4/29/2023

Chips War - China hitting back

China is starting to pay the USA back in its own coin while the US$ hegemony is not gone yet. China is going after Micron for a start. I think China has carefully calibrated its move to strike back where it will hurt most. China's cyberspace regulator said it would conduct a cybersecurity review of products sold by Micron Technology to 'prevent hidden risk and safeguard national security'. Good move by China.
The USA is hysterica over such a move, claiming 'China lacks transparency in many conventions of law and policy and this is one'. The USA knows this is going to prove costly for both sides playing the same game of using 'national security issues' to support their moves. Now, what about the USA's unproven national security case against Huawei? What transparency and evidence has the USA provided other than just hype up hysteria to destroy competition. Rest assured, Micron will not be the last, as China is slowly moving away from relying wholly on USA chip makers and shedding reliance on them. Micron has a 10% market in its overall sales worldwide in China.

After China's move to discontinue the use of all window based computers in Government circles last year, and the country moving into 5G usage, the USA knows its spying game using windows platform and still relying on 4G is no longer workable, and China knows for a fact that the USA had, for decades, been playing the same game. China has therefore disabled the usual channels available for cyber espionage by they USA and by migrating into 5G, the USA has now no control in planting backdoors. However, China probably already have evidence that products made by USA companies and sold in China are taking over the task of espionage. This is a wise tactical move, and China must have found evidence of such new threats looming over its national security. After all, the claims of 'national security threat' is not that easy to prove, and it works both ways.

Since the USA is now accusing anything made in China as a spying platform - mobile phones, quayside giant cranes, substation transformers, solar panels, washing machines, bread toasters, toilet seat covers, weather balloons etc, it is high time China pays back the USA in its own coin.

Anything, rules and conventions made by man can be made by any man.

Anonymous

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Japan and the EU are realising, hopefully so, that they are being sacrificed by the USA to cripple Russia. The EU already suffered the consequences after the start of the Ukraine War, and do not have to dig themselves deeper into the hole by following the USA. They refused to follow the USA's recent dictate to ban all exports of everything and anything to Russia, knowing they still are relying quite substantially on exports to Russia. Question is will they stand their ground when pressured by Satan. Most will just crumble like Germany.

Moreover, Russia still controls many essential products needed by Japan and the EU, of which energy is paramount. Besides that, Russia dominates nuclear power supply chains needed to run nuclear power stations, and like energy, the EU is committing suicide in its nuclear energy sector should Russia choose to retaliate, which it definitely will. Russia is not Iraq or Libya that can simply be put down by force to comply.

Japan is at the end of its tether, if it continues to follow the dictates of the USA. Japan's competitive advantage is already lost to history. Its consumer products have been cannibalised and marginalised by South Korea and now China. Its chip manufacturing innovation strength has been waylaid by the USA and overtaken by TSMC, Samsung and Hynix, but the latter trio are, in turn, now being lead to the slaughter house by the USA under the Chips Alliance. They can shout hip hip hooray or cheap chip hooray in unison, but it will not help them much further.

South Korea will be next to feel the pain. Yoon can pretend to be smug for his photoshoot with Biden in Washington, wallowing in style, but when the shit hits the fan, see how he is going to pacify his well known militant South Korean citizens when Kim fires more crackers. China did not say much, only expressing indignation over the South Korea/USA moves, commenting that this is creating more tension on the Korean Peninsula.

But China knows, for all intents and purposes, what game the USA is playing using South Korea as another proxy, and is calibrating its moves to make South Korea regret economically. China will just let Handsome Kim deal with the South in the heavy lifting area, with Russia backing up with arms if required. Russia already had in mind to send weapons to North Korea.

South Korea still depends on the China market for most of its products, but what kind of damage can be seen with the semiconductor and chip sanctions already causing a huge dent in its market share in China. When Chinese people start getting nationalistic and choose to target South Korea and avoid South Korean products, then we shall see real fun.

Apple already tasted the backlash with falling sales in China, one of its biggest market, by moving some production elsewhere. Apple can forget about moving back to China when expertise and conditions get tougher elsewhere, to recapture the market. It will be gone for good.

Just like Western companies pulling out of Russia, they can now bade goodbye to the Russian market forever, while others, like the Chinese are moving in to take over their place. Even the Russians themselves are now running those businesses and thriving. To them it was a blessing in disguise by being given the once in a lifetime opportunity to run a ready made business with just a name change.

