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[Hypersonicmissiles]

Beijing grants loans for neighbor's power projects, cybercrime fight

China and Laos signed seven cooperative agreements on Monday in their efforts to jointly boost national development in trade and other areas during the Lao president's second visit to China in less than a year.

The agreements, which were signed with President Xi Jinping and Lao President Choummaly Saygnasone in attendance, included Chinese loans to fund power grids, hydropower projects and the prevention of cybercrime in Laos.

Both countries, which face the same challenges of reform, development and stability, should strengthen cooperation in fields such as modern agriculture, energy and infrastructure construction, said Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.

Choummaly, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, expressed his country's desire to learn from China's experiences in developing both the Party and the country. He said it looks forward to China's continuous support of Laos' railways, agricultural industries and Internet projects.

The visit by Choummaly, the second since September, came amid efforts by Vientiane to boost growth amid a national slowdown, which occurred after the suspension of investment projects and projects conducted without the Lao National Assembly's approval.

The Lao government has consequently moved to cut expenditures in infrastructure development projects such as roads and public offices, the Vientiane Times reported earlier this month.

Zhang Jiuhuan, former director of the Department of Asian Affairs at the Foreign Ministry, said China and Laos have stable ties and great complementary opportunities for economic development.

China's technologies, experience and financial support could help the less developed country, said Zhang, who added that China can learn from Laos' experiences in areas such as environmental protection.

"It's a natural choice for the two neighboring countries to deepen cooperation as they both adhere to socialism and have a similar history. I believe the latest visit by Choummaly could inject energy into bilateral and regional cooperation," said Zhang.

China is Laos' second-largest trading partner and second-largest source of imports, as well as its third-largest export market. Bilateral trade rose to $1.73 billion in 2012.

Xi called for closer cooperation with Laos in law enforcement and border management near the Mekong River to fight terrorism and cross-border crimes.

The two countries should also have more exchanges in culture, education, youth and local governments, he said.

Last week, Laos awarded nine Chinese policemen medals of heroism for their contributions in cracking down on cross-border crimes, according to a local police bureau in Yunnan province.

Several of the policemen from Xishuangbanna, the southernmost prefecture of Yunnan province, helped solve a murder case that involved the killing of 13 sailors on the Mekong River in 2011.

 

[Hypersonicmissiles]

China is now playing a pivotal and increasingly integrated role in the Asia-Pacific, as value-added trade between China and the region surged in the past two decades, while tradebetween Japan and the region declined, according to a recent IMF report.

All 11 export-led economies in the region, except for Indonesia, have shifted their focus toChina, with value added volume far outstripping that to/from Japan, according to theInternational Monetary Fund that compared data from 1995 to 2012 in a report - RegionalEconomic Outlook: Asia and Pacific - released on April 14.

Malaysia's exports to China, for instance, accounted for 10 percent of its total volume in 2012,doubling that in 1995. However, its exports to Japan fell to 6 percent from about 25 percentduring the same period.

That reflects the region's growing economic dependence on China - a major change in thepast 20 years considering that most of these nations relied mainly on Japan in mid 1995s.

IMF figures not only reveal the rapid growth of China's economy in the Asia-Pacific, it alsoshows how quickly Japan's economy has declined because of the Plaza Accord of 1985, inwhich Japan's decision to raise the exchange rate of yen led to its economic stagnation laterthat decade.

The nature of integration with partners, though, differs between China and Japan, with Chinaspecializing comparatively more in activities such as assembling, even though the country isnow increasingly moving up the value chain, and Japan in upstream activities providingvarious intermediate goods as inputs, the report said.

 

[Genesis]

Ironically, opacity is one of China's strengths in this regard. If a problem can be covered up for long enough that it is resolved before anyone knows about it, the problem might as well not have existed. Kind of like embezzling money from your boss, gambling it in the casinos and winning a huge amount, and then returning the money before the boss notices.

To keep the analogy, if you embezzle, and then gamble, and lose the money, you might be tempted to embezzle some more, in the hope that this time you'll win at the roulette table, and be able to repay everything. This is like rolling over non-performing loans. Maybe it will work out, but it's likely that it will merely compound the problem. The problem will resolve itself when the boss notices, especially if you (in this case, the CCP) are unable to return the money since you've gambled it away. How long before the boss (in this case, capital markets and Chinese taxpayers) notice? And when the boss notices, what will your punishment be?

