Topic: China

[Libertas]

They'll be hit with tariffs once Trump is in, so if you want that cheap chi-com crap better get it now...

The Trump Effect is already influencing their thinking...

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/11/23/fearing-trump-compliance-demand-mexico-quickly-looking-for-alternatives-to-chinese-parts-and-components/

Winning doesn't ever get old.   

[patentlymn]

US student studied in China for years but she went to Japan?  She marries a Japanese guy.

https://youtu.be/NMG7GCVfgeU
 How I Survived China's Top University as the Only American
Oriental Pearl

[patentlymn]

In short, some US and western industries were hacked in a massive series of attacks. One US guy built an imaginary water treatment plant and put it on line. It was hacked. Much of the hacking was via phishing emails. Clever. Defense industries were hacked and the hackers often stayed for years to learn more stuff. Then the source of the hacks was itself hacked and  LOTS  of more material was found. It was the Chinese govt.

https://youtu.be/y27B-sKIUHA
The Hack That Made China a Superpower: Operation Shady Rat
Cybernews  13 min

366K subscribers
 
1,442,153 views  Oct 22, 2023
Operation Shady Rat - the hacking operation that changed the world forever. It all began in 2006, when an employee of a construction company in South Korea received an email with an attachment.

 The Hack That Made China a Superpower: Operation Shady Rat
Cybernews


00:00 Intro
01:54 How Operation Shady Rat Started
05:06 Unit 61398
07:56 Why Shady Rat Happened?
10:19 The New Rats

[patentlymn]

https://youtu.be/kwWur61HV-Q
 No antimony from China means no artillery shells for NATO, Ukraine
Inside China Business
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Nov 30, 2024
NATO arsenals are rapidly depleting, due to massive draws for wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.  The German army now only has enough munitions on hand to sustain combat operations for two days.

Especially critical is the shortage of artillery shells.  The United States and the EU have production orders for over 3 million shells.  However, munitions factories are already far behind, and China's recent export bans of certain rare earth elements, and of antimony, will make production of these munitions impossible in the short term.

Companies are scrambling to find investors to open new mining projects, and are careful to explain that these startup mining projects carry a great deal of risk:  permitting, environmental reviews, and surveying can take years; and, the commercial viability will be in doubt, given price and production advantages from existing mines in BRICS countries.

[Libertas]

China sucks.  Like to hack everything they have and shut them down.  No antimony, no problem...nukes don't need antimony...

[patentlymn]

Annaleena is the new EU FM. She travels to China and scolds the Chinese. It does not end well.

https://youtu.be/6BcIHBBEqX4?t=1400

[Libertas]

Hard to GAFF either way, both suck coming and going...

[Libertas]

Funny, isn't it...we never hear the Chi-Com's piss and moan about tariffs by India & Vietnam...

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/which-countries-are-putting-tariffs-chinas-tech

 

[patentlymn]

If you follow Inside China Business, he covers all  the China tariff and sanction issues Usually the sanctions make Chin stronger in some way.

I see headlines that China found some way to get to 3mm chips. we shall see.

[patentlymn]

US sanctioned China China replied by banning Gallium exports. They control maybe 95 pct of world production. US is screwed.

https://youtu.be/Qp4DNpJjHSs
 US price tag for China's gallium export ban: $602 billion and new monopolies for Huawei
Inside China Business
82.5K subscribers
Dec 20, 2024
In retaliation over semiconductor export bans, China banned exports of gallium.  A mere 30% reduction in gallium supplies to global markets would result in a $602 billion hit to the US economy alone, according to experts.

What's more, gallium is a critical component in 5G telecom gear, a market where Huawei already has large advantages and is believed to be at least a generation ahead of competitors outside China.  Gallium nitride allows for telecom gear to be made much lighter, resulting in far lower costs for installation, maintenance, and repair, and allows for lighter masts and poles.  For Huawei's rivals in the 5G space, such as Nokia and Ericsson, a gallium ban would put them even farther behind Huawei.

