China is using new tech to fight natural disasters

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  Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.

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  This is The Point.

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  Yes, I'm talking about a new Chinese tool in the battle against climate change and natural disasters.

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  Of course, I don't literally mean flying dinosaurs, but rather drones that are named as such.

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  In the first half of this year, natural disasters affected more than 17 million people in China with floods

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  and geological disasters, accounting for the largest share of losses.

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  Now, for generations, disaster release has tested the limits of human resilience, are changing.

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  From autonomous drones and satellite monitoring to artificial intelligence, high-tech solutions are transforming

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  how China detects risks, responds to emergencies and help other countries in this regard.

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  So what new exciting technologies is China harnessing to tackle natural disasters?

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  How are they helping save more lives on the ground

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  and how is China sharing these solutions with the rest of the world?

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  Welcome to this edition of The Point with me, Liu Xin, an opinion show coming to you from Beijing.

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  I'm joined from Riyadh Saudi Arabia by Professor Cecilia Tortojada from the School

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  of Social and Environmental Sustainability at the University of Glasgow, from Shenzhen, southern China's leading

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  tech hub by Professor Zhang Haoran Weistein of the School of Urban Planning and Design at Peking University,

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  and from Beijing by Dimitri Deboa, Chief Representative for China at Client Earth, an NGO in China.

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  Focusing primarily on environmental law.

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  Welcome to all of you.

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  So let's talk about some of these new terms or new technologies we're talking about.

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