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Nvidia is ready for the chip for the need to survive in China. Who is not ready to let him sell is the US government

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The journey in China of the Nvidia GPU for artificial intelligence (AI) H20 He has been full of ups and downs. Since this chip reached the Chinese market in mid -2024 its sales 50% quarter to quarter grewwhich positioned it as The most successful Nvidia product of recent years. However, this era of bonanza lasted little. And it is that in the middle of last April the US Department of Commerce decided impose export restrictions To China of the H20 GPU. After several weeks of negotiations with the US government Nvidia got the export license that he needed to sell his GPU for the H20 in China, but the joy lasted little. And it is that the Chinese government has vetoed this chip. And he has done so that the administration of the cyberspace of China, which is the main Internet regulatory body in this country, is thoroughly investigating this GPU because it suspects that it could incorporate a rear door of difficult location by Chinese experts. Nvidia engineers have been working on a new GPU for several months for expressly designed for the Chinese market. It will be called B30A And on his shoulders he will rest, neither more nor less, the future of the company led by Jensen Huang in China. This chip must necessarily meet two conditions. On the one hand it has to be more powerful than the GPU H20, and, in addition, it must satisfy the restrictions imposed by the US Department of Commerce. Otherwise Nvidia will not get the export license you need to be able to sell this chip in this Asian country. The future of the B30A GPU in China right now is uncertain Chinese companies that are dedicated to the development of large AI models are trapped. On the one hand they are being forced to deal with the export restrictions of the GPU imposed by the US government. And, in addition, they are subject to their own dependence on American technology. A priori the optimal solution for them would be to stop buying Nvidia and other US companies their chips for AI, and getting “comparable” GPUs proposed by Huawei, Change either Moore Threadsamong other Chinese companies. Jensen Huang has just recognized that his next GPU will take to arrive in the country led by Xi Jinping However, as explained in your article to Foreign Policy The American analyst Kyle Chan, the scenario they face is more complicated than it seems. And it is that abandoning Nvidia in practice is very difficult. According to ChanTencent, Bytedance, Alibaba and other Chinese companies They prefer GPUs for Nvidia Because its performance is greater, especially when facing the training processes of their AI models. However, they especially opt for the chips of this American company thanks to CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture). Most of the AI ​​projects that are currently being developed are implemented on CUDA. This technology brings together the compiler and development tools used by programmers to develop their software for NVIDIA GPUs, and replace it with another option in the projects that are already underway it is a problem. Huawei, who aspires to an important portion From this market in China, it has Cann (Compute Architecture for Neural Networks), which is its alternative to CUDA, but for the moment CUDA dominates the market. In these circumstances, the B30A chip that is putting to point Nvidia has all the meaning of the world. Presumably It will be half powerful that the most advanced GPU this company currently has, The B300 chipbut, even so, it is reasonable to assume that will overcome performance of all the chips for the developed in China, especially when facing the training processes of the AI ​​models. This is the best asset that Nvidia has, but Jensen Huang has just recognized that its next GPU will take to arrive in the country led by Xi Jinping. And it will not be because it is not ready. It will be because the US Trade Department will take long to give it approval, if it finally gives it. What is happening to Nvidia in China is a full -fledged soap opera. Image | Nvidia More information | Reuters In Xataka | The US gives Huawei a great opportunity: to get its new chip for AI with the Nvidia market in China

Europe has done everything possible to prevent China from flooding us with its electric cars. The Byd solution: ships from Thailand