China controls over 95% of the global market for gallium, and the White House's own official analyses of China's gallium monopoly concluded that an export ban would result in crippling effects to a wide variety of US industries, including defense.

[patentlymn]

https://youtu.be/wu5vo0E0jMo
Why South America now does all its business with China: US companies, investors are dumb and lazy

In the past twenty years, China has become the leading trade partner for most of the countries in South America.  This is despite strong overtures by Latin America for increased trade and stronger ties with North America and Western Europe.

China has poured hundreds of billions of dollars of Foreign Direct Investment into South America.  China's Belt and Road Initiative involved large upgrades to South American ports, rail, and logistics systems, and dozens of Chinese companies invested heavily into factories and smart cities.

In contrast, the American government has shunned taxpayer-subsidized loans and investment, because most of South America are too wealthy to qualify as charity cases. 

But Wall Street, private equity, and major US engineering firms are also, strangely, staying home instead of bidding on these multi-billion dollar construction jobs.  And American companies are also pulling back and out of South America, even as the region is experiencing a major boom in household incomes and middle class growth.

[Libertas]

US sanctioned China China replied by banning Gallium exports. They control maybe 95 pct of world production. US is screwed.

https://youtu.be/Qp4DNpJjHSs
 US price tag for China's gallium export ban: $602 billion and new monopolies for Huawei
Inside China Business
82.5K subscribers
Dec 20, 2024
In retaliation over semiconductor export bans, China banned exports of gallium.  A mere 30% reduction in gallium supplies to global markets would result in a $602 billion hit to the US economy alone, according to experts.

What's more, gallium is a critical component in 5G telecom gear, a market where Huawei already has large advantages and is believed to be at least a generation ahead of competitors outside China.  Gallium nitride allows for telecom gear to be made much lighter, resulting in far lower costs for installation, maintenance, and repair, and allows for lighter masts and poles.  For Huawei's rivals in the 5G space, such as Nokia and Ericsson, a gallium ban would put them even farther behind Huawei.

China controls over 95% of the global market for gallium, and the White House's own official analyses of China's gallium monopoly concluded that an export ban would result in crippling effects to a wide variety of US industries, including defense.

Pah!  Where do all those recycled cell phones et al go?  China?  BS! 

[Libertas]

https://youtu.be/wu5vo0E0jMo
Why South America now does all its business with China: US companies, investors are dumb and lazy

In the past twenty years, China has become the leading trade partner for most of the countries in South America.  This is despite strong overtures by Latin America for increased trade and stronger ties with North America and Western Europe.

China has poured hundreds of billions of dollars of Foreign Direct Investment into South America.  China's Belt and Road Initiative involved large upgrades to South American ports, rail, and logistics systems, and dozens of Chinese companies invested heavily into factories and smart cities.

In contrast, the American government has shunned taxpayer-subsidized loans and investment, because most of South America are too wealthy to qualify as charity cases. 

But Wall Street, private equity, and major US engineering firms are also, strangely, staying home instead of bidding on these multi-billion dollar construction jobs.  And American companies are also pulling back and out of South America, even as the region is experiencing a major boom in household incomes and middle class growth.

What kind of tax breaks, reg breaks and other perks come with that, eh?

It's not like they aren't going in there unless they can sustain long-term foothold...

How come we never get told the full picture?

Besides, any MFG there trying to export here...could hit tariffs on entry, so who do they sell to?

[patentlymn]

https://youtu.be/wu5vo0E0jMo
Why South America now does all its business with China: US companies, investors are dumb and lazy

In the past twenty years, China has become the leading trade partner for most of the countries in South America.  This is despite strong overtures by Latin America for increased trade and stronger ties with North America and Western Europe.

China has poured hundreds of billions of dollars of Foreign Direct Investment into South America.  China's Belt and Road Initiative involved large upgrades to South American ports, rail, and logistics systems, and dozens of Chinese companies invested heavily into factories and smart cities.

In contrast, the American government has shunned taxpayer-subsidized loans and investment, because most of South America are too wealthy to qualify as charity cases. 