I have never talked this topic with you, but what is CCP to you? To me, CCP is just a name, it just so happens, the country's talent and politically interested people join.

If CCP ever falls it will be ran by the same people more or less, because they got their job not based on privilege, but based on talent and interest.

Example, Zhou Yongkang who's just placed under investigation is from humble beginnings, his talent is unmistakable, and irresistible. IF he had any advantage is he has talent and others didn't.

So to answer, punishment? Discarding a name that matters little, joining a new order, and expand the vision of the next leader. Continue the rise, so on so forth.


Also not sure if you know, but most young people have access to Western sites, if they wish to do so. No punishment will befall them. Social media is also very powerful, the form of corruption and other forms of social injustice are widely known.

So it's not 1.3 billion Chinese that are brainwashed, it's 1.3 billion that place the glory of the country above all else.

Why did I mention this? Because Chinese knows what the problem is, if shit hits the fan, we know exactly where to look and what to change.

 

[eazzy]

I don't know how much influence Vietnam still holds in Laos, I read an interview of a man working for the Lao Royal government in exile. He said he considered Laos to be a semi colony of Vietnam, that all Vietnamese should go back to Vietnam...what are the dominant factions in Lao party...I don't know...finding news and analysis about this little country is a bit hard.

 

[Hypersonicmissiles]

The first holographic phone in the world invented by a Chinese firm is released Thursday afternoon in Beijing.

Holographic technology can project light directly to the spot where your eyes focus. The light beams travel through that point and hit your eyes as if they'd come from an object that's actually there.

ShenZhen Estar Displaytech Co., Ltd. has brought the 3D holographic display to mobile phones for the first time in the world.

Called the "Takee," the phone has a 5.5-inch screen and allows users to view the visual effect.

For example, when the phone is displaying a Rubik's cube, users can shift their perspective to see each side of the cube.

Liu Meihong, CEO of the company, said they have been researching stereoscopic technology and invested millions of yuan in the invention, which contains cutting edge technology such as eye-tracking and air touch screens.

Liu foresees huge prospects for holographic tech, which will be applied to online games, shopping, music, maps and navigation.

Shares of firms related to the technology have all surged since the company's press release.

 

[Hypersonicmissiles]

I don't know how much influence Vietnam still holds in Laos, I read an interview of a man working for the Lao Royal government in exile. He said he considered Laos to be a semi colony of Vietnam, that all Vietnamese should go back to Vietnam...what are the dominant factions in Lao party...I don't know...finding news and analysis about this little country is a bit hard.

Cambodia and Laos are Chinese allies.

 

[cirr]

Huawei Technologies should make a bid for the firm。

Huawei Smartphone Shipments Rise

By Dow Jones Business News, July 29, 2014, 01:25:00 AM EDT

China's Huawei Technologies Co. said its smartphone shipments rose 62% in the first half of this year, helped by strong demand in overseas markets such as Latin America and the Middle East for new handsets that work on faster-speed networks.

The first-half results make Huawei one of the fastest-growing players in the global smartphone market. Earlier this month, market leader Samsung Electronics Co. said it expected a decline in operating profit in the second quarter due to sluggish smartphone sales.

Huawei shipped 34.27 million smartphones world-wide in the six months through June, the company said Tuesday. Growth accelerated in the second quarter, when it shipped 20.56 million smartphones, the company said.

While China's smartphone market--the largest for Huawei's handset business--is showing signs of slower growth, Huawei is expanding rapidly in emerging markets abroad. The company said its smartphone shipments in the Middle East and Africa increased more than sixfold from a year earlier, while shipments in Latin America rose nearly fourfold. In Europe and the Asian-Pacific region, excluding China, shipments more than doubled, it said.

To make its name more recognized by consumers abroad, Huawei has been spending more on international marketing, mainly through sponsorship deals with professional soccer teams in Europe, such as the U.K.'sArsenal Football Club and Italy's AC Milan.

Huawei said it is also trying to sell more mid- to high-end smartphones, rather than selling the cheapest phones on the market. In May, Huawei launched its new flagship smartphone, the Ascend P7, which comes with a 5-inch screen and a camera feature designed specifically for taking group self-portraits. On Tuesday, Huawei said it has sold nearly two million units of the Ascend P7 so far.