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The cheapest Chinese cars are a danger to the European industry. At least that is what our regulators consider who claim that if tariffs are not imposed, they will be competing in our soil. To solve it, they lifted commercial barriers that had to balance the situation. The Byd solution: Do not send your cars from China. The tariffs. So many things have happened in the last year that it seems that Chinese manufacturers have been paying for exporting their electric cars to Europe. However, it is a measure that It only applies since October 30, 2024. Shortly before, the European Union was applying the calls “Compensatory Rights” But everything ended up being defined as fixed tariffs a few months later. Those tariffs, however, are variable. Any importation of cars from the European Union pays 10%. To that money an additional rate was added depending on the brand because, according to European regulators, not all Chinese companies have received the same state favors. SAIC, who is a company of the Chinese state and did not want to collaborate with the investigations, has to add another 35.3% to the 10% flat rate. Byd, however, was the company that collaborated the most and that, in European eyes, less favor treatment has received. However, it was punished with additional 17%. Its impact. The impact of the measure has been obvious. Chinese electric cars are costing them to enter the market. Although it is its natural environment, the urban electric car still having a relatively high price. Especially if we understand that in many cases it can function as the only car since Outside the city can be eternalized. There, the Chinese electric car had the price of the price in its favor. If their offer was much cheaper than that of the rivals could gain a good part of the market. However, Registrations tell us that it has been absent. Even in a country like Spain that has the price as the main purchase value, there is only one Chinese car among the 10 best -selling electric (Byd Atto 3 in eighth position). Consequently, where China has really hurt so far it has been with the vehicles with combustion engines. There, the country does have a lot to win since European plug -in hybrids still have a high price but the Chinese offer Much more space and equipment at a much lower cost. Well, wait. There has been much talk about how Chinese manufacturers want to skip these commercial barriers. At the moment we know that Byd is raising a plant in Hungary and that he has chosen Türkiye as next destination. The plan seemed clear: development and assembly of the most expensive cars in Hungary (with greater margin of benefits) and production in Türkiye of the cheapest and most complicated cars to amortize. The strategy in fact was supported shortly after if we take into account that the European Union would have transferred Chery that his intention to Use Nissan’s factories in Barcelona and just use them to make the last parts soldier (cars arrive almost mounted on containers As if they were great pieces of a puzzle) It was insufficient. If you want to skip tariffs, Europe wants real investment. The Dolphin Surf. But all these byd plans point in the medium term. Before the company has to continue making its way on the market and wanted to make a dent with its fetish car: the Byd Dolphin Surf. This car that in China is known as Seagull It is clear about its appeal: hypercompetitive price, good performance and finishes far superior to competition. The car is a supervent in China to the point that they have managed to place in the market One million units in 27 months. There the car It is sold with the eye of God active. That is, it can circulate completely autonomously in fast roads … Although its price is just 9,000 euros to change. In Europe we could expect a much higher price but, yes, in Spain adding the aid of the MOVES III PLAN And the brand discount, it is possible to buy it for just 11,000 euros. A hypercompetitive price that already has the customer response (second best -selling electric car in July). Supported by Dolphin. Next to Dolphin Surf, the other electric car in which Byd has great hopes is the Byd Dolphinthe older brother of surfing. If surfing can harm markets such as Spanish, still reluctant to buy smaller electric ones if they do not have a great price, Dolphin is perfect for countries with greater purchasing power such as the United Kingdom or Germany. If we observe sales in Europeclearly Byd is on the rise and for them it is essential that these two models be hugged by the public if they want to be relevant actors in the industry. From Thailand to Europe. So, strengthened the brand in the first European markets, the company wanted to continue winning European market. After a dubitative start, has made structural changes in the direction and In July he already managed to overcome Tesla in sales And in market share although, yes, we must remember that byd sells plug -in hybrids. He is aware that the Dolphin Surf Byd is key and that he can do a lot of harm with his most affordable proposal. For that it is important to bring everyone who can and has found the way: send them from Thailand. This is stated Carnewschinawho say that the company is jumping European tariffs because the car is manufactured and sent from this country. And the tariffs? Tariff tariffs come from Thailand is 10%, the usual For all those brought from the outside. The only thing that is required is that the car has at least 40% of local components so it is not as simple as manufacturing in China and assembling the latest pieces in Thailand and then sending it. 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China prepares one of the biggest military parades in history. It will be, above all, a warning to the world