But Wall Street, private equity, and major US engineering firms are also, strangely, staying home instead of bidding on these multi-billion dollar construction jobs.  And American companies are also pulling back and out of South America, even as the region is experiencing a major boom in household incomes and middle class growth.

What kind of tax breaks, reg breaks and other perks come with that, eh?

It's not like they aren't going in there unless they can sustain long-term foothold...

How come we never get told the full picture?

Besides, any MFG there trying to export here...could hit tariffs on entry, so who do they sell to?

China is now the leading trade partner for south america. In one Inside China Business video he reports that Panama wanted a bridge built over the canal that would cost over $1B. The US amb cold called Bechtel etc and there was no interest so China will  build it.

Also this is a huge port.  It will bypass other pacific ports including US for cargo going to south america. This cuts 10 days off previous time.
https://t.me/brianlovethailand/3566
First direct cargo shipment from Peru's Chancay Port reaches Shanghai

The first direct cargo shipment arrived in Shanghai from the Chancay Port in Peru on Wednesday, marking the two-way connection of the maritime route between the Chinese and Peruvian ports.

Loaded with 20,000 tonnes of Peruvian fruits such as blueberries, avocados, grapes and mangoes, the "Xin Shanghai" container ship, operated by China COSCO Shipping, arrived at the Yangshan Port in Shanghai after a 23-day journey from the Chancay Port. The journey opened the first operational sea link between Shanghai and the Chancay Port, a newly-inaugurated flagship project of the Belt and Road cooperation between China and Peru.

[Libertas]

https://youtu.be/wu5vo0E0jMo
Why South America now does all its business with China: US companies, investors are dumb and lazy

In the past twenty years, China has become the leading trade partner for most of the countries in South America.  This is despite strong overtures by Latin America for increased trade and stronger ties with North America and Western Europe.

China has poured hundreds of billions of dollars of Foreign Direct Investment into South America.  China's Belt and Road Initiative involved large upgrades to South American ports, rail, and logistics systems, and dozens of Chinese companies invested heavily into factories and smart cities.

In contrast, the American government has shunned taxpayer-subsidized loans and investment, because most of South America are too wealthy to qualify as charity cases. 

But Wall Street, private equity, and major US engineering firms are also, strangely, staying home instead of bidding on these multi-billion dollar construction jobs.  And American companies are also pulling back and out of South America, even as the region is experiencing a major boom in household incomes and middle class growth.

What kind of tax breaks, reg breaks and other perks come with that, eh?

It's not like they aren't going in there unless they can sustain long-term foothold...

How come we never get told the full picture?

Besides, any MFG there trying to export here...could hit tariffs on entry, so who do they sell to?

China is now the leading trade partner for south america. In one Inside China Business video he reports that Panama wanted a bridge built over the canal that would cost over $1B. The US amb cold called Bechtel etc and there was no interest so China will  build it.

Also this is a huge port.  It will bypass other pacific ports including US for cargo going to south america. This cuts 10 days off previous time.
https://t.me/brianlovethailand/3566
First direct cargo shipment from Peru's Chancay Port reaches Shanghai

The first direct cargo shipment arrived in Shanghai from the Chancay Port in Peru on Wednesday, marking the two-way connection of the maritime route between the Chinese and Peruvian ports.

Loaded with 20,000 tonnes of Peruvian fruits such as blueberries, avocados, grapes and mangoes, the "Xin Shanghai" container ship, operated by China COSCO Shipping, arrived at the Yangshan Port in Shanghai after a 23-day journey from the Chancay Port. The journey opened the first operational sea link between Shanghai and the Chancay Port, a newly-inaugurated flagship project of the Belt and Road cooperation between China and Peru.

 Bad example to answer my question...

 Choosing not to participate in a bid isn't analogous to winning a competition...except maybe for commies!   

