layout space is increased by 14.5%, the power is as high as 90kWh, and the battery life under comprehensive working conditions is improved by 10%. In addition, Zero Run C01 has the industry’s first AI BMS big data intelligent battery management system, which can provide real-time safety protection at the battery level and realize the safety and controllability of the power battery throughout its life cycle.
The battery technology industry is the first, and the electric drive technology also breaks the routine. Zero-run C01 is equipped with the industry’s first oil-cooled electric drive with variable structure, with the highest speed of 16000rpm, comprehensive efficiency of 88.5%, weight of 85kg, power of 200kW, peak torque of 300 N m-500 N m, design life of over 1 million kilometers, and industry-leading efficiency, power density, quietness and reliability. The four-wheel drive version is equipped with two oil-cooled electric drives, with the maximum output power of 400kW and the maximum torque of 720 N m. The 630 Pro four-wheel drive high-performance version accelerates only 3.66 seconds per 100 kilometers, leading the same level and comparable to super-running.
In terms of intelligent driving, the Zero Run C01 comes standard with the Leapmotor Pilot intelligent driving assistance system, which is equipped at the beginning.
—— 28 high-precision sensing hardware and 23 intelligent driving assistance functions are standard, and NAP intelligent navigation assistance system can be subscribed. Covering all the scenes such as daily city driving, high-speed long-distance self-driving, parking lot parking, traffic lights and traffic jams, it provides full-time and all-round driving assistance for users to travel. AR real-life navigation realizes the integration of actual road conditions and navigation information on the central control screen, and the navigation experience is greatly improved. APA intelligent parking system can realize one-button automatic parking inside the car, door handle parking outside the car and remote automatic parking outside the car, which is suitable for various parking scenarios. The NAP intelligent navigation assistance system matched with high-precision map can realize the functions of autonomous on-ramp entry, optimal lane planning, autonomous overtaking and automatic speed limit adjustment according to navigation.
In terms of intelligent cockpit, Zero Run C01 uses a number of original technologies to create a "three-bedroom mode" AI super intelligent cockpit. The zero-run C01 is equipped with the third-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon car-mounted SA 8155P digital cockpit chip, and realizes an 8155 chip and three-screen linkage, which meets the multi-modal needs of driving and entertainment and brings an immersive visual experience. Iflytek 3.5 generation speech recognition system can realize telephone communication, driving navigation, multimedia control, cockpit function control, and can also interact with the car. The industry-first Face ID face recognition startup technology has evolved again on C01, which can automatically associate 25 settings to match user habits. The Zero Run C01 is also equipped with an Android virtual machine for the first time in the industry, and the compatibility rate of popular applications is over 99%. In addition, there are over 40 functions, such as Zebra applet, which is a quick application without downloading and instant use, and it also greatly enriches the cockpit ecology of the zero-run C01.
In terms of mobile phone interconnection, Zero Run C01 is also the first to be equipped with OPPO smart car, which can be used for multi-screen interconnection. Users can not only quickly check the current status of the vehicle on the negative screen of the mobile phone system desktop, but also remotely control the vehicle with the help of the voice assistant. The OPPO Watch smart watch with the wrist can also quickly use the remote control functions such as one-click car search and on-off air conditioning in the car. Apple users can also realize intelligent car control through iWatch, wake up C01 through Siri voice, and perform functions such as unlocking, locking, one-click car search, automatic driving in and driving out, etc., so as to enjoy the car control experience after raising your hand.
C-position design: natural aesthetics of science and technology, creating a rich internal car.
C01 takes the natural aesthetics of science and technology as the design concept, and does subtraction in modeling. Cao Li, vice president of Zero Run Technology, shared at the press conference: "The natural aesthetics of science and technology is the design language of zero run cars. We hope that through scientific and rational thinking, innovative technologies will be integrated into a gentle and elegant perceptual appearance to create a rich internal car, so that C01 will bring more temperature touches to users at the perceptual level."