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On September 3, Beijing will convert Tiananmen Square in the epicenter of an unprecedented demonstration of force. China will organize a military parade massive to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. In addition, it will also be the perfect time to show the military capacities acquired under the mandate of Xi Jinping. An event of magnitudes. More than 10,000 military personnel, a hundred aircraft and several hundred land vehicles will participate in A 70 -minute ceremony which promises to be the largest Chinese armament exhibition since 2019. The parade will include 45 troops formations and will present more than 100 different types of military equipment, all national production and active duty. We don’t know everything. Chinese authorities have confirmed that a great proportion of the weapons will be completely new. Among the novelties are hypersonic missiles capable of traveling five times the speed of sound, antimile defense systems, directed energy weapons, autonomous combat drones and electronic warfare systems. According to Major general Wu Zeke, deputy director in charge of the military parade, these weapons “will fully demonstrate the solid capacity of our army to adapt to technological advances and win future wars.” A message for another recipient. Although officially commemorates the victory over Japan, the parade has a strategic objective between the lines: show the United States and its allies in the Pacific The new Chinese military capacity. The analysts They expect See new anti-buque missile models such as YJ-15, YJ-17, YJ-19 E YJ-20, specifically designed to neutralize carriers and deny access to Western naval forces in the region. Taiwan in the spotlight. The arsenal that Beijing will also have direct implications for Taiwan’s future. The new tanks with unmanned turrets and active protection systems would significantly complicate the island’s defense strategy, which is based on mobile and cheap anti -tank weapons. As Point out Sheu Jyh-Shyang, from the Taiwan National Defense and Security Research Institute: “This is not good news for Taiwan.” Putin as guest star. The confirmed presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin with Xi Jinping during the ceremony sends another powerful geopolitical message. Putin already attended the great military parade of China in 2015, when the majority of Western leaders declined the invitation, so it is another step in The alliance between the two countries in front of the West. The backdrop. The military power deployment comes at a time of maximum tension in the Pacific. The popular liberation army has intensified your exercises Simulating blockages and attacks against Taiwan, while systematically denies the operation capacity of US forces in the region. Beijing has promised to reveal more details about the specific weapons that will be shown in the coming weeks. Cover image | Pang Xinglei/Xinhua In Xataka | Deepseek has suggested that Nvidia chips no longer needs. We believe to know who is buying them

Deepseek put China on the AI ​​map. The danger is that this revolution stays in a day flower

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Deepseek R1 was eating the world At the beginning of the year. This Chinese model, apparently out of nowhere, caused A true shock In the AI ​​industry, but since then there has been movement. Actually there has been one, but the disturbing thing is precisely what that movement has been. Hi, Deepseek v3.1. The startup advertisement Last week the launch of Deepseek V3.1, a new version that stood out for being an improved hybrid of Deepseek V3 (fast response) and Deepseek R1 (reasoning). There was also good news in terms of their performance: according to the Benchmarks published by those responsible, it was significantly higher than their predecessors. Visible (but non -dramatic) improvements. In the “model card” (model card) that those responsible offers In Hugging FaceDeepseek v3.1 (in reasoning mode) proved to behave slightly better than Deepseek R1-0528, —Your previous version, more powerful-in areas such as programming or in mathematical tests, but some users who have tried it there comment That except in those areas, the model is worse and “it behaves poorly when following instructions or prompts provided by users.” Others confirm it and They assure which is useful for programmers, but not for other areas. It also has limitations on its multimodal support, and focuses on the text instead of providing more options for another type of interaction, for example from voice, image, video or audio messages. A Chinese model for Chinese chips. But even more interesting it was that Deepseek V3.1 has been designed and launched with a clear objective: avoiding the dependence of foreign chips. The FP8 precision used makes this model behave very well In the next -generation Chinese chips. The strategy seems very interesting for the startup, which could thus have a very aligned model with the priorities of the Chinese government. This is: use local models for local chips as much as possible. And R1, what? From there some doubts arise. The first, which affects Deepseek R1, the model with which the startup “broke” the market at the beginning of the year. The company has eliminated all references to this model in the characteristic of “deep thought”, which has generated doubts about the potential appearance of its expected successor, a hypothetical Deepseek R2. Loses users. But while that theoretical model comes – if it does – the company faces a more immediate threat. As they point out In SCMPDeepseek is losing users (or at least relevance) in recent months. In the first quarter of the year its market share within the scope of the IA Open Source models used on the PPIO cloud platform was a spectacular 99%. However, in the second quarter that percentage has dropped to 80%. Fierce competition. That fall relevance has an obvious reason: its local competitors are squeezing. And a lot. Among them is the family of models Qwen from Alibaba, but Also others like Kimi-K2-Instructof the startup Mosohot AI – in which Alibaba has also invested – which is becoming one of the most popular models of recent weeks. Delays and deceleration. Precisely the focus on being able to make the most of future Chinese chips seems to be the reason that this hypothetical Deepseek R2 is being delayed. At least that is the hypothesis that consider In Financial Timeswhere they revealed that the startup has failed when trying to train with Huawei chips. The situation has made them Training with Nvidia chipsand that are using the Huawei Asce for the inference stage, that is, the interaction with the model via web or API by users. But this attitude is “very Chinese”. We may in Western countries we are accustomed to a much more frantic pace and that we expect constant updates and improvements with an eye on the short term. In China, philosophy is usually the opposite, and companies adopt A long -term strategy even if immediate benefits are lost. Maintaining a low profile is also usual among those companies, which try not to make much noise … until they do, as Depseek has already demonstrated. Thus, we will have to remain very attentive to the activity of this startup, because surely he will be working to continue being one of the protagonists of the AI ​​panorama. Image | Tim Reckmann In Xataka | Deepseek has suggested that Nvidia chips no longer needs. We believe to know who is buying them

