Being the World currency is similar to like have the Iron Throne in Game of Thrones. The holder of the Iron Throne in Game of Thrones has won critical battles and has powerful Bannermen and allies/friends. The final loss of the crown comes at the end of a long and obvious erosion of trust and …
I, Brian Wang, will be talking with Warren Redlich and @Anything Tesla about the Next Great Power. China vs USA vs India. I will be making a case for ASEAN and Canada. We will discuss demographics, immigration-emigration and people, money and technology. I would say that China is already a Great Power. We will have …
Huawei’s Kirin 9000S system-on-chip powers Huawei’s new Mate 60 Pro smartphone reportedly is using 2nd generation 7nm-class fabrication process and stacking made by China-based SMIC. Huawei was known to have been stockpiling chips from its HiSilicon unit before TSMC cut ties to comply with US sanctions. TSMC started making 7 nanometer chips back in 2017. …
Most people would say that it is impossible for Canada GDP at $2.2 trillion today to pass China’s GDP which is $18.8 trillion. The last year Canada was ahead of China’s GDP was in 1978. Canada’s economy as 33% larger than China’s in 1976. China had 930 million people in 1976 and Canada had 23 …
Japan and South Korea and many other countries are experiencing national demographic crisis due to falling birth rates. In 2023, Japan’s fertility rate was 1.367, which is far below the 2.1 children per woman needed for population stability. South Korea’s fertility rate dropped to a record low of 0.7 in the second quarter of 2023. …
Ukraine was able to destroy a submarine and a navy landing ship in dry dock but under the protection of several Russian S-400 anti-missile systems. It is interesting for how they succeeded because it effects how we think about China’s air defenses. Ukraine defeated the S-400 anti-missile batteries and radar. Russia has about three times …
The U.S. Air Force announced today the B-21 Raider has started engine runs as part of its ground test program at Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale, California, facility. Engine testing is an essential milestone for the program as the world’s first sixth-generation aircraft continues on the path to flight test. A first flight in the next few …
People compare the count of how many F-35s have been built versus how many China J-20 stealth have been built. There is a comparison of the annual production rate. However, a very important comparison is how many of them are fully available, fully usable and fully capable are they to perform their needed roles?
There are reports that starting from September 11th, the production capacity of the new Model 3 will have reached 1200 units per day. This would be 108,000 per quarter. This would mean Tesla could produce and sell more new Model 3’s in September than most of the prior months in China. There would be no …
Tesla’s Shanghai Megafactory will start construction in a few weeks and start production in the second quarter of 2024. “We expect to start building the Megafactory for energy storage products in the near future, and the products will be mainly used for export,” Xinhua quoted Tesla China president Allan Wang (Wang Hao) as saying in …
There is a report from sources in China that the new Tesla Model 3 will be announced in China on September 1 for a price of RMB199800 (US$27500). Several in the Tesla and Tesla China community are claiming the rumors and leaks are fake or wrong. There are claims that the pictures are real but …