[Cao Li, Vice President of Zero Run Technology]
Abandoning redundant and complicated line design, C01 uses elegant and powerful profile to reduce visual load, and the use of space-time capsule symbols makes the overall style naturally unified. The fully enclosed front face is matched with the through headlight design, which highlights the new trend of science and technology. Digital crystal headlights have the dynamic effects of running water and breathing, and support a variety of lighting modes; The luminous Logo at the rear of the car is embedded in the penetrating taillights, which is scientific and exquisite. Slip-back modeling body, borderless doors, hidden door handles, and high-pitched duck tail design not only make the whole vehicle dynamic, but also achieve ultra-low wind resistance at the same level.
In the experience of the internal cockpit, C01 does a full addition. C01 has a length, width and height of 5050*1902*1509mm and a wheelbase of 2930mm respectively, creating a spacious space like a living room for users. In particular, the 319mm large rear legroom and the 496L maximum trunk space make travel easier and worry-free.
In the interior layout, C01 adopts the "close without disturbing" double living room design, with the center console as the core of the cockpit and wide-angle integrated design with the doors on both sides to broaden the visual experience. T-shaped triple screen design is coherent and unified, which also makes the visual senses naturally extend to both sides. In addition, the large silver-plated panoramic canopy also makes the cockpit more open and bright.
C character: leapfrog extrasensory configuration brings luxury car-class driving experience
The retail C01 brings millions of enjoyment to users at the price of 180,000-270,000 yuan. No matter the taste of driving, the fun of driving and control, and the safety protection, we will not lose millions of luxury cars, fully satisfying users’ pursuit of taste and grade in multiple scenarios.
The immersive luxury double living room of retail C01 is not only spacious and comfortable, but also uses the most high-end materials at the same level. All-leather-wrapped door inner panel, NAPPA leather steering wheel, high-grade suede ceiling, and optional NAPPA leather seats are all luxurious wherever they touch. In addition, the zero-run C01 is also equipped with the only rear electric boss position at the same level, which can control the back and forth movement and angle adjustment of the seat with one button, and keep linkage with the front seat. The seat automatically moves forward by 10cm, and the backrest automatically leans back by 10 degrees. With the leading rear legroom at the same level, it brings respect and enjoyment to the boss.
[The only rear electric boss at the same level]
The Zero Run C01 has an immersive music cockpit comparable to a luxury car, and the entertainment experience is the best in its class. 12-speaker Hi-Fi surround sound system, tuned by professional tuning team in Agamis, France, 3D sound effects, and seven kinds of sound stage, bringing the enjoyment like a concert hall. Lei Shi car KTV system, with exclusive custom microphone, makes the cockpit turn into a karaoke room in seconds. It is worth mentioning that the zero-run C01 audio system also supports OTA upgrade, which is always new.
In terms of handling pleasure, the zero-run C01′ s rear-drive structure, front double wishbone, rear five-bar luxury car suspension, and the high-performance version equipped with 20-inch wheels, together with the high-rigidity lightweight body brought by CTC, make the handling and driving quality of the whole vehicle comparable to that of millions of luxury cars.
In terms of safety, the standard 23 intelligent driving assistance functions, combined with the mainland MK100?ESC High Plus body stability control system, enable the zero-run C01 to have the leading active safety at the same level, which can avoid dangerous situations to the maximum extent. In terms of passive safety, the zero-run C01 adopts high-strength cage body, and the proportion of high-strength steel is as high as 73.9%. It is matched with the design of anti-collision beam of high-safety body and six SRS airbags/air curtains to construct all-round safety protection.
Breaking through the boundary of the scene to help users advance their life C.
Zero-run C01, with a strong C-position strength, is specially designed for the rational and upright enterprising school. They are not only the main responsibility of family responsibilities, but also the backbone of society; They enjoy the company of their families and pursue their personal love. At the same time, they also pursue success, keeping the power full and the computing power fully open at all times. And C01 is smart, warm and self-confident, which will undoubtedly become a brand-new connection point for its whole life scene and multi-circle communication. As Wu Baojun, co-founder and president of Zero Run Technology, said: "Zero Run C01 is the testimony of your achievements and the manifestation of the value of life, which will help you to continue to advance in life and reach the C position in life."