Shenzhen-based Huawei, whose main business is selling telecommunications equipment to carriers, is trying to sell more handsets to challenge the dominance of Samsung and Apple Inc. Even though Huawei was the world's third-largest smartphone vendor in the first quarter, according to research firm IDC, its market share of 5% was still far behind those of Samsung and Apple. In China, the world's largest smartphone market, Huawei faces tough competition not only from Samsung and Apple but from other Chinese handset vendors such as Lenovo Group Ltd. and Xiaomi Inc.

Earlier this month, Richard Yu, the head of Huawei's consumer business group, said in an internal memo that revenue for his group, which mainly sells smartphones, rose 30% in the first half of this year. In the memo, viewed by The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Yu also said that his group by midyear had already achieved more than half of its 2014 profit target. Huawei has said previously that its smartphone business is profitable, but it hasn't disclosed specific figures.

Write to Juro Osawa at juro.osawa@wsj.com

Read more: Huawei Smartphone Shipments Rise - NASDAQ.com

 

[eazzy]

Huawei should sell Hisilicon SOCs to other Chinese companies...

 

[LeveragedBuyout]

I have never talked this topic with you, but what is CCP to you? To me, CCP is just a name, it just so happens, the country's talent and politically interested people join.

If CCP ever falls it will be ran by the same people more or less, because they got their job not based on privilege, but based on talent and interest.

Example, Zhou Yongkang who's just placed under investigation is from humble beginnings, his talent is unmistakable, and irresistible. IF he had any advantage is he has talent and others didn't.

So to answer, punishment? Discarding a name that matters little, joining a new order, and expand the vision of the next leader. Continue the rise, so on so forth.


Also not sure if you know, but most young people have access to Western sites, if they wish to do so. No punishment will befall them. Social media is also very powerful, the form of corruption and other forms of social injustice are widely known.

So it's not 1.3 billion Chinese that are brainwashed, it's 1.3 billion that place the glory of the country above all else.

Why did I mention this? Because Chinese knows what the problem is, if shit hits the fan, we know exactly where to look and what to change.

I don't hate the CCP, but I certainly don't trust it. What is the CCP to me? It's a political party that is unaccountable to the people of China. Yes, I agree that social media has made the country more transparent, and no, I don't believe that the Chinese people are brainwashed. But I also don't believe that just because the Chinese people want something, the CCP will let them have it. The friction in HK, and as an even more stark example before that, Tiananmen Square, was to me all the proof I needed that the CCP stands for itself, not for the people of China. I won't lie, Tiananmen Square powerfully affected me, and permanently informed my views on the CCP, even to this day. Not even the method by which the protest was suppressed, but what caused the protest, and what message the CCP was sending by crushing the protest.

I've asked this question before: to take the most fraught example, even if the CCP represents 50.1% of the population's wishes, is that enough justification for you for the CCP to crush the other 49.9%?

So when you say you "know exactly where to look at what to change," I am not certain you are talking about the Chinese people, or the CCP--and they are not the same, and do not represent the same interests.

 

[Secur]

Gone are the times when you would want to degrade a Chinese phone. Ever since China has started producing smartphones, it has been criticized for copying and cloning other smartphones. Users suggested that they don’t come with innovative products but simply copy others and sell them at lower prices. However, the world’s first Holographic smartphone is now introduced by a Chinese company known as Takee.

Chinese phones were already growing their market. The top 5 out of ten smartphones in the world are usually rated to be Chinese. Their industrial and manufacturing power has been increasing rapidly. Same is the case with Takee, the company which released the world’s first holographic smartphone last Thursday. The front camera of the world’s first holographic smartphone allows the user to watch 3D videos. The camera catches the eye movements and syncs the 3d display along with it. To improve things further, you can attach an additional shell by which you can use your holographic smartphone from the air. So basically, you don’t have to “touch” the screen. The parent company of Takee, Estar has a decent experience of ten years in making screens. However, Takee itself is relatively new but has come up with a shocking preview.

