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  • Apple's largest research lab outside the US opens in China

    davewritedavewrite
    As an Apple investor I say thank god Apple is doing this. 

    That some are confused about Apples decision and I attribute ignorance to USA government propaganda like BilL HR 1157. 
    Bill HR 1157 adds $1.6 billion to the hundreds of millions already allocated to anti Chinese propaganda. 
    Stated aim of bill is to “subsidize state media and civil society sources to counter China”. 

    Anyhow truth is out there even if you just peek. 

    Example the conservative (no love of China) Australian think tank ASPI states in latest report China takes lead in 90% of 64 top technology categories. In 2007 USA led in 60 of the 64 categories. Now it’s drop to a tiny fraction. 

    On ASPI category cited: hypersonic detection: China has 73% research citations and USA 13%. Rest of world make up the rest. 

    China graduates many times more scientists and PhDs and engineers than anywhere else by a wide margin. 

    if you want more evidence look at electric cars worldwide. 
    Elon Musk has gone from laughing at Chinese EVs 10 years ago to saying ‘either have tariffs’ or die. 
    40% of Teslas battery components are Chinese. One of Tesla’s Chinese battery partners in research and manufacturing is CATL.

    Likewise do a real deep dive into solar panel technology. Note USA solar companies are still importing and using Chinese parts. Once assembled in USA they are stamped made in USA. 

    Shipbuilding Chinas shipbuilding industry is 232 times larger than USA. 

    USA astronauts stuck in space station. Chinese astronauts regularly go up down to their space station Tiangong which more advanced than the aging ISS. ( but like everything else you won’t hear this in the western press. Hey spending billions on anti Chinese propaganda works.. but it works to detriment of actual knowledge in which wise judgements are made)

    China trains go at 400 km USA at 70-90 km max. 

    Etc

    I own Apple shares and other American tech stocks but no Chinese. So I’m not cheering China trounces usa. I’m just pointing out reality and giving some insight to what Apple is doing. Just like  Western car companies cooperate make joint ventures with China like in battery tech or die. 




    muthuk_vanalingamwatto_cobra

  • Greenpeace slams Apple supplier Foxconn over inadequate carbon reduction effort

    davewritedavewrite
    Oh yeah forgot to add above it's the USA that has walked away or torn up several world climate accords. Basically the only country to do so. 

    Also since EU now has stopped cheap Russian gas it is now going back to  oil, coal or thinking hard about it. Shipping LNG from USA by carbon burning ships isn't exactly carbon effective either. 

    watto_cobra

  • Greenpeace slams Apple supplier Foxconn over inadequate carbon reduction effort

    davewritedavewrite
    Chinas cumulative carbon emissions, i.e total amount accumulated in atmosphere, is about 250 billion tonnes. The USA is about 500 billion tonnes.

    Numbers are from  sites like Carbon Brief, Our World Data etc.

    Almost one quarter of all carbon in air up to date since industrialization is put out by USA.

    Our World Data 2019:
     "  the United States has emitted more CO2 than any other country to date: at around 400 billion tonnes since 1751, it is responsible for 25% of historical emissions; this is twice more than China – "

    The EU is about 300 billion tonnes.
    India is about 50 billion tonnes. 

    Adjusted for population, USA has produced something like 9 times more carbon than China.

    You can see the shocking charts (that contradict the common narrative blaming China etc) in Our World Data etc. 

    Some people then blame China India for their 'too big populations'. Then why doesn't USA compare itself to say Singapore  with 7 million population or Brunei ?
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • Seven Apple suppliers linked to Chinese forced labor programs

    davewritedavewrite
    here we go again: Iraq is has stockpile of WMD playbook..

    Here read this: 

    https://thegrayzone.com/2021/04/30/xinjiang-forced-labor-china-uyghur/
    GeorgeBMac

  • Foxconn iPhone plant at Zhenghzou reopens with 10% of workforce

    davewritedavewrite
    @ SIROZHA Who in the world said that Apple had 'responsibility of Apple or its shareholders to provide jobs'? I'm saying your idea of "Apple should save the Chinese worker by using robots' lacks logic. Your argument is being unemployed is better than work? (And like I said Foxconn jobs are better than almost anywhere else they can get). That sounds just like xenophobia masquerading as concern. You mention slavery but you seemingly have no idea what that means. Slavery means 'no choice, by force'. Foxconn workers aren't forced to work there. Like I said some travel for hundreds of miles to work at Foxconn factories, they line up for days to get an interview. Equating that with slavery is ludicrous.
    muthuk_vanalingamGG1