Miracle Machine in China

Chinese are funny, they like to show that they have innovation in their veins and are not as backwards as they have been taught to believe that they are. This is one of those types of stories. The chinadaily is talking about a guy who ‘invented’ a submarine. Kudos to the guy, it is cool and it works (he’s done more than I could have), but as for China (they called it a ‘miracle machine’), the invention is 400 years too late. The original was built around 1600… Inventor Tao Xiangli tests his homemade submarine in a lake on the outskirts of Beijing in September last year. [CHRISTINA HU / REUTERS]