China is the first “electrostation” of the world and not because of its climatic moral

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Fossil fuels defined the last two centuries of our history. The extraction, trade and conflict around oil and gas drawn the geopolitical and technological map we know. But the era of petrotesties is coming to an end. A new force has broken In the world order: China, the first “electrostate” of the world. A decade of strategic planning. China already generates more than a quarter of its electricity With solar and wind energy. Its renewable industry grows exponentially, even exceeding the growth of energy demand. As a result, the country previously known for its air pollution You are already cutting its carbon dioxide emissions. This milestone is no accident, but the fruit of a decade of strategic planning. Under the “Made in China 2025” initiative, The Chinese government drew a plan in 2015 to make the country a high -tech manufacturing leader. But Beijing’s motivation was not climatic morals. The country depended on the importation of oil and gas, a huge strategic vulnerability. The plan was a commitment determined by electrification, channeled in a massive display of wind energy, solar, batteries and electric vehicles. China’s transformation into an electro -speaking. After developing full supply chains with unique economies, China has achieved a crushing domain of the renewable energy industry and electrification. Solar panels, Batteries and electric vehicles Chinese manufacturing are getting better and more affordable. This has had a direct impact on developing countries. According to a Carbon Brief Analysisonly in 2024, Chinese exports of clean technology reduced CO2 emissions out of their borders by 1%. The deployment is so massive that the emissions generated during the manufacture of these products are compensated in less than a year of use. A bipolar energy map. He China boom as electrostate He has created a new duality in power. On the one hand, there are the petroesties (Saudi Arabia, Russia …), whose energy influence is based on the export of hydrocarbons. On the other, the electrostators (with China at the head and Europe as a follower), which They base their power on electrificationrenewables and control of clean technology supply chains. This new bipolarity will not last long. While petroesties depend on volatile and geopolitically complex markets, renewable energy is a form of sovereignty. Any country can generate its own electricity from the sun or wind, eliminating its dependence on imports and isolating the volatility of fuel prices. The twilight of the petroesties. For countries that depend on the export of oil and gas, China’s rise is an existential threat. China is not just a competitor: it is its biggest client. And that customer is diversifying its energy sources at a dizzying speed. The impact is already noticeable. Crude imports to China fell in 2024 for the first time in two decades, without counting pandemic. It is expected that The country’s oil demand reaches its maximum point in 2027. Since China has promoted two thirds of the growth of world demand for oil in the last decade, its deceleration will change the rules of the game for producers such as Russia and Saudi Arabia, which is already trying to reconvert renewable. The giant contradictions. Despite its advances, China remains the world’s largest coal consumer And, paradoxically, continues to build new thermal plants. However, their average use is 50% and the law defines them since 2022 as a support to contribute flexibility to the electricity grid. A more worrying sector is that of its carbochimic industry, which converts coal into fuels and chemicals. This sector added 3% to the total CO2 emissions of China between 2020 and 2024. In any case, the country has cut its CO2 emissions by 1% during the first half of 2025, compensating for other sectors with the massive renewable deployment. A tectonic movement. The rise of China as the first electrostate in the world is the omen of a global change. A transformation promoted by self -interest, national security and industrial ambition, not by climate altruism, but whose effects are accelerating global decarbonization in a way that international negotiations by themselves have not achieved. We are entering an era in which geopolitical power will not be measured only in oil barrels, but in renewable capacity gigawatts, in the control of critical minerals and in the domain of supply chains of batteries and solar panels. The Era of the Petroestados is coming to an end, and the dawn of the era of the electrostates is already here. The rules of global power are being rewritten, this time with electrons. Image | Freepik In Xataka | China broke the solar panel market. Now their companies have had to say goodbye to a third of their employees