[patentlymn]

Another video on the Chinese built port in Peru. Also proposed RR routes north and south along the coast plus RR and hwys to Brazil.

https://youtu.be/Nt5B5baiSc4

[Libertas]

The can-kicking commies IMO are more overextended than anybody...

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/years-repeat-central-planning-mistakes-have-doomed-chinas-economy

...if exports dip at all, they effed nine ways to Sunday!  And even then the inevitable still awaits...

Xi and the CCP -

[patentlymn]

This guy says China outlaws bitcoin mining inside of China BUT they are the leading supplier of most bitcoin mining rigs and also the ASICs used in them. Also,, you need cheap electricity to make bitcoin mining profitable and China has cheap electricity.

https://youtu.be/kkmB9fC5SZk
The whole world now wants to mine Bitcoin. Will China let them?

Bitcoin was the best-performing asset class across US markets in 2024, and since inception has increased in value over a thousand times.

Now global central banks, sovereign governments, and even key members of the US Congress and Federal Reserve are racing to build a "strategic reserve" of Bitcoin. 

One of Bitcoin's most attractive features to investors is that its total supply is capped, at 21 million BTC.  Over time, Bitcoin become increasingly more difficult to "mine", requiring ever-higher volumes of electricity and computing power.  For the countries that can mine the remaining BTC faster and more efficiently, the advantages are obvious, and enormous.

Bitcoin is banned in Mainland China.  Ironically, however, China has a near-total monopoly on the mining rigs that mine the Bitcoin.  Almost all the hardware is built here and exported, and 98% of the advanced semiconductor chips used in mining rigs are Chinese.

China, then, finds itself in a strange position:  though the country forbids Bitcoin mining and trade in-country, it can exert great influence in determining where the ever-diminishing supply of new Bitcoins will be created, and by whom.

[Libertas]

This guy says China outlaws bitcoin mining inside of China BUT they are the leading supplier of most bitcoin mining rigs and also the ASICs used in them. Also,, you need cheap electricity to make bitcoin mining profitable and China has cheap electricity.

https://youtu.be/kkmB9fC5SZk
The whole world now wants to mine Bitcoin. Will China let them?

Bitcoin was the best-performing asset class across US markets in 2024, and since inception has increased in value over a thousand times.

Now global central banks, sovereign governments, and even key members of the US Congress and Federal Reserve are racing to build a "strategic reserve" of Bitcoin. 

One of Bitcoin's most attractive features to investors is that its total supply is capped, at 21 million BTC.  Over time, Bitcoin become increasingly more difficult to "mine", requiring ever-higher volumes of electricity and computing power.  For the countries that can mine the remaining BTC faster and more efficiently, the advantages are obvious, and enormous.

Bitcoin is banned in Mainland China.  Ironically, however, China has a near-total monopoly on the mining rigs that mine the Bitcoin.  Almost all the hardware is built here and exported, and 98% of the advanced semiconductor chips used in mining rigs are Chinese.

China, then, finds itself in a strange position:  though the country forbids Bitcoin mining and trade in-country, it can exert great influence in determining where the ever-diminishing supply of new Bitcoins will be created, and by whom.

Well, yeah...they don't have psychotic EPA, state EPA's and sundry protesting little sh*ts to deal with!

[patentlymn]

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/117019
"Chinese airlines rush into Europe as Western carriers retreat": Britons count losses and are outraged by Russia's cynicism in responding to a ban on flights over Europe.

"China's largest airlines Air China, China Eastern and China Southern are rapidly expanding routes and capacity to Europe amid a ban on European carriers crossing Russian airspace. The ability to fly over Russia has given Chinese airlines a serious price advantage over their competitors.
In 2022, Moscow banned most European airlines from Russian airspace, a response to Western sanctions that increased flight times to Asian destinations, including China. The measure has also driven up airlines' fuel costs.
Chinese airlines, which are not affected by the ban on flights in Russian airspace, have rushed to fill the resulting "gap" by increasing capacity and starting to offer cheaper tickets. "European carriers are simply not competitive," said David Yu, an aviation industry expert at New York University in Shanghai"