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ficker22

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It's a bit late for that, Chinese EV steamroller has no brakes.
It never even once comes to their mind to, you know be more competetitive, one has to be, well more competitive?

It's always sanctioning and denying the other to do free market activities and never to improve one self.

Pathetic
 

Sardaukar20

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Many Chinese and Asian family eat simple meals at home and this will drive the average of meal lower.
Not in Malaysia though. Like in Thailand, the average Malaysian is addicted to eating out. Because it used to be really cheap, until recently. In addition, food ingredients are actually getting more and more expensive. Imported food is definitely getting more expensive. Even food that is farmed locally is not spared from the high inflation. The cost of growing stuff and raising animals are climbing quite rapidly due to reliance on imported agri-equipment, agrichemicals and animal feed. In 2020-2021, they blamed it on Covid. In 2022-2023, they blamed it on the Russia-Ukraine War.

Still, the price for eating out in Malaysia is among the most affordable in SEA. Its so affordable that especially for today, the cost of eating out can rival the cost of cooking at home. F&B businesses buy the cheapest ingredients from the wholesale market, while the average Joe buys from the consumer markets. Is eating out healthy? No. But it tastes good though.
 

luosifen

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The whole point of the US-India infrastructure deal is to delay actual infrastructure projects, embezzle contractor money from the nations involved, and never finish it, so they can keep the Middle East disconnected and down for another decade.

The last thing the US wants is to improve interconnectivity that China could take advantage of. China owns Haifa port and Piraeus port that the plan goes through, they would be some of the biggest profiteers if the rail was actually built.



As expected, India's ego has been blown up to gargantuan proportions after G20.
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No, majority control of Haifa is now in Indian hands because of US pressure on Israel over national security grounds about Chinese ownership. The Adani-Gadot group now controls 70% of the port since January 2023 after bidding $1.15 billion for it.

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ficker22

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Uighur guys be like "those foreigners flew over by plane just to steal some chickens"?
White boy Reporter POV after looking suspiciously at the Chickens and Cows:

"Yo, Rahman, those pale vampires have never seen a cow before? They look at it like it's an Alien or something"

"Ali, I have heard the Hindustani worship cow and even make love with it like how man and woman do. Maybe they too do and flew all the way to our home to make love with our cows..."

"Astaghfirullah (Allah have mercy)! They must be possessed by Shaytan (Satan)! Lets gather the village and force those demons out, truly insidious beings."


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CMP

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LOL this Asianometry guy can't resist to quote Jordan Scheinder in the end. I like his more technical explanation of the Semiconductor industry, but he still has his bias against China.

About 1 year ago, in one of his videos about the US export ban on Chinese semiconductors. He confidently claimed that China's semiconductor manufacturing technology is at least 20 years behind the latest ones, and that it'll never again be able to catchup after the US ban, even with all the Chinese government's investments. Fast forward to today, he had conveniently not mentioned his old predictions, and had to begrudgingly acknowledge China's achievements.

In this video, he quotes Jordan Schneider that it is still not too late for the US stop China's semiconductor progress. If only the US puts even tighter restrictions on the Chinese semiconductor industry supply chain. I would say, that both of them are wrong again. It is already too late for the US to stop the Chinese from catching up.
I used to follow him on Youtube for his modest semiconductor industry insights. Unfortunately, it eventually became obvious he's an ABC of Taiwan province origin or an early-age immigrant. Total hanjian and imperialist boot licker, likely TI supporter. Unsubscribed and moved on.
 

KYli

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I don't see the feasibility to pursue criminal charges against executives at both firms especially since the US government can't establish a case or obtain any evidence. However, most top Chinese tech executives need to stay away from Western countries and their allies as they don't want to be arrested and deported to the US. As for a complete sanction, I think both Huawei and SMIC have expected it is coming.
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(Bloomberg) -- Republican lawmakers are pressing the Biden administration to completely cut off Huawei Technologies Co. and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. from their American suppliers after Huawei launched a new phone using highly advanced technology the US has been trying to keep out of China’s hands.

The phone, which uses a made-in-China 7-nanometer chip that appears to rely on US technology, has stoked debate in Washington over the effectiveness of US attempts to curtail China’s technological and military prowess.


Huawei and SMIC, the Chinese company that produced the chip, are both already subject to partial US sanctions — and are among the primary targets of an export control regime the Biden administration has imposed over the last year. The GOP lawmakers want to escalate restrictions on the companies to full sanctions.

Huawei’s advanced phone shows existing restrictions aren’t effective, a group of 10 Republican representatives led by House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul wrote in a Thursday letter to Alan Estevez, the undersecretary for industry and security at the Commerce Department. The group, which also includes the leaders of the Energy and Commerce, Armed Services and China Select Committees, requested a briefing from Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security as well as the Departments of Defense, State and Energy by Sept. 28.

Read More: US Probes Made-in-China Chip as Tensions Flare Over Technology

“Due to the ubiquity of US origin technology throughout the semiconductor supply chain, these reports suggest a violation of US export control regulations,” the lawmakers wrote. “We are extremely troubled and perplexed about the Bureau of Industry and Security’s (BIS) inability to effectively write and enforce export control rules against violators, especially China.”

The Commerce Department has stayed silent on whether SMIC is violating US sanctions as they investigate the new chip. The department didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Huawei and SMIC are already blacklisted by the US, meaning that American suppliers and others need to obtain special trade licenses to ship to both firms. The companies also are among the targets of export controls announced last year that aim to block China’s semiconductor production from advancing beyond a 14-nanometer chip that’s about eight years behind the most cutting-edge technology.

The Biden administration has been weighing changes to its Huawei licensing policy for months, and has long been under pressure from Republican lawmakers to deny any new licenses to the firm. Now, lawmakers are seizing on the new Huawei phone as more evidence that the US needs to ratchet up its regime.

Specifically, the letter calls for complete blocking sanctions against SMIC and Huawei and a ban on US imports of SMIC-produced chips. The lawmakers also say Commerce should place SMIC, Huawei and all of their subsidiaries on a so-called entity list, subjecting them to trade restrictions, as well as revoke all existing licenses and deny new licenses, and pursue criminal charges against executives at both firms.
 
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