The ship that the three throats has launched in China

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The world has engaged in the transport network electrification. It is a vital part of emission reduction planand although cars play an important role, there is a sector that cannot be overlooked: The ship’s. The majority of world trade moves in the oceans and we have been seeing projects such as the Yara Birkeland load ship or the Ferris to connect ports. And that maritime electrification is critical in China. The decarbonization is A fundamental part of short -term China strategies and, although We have been seeing results for yearsIt is not enough. Being the country that leads battery production and the electrification of cars, assaulting the seas was the next logical step. They have several projects underway, but curiously one of the most striking, for their versatility, is that of the first fully electric cleaning ship. It is a ship owned by China Three Gorges Corporation, the company that manages the imposing prey of the three throats that, in addition, it has departments intended for Renewable Technologies Research. This ship has a double mission: Clean the floating waste of the rivers and, in the flood seasons, be used as a transport ship along the Yangtsé River. Its main characteristics are as follows: It has 82 meters long. 18 km/Hy 4,000 kWh batteries. It has an autonomy of 150 kilometers per load. A savings of 253.4 tons of diesel are expected per year. Also a reduction of 842.4 tons of annual CO₂ emissions, 25,300 tons throughout its useful life. CTG esteem a useful life of 20 years and, apart from emission savings, they expect the ship to allow Save 20 million annual yuan(about 2.80 million dollars) in fuel. After being Booty In December last year and a first inaugural trip, he is ready to sail fulfilling his mission. China climbs into the electrification ship, literally Beyond this cleaning ship, the intention China is that Decarbonization policies Transportation begin to bear fruit in the short term. Within those actions, and apart from the Incentives For shipyards and companies that adopt these technologies, an update of recharge infrastructure in strategic ports has begun. Because there are two factors that come into play: on the one hand, the batteries had to allow dilated autonomies to Maximize the operating time in the sea. On the other, the ports should have the ability to quickly recharge those batteries while maintenance work is performed on the ship itself. Fruit of that strategy, we have projects such as two countertops that It is estimated come into service at some point next year. These are two 100% electric ships of about 130 meters in length that has the capacity to transport from 10,000 to 13,000 tons, while having autonomies of about 500 kilometers to make routes between the port roads of the country. Improving communication between its main ports is another of the projects in which China has embarked, and these container companies will have ten batteries with a total power of 1,900 kW. Yujian 77 But they are not only developing container. A few weeks ago the service entered the Yujian 77the first totally electric passenger ship in the country that, with 49 meters in length, has a capacity for 358 passengers and the objective of performing tourist routes in coastal areas. And they are also developing the Futurean advanced ship focused on ocean research that has as a mission Study the oceans and perform “green technology” tests. It has a length of 110.8 meters, capacity for 80 crew and what attracts the most attention is the ability to operate for 60 days in a row, being fully electric. But, although that entrance of China through the big door in the electric ship segment has its importance due to the maritime weight of the country, the rest of the world also moves in the same direction. In fact, closer to our borders we have companies such as the Norwegian Viking Line and The world’s largest electric ferria beast of 200 meters with capacity for 650 cars. It is evident that the world of ships has not wanted to continue waiting for solid state batteriesand it remains to wait to see what will happen when this technology settles and if you can board much larger ships, such as huge cruises And above all, Portenero. Images | Gorgeus Yichang (2) In Xataka | This loading brows with 192 solar panels and a hybrid system. The most striking thing is that you can do it without crew