Virgo49 said...

Hi Anon 10.42

Well said!

Now actually to avoid another war in Asia, the best is to have the Russo-Urukians Conflict dragged on further.

Also, if possible have the NATO aka No Action Talk Only involved.

Have the Russians whacked them and weakened them

If comes to the worse have Putin drop some small megaton Necular Eggs on them.

If possible on the UAssA and the Brits for once and for all have a more peaceful other parts of the World.

Let China be the New World Order and Xi will be helping the Africa South Americas and Others progress in building up Trades and infrastructures and then humanity will be in order at last.

No harms in eliminating all these Scoundrels Anglo Saxons and the Americunts.

Like see the two A bombs on Japan and also the Chernboyl and also some Necular accidents in other parts where the Rest still survive as usual.

Just like that happen in the West.

Without the USssA and their Anglo Whites elimination, there be NO peace in the World.

Then we can leash the Japs and Convicts Aussies to work in Xingang Cotton Fields.

In chains and metals rings on their necks.

If daily production below pars, then have some of them amputated their hands and legs.

Cheers



Anonymous said...

Day in and day out the MSM is propagating the narrative that Ukraine is ready for the spring counter offensive. Just like Gordon Chang's China collapse, it is updated day by day. You can be sure that tommorrow, China will collapse as some sites on social media are hallucinating. Tommorrow Ukraine will start its counter offensive is another hullucination to digest. Putin is twiddling his thumb and waiting.

Ukraine is touted to be ready for a counter offensive very soon. Have the USA delivered the Abrams tanks yet that will be another game changer? Wait another year or two, the USA assured Zelenskyy. As long as Zelenskyy believes in the 'feel good' narrative, the war can therefore continue to the last Ukrainian. Wonder how long Ukraine is going to survive? But not to worry, every Unkrainian's life lost is just collateral damage for the USA.

Just this morning I heard the fantastic news about Ukraine shooting down 21 out of 24 Russian missiles. Ordinarily, it is estimated that to shoot down one missile takes about 2 to 3 patriots from the ground. In other words, only a 25% to 50% chance of success. How many patriot batteries do the Ukrainians have? Maybe 2 to 3 shots to take down one incoming missile is rather optimistic, knowing that it needs more than one to take down a stationary weather balloon.

For a credible counter offensive, how much weapons does Ukraine need? All Ukraininan weapons are delivered after much begging and bargaining. According to sources, those game changing Leopard tanks sent by different Nato countries just became duds, even if ammunitions are available but unsuitable. The more severe problem is that different Leopard tanks from different countries, after modifications over the years to suit each country's usage, fired different calibre shells and are not uniform. In the end, they just fired 'farts'.

There is also talk for months that Zelenskyy wants fighter jets, which again will not be able to operate in the kind of terrain in Ukraine, after all the bombardment by Russia. US F16's need very well maintained runways and are unsuitable to be used on less even surfaces, as it is understood that the engine is sited too close to the ground and sucks in debris on uneven runways thus posing a danger to itself. Therefore, even with those jets, Ukraine will need runways suitable for them, which is not available and those jets will become duds as well. Or sitting ducks for Russian missiles.

With no suitable airstrips for jets to take off, other than using other Nato country's facilities, which will elicit a Russian response, Russia will continue to control the airspace over Ukraine. Counteroffensive ultimately needs airpower for cover, but without them, how is Ukraine going to do it?

Virgo49 said...

Iran, North Korea and China should have supply their Military Arsenals now to Russia and fight their proxy war on their behalf.

Keep the other side real busy and they are in their sixes and sevens wont have the time to come to the East and disturb us

Also, at the right time just have the PRC Immigration Staff kept busy issuing PRCs passports to the ex Taiwanese.

As one Taiwanese Think Tank said "China wants to take over us. By morning they came and by Afternoon we be lining up to change our ICs and Passports"

Also upcoming Badminton Tournaments now they announced Taiwan as Peoples Republic of China.

No more Chinese Tapiei.

Cheers

Virgo49 said...

https://photos.app.goo.gl/d5FpbWXLacoEu99B6

Right you are Anon

Without proper runways Americunts made Fighter jets cannot take off as their noses too low and suck in dust and dirt will jammed.

Aiyo Whats sorts of Fighters?