Here are three reasons Apple products won't be subject to Trump's tariffs now, in a month or ever. Read more from @benlovejoy at @9to5mac. #Tariffs #Apple #China #iPhone #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/rRWSR_
That's Late Stage Capitalism - China Style ->
"China still dominates shoe production, but its share of global exports has slipped by 10 percentage points over the past decade, with much of that going to rival hubs like Vietnam and Indonesia, according to the Yearbook.
Zhou’s plant now employs fewer than 20 workers. “The future is bleak and hopeless if we continue like this,” says Zhou from his showroom in a mostly empty wholesale market in a Guangzhou suburb focused on international trade. “It would be difficult to return to how it was before.”
Factories across China at the low-end of manufacturing are facing the same dilemma — either they invest in automation that shrinks the number of jobs, or they slowly wither away.
The result, in the view of researchers and economists, is a painful shift away from low-cost, labour-intensive production that could leave millions of older, lower skilled workers in the lurch.
Analysis of 12 labour-intensive manufacturing industries between 2011 and 2019 by academics at Changzhou University, Yancheng Teachers University and Henan University found that average employment shrank by roughly 14 per cent, or nearly 4mn roles, between 2011 and 2019. Roles in the textile industry shrank 40 per cent over the period.
An FT analysis of the same 12 sectors between 2019 and 2023 found a further decline of 3.4mn jobs."
https://www.ft.com/content/7640fe64-006a-4d46-9564-cbb2bd89ebd4
Someone has put LLM translations of all (?) the articles of the People's Daily into English for years 1966-1968 online: https://baokan.pages.dev/ #china #prc #histodons
Prominenten willen eigen investeringsbank voor defensie en tech
https://nieuwsjunkies.nl/artikel/14ay
15:28 | RTL Nieuws
#Energietransitie #Investeringen #China #USA #Innovatie
#Ukraine Is Making #FPV #Drones Without Chinese Parts And At Lower Cost - https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2025/04/08/ukraine-is-making-fpv-drones-without-chinese-parts-and-at-lower-cost/ important milestone (v @azeemazhar) #china
Via the #FinancialTimes - Apr 14, 2025
The #EuropeanCommission is issuing #BurnerPhones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of #espionage, a measure traditionally reserved for trips to #China.
Commissioners and senior officials travelling to the #IMF and #WorldBank spring meetings next week have been given the new guidance, according to four people familiar with the situation.
https://www.ft.com/content/20d0678a-41b2-468d-ac10-14ce1eae357b
Ich komm ja aus einer Zeit, in der wir Strom noch in Eimern nach Hause getragen haben 
. Seltene Erden waren uns damals noch ziemlich egal. #China auch.
Brass Typhoon: The #Chinese #Hacking Group Lurking in the Shadows
Though less well-known than groups like #VoltTyphoon and #SaltTyphoon , #BrassTyphoon , or #APT41 , is an infamous, longtime #espionage actor that foreshadowed recent telecom #hacks.
#security #China
https://www.europesays.com/1994703/ Thunberg, activists push ahead with Sweden climate lawsuit #business #CentralStation #China #editorial #local #nyheter #Section:News #sports #Sverige #sweden #TheStandard #TopNews #world #英文虎報
#SmishingTriad : The #Scam Group Stealing the World’s Riches
Millions of scam text messages are sent every month. The Chinese #cybercriminals behind many of them are expanding their operations—and quickly innovating.
#privacy #security #China #cybersecurity
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Within just 22 days, a research team from China Three Gorges University in Yichang, Hubei Province used 3D printing tech to build an 8-meter-tall, 100㎡ two-story lab building – with only 3 workers on site.
#Handelskrieg: #China stoppt angeblich Ausfuhr mehrerer #SeltenerErden komplett
"Anfang April hat China den Export mehrerer Seltener Erden untersagt...Die #Rohstoffe sind demnach unter anderem zentral für den Bau von #Autos, #Flugzeugen, #Halbleitern und von #Militärtechnik."
Good afternoon. It's 1PM, Monday, 14th April. The headlines: At least 34 people, among them two children, have died in Russian attacks on Sumy, with 117 injured. Rory McIlroy wins the #Masters to secure a career Grand Slam. Katy Perry will be part of Blue Origin's first all-women space mission. #China's President Xi is touring South East Asia, while #Ukraine's Zelensky has invited Donald #Trump to visit. Meta, Facebook's parent firm, is bracing for an FTC antitrust legal challenge. #BBC #News
Hedge fund billionaire says US may face ‘worse than a recession’ from Trump tariffs https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/13/ray-dalio-trump-tariffs-recession #Trumpadministration #Trumptariffs #DonaldTrump #USCongress #USpolitics #Hedgefunds #USeconomy #Worldnews #Business #USnews #China
#Trump says U.S. may buy ‘top-of-the-line’ ships from ‘close’ countries such as South #Korea.
“National Security Adviser Mike Waltz noted that #China’s shipyards received 1,700 shipbuilding orders last year, whereas American shipyards got only five.
“Under your leadership, like so many other industries, we are going to revitalize and make shipbuilding and maritime (industry) great again,”
http://www.koreatimesus.com/trump-says-u-s-may-buy-top-of-the-line-ships-from-close-countries/
Well, well, an Italian "family"-run company is buying 43 ports from the Chinese company that owns the 2 ports on the Panama Canal.
Blackrock will control those 2 ports with the Italian family company owning a large minority share.
Blackrock actually has a large minority stake in the Italian family company, too, along with a company in Singapore.
I guess now we don't have to go to war with Panama? 
Was sagt Ihnen die Philosophie des Daoismus?
Neben dem Konfuzianismus und dem Buddhismus ist der Daoismus eine der drei Lehren des altchinesischen Denkens. Der Dichter und Philosoph Zhuangzi war einer der wichtigsten Vertreter. Was hat er uns im Hier und Heute zu sagen?
Sendehinweis: Das philosophische Radio | 14. April 2025, 19.04 - 20.00 Uhr | WDR 5
https://www1.wdr.de/radio/wdr5/sendungen/philosophisches-radio/michael-wittschier-102.html