According to the chair man of Shenzen Mobile Phone Association

“Chinese mobile phone vendors have surpassed the period of being copycats. The fact that Chinese brand phones are selling very well both at home and abroad means Chinese manufacturers are strong at R&D and good at satisfying customers with solid quality and good prices. Branding will be the next target”

This shows how good China is going in this business. In total, around 1.2 billion smartphones are reported to be shipping out. China is joining the race in becoming the smartphones elite. The country already wants to supply one-third of the total smartphones sum. With this holographic smartphone, they can definitely shock the world and make a name for themselves. What do you think, will they be able to make a stable holographic smartphone?

World’s First Holographic Smartphone Introduced by Takee

 

[Hypersonicmissiles]

As the dust settles on China's high-tech giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd's latest innovation,a new wonder chip, the Kirin 920, it is important to review the significance of this new product.

In the month since the Kirin 920 was announced, it has certainly captured the attention of the media. The tone generally has been one of admiration and respect for the chip in a market long dominated by the United States in general and US-based Qualcomm Inc in particular.

On a technical level, Huawei's Kirin 920 provides support for QHD displays, 4K video recording and a high-speed LTE category-6 platform. None of Huawei's global competitors,not even Qualcomm, can match this functionality.

Huawei's Kirin 920 announcement also signals that the company as well as other Chinese companies are increasingly innovative and internationally competitive.

Technical innovation is an absolute necessity to remaincompetitive both domestically and globally, but it is not sufficient by itself.

Huawei needs to match its impressive technical innovation record with equally impressive brand image creativity and innovation.

The high-tech industry, perhaps with Apple Inc as the only exception, is dominated by software and electronic engineering advances and specialists. As a result, brand imaging is often relegated to a "bolt on" added by an outside marketing agency.

Huawei, therefore, can step further ahead of its global rivals by matching its latest Kirin 920 innovation with a brand image overhaul and redesign.

The key to any successful brand image is the set of associations chosen that collectively form a powerful impression in the minds of the brand's target market.

Here, Huawei could demonstrate real innovation and some courage by choosing associations that evoke a powerful Chinese image.

Chinese history, rich in artistic imagery, is full of such associations.

It is important to stress what sort of brand image Huawei should target. Huawei already hasan enviable worldwide reputation, for technical excellence and innovation, but high-tech consumers also value a brand that attaches itself to an important aspect of their lifestyle.

High-tech brands also need to be seen as lifestyle solutions and provide a certain amount of "personality" as well as effective technical delivery.

Huawei, like many of its global high-tech rivals, does not appear to have considered any sortof emotional brand personality, but now is the time.

But with China's 5,000-year history and an abundance of associations from which to choose, where should Huawei start?

Perhaps an effective starting point would be inside the typical high-tech global consumer's mind, where the company can uncover their knowledge and appreciation of Chinese history.

Such a starting point will undoubtedly lead to one of the nation's most famous literary works, The Romance of The Three Kingdoms, a brilliant novel that winds through Chinese history with a multitude of rich characters.

Huawei could "attach" some of the book's characters and images in order to build a brand with real personality.

Intellectual giant and masterful military strategist, Zhuge Liang, could feature prominently in any brand imagery andenable Huawei to begin to build an emotionally powerful, competitive brand.

Huawei continues to lead Chinese companies' international expansion with technical excellence and creativity, but it is brand image innovation that is much needed now.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Can I get 1 chip for my potatoe bag

 

[Hypersonicmissiles]

China issued its first development plan for the geographic information industry,according to an announcement from China's National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation.

China sees the geoinformation industry as a new source for economic growth and plans to establish a comprehensive industry system with independent intellectual property rights by 2020.

China will focus on developing remote sensing services as well as manufacturing surveying and mapping equipment and navigation systems, according to the plan.

The country will actively support leading enterprises and strengthen the training of innovative talents in the field, the plan said.

China's independently-developed Beidou navigation satellite system achieved positioning accuracy within one meter in May and is expected to be applied in sailing, marine explorationand rescue, and maritime monitoring.

The Beidou navigation satellite industry alone will have an output value of 400 billion yuan($65 billion) by 2020, according to a geo-spatial information expert.

 

[cirr]

Huawei should sell Hisilicon SOCs to other Chinese companies...