[Wu Baojun, co-founder, director and president of Zero Run Technology]
Focus on products, but also specialize in services. Zero-run cars strive to be sold without pressure, so that users can enjoy buying cars. At the same time, through courtesy services full of sense of ceremony and value, users’ joy at the delivery time can be amplified. In the future, Zero Run will provide door-to-door delivery services for car buyers in more than 70% cities across the country, and provide pick-up and delivery/scooter services for car buyers in more than 90% areas across the country, reducing users’ concerns about using cars.
0 yuan booked the C-seat courtesy, and the first owner enjoyed the lifetime warranty of Sandian.
Relying on the advantages of global self-research technology, C01 reshapes the value rules with the strength of hard-core products, and the pre-sale policy also subverts all routines and restrictions-all users who expect to achieve advanced life can enjoy the right of "0 yuan reservation" in C01. From the day of pre-sale release to the listing of C01, intended users can make reservations through the Zero Run Car APP, official website, WeChat applet or WeChat WeChat official account. The order of booking order is the order in which users get the same model and color car. At the same time, according to the policy announced on C01 listing date, you can enjoy the lifetime warranty rights of Sandian by signing a formal pre-sale contract. In order to ensure users’ rights and interests, the name of the licensed user shall not be changed in this order placed by 0 yuan, and it will be re-included in the order order if there is any change. 0 yuan’s decision not only gives users the right to choose freely, but also shows that Zero Run has enough confidence in product quality.
Adhere to the product strategy of "making luxury cars for the country", stick to the global self-research route, enter the growth period of results and value index with zero running, and the delivery volume continues to be advanced. This year, 30,666 users have joined the Zero Run family. In April, under the grim situation of frequent epidemics, chip shortage and rising raw material prices, the delivery volume of Zero Run was the smallest, with an overall delivery of 9,087 vehicles, winning the champion of the new car-making forces in one month and successfully advancing to the first camp of the new forces. The launch of C01 has further improved the product matrix of zero-run cars, and helped zero-run car brands to move up and enter the fast lane of development!?
Phoenix Auto News On August 31st, at the Chengdu Auto Show, the reporting team of Phoenix Auto had an in-depth exchange with Ms. Li Xiaojing, assistant general manager of the marketing center of Jietu Brand Division, and discussed several issues of Jietu brand that everyone was concerned about.
First of all, we all know that Jietu Automobile has done a good job in new media marketing. It can be said that the main engine factory has personally left the market, faced users directly, and gained traffic and recognition. We asked Ms. Li Xiaojing about this issue, and she said, "We don’t have any unique secrets. If Jietu only does one thing, it must be new media. In 2021, we chose new media. In 2022, we believed in new media. In 2023, we decided on new media. We have been on the road of new media. At present, we have 6000+ new media accounts, and 55% of our sales come from new media orders. We advocate learning from outstanding people, learning from people with results, and doing it with dealers. Dealers will also learn from each other. One of our distributors in Xinjiang took the initiative to learn from our other outstanding distributors last year. As far as I know, it only cost 1 million for travel and study. "
Talking about this, we find that in the ecological chain of Jietu, the relationship between dealers and OEMs is United and progressing together. Ms. Li Xiaojing also agreed that the dealers have a strong centripetal force for the OEM, and the OEM also has many means to help the dealers. "Modesty and studious, selfless, will always be the core competitiveness of Jietu."
Ms. Li Xiaojing continued to talk about "the more important role of new media is a platform to face users directly and listen to them. The goal that we have been striving for is to turn all user contacts into surprise points. For example, in live broadcast, we can directly understand their needs through interaction with users, and then provide users with products, services and experiences that exceed expectations. I also reach out to users through new media myself. When we really solve the problem for users and get recognition from users, you will feel that this is very worthwhile. "
When Jetway Shanhai L6 went on the market this month, Jetway had a resounding slogan, "Jeep in the United States, Land Rover in Britain and Jetway in China", and it was ambitious to become "the leader of off-road SUV in China". We interviewed Ms. Li Xiaojing about this issue. Where did Jetway’s confidence come from?
