Japan trying to move into AI, is just like people trying to build drones from scratch while DJI is miles ahead

Japan is now ranked fifth in global GDP rankings, behind India. True or not is all in the statistics, although most would disagree, comparing the living conditions in Japan and India and their per capita GDP.

The Indians are, of course, salivating at the prospect of having overtaken Japan, as always with a song and dance, but let us be honest. Japan falling to fifth from world's second biggest economy is a big drop and would probably fall further.

Japan has huge problems regarding its economy, which is still stagnant after more than 30 years fighting a losing battle. Japan's massive debt to GDP ratio of 236% is one big problem to overcome with interest rate rising. The spat with China is detrimental to Japan, with China putting its slow-motion squeezing by inflicting long-term pain for Japan. Tourists from China are not visiting Japan and is causing serious problems for the Japanese tourism sector. China's ban on Japanese seafood, lifted not long ago after wastewater discharge from Fukushima, is back in full force and Japan's seafood industry is suffering. Most of all, the sanctions put on the export of critical rare earth elements by China is causing Japan's manufacturing serious issues.

Japan is meanwhile losing its last economic bastion in Motor Vehicles. Japan betted on hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and lost the bet to Chinese EVs. The road ahead for Japanese car makers is difficult by being late to the EV party. Even Tesla, in the forefront of EVs before the Chinese, is facing severe headwinds from the Chinese.

Japan was probably too hesitant to change in many fields and could not catch up by being late. We are seeing the same picture with AI, with Japan now trying to enter the game when the others are already far ahead.


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China's assets and overseas investments are up for grabs

 The old saying, if you cannot protect what is yours, it is not yours. This saying is increasingly applicable to China. It cannot protect its own little islands in the South China Sea against the Pinoys. It cannot protect Taiwan and Diaoyu Islands from the Americans, Japan and traitors. It cannot protect Nexperia, it cannot protect its oil purchases, paid upfront, in Venezuela, only standing there haplessly while the Americans told over everything, including its best friend, Maduro and wife. Its rail networks were blocked by Lithuania and Poland and it can only divert somewhere else, leaving behind what it helped to built. And Australia is taking back Darwin Port lease, with no compensation.

And the latest, Panama just seized the ports owned by Hong Kong's CK Hutchinson and revoked the licence to operate both ports. Again, China can just look in despair. The Panamanian thugs just rushed into the offices, rounded up the Chinese staff like criminals and took over everything, more aggressive than the what the Dutch did in the case of Nexperia. And these are little Mickey Mouse, and they simply messed up China with arrogance, with no fear.  This seems like the way to deal with China and its foreign assets. At best China just stop negotiating for new cooperation. US$4b of investment gone, just like that. Who is next to seize Chinese assets and properties?

What is China? A super power? Everyone knows the devil behind these Mickey Mouse. The devil even threatened to take over the Chinese owned Greece Port Piraeus. They gave up not because China was strong but because the Greek govt stood firm. At the rate this seizing of China's assets and properties overseas is going, soon everyone will join the game. Now in Europe and Latin America, soon it will be Africa, maybe Southeast Asia as well. 

All China's assets and properties overseas don't belong to China if it is not able to protect them, afraid to protect them. It is better that China stop wasting money investing overseas and embarrassing itself and it images as a super power, or powerless.  Don't waste money if you cannot protect them. India too had seized Chinese properties or imposed bizarre fines that were as good as grabbing them as Indian properties.

Maybe these investments and properties are too far away, in places that China cannot protect, like in the East China Sea and South China Sea. Oops, the latter two are in China's courtyard.

The last hope, the last saving grace for China, is to make a strong stand in Iran, to turn the table around. Losing Iran is as good as losing everything. Iran is close enough, strong enough, willing enough, and Russia is also in the game. China must use Iran to smash the devil to pieces, sink all its aircraft carriers and warships, military bases in the Middle East, chase the devil out from the region to redeem itself. If this can be done, the tide will change and China can then recover all its lost assets and properties. The Mickey Mouse will know that when China can defeat the devil.

Would China do it, or as usual, look haplessly and let Iran be run over, taken over, and its oil route be cut? Iran is China's last line of defence! Losing Iran will mean losing the Middle East, losing Africa and SE Asia.

PS. Taiwan is as good as an American colony!

American terrorists killing Iranians...let's turn the table around

 The American terrorists are bullying and threatening the world with regime change and assassination of political leaders just to want to continue to rule and dominate the world. Iran and a number of Latin American countries are bearing the brunt of bullying by the American terrorists. They are starving the Cubans and Venezuelans, not just the Palestinians. Now they have amassed the biggest killing machine to kill Iranians, proudly telling the world how bad it would be when they released their fire power. They do not care or feel what it would be like killing a hundred thousand, several hundred thousand Iranians, families, children etc. To the American terrorists, the Iranians dying do not bother them, no need to shed crocodile tears. What kind of people are these American terrorists? I thought they love Muslims, oops, only Muslims in Xinjiang but trying to kill the Xinjiang Muslim industries by banning their products.