Not till the company ramps up production。

For now Huawei seems to have a hard time making enough HiSilicon processors for its own lines of products。

HUAWEI ASCEND MATE 3 SHOWS ITS FACE IN NEW LEAKS

By Williams Pelegrin — July 28, 2014



Only a month after Huawei launched the Ascend Mate 2, it looks like the Chinese manufacturer is already prepping its successor, if images from Chinese website IT168 are to be believed.

According to the site’s report, the Ascend Mate 3 is a result of the company’s merging of its Mate series and D-series, with the latter simply disappearing. Based on the images, the Ascend Mate 3 should have a 6-inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel screen, and a thinner bezel than its predecessor in a likely attempt to maintain its same footprint.

In terms of specifications, a Huawei-built octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 920 processor will power the Ascend Mate 3, along with 2GB of RAM and Android 4.4 KitKat. Other specifications include 5- and 13-megapixel front- and rear-facing cameras, 4G LTE connectivity, and 16GB of internal memory. It’s unknown whether the Ascend Mate 3 allows for memory expansion via MicroSD, but seeing how the Ascend Mate 2 does have a MicroSD card slot, it wouldn’t be surprising if the Ascend Mate 3 pack some extra storage.

Huawei was unable to convince any major carriers to promote its high-end devices, including the Ascend Mate 2, so it’s likely the Ascend Mate 3 will also be sold through gethuawei.com. It’s also likely Huawei will price the Ascend Mate 3 similarly to its predecessor, which currently goes for $300 unlocked, though don’t be surprised if there is a price bump.

We could hear more about the Ascend Mate 3 as September rolls around, as the website alleges that will be when Huawei officially reveals the handset.



Read more: Huawei Ascend Mate 3 May Come Sooner Than You Think | Digital Trends
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[Genesis]

I don't hate the CCP, but I certainly don't trust it. What is the CCP to me? It's a political party that is unaccountable to the people of China. Yes, I agree that social media has made the country more transparent, and no, I don't believe that the Chinese people are brainwashed. But I also don't believe that just because the Chinese people want something, the CCP will let them have it. The friction in HK, and as an even more stark example before that, Tiananmen Square, was to me all the proof I needed that the CCP stands for itself, not for the people of China. I won't lie, Tiananmen Square powerfully affected me, and permanently informed my views on the CCP, even to this day. Not even the method by which the protest was suppressed, but what caused the protest, and what message the CCP was sending by crushing the protest.

I've asked this question before: to take the most fraught example, even if the CCP represents 50.1% of the population's wishes, is that enough justification for you for the CCP to crush the other 49.9%?

So when you say you "know exactly where to look at what to change," I am not certain you are talking about the Chinese people, or the CCP--and they are not the same, and do not represent the same interests.

This CCP is not the same as 1989, if you want to look at the past Mao also doomed China to poverty, is that a reflection on today's CCP? CCP is just a name, the leaders have changed three times since then, the new members are from a new era, so distant from those days that they may as well be a different race.

P.S. Chinese leaders care about HK people as much as they care about the American people. For all intent and purposes, they are a colony of China, one country two system actually means, you are not Chinese, don't even pretend. The Chinese people are the ones they are more interested.

Also, you didn't answer my question, maybe I wasn't clear, what is the CCP? Is it an entity separate from the people? Chinese dynasties are always different to western ones, because we had the exam system that allows a common man to raise to the head of the government under the emperor. Your view of totalitarian is Western and social standing, birth dictates all, or Middle eastern and African where race dictate all. China is different talent dictates all.

Xi had help, but it was his talent that was the deal breaker, if you think people can make it based on their parents, yes, but only to a place where their talent can reach, otherwise crash and burn, see Buo.


Lastly, the last 30 years wasn't a miracle, it was built with the blood, sweat and tears of the Chinese people, if anyone thinks they can repeat it they are wrong. Not unless they can go through the same ordeal.

49 percent certainly don't deserve to be crushed, or even one person, but is that the world we live in? Where we can have the best of both world? I don't know, and frankly, recent examples are not persuading me to think it is.

Also Chinese people does partake in politics, except in the West to partake you vote, in China you join the party. Guess which is more effective in terms of that person actually making a change, for better or worse.

But the alternative is poverty and irrelevance. I won't say it was the best or the only route, but I will say today we have what we have and I'm not 100% sure the alternative would provide better, and there are tons that are envious of our "success," can anyone be sure alternative would have been better?