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Five years ago, #China had only 2 of the world’s largest publicly traded #techcompanies, while the #US had 9. Today, China has 9 of the top 20 and the U.S. has 11. Twenty years ago, China had none. #Chinesecompanies are already the world leaders in computer vision/facial recognition and speech recognition, which can be used for commerce and for surveillance and societal control. In just the last 2 years there has been an explosion of #fintech #startups in China, offering mobile payments, lending, brokerage and banking. And the No. 1 and 3 drone manufacturers in the world - DJI and Xiaomi - are Chinese.

China has grown incredibly these past 30 years with a very specific formula: hard work, unleashing capitalism, smart planning and long-range investments in education and infrastructure - but also by stealing intellectual property, forcing technology transfers and cheating on WTO rules. Historically the US could dominate the global scene and check a rising power like China, and set the global rules, with just our sheer physical mass - more money, more troops, more naval ships, more top-10 companies, more scientists and more universities. That is just not possible any longer, as China has become both big and smart in more and more areas.


#WorldEconomy #Protectionism #America #Globalisation #GlobalTrade #TradeWars #EconomicRisk #Economy #TradePolicy #InternationalTrade #TradeTariffs #Politics #Geopolitics #InternationalRelations #USA #GlobalTradeWar
#Trump to China: ‘I Own You.’ Guess Again.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/25/opinion/trump-china-trade-economy-tech.html

calm evening © Holger Nimtz
Baltic Sea | Germany | 2018
https://www.holge.de/galerie/

Just found out that we are on softpedia...
https://linux.softpedia.com/get/Linux-Distributions/ArcoLinux-103807.shtml

Aerial view of the London Eye and the South Bank along the Thames.

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Emptiness inside
Addiction begins with the hope that something "out there" can instantly fill up the emptiness inside.

----------------------Jean Kilbourne
#pakistan #punjab #street #streetphotography #nikonshooters #nikond810

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Melted Permafrost, under ancient Taigas forests open to show 4400 years before the msok,.ox, monmoth, holocene-era, horce find,,, So those Yakutat, Siberian area has the oil, coals,,, maybe, now opening craters of permafrost made the carbon emotions, CO2, CH4, others,,, Badman Nishioka/
https://www.sciencealert.com/siberian-doorway-to-the-underworld-so-huge-millennia-old-forests-and-carcasses-climate-change 　　This report write,
biggest craters in the region, known by the local Yakutian people as the 'doorway to the underworld', is growing so rapidly that it's uncovering long-buried forests, carcasses, and up to 200,000 years of historical climate records.

Who Has Selena Gomez Dated? Here Are the Lucky Guys She's Been Linked to Besides Bieber and the Weeknd #celebs #celebrities #celebrity #fashion #entertainment #celeb #glamour #celebrities #showbiz #celebritynews #News #gossip #hollywood #celebgossip #celebritystyle #celebrityinsider #fashion #style #beauty #vogue #selenagomez

Samsung will unveil details of a Foldable phone in November #FoldablePhone

How to install Fortnite on your Android #tips #news #android #fortnite

10 Important Gmail tips and tricks for Android #Gmail #Android

Why have we seen so many one-stop races in 2018? F1's high degradation tyres aren't enlivening races the way they used to #F1

The 2018 season was supposed to see a return to multi-stop races. Why hasn't it happened, and does F1 still need high degradation tyres?

#NASCAR A.J. Allmendinger out at JTG Daugherty Racing after 2018 season https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/aj-allmendinger-out-at-jtg-daugherty-racing-after-2018/3183458/ via @motorsport

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Tips & Tricks #GalaxyNote9 #Tips

#Trump appeared taken aback at the start of his speech when he declared he had made more progress in two years than 'almost any other administration in the history of our country' - a claim that prompted audible murmurs and laughter from the foreign leaders and diplomats in the room. 'I didn’t expect that reaction, but that’s okay,' a smiling Trump said, provoking further laughter in the chamber.

Some in the audience grumbled during Trump's remarks when he said 'we reject the ideology' of #globalism and criticised nations such as Germany for agreeing to an oil pipeline with Russia. When Trump criticised socialism, a member of the Swedish delegation frowned with disapproval.


#WorldEconomy #Economy #Geopolitics #ForeignPolicy #Diplomacy #Politics #InternationalRelations #ForeignRelations #UnitedStates #UnitedNations #UNGA #AmericaAlone
'I didn't expect that reaction': Trump's boasting provokes laughter at UN
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/i-didn-t-expect-that-reaction-trump-s-boasting-provokes-laughter-at-un-20180926-p505zt.html

What is the point of paying R30,000 (US%2,100) for a smartphone?

A very good question... My Pixel 2 XL cost me just under R20,000 to import with duties and shipping and although it's a wonderful phone I'm not sure I'll do this again. For that price, I could have bought a pretty good average smartphone along with a high-end laptop or even a Macbook Air. Then consider what a good laptop does and that it lasts 5+ years whilst a phone is high risk and is used usually for 2 to 3 years only. I also don't think a 128GB was jusstified fro me as I only use around 20GB to 30GB space.

Someone just remarked to me this week that they remember really high-end phones costing around R8,000 only two to three years back.

Before jumping in and buying a high-end premium phone it is also just worth thinking about what you use the phone for. Even for photographs my Pixel 2 XL right now is more than good enough. If I want to take really high-quality photos then a really good DSLR camera is going to cost way less....

See https://mybroadband.co.za/news/smartphones/277095-what-is-the-point-of-paying-r30000-for-a-smartphone.html

Do You Know who is able to Access your Gmail?
Here's how to check with step-by-step instructions on how to stop Apps and other algorithms from reading your gmail. #personalsafety #privacy #OAIC #privacylaws #gmailprotection

#NASCAR Charlotte Roval hopes to "bring a flavor of the Formula 1 circuits" https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/charlotte-roval-hopes-to-bring-a-flavor-of-the-formula-1-circuits/3182970/ via @motorsport

Astronomers have uncovered a diverse collection of exotic extrasolar planets. While no two have been exactly alike, pretty much all of them fit under general classifications.

From large to small, we have the following types (and some key details for each one)

https://thetechinside.com/new-class-of-planets-mega-earth-discovered-by-astronomers/

White hot! Emily Ratajkowski almost spills out of skimpy Bikini in Malibu #celebs #celebrities #celebrity #fashion #entertainment #celeb #glamour #celebrities #showbiz #celebritynews #News #gossip #hollywood #celebgossip #celebritystyle #celebrityinsider #fashion #style #beauty #vogue

oh no, lousy leo's back : (