The countries with more nuclear bombs in 2025, gathered in this graph with two protagonists: China and India

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In January 2007, the Watch of the Last Judgment remained at five minutes of the devastation. In January this year, I was barely 89 seconds of midnight. This clock represents, symbolically, if we are close to a nuclear devastation, and the data of 2025 was the most bleak in its 78 to those of history. Although the United States and Russia continue to dismantle nuclear arsenal, they are still the powers that more atomic bombs have. However, China is putting the batteries And another country wants to demonstrate that it has no qualms about arming: India. And this graph perfectly represents the situation of world nuclear arsenal in 2025. The photo in 2025. Prepared by Visual Capitalist From data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, or Sipriin the graph we can eloquently see the state of the nuclear arsenal until January this year. The United States and Russia evidently dominated The world nuclear arsenal during the Cold War and, although they are still the two nations that have the most ojas in their possession, that arsenal has been diminishing. During the last months, it is estimated that the United States would have discharged eight eyes while Russia would have ‘retired’ another 71. France and the United Kingdom, which recently confirmed actions to combine their arsenalThey are maintained, like Pakistan, Israel and a North Korea that has a secret arsenal, but with an estimated 50 heads. As can be seen in the image, the US and Russia continue to dominate the segment incontestable, but there is a third country that, also evident, is taking leaps and accelerated to get a good arsenal. China. About a year ago, A SIPRI report He surprised everyone by showing that China was increasing its nuclear arsenal at a stupid speed. Now is in a position that allows Ask for both the US and its allies With nuclear arsenal and that Chinese expansion has been the perfect excuse for the “Rearme” that the Pentagon has asked for. Of the 500 estimated heads of China in 2024, we went to 600, which represents 20% more in a few months that allows to see in an evident way that the Asian giant has taken the renewal of its forces seriously. Nuclear weapons investment is not the only thing we have witnessed, since China boasts electromagnetic catapults of his new warships, of latest generationof New combat fighters and Even a huge poaching plane. India puts the batteries. Despite those 600 heads, it is estimated that they have less than 30 strategically deployed (those that are ready to launch). The United States and Russia have less than 2,000 deployed, France has almost all lists to launch and the United Kingdom half, more or less. The one estimated that it has zero deployed bombs is India, but the new SIPRI report shows that the country’s nuclear investment is paying off. In fact, and without knowing really how things are going in North Koreait would be the only country that has increased its arsenal, adding another eight heads in recent months. They have reached 180 and arrive just at a time of high voltage in the Indo-Pacific region, with continuous demonstrations of force As the other big in the contest does, China. New generation of bombs. The current situation is … complex. With the invasion of Russia to Ukraine the Fear of nuclear war. With the recent conflict between Israel and its neighbors, Those drums have sounded again And, meanwhile, China promotes pacts not to attack first with nuclear arsenal while the treaty expiration is approaching START III which limited the amount of strategic weapons deployed by nuclear powers. Russia se He disconnected of that treaty, directly, in 2022. We will see in a few years how graphics of this type evolve, since France confirmed In 2024 a program to produce Nuclear bombs New generation and more recently they bet on new Actions to consolidate your role as one of the pillars of nuclear deterrence in the West, something that blocks with the Objectives of Rearme launched by Europe. In Xataka | In the Cold War, China feared a Soviet nuclear attack: its response was the largest underground nuclear base on the planet

China has monopolized the battery market in just ten years. And the US only has one solution: South Korea