Ms. Li Xiaojing said, "Being the leader of off-road SUV in China is indeed the next goal of Jietu Automobile. In this regard, Jietu has confidence, ability and planning, and will definitely move forward towards this goal."
The bottom spirit comes from strength, and Jetway is the brand that knows how to travel best among car companies and who knows how to build cars best among travelers. After six years of deep cultivation, Jietu has built the only "Travel+"brand in the automobile industry from "0 to 1" and "from being excellent". It has the most powerful "Travel+"product lineup, covering the whole scene of family travel and cross-country travel, realizing both fuel and hybrid power to meet the needs of users’ global travel scenarios; And through good things, tide reform, rights and interests, and post stations, we will build the industry’s first "travel+"ecology. These have actually jumped out of the product itself, and Jietu is building travel as an ecological circle.
In terms of sales volume, Jietu has been firmly in the first camp of independent SUV brands. Since the beginning of this year, Jetway has won a breakthrough growth in the terminal market, with a cumulative sales volume of more than 316,000 vehicles from January to August, exceeding the annual sales volume in 2023. Among the mainstream brands with a monthly sales volume of 10,000 vehicles, Jetway is the first and only brand to surpass last year’s annual sales volume in eight months. Moreover, its travelers and Shanhai T2 form a "mixed double combination" to top the sales list of fuel and hybrid box markets respectively.
These have given Jietu a lot of confidence. "In the future, we will not only become the first in the domestic box market, but also build the first" travel+"ecology of global cars, become the first electric hybrid off-road brand in the world, and let the world fall in love with" Chinese off-road "."
From Ms. Li Xiaojing’s speech, we can really feel the confidence of Jetway. In fact, when I participated in Jetway activities, I also found that Jetway users have a very high recognition of Jetway cars, which can be seen from the interaction between brands and users in every activity, and the smiles and recognition on their faces can’t be disguised.
At the Chengdu Auto Show, there was a Shanhai L7 blasting Ares car on the Jietu booth, which just went through the blasting test. We also talked about why such a car should be brought to the booth.
Ms. Li Xiaojing said, "This Shanhai L7 blasting Ares car has just experienced the challenge of" flying slope blasting "in Beijing. It suffered 10 rounds of blasting in pure electric mode and fell from a 1.9-meter high slope. As a result, the body frame was intact, the door opened normally, and the battery pack did not leak, smoke or explode. We brought such a car to the booth so that everyone can see that Jetway will never compromise on safety. I also make a small announcement. Shanhai L7 is a large family of seven electric hybrid SUV products that can bring high performance, large space, more comfort and new experience to home users. It is expected to be listed in the middle and late September. "
In fact, from the development of Jietu in recent years, Jietu’s products are getting higher and higher, and the coverage is getting wider and wider. Just like the traveler’s car, it can accurately cover the needs and gain the recognition of users.
Finally, we also asked Ms. Li Xiaojing, Shanhai T1 is the key model of Jetway. Can it become an explosive car after it goes on sale at the end of the year?
Ms. Li Xiaojing is confident that it will definitely become an explosion. When talking about the reasons, she talked about the explosion gene of Shanhai T1, a new member of the champion family of square box, which can not only meet the needs of users for light off-road but also catch up with the traditional SUV. Its user base is clearly positioned, that is, those who yearn for travel, in short, those young people who want to enjoy the comfort of the city and are willing to have fun outdoors. Shanhai T1 is an urban SUV with off-road function, which can not only meet the urban personality, but also cope with outdoor traffic. It can run from Chengdu to Qinghai Lake (with a comprehensive battery life of 1400km) with one charge. It also has the qualification of trailer, which can tow motorcycles, yachts and RVs to travel, and can develop new ways of travel with young people. Therefore, Shanhai T1 has explosive potential.
