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Hundreds of workers at Apple’s main iPhone-making plant in China clashed with security personnel, as tensions boiled over after almost a month under tough restrictions intended to quash a Covid outbreak bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @technology
You could even argue that the combination of high-speed telecom, ubiquitous sensors, and AI goes back to the "offset strategy" adopted by DoD under Carter in the late 1970s (William Perry, coming from Silicon Valley).
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Excellent thread by Pettis. Note that the "these people" he's excoriating are Nikki Haley and the WSJ editors, *not* Schumer, Biden, and Pelosi shown in the picture!
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It's astonishing how little these people know about American economic history. While economic freedom has certainly been one of the great strengths of the American economy, the claim that government support for industry...
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This ‘best books’ website asked me to cite some on modern China. Quite a few, but for reasons laid out, my 5:Scott Rozelle and Natalie Hell, @bnaughton @yuenyuenang @LizEconomy @MareikeOhlberg @CliveCHamilton shepherd.com/best-books/on-u…
Super important post from Andrew Batson. 20 m. more people in GD and Lower Yangtze than known! We need much more analysis. Maybe rural-urban migration has slowed (but less than we thought) and urban inter-regional migration (esp. out of NE) has grown (faster than we knew).
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New GER-CN auto entanglements from past 5 weeks:
1. VW w/ majority stake in JAV JV,
2. VW w/ stake in Gotian High Tech (Batteries)
3. Thyssen-Krupp sells E-Mobility branch to CN investor
4. BMW and Alibaba deepen strategic partnership
5. Mercedes w/ stake in Farasis (Batteries)
Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP): Allow F-1 and M-1 students to remain in the US with online-only classes - Sign the Petition! chng.it/Rzmwz6Rt via @Change
You would never look at this and conclude that US and China are engaged in a struggle for technological dominance-AI is global with SF Bay as global hub
Wow. Google absolutely dominates the International Conference on Machine Learning! It holds the 1st, 4th, and 8th spots on the list!
(ht @joftius)
1/2 Significant drop in 2018 births in China, acc to prelim data tucked into NBS first batch of econ data (in Chinese). From 17.23 m. in 2017 to 15.24 m. in 2018, fertility drops from 1.24% to 1.09%. stats.gov.cn/tjsj/zxfb/20190…
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Every single border member of congress — myself included — opposes the wall. Every. Single. One.
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THE BIGGEST ONE-DAY INJECTION ON RECORD
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China exports up 9.9% for all of 2018, but down 4.4% YoY in Dec. China imports up 15.8% for all 2018, but down 7.6% YoY in Dec. Prob shows exports were pre-shipped before tariffs hit, now dropping, & that domestic demand in China is now decelerating rapidly. Ominous omens.
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This is the final China Leadership Monitor to be edited by Alice Miller, who has done a tremendous job of leading this project from the beginning. Thanks, Alice!
A balanced look at China's Economic Policy under Trade War Conditions, as it tries to move beyond "Tit for Tat" and put together a coherent medium-term policy response to Trump. hvr.co/2LGJhxG via @hooverinst
A balanced look at China's Economic Policy under Trade War Conditions, as it tries to move beyond "Tit for Tat" and put together a coherent medium-term policy response to Trump. hvr.co/2LGJhxG via @hooverinst