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China is the largest electric car exporter on the planet. In 2023 he exported approximately 1.7 million electric vehicleswhich represents more than 30% of its total car exports. Nevertheless, Its international expansion It is being seriously conditioned by the tariffs that are imposing USA or the European Union, among other regions with very serious difficulties to compete with the Chinese electric car. Largely the success of the country led by Xi Jinping in this industry strengthens its leadership in The production of lithium batteries. If we stick to China Fabrica electric cars 57% of batteries that these vehicles use. Catl and Byd are the largest lithium batteries manufacturers on the planet with A market share in 2023 34% and 16% respectively. This Asian country has reached this leadership position due to several factors. On the one hand it is The largest producer in the world of lithium and rare earths, which are the main raw materials used in the manufacture of batteries. In addition, it controls the processing of these materials and is capable of producing large -scale batteries and with a very competitive price. There is currently no indicator that invites us to anticipate that His domain of lithium batteries You will be threatened in the medium term. Even so, the US government is trying to create the appropriate conditions to put an end to China’s leadership in the battery market. South Korea is the strongest alternative to China in the battery industry At the end of July LG Energy Solution, the LG subsidiary specialized in the design and manufacture of lithium batteries, He signed an agreement of 4.3 billion dollars to supply iron and lithium phosphate batteries (LFP) to Tesla for three years. This plan is backed by the current US government and seeks to reduce the global dependence of electric car manufacturers of the Chinese Giants Catl and Byd. LG Energy Solution, Sk On and Samsung Sdi are the main battery manufacturers of South Korea LG Energy solution is The biggest battery manufacturer outside Chinaand, although it is a South Korean company, it is the best asset that the US has to end the Chinese domain. Catl and Byd have in their favor their ability to produce high performance batteries and with a very competitive price, which has caused LG Energy Solution, Sk On and Samsung Sdi, which are the main battery manufacturers of South Korea, Lose market share continuously. In fact, According to the consultant SNE Research Its combined market share has been reduced by 5.4% between January and June 2025. The Trump administration is determined to end this trend, and its strategy is to create in the US the necessary conditions to pave the way to South Korean batteries manufacturers and penalize Chinese producers. To carry out this idea has included A Catl, Byd, Envision Energy, Eve Energy, Gotion, Hithium and other Chinese batteries manufacturers in the list that lists the prohibited foreign entities. The purpose of this initiative is evident: it seeks to prevent US companies from buying batteries and components from China. If, despite this, they will be disqualified when accessing state subsidies. Image | Tennen-Gas More information | Volt Rush In Xataka | Historic record for China: its chips industry has produced in 2024 more than ever despite the sanctions

China has no rival in batteries and solar panels. It is already ready to also destroy Western pharmacists

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China’s quota in the world photovoltaic cell market Broken 80%and for the moment only India seems to have the ability to disturb him in the long term. Its manufacturing capacity is 17 times greater than the rest of the planet togetherwhich has encouraged the Chinese administration to support the manufacture of More than 1,000 GW in N -type cell capacity As the other countries fulfill their net emission commitments. On the other hand, China is also a world leader in The production of lithium batteries. If we stick to electric cars the country led by Xi Jinping Fabrica 57% of batteries that these vehicles use. Catl and Byd are the largest lithium batteries manufacturers on the planet with A market share in 2023 34% and 16% respectively. Its absolute leadership in these two sectors is the result of a strategy that prioritizes investment in R&D and large -scale production to shoot competitiveness. Now Chinese biotechnological companies plan to apply this successful formula to medicines. China has the ability to drastically reduce the cost of medical care “We can reduce the costs of medical care and benefit more people through technological innovation and the improvement of efficiency (…) the recent achievements of China in the field of biotechnology show that it is possible to do it,” says Da Liuthe CR-CP Managing Director Life Science Fund, a risk capital investment group created by the Chinese state and the Thai chain Pokphand Group conglomerate with the purpose of investing in biotechnology companies. “We can reduce medical care costs and benefit more people through technological innovation and efficiency improvement” Chinese pharmaceuticals and biotechnology are living a “Deepseek”. This means simply that the medications they develop are every time most demanded by multinational corporations. What the latter pursue is to obtain the necessary licenses to market, produce or distribute the medications developed in China without elaborating them from scratch. Just three weeks ago the American investment bank Jefferies published a report in which he argues that Chinese companies and assets are extraordinarily competitive thanks to “their efficiency in costs, their small deadlines and the quality of the resulting product.” Interestingly, in seven of the ten main agreements carried out by the global pharmaceutical industry during the first semester of 2025, Chinese licenses were involved, According to the Pharmcube consultant. The success of the Chinese pharmaceutical industry is supported by a strategy very similar to that which has led this Asian country to lead the markets of solar panels and lithium batteries. However, China does not have it as easy as it seems. And it is that the geopolitical tensions that mainly support the countries led by Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are very difficult for Chinese biotechnological companies their international expansion through mergers with foreign companies. According to Liu What they need to transform into great multinational actors in the pharmaceutical industry is to achieve a dominant position in at least one or two fields of biotechnology. Image | Edward Jenner More information | SCMP In Xataka | The comfort of swallowing a pill against the power of an injection: the dilemma that will mark the future of the drugs to lose weight