And the world looks on with disinterest but with fear. See nothing, hear nothing, do nothing. Let the American terrorists, led by the rogue regime in Washington, go ahead and do the killing. How many Iranians would be killed in the process, how many survived but severely maimed, the world seems not to care, too afraid to open their big mouths. What if Iranians were to kill a couple of American boys and girls that were sent to kill the Iranians?

The world has got used to the American terrorists and the Israelis going around massacring and genociding people around the world, with the Arabs and Muslims their favourite targets. The sickening thing is that the Arabs and Muslims are accomplices to the killing of their own kind, helping and assisting the Americans and the Israelis to kill the Iranians. No one is questioning who the hell are the Americans and Israelis to have the right to massacre people with impunity? Oh, they are Americans, American Exceptionalism. Oh they are God's Chosen People, protected by God and with God on their side to kill the Gentiles.

To cut the story short, the American and Israeli terrorists are threatening Iranians, to bomb their country and assassinate their leaders, even the children of their leaders. They are openly saying it without shame, without guilt, no conscience of right or wrong, like shooting and killing Red Indians. Ok, let's say that these killings are the right thing to do for the Americans and the Israelis. Why don't the world turn the table around? Iran and the victim states should reciprocate, behave the same as the American and Israeli terrorists, tell the world that they are going to bomb Israel and America, not just American bases in the Middle East. Also, go assassinate American and Israeli leaders and their children, like Donald Trump and his children, Netanyahu and his children. Would that be ok? Would that be fair?

All is fair. If it is alright for the American and Israeli terrorists to do it, it should also be alright for the Iranians and their enemies to do so. If there is no condemnation against the American and Israeli terrorists, no war crimes, no crimes against humanity, then no one shall condemn the Iranians and allies to do the same. If the criminal run ICC refuses to arrest the Americans and Israelis for their war crimes, they should apply the same standard to the Iranians and allies.

The silly and warmongering western media should stop being one sided, attacking and condemning the enemies of the American and Israeli terrorists but not vice versa. Stop the hypocrisy! Iran and victims of the American and Israeli terrorists should adopt the same agenda, the same SOP, to kill and assassinate American and Israeli leaders, bomb their countries as well.

What do you think? Fair and square?

Oops, the American and Israeli terrorists are peace loving angels, with so fine behaviours, behaviours that the Iranians should follow. China is the aggressor, China is bad behaviour because China did not go and kill Arabs and Muslims and Iranians.

USA is in self-destruct mode

The USA is in self-destruct mode. Trump is fighting against the judicial system, which is surfacing, now that his 15% tariff is adjudged to be illegal as well. Military generals meanwhile are worried about the impending Iran strike and are warning Trump about consequences. Democrats are going full throttle against Trump's sidekicks, grilling them and eliciting warp responses and refusal to answer questions.

Trump's impeachment is near and he knows it. Congress has to approve the war against Iran, and has remained mute, which is not assured and Trump is stuck in limbo. If he goes ahead without Congress approval, he is dead meat.

Meanwhile, despite the painting of a rosy picture about job creation and the frail economy, people around the world are not swallowing the gloating. Bond sales have crumpled, debt maturing this year of US$10 trillion has to be refunded and is not happening. While money printing has lifted the stock market, people know all this is just window-dressing.

The USA, according to geopolitical watchers, is at the 5th stage of a seven-stage empire ending signal, just like what the British went through. And Trump will have the honors to see that happening at warp speed.


Anonymous

Trump - China must obey and do as told by the Americans

The USA is demanding this and that from China still intending to show the world it is in charge.
It wants China to stop exporting so that the USA can hold the world hostage with its manufacturing agenda. China not exporting as it does today mean its factories will have to close down or uprooted to other countries. But to be sure, China will not invest anymore in the USA and that is a certainty.

The USA wants to make China go back to the stone age so that it can rule in perpetuity, just like it tried to do to Japan and Germany, which is wishful thinking. Japan and Germany needed the USA market for their exports. China has a big domestic market and together with the Global South is not like Japan and Germany. Far from it.

The USA is now demanding that China must join in the renewal of the expired Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty with the Russians, in order for the USA to exert control over China's expanding nuclear deterrence and allow the USA to dictate to China with its superior nuclear arsenal. China should never be forced into a corner knowing that its deterrence is what keeps China safe against its enemies surrounding it.

Imagine Scott Bessent telling the world that China is trying to harm the global economy. In his mind, all the harm to the global economy must be the sole prerogative of the USA. It is now actually doing that with Trump using sanctions and tariffs against other countries to harm trade and create chaos and confusion. The biggest harm was adding insult to injury by gloating about countries having to crawl to Washington to kiss his bottom. That must be the mother of all insults, and yet some shameless idiots still crawled to Washington to pay obeyance to the spoilt juvenile president.

Scott Bessent keeps comforting himself by repeating that China will not weaponize its treasury holdings and investments in other assets against the USA. Like Trump, he thinks he is in control of what China wants to do. China already sold off half of its treasury holdings, waiting for an opportune time to retaliate further when the shit hits the fan. China is just holding back on its leverage and not dispense with it totally.



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