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    Taiwan's Nanya Completes Own 20nm 8GB DDR4 DRAM | CTIMES

    Samsung has already started increasing capacity. The prices will soon decrease. It does matter. Or everyone would still be using 28 nm for logic chips. But almost all vendors want to be at the forefront of tech, specially in their premiere models. So they all compete for pushing the envelope.
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    China can double 2010 GDP with 6.3-pct growth in 2018-2020

    Just recently I read one Chinese official saying that from 2020 onwards China will no longer set target to double gdp in a decade.
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    China warns Australia after naval drill in South China Sea

    Soft Power uses are not necessarily to defeat outright, but to contain, create tension, create enemies, and even create insurgencies. As for Chinese containment, this is a long term game, where Japan, India, and Australia are increasingly already getting onboard. While Japan, and India; have...
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    China ICT (Info Communications Technology) Industry, Infra, Commerce, Exports: News & Discussions

    Do you have some figures for how much of the SEP patents do Chinese firms own in 5G? I have heard wildly different estimates from mere 7% all the way up to 20%. Also, when are Chinese companies releasing 5G modems? The only news I have heard is that Huawei will launch a phone by 2019, but...
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    China warns Australia after naval drill in South China Sea

    Yes. It has. But the soft power is measured as a whole, not in one particular instance. US has also succeeded in may areas. Like creating a hue and cry about "Chinese interference" in many countries, internationalizing internal Chinese issues,. Bringing attention to South China Sea, and...
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    China’s Ambitions for Drone Industry Flying High

    No doubt China has taken the lead in this emerging area. And this is due to few things: Quantity and Quality of STEM talent in China Market Size Culture: China right now embraces things that are new, and is willing to change Hard working Culture All of these 4 things were possessed by...
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    China Outer Space Science, Technology and Explorations: News & Updates

    What was the payload? Also, where is the old China Space thread? It used to be very active. In general as well I think PDF has given very dormant in the last couple of months.
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    China warns Australia after naval drill in South China Sea

    Well that is what is essentially soft power. Soft Power is the ability to influence others to do stuff that you want them to do, without using hard measures of power like money, military, and other things. The fact that the US "hand" can make other countries do stuff is itself a display of...
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    China's Aging Population Bad for Innovation, Says Ctrip's Liang

    Innovation has a LOT to do with demographics. What you are comparing here is basically just the last few centuries. If you look at the world until 1700s, population was highly correlated with economy, technology, and strength. It was only later that there was a decoupling due to industrial...
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    I will start a thread on IQ, what it is, how it is measured etc. soon so that a lot of...

    I will start a thread on IQ, what it is, how it is measured etc. soon so that a lot of misconceptions can be cleared.
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    Vietnam External Trades surpass $405 billion in mid December

    Umm... No. Vietnam is not even in the same league as China when it comes to industrial structure. Vietnam's major exports and value addition all display patterns of relatively low skilled work for now. And trade with China is huge due to following reasons: Geography: For God Sake you share...
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    China must relax birth controls to defuse population time bomb, top think tank warns

    China must relax birth controls to defuse population time bomb, top think tank warns Some salient points from the report: Ministry of Family Planning projections of annual births have always missed the mark. The workforce is on a rapid decline trajectory. People in cities are not having...
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    Taiwan's Nanya Completes Own 20nm 8GB DDR4 DRAM | CTIMES

    Samsung has already started volume production of 10 nm dram.
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    Beyond the Edge

    A brief summary in English please...
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    Vietnam External Trades surpass $405 billion in mid December

    It is harder to grow at scale. Trade doesn't respect your geopolitical wishes. It flows via structural reasons. Right now Vietnam and India are largely direct competitors. Most of vietnams exports and imports are in direct conflict with india. Plus there is the distance, cltural proximity issue.
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    Man, at least try to be polite. Also, India's fertility rate has already reached 2.2, very near...

    Man, at least try to be polite. Also, India's fertility rate has already reached 2.2, very near replacement levels. Also, have you ever wondered why China is so consequential even in 1950s and 60s when its per capita income was even lower than India? Why is it that China has been able to build a...
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    Will Mobike and Ofo Ride Off Into the Next Mega Merger?

    Yeah, but these players may not be profitable without a merger. Though I take your point, that China should guard against large monopolies that can decide fate of innovation. Large businesses often kill innovation that competes with their products. It is not a problem right now, because...
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    China's Aging Population Bad for Innovation, Says Ctrip's Liang

    Frankly, I just don't understand why China is so damn against its primary and most important resource- Its people. It is a country's population that determines its size and ranking among nations. Australia for example is a huge country in terms of size, but no body talks about it as a large...
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    China's Aging Population Bad for Innovation, Says Ctrip's Liang

    I totally agree. Chinese science and technology is set for explosive growth for the next 10 years. It is due to a huge number of STEM graduates with both quantity and quality increasing. And even this is demographics. So while your children born decreased from 2 decades back, and your...
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    China's Aging Population Bad for Innovation, Says Ctrip's Liang

    Again, young population is one important reason, not the only one. According to me these are the most important reasons: Funding, both government and corporate, for innovation STEM graduates and their quality Society Culture Captive Market Demographics Ability to work hard People have...
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