After a short communication, I found that Jietu brand executives are well aware of brand building, have a deep understanding of products, and have a very harmonious relationship with dealers and users. I think such a brand is the brand that really takes the needs of consumers as the goal and works hard to build cars. We also expect Jietu to bring us more surprises in the future.
Four years ago, The Wandering Earth became a gift beyond the audience’s expectation, from a "small broken ball" that was not optimistic to a "China science fiction film benchmark".
Four years later, under the expectation of the audience, the China film market finally ushered in Wandering Earth 2.
Four years ago, the earth started a wandering journey to its new home in a crisis. Jason Wu played the match that Liu Pei strengthened his body and lit Jupiter, and used his life to protect the earth and mankind.
Four years later, the story started prequel, and Liu Peiqiang returned to his twenties. In the early days of the solar crisis, he was persistent, confused, powerful and fragile in conflicts and differences.
Four years ago, Jason Wu was a "special actor" in The Wandering Earth, with few scenes, and was finally written as "sacrifice" by the screenwriter.
Four years later, Jason Wu not only played opera, but also had tenderness for tough guys. Family and emotion have become the anchor points that China’s sci-fi movies can’t shake.
Shi Juezhi had an exclusive conversation with Jason Wu, talking about the film and the story behind it.
Jason Wu said that he was very surprised that China’s sci-fi movies had made such great progress in four years.
Friends who have walked into the cinema and watched the film can feel that Wandering Earth 2 is better than the last one:
The upgrade of special effects visible to the naked eye, the large-scale texture that comes from the face, and many grand scenes are shocking.
Speak with a set of data:
When The Wandering Earth had more than 2,000 special effects shots, it was regarded as a great challenge and surprise.
In Wandering Earth 2, there are more than 6,000 visual effects lenses. There are 102 sci-fi main scenes, and 17 studios have a landscape area of 58,000 square meters; 5,310 conceptual designs, 9,989 split-shot drawings, and more than 22,000 group performances at home and abroad …
It goes without saying that the film production cycle is long, the workload is heavy and the difficulty is high.
As a result, the big screen presents a picture of doomsday.
There is an amazing "space elevator", and the towering tower supported by several cables is full of science and technology.
Out-of-control drones flew into the sky and bombed the space elevator. The scene of the ark falling is very enjoyable.
There are also various natural disasters and space crises, and every scene is frightening.
Special effects, pictures and textures are upgraded in all directions, and thousands of special effects shots have completed this visual feast.
But the film can’t just be an empty shell of special effects, and the plot is the core of the film. Fortunately, Wandering Earth 2 is also doing well.
Jason Wu lamented: "Science fiction movies have to be directed by people like Frant Gwo. His macro perspective is so big that I really admire him."
The story of Wandering Earth 2 is set in the near future.
"At first, no one cared about this disaster, a mountain fire, the extinction of a species, until this disaster was closely related to everyone …"
The prologue shows the picture of the future, and mankind is encountering an unprecedented disaster-
The sun continues to expand. After 30 years, the sun will engulf the earth, and after 100 years, the solar system will no longer exist.
In order to save the fate of mankind, different factions have emerged on the earth.
For example, the "Digital Life Plan" allows human beings to achieve "mechanical soaring" through the growing artificial intelligence technology.
China people put forward the "plan to move mountains" (the predecessor of the "Wandering Earth Plan").
Since the earth is in crisis, it is better to "run away with the ball" directly, protect our homeland and leave a decent future for future generations.
The film began slowly in verifying the feasibility of various plans.
Director Frant Gwo’s control of the plot, and the seamless imagination details unconsciously make the audience feel that the future is close at hand.
The excellent performance of the actors is also a plus item.
For Jason Wu, the whole scene is as difficult as several scenes in space:
"How to imitate fighting in space and how to show weightlessness is a conceptual subversion. "
Jason Wu, who had three top martial arts scholars in his ancestors, never played imaginary games, and every scene was real.