China was isolated from one of the key arteries of the Internet for an hour. It is not clear if it was an essay or a failure

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On the Internet there are falls that are noticed. And then there is what happened in China. For a whole hour, one of the main road traffic with the outside stopped working without explanation. It was not a total blackout, but a cut that became visible in many parts: applications that were halfway, websites that did not respond, services that failed right in the border crossing. The ruling did not fit with the typical local fall or with a problem of a single operator. It lasted 74 minutes, crossed networks and left behind an awkward silence. What fell was not all the Internet, but a concrete and widely used part: the channel that allows encrypted connections to function safely. According to GFW Reportbetween 00:34 and 01:48 of August 20, Beijing time (UTC+8), a generalized blockade was recorded in the Port 443which is the one that uses the majority of traffic HTTPS. The effect was broad and sustained, but did not affect other channels. The most striking thing is that, until now, no one has explained what caused that cut or why it happened in that strip. The technical analysis points to a very concrete pattern. Every time a connection tried to settle in that port, special packages – the RST+ACK – appeared that act as a closing order. They are the digital equivalent to hang the phone before someone attends. These packages were not sent by mistake: they were being injected into large quantities just at the key moment of the exchange between client and server. According to the specialists, this alteration did not fit with a fall due to congestion and affected both connections that came out of China and to those trying to enter. Despite the serious cut, not everything stopped working. Internal connections within China were still active, and other ports, such as 80 – for non -encrypted traffic – or 22, intended for remote connections, showed no block signs. The problem was focused on port 443. That explains why some services could continue to work while others became inaccessible: it was not a total disconnection, but a very selective interruption of the encryption step that crosses the digital border of the country. There are no public reports indicating that platforms such as WechatBaidu or Weibo suffered a generalized fall in that strip; Its main infrastructure is mostly within the country and does not depend on the international crossing for basic functions. But many Chinese apps incorporate components that depend on Servers outside of China-action, mini-programs, external APIS or cloud functions-and those calls could fail when the encrypted step was blocked. There are no public reports that indicate that platforms such as Wechat, Baidu or Weibo suffered a general fall in that strip The impact was more noticeable in international services. According to The Registerpart of the connections of foreign services – including some functions of Apple or Tesla – could be interrupted for users in China during the blockade window. Other international services that depend on HTTPS, such as certain CDNS or VPN connections that use TCP/443. In summary: the internal network was not broken, the encrypted channel was cut out and that was enough to leave many out. One of the most relevant clues is precisely that technical footprint. Each system that filters or interrupts connections leaves a trail –a fingerprint– Recognizable for the order of the packages, the TTL or the TCP window size. In this case, these values ​​differ from the previous documents, so the researchers propose two hypotheses: a new equipment deployed for tests or a known team that was in an anomalous or poorly configured state. The conclusions remain in condition until there are more data. Traffic returned to normal and there were no visible consequences on a large scale.But the cut was real, it was documented and left an unknown in the air. There were no officials or official explanations. In any case, the great firewall is still there, functioning as always, and with an intervention capacity that this time was recorded. Images | Leon Seibert | Xataka with Gemini 2.5 In Xataka | To have a rather mediocre AI it has been necessary to loot all the internet content. And Reddit has said enough

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