China's Week: Nov. 27
Huawei offers Teleportation
Science & Technology
Quantum key distribution (QKD) on a drone platform, a world first, showed that mobile platforms can transmit single photons directly to end-users.
First Large-Scale Integrated 5G-Advanced Intelligent Network covers 10 million Beijingers, a big leap to everyday immersive video, UHD livestreams and cloud gaming.
DJI's T100 agricultural drone has Lidar + AESA radar + AI + 360 deg 4-eye vision. 75 kg payload sprays 30L/min. Delivers goods remotely. Charges in 9 mins. $15,000.
Huawei’s new Mate 70 phone has AI Teleportation. A grab gesture takes a screenshot and shares it – easier than Apple's AirDrop.
Economy
Driverless taxi fares start at $0.55 vs. $2.48 for a human driver. Apollo Go’s Q3 rides are up 20% YoY to 988,000. Its taxis retail for $30,000, vs. Waymo’s $150,000.
New NDRC department to oversee low-altitude aviation, drive the low-altitude economy, coordinate with other departments like the Air Force.
12 million public chargers installed by the end of 2024, up 49% YoY. Private charging infrastructure hit 8.5 million, up 56%.
Solar leads as China adds 210GW of renewables YTD, up 21% YoY.
Xinjiang’s new lab program focuses on the local coal mining industry by experts from China's top academic institution to solve scientific and technological issues.
A salmon-farming company plans to use waste cold water produced by LNG regasification plants to keep their fish farm water cold. “The LNG terminal operator offered us land to take the cold water off their hands. They can't discharge directly into the ocean”.
There will be 38 5G base stations for every 10,000 people by the end of 2027, 5G will be 75% of mobile traffic and IoT connections will exceed 100 million.
Society
TikTok restricted the account of former Chinese gymnastics star, Wu Liufang, after many found her costumes and dances too sexy.
A Zhejiang University student was disciplined after receiving financial aid then traveling across China, Japan, and South Korea.
Guangzhou first Tier One city to grant permanent residency houkou to home buyers who have paid local social security for a year.
“The rates of grain and food loss during production, storage, transportation and processing will be below international averages by the end of 2027. Per capita food waste per meal in the catering industry, government canteens, school canteens and enterprise canteens will decrease significantly, and food waste will be effectively curbed1”.
Measures to create high-quality jobs and stabilize employment while supporting migrant workers' urbanization: improving skill sets, safeguarding labour rights, reducing wage arrears, access to medical care, unemployment, work-injury insurance and pensions.
Virtual reality ski simulators let users experience realistic, snow-covered slopes at home while on the slopes, plus smart, heated snow boots give hours of warmth.
Environment
In the video, above, the barrier plant’s blossoms have both medicinal (TCM) and financial value2 for their carers. All government projects are expected to at least recover their own costs over time.
At COP.29 in Azerbijian, China said the mitigation fund should be at least US$500 billion. “The Chinese were willing to offer more if others did, but the others didn’t,” said President Mukhtar Babayev.
Governance
“Chinese modernization is deeply rooted in the fine traditional Chinese culture, mirrors the advantages of scientific socialism, draws inspiration from all of human civilization's outstanding achievements, represents the direction of the progress of human civilization, and demonstrates a new vision that's different from Western modernization. It is a new model for human advancement”. Xi Jinping. Above, Xi as Ningde Party Secretary, 1989.
Since water resources belong to the state, China has completed the water quantity allocation of 94 trans-provincial rivers and 373 intra-provincial rivers, determined the total groundwater extraction amounts and water level control indicators of 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, and issued 630,000 sets of electronic licenses to users for water extraction.
“Upgrading toilets in rural areas is a task I have always been concerned about. I'm also a person from the rural areas and I know that it's really inconvenient to go to the toilet in the rural areas”. Xi Jinping on tour last week.
Geopolitics
China, Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru to build the Bi-Oceanic railroad,
linking the Pacific and Atlantic, saving $30/ton on grain to China, altering the region’s geo-political and trade relations and eliminating the Panama Canal’s monopoly.
8.19 million inbound trips by foreigners in Q3, up 49% YoY. Half were visa-free, up 80%.
Shipbuilding is emerging as a flashpoint in relations with the US and the world as China’s value chain makes inroads into segments previously outside their expertise.
Rare Earth Supremacy: China’s Ace in the Clean Technology Competition. “This superficial paper begins with a gross misinterpretation”.
Rare earth exports jump to 4,753 tonnes, compared to 4,181 tons in September. Rare earths imports fell 12.5% to 9,471 tons.
Defense
The PLA Air Force is holding a contest to find low-cost drone solutions and top three in each category will be included in a procurement catalogue, allowing the PLAAF to order them.
Chinese scientists built a recoilless AK-47 that drones can wield.
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have stated several times that “a new world war cannot be fought and cannot be won.” This is a phrase
In Peru, Xi repeatedly told Biden that “a new world war cannot be fought and cannot be won.” But those words are missing from official US records, the US Embassy in Peru and the White House portal. We only know because it was reported by the Chinese, who know that many in Washington believe a new world war can and must be fought and won at any cost.
Encourage consumers to purchase small-portion meals through methods such as establishing environmental protection virtual accounts, granting conservation points, and issuing discount coupons, etc. Support food producers, operators, retailers and others to directly donate food that meets safety and quality requirements to welfare institutions and assistance institutions in their locality on a regular basis. Strictly implement price tagging regulations, with catering service operators clearly indicating to consumers the prices of the catering and services provided, as well as prices of individual dishes within set meals. Encourage catering service operators hosting banquets to negotiate anti-food waste obligations with consumers, with contracts able to include a separate anti-waste clause.
TCM manufacturing market size was $45 billion in 2023, growing 7% annually. Beijing is pushing it.