In a fight with actor Wang Zhi, Jason Wu told her seriously: "You must really fight." Wang Zhi listened to the advice and filmed it many times. Only after calling it a day did he know that Jason Wu was injured and his thigh was bruised for many days.
The success of Wandering Earth 2 is the result of the joint efforts of all the cast members.
Gained a good score of 8.2 points on Douban, and many film critics also became tap water:
"The breakthrough of China’s film industrialization was unexpectedly realized by director Frant Gwo."
As early as after the The Wandering Earth craze faded, the audience calmed down, and the production team investigated the audience’s expectations for the sequel-
"I hope to see the progress of China science fiction movies. “
Simple words are a great challenge to The Wandering Earth series.
This time, Wandering Earth 2 returned to the big screen with all kinds of pressures and challenges, once again showing the charm and progress of China’s science fiction.
I have to say, the little broken ball did it again.
In the The Wandering Earth, Jason Wu played Liu Peiqiang in few scenes, and the scene of him crashing into Jupiter with the space station became a classic.
As a prequel to The Wandering Earth, Wandering Earth 2 unfolds the character’s experience, and makes Liu Peiqiang become an ordinary man with flesh and blood from a fearless lonely hero.
Talking about the role, Jason Wu told us: "Liu Peiqiang has a growing process in this play."
"He had rebellion, youth, decadence, love, master, family, husband, son-in-law and children of his own."
In the film, the audience follows Liu Peiqiang’s perspective and experiences all the ways of life under the arrival of the doomsday era.
At the beginning of the film, the young version of Liu Peiqiang walked with his master in the near-destroyed urban ruins. He had dark skin and sunglasses, and he had an enviable youthful atmosphere.
Later, I met a female soldier named Han Duoduo (played by Wang Zhi), and Liu Peiqiang was in love. Even though the world was gloomy, he still held red roses to express his romance.
When the villain occupied the space elevator and Liu Peiqiang broke into the secret room alone to outnumber the enemy, he said, "Even if I am alone, I will defend the space elevator to the death." Then began a wonderful fight.
At the end of the film, Liu Peiqiang, who grew a beard and became a lieutenant colonel, stayed in space day and night, touching the photos of his family. When he looked up at the vast universe outside the space capsule, his eyes were full of firmness and sadness.
As Jason Wu said: "Liu Peiqiang may suffer a lot of grievances and even grief in the end, but for the sake of his family, he will continue to work hard."
"Wandering Earth 2" gave Jason Wu plenty of room to play and launched Liu Peiqiang’s wonderful or bumpy first half of his life.
When we asked Jason Wu which of so many wonderful scenes was the most enjoyable, he chose the quietest farewell scene.
Liu Peiqiang participated in the astronaut selection only to give his family a chance to survive.
Liu Peiqiang, who is about to go to space, looked at his terminally ill wife lying in the hospital bed and her 4-year-old son, full of tears.
He held his wife’s hand and said softly, "I miss you", and she tried to answer him, "I have been there".
There is no presupposition and dialogue in this play, and it is entirely up to the free play of the actors. Jason Wu performed a man’s simplest love for his family and relatives.
After filming this scene, Jason Wu couldn’t be calm for a long time. The strongest tough guy at that moment also had a soft spot.
Many viewers were moved to tears by this scene. Jason Wu said: "This is an recognition of my performance, even more fulfilling than any play."
Wandering Earth 2 continues China people’s feelings of home and country.
Jason Wu and Andy Lau had a scene opposite each other. During the filming, they could not hear the sound through a thick glass plate, and Andy Lau could not be seen in Jason Wu’s room. However, only by relying on the details of their expressions, they performed the state of mind of the two people who are equally worried about their families despite their different identities.
The pattern of Wandering Earth 2 is not limited to this.
In the later stage of the film, it is planned to need 300 living people to detonate a nuclear bomb. In this mission with no return, the members of the China Space Team over 50 took the lead to take the initiative to step out and strive to be the fuse of the nuclear bomb, and Russia and other countries followed suit.
This belief and courage of human beings in the face of disasters makes people cry instantly.
The film expands its vision to the destiny of all mankind and becomes a truly globalist film-
This is not an old-fashioned personal heroic adventure story, but a grand epic of all mankind.
Under such a grand narrative, China’s sci-fi movies, with their unique romanticism, make the smallness and flash of human beings deeply hit people’s hearts again and again.
Wandering Earth 2 is not only a continuation of the previous work, but also a pioneering work, and it keeps moving forward on the road of creating hard-core science fiction in China.
This also makes people believe that in the most difficult time, there are always people who keep walking, and China science fiction movies have not been delayed.
With the popularity of the film, more and more details of the film have been "stripped" by netizens.
In such a doomsday sci-fi work, the production team was not delayed at all.
There used to be a famous food "dried aged earthworms" in The Wandering Earth, but now it takes 500,000 mosquitoes to make a "mosquito cake". At first glance, it is grandiose, but it is also reasonable, suggesting a shortage of resources in the future.
There are also patterns worn by little girl characters. In the real world, the rabbit pattern is a smiling face, but in the digital world, the rabbit pattern is a crying face, which makes people feel numb in an instant.
There are also many tributes hidden in the movie.
Some netizens think that the appearance of the original data of the Digital Life Plan pays tribute to the black stone tablet in 2001: A Space Odyssey, both of which have the mysterious meaning of the unknown world.
The film also pays tribute to Ng Man Tat through AI and CG synthesis technology. Times have changed, and people have never forgotten Uncle Da.
From the front to the back, this film has left many surprises for the audience, but Jason Wu said:
In fact, the story on the movie screen is very moving, and the story behind it is even more moving.
Jason Wu told us many behind-the-scenes stories, including the efforts of the cast members that were not noticed by the audience.
The most representative is director Frant Gwo, who strictly implemented the "5+4" life routine during the filming of Wandering Earth 2, that is, 5 cups of coffee and 4 hours of sleep every day, and pursued every detail.
After The Wandering Earth, many viewers were curious about how the earth started. Frant Gwo made a chronicle of nearly 200,000 words, connecting the beginning of the solar crisis, the departure of the earth and the crisis of Jupiter, so that the audience could understand the civilization and conflict in the film.
Until the trailer of Wandering Earth 2 was released, Frant Gwo was still not relieved. Someone on the Internet pointed out the design problem of the aircraft, and Frant Gwo directly replied: "Thank you, thank you, let’s change it quickly."
The same is true of actors.
Teacher Li Xuejian, who plays the representative of China, was ill before. His hearing was not good. Every time the crew worried about his health, Li Xuejian always said, "You don’t have to worry about me."
At the time of the deep winter festival, Li Xuejian filmed a scene of getting caught in the rain, and the water rushed over. Li Xuejian said, "Nothing, come again."
Jason Wu said frankly: "If you don’t visit the scene, you won’t feel the dedication of the older generation of actors."
Andy Lau, who is now 61 years old, not only has an understanding of drama, but also is adept at shooting all kinds of dramas.
Andy Lau’s last scene was filmed in the water almost all the time. He choked on water for real, just to make the details more real.
As Jason Wu said: "I know how hard it is to make a movie. He needs everyone to make their best efforts and have the greatest enthusiasm for movies to fulfill their dreams."
In the Spring Festival of 2023, Wandering Earth 2 only opened for 8 days, and it cracked 2.5 billion box office, which made people see the future and hope of China science fiction movies.
From this film, we can see not only the sincerity of the cast members, but also the ambition of China filmmakers to go global.
Just as Jason Wu and many filmmakers insisted, The Wandering Earth came into being, and The Wandering Earth series universe came into being.
The audience’s feelings are free. Maybe it can’t meet everyone’s expectations, but just like the sentence praised by 30,000 people on Douban:
"There is no need to compare anything. As a milestone, it is invincible."
Original title: Dialogue with Jason Wu: What happened to Wandering Earth 2 in 4 years? 》
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