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A work in front of Casa is unvoyable for everyone. China has a solution: inflatable domes

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Anyone who has lived them knows: works can be as annoying as necessary. That they build a hospital, a school or a shopping center next to the house can be a blessing, but it is preceded by months and more months (not years) of dust, noise and a continuous coming and going of excavators, cranes and trucks. In China they have decided to save the neighbors that annoying toll of A peculiar form: covering the works with gigantic inflatable domes. AND (faithful to his style) He has also decided to do it in a big way. What happened? That China has had An idea so that the works generate less discomfort to houses, schools, parks, churches and other buildings that surround them: encapsulate them. Literally. Its proposal consists neither more nor less than inflarous ‘bubbles’ that cover the entire extension of the works, temporary domes that reduce noise and dust that the neighbors usually suffer when workers, trucks and excavators begin to move. The objective: less impact was while operators work inside. From theory to practice. The use of large inflatable domes is not exactly new. In autumn of 1971 Ibiza already hosted an ephemeral city created with plastic inflatables, Instant City. If the Chinese initiative is news, it is because of its approach (it seeks to minimize the impact of the works) and especially because it has gone from the theory to the facts. And big, in addition. In Jinana populous city of the East of China that acts as the head of the province of Shandong, just deployed an XXL inflatable dome as part of the Honglou 1905 project. According to Precise Huanqiuthe promoters want to build a large commercial complex there, but they found that the plot in which the works must be developed is in an area full of life, the district of Licheng, near a church, the Shandong University and an institute, in addition to numerous buildings. Thus, the question was obvious: how to get the works forward without the noise, dust, dirt and come and go of trucks to ruin the daily life of the entire neighborhood? An ephemeral ‘cathedral of 50 meters. The answer revealed it A few weeks ago Dazhong News: Those responsible for the work deployed a large inflatable dome 150 meters long, 100 wide, 50 high and a total area that moves between 20,000 and 30,000 square meters to cover the works. As is. The structure is formed by a PVDF membrane, a very fine material that operators deployed on June 12 with the help of fans. “The outside of the film is a network structure made of steel cables that keeps it together and then fixes it to the concrete beam at the bottom,” Wang Luren clarifiesHonglou Project Manager 1905. Under the dome there are no columns in addition, which allows operators to move comfortably. Click on the image to go to Tweet. Less dust, less noise. Those responsible for the work ensure that the “ bubble ‘reduces dust emissions by about 90% and cushion in more than 80% the noise of the works. It is also water resistant, which facilitates work during rainy months. However, the idea is that the dome is used during the first phase of the works, while the work progresses at zero level. For now, it has already served the government to breastfeed. A few days ago none, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, He presumed that Jinan’s inflatable dome is “the largest in the world.” And insisted: its purpose is to “create cleaner and more silent construction spaces, minimizing the impact (of the works) in the surrounding communities and the environment.” To emphasize the message he published a video of the deployment that have reproduced media such as TN either Gulf News. And what about workers? The dome may reduce the discomfort of the works between the neighborhood, but … how does it affect the operators that will work inside? If dust and noise do not go outside, do they accumulate in the structure? Won’t it affect temperature? The initiative has raised similar questions, but the promoters ensure that the bubble is also designed for workers. “Avoid high temperatures” .Luren says that the PVDF membrane blocks 90% of ultraviolet rays and the structure includes a breathlessness at the top to guarantee ventilation. “We will also adjust the construction cycle to, as far as possible, avoid high temperatures.” A spray system and fog cannons will also help the accumulation of dust under the membrane staying at “a reasonable level”. The roof is also igniphed, is designed to support storms and snowfall and is completed with a system that allows their responsible to adjust the environment. Images | X (mao none) In Xataka | China is moving whole buildings at the same time to build underneath. Because? Because it can

A lysergic trip to the byd fever in China

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When I wanted to realize, two women were making selfies by my side. They were looking for, without dissimulation, the best way to frame me next to them. They did not, of course, for my beauty. I don’t believe it, at least. It is much more likely that the last thing to be expected to meet when they accepted byd’s invitation to attend the ceremony that the unit celebrated 1,000,000 Dolphin Surf It was seeing a group of European journalists. We were there to know some of the Latest Innovations of the Company But also cover what is his first great milestone. On his way to climb to be “one of the three major car manufacturers in the next five years”, Byd has put on the street a million units of the units of the Byd Seagull. Or, as we know him in Europe, Byd Dolphin Surf. A figure that they have reached in just 27 months and for which they had a great party prepared. Accompany me on this trip to the heart of the byd fever in China. A sometimes lysergic trip, sometimes incomprehensible and, of course, totally different from what we can expect from a European manufacturer. Lost among the metadata of a mobile to know who Byd had promised us that we would know the Xi’an factory. Considered the largest vehicle production plant in the world (according to the brand maturely 13.3 million square meters), the immensity seemed even greater with all the lines stopped. “On Sunday, you don’t work,” explain the workers of the company itself. Although they also pointed out that everything depends on demand and market requirements. It seems that in China, as in any other part of the world, the market sends. In fact, according to Reutersit seems that the company is going through a momentary break, raising the foot of the accelerator. Be that as it may, there I was in the middle of an empty plant that only filled the screams of a good handful of fans of the brand, attending how my face was immortalized in the memory of a folding phone of Huawei and a second mobile from Xiaomi. Someday, I imagine, the two women will no longer wear those two white shirts with bright letters in which it reads Super Seagull and they will ask with the same strangeness as who I was that kid of the screen. Clients invited by byd to celebrate the 1,000,000 unit of the Dolphin Surf Behind us, a handful of Byd Dolphin Surf on the light line, where the body defects are checked, and a sign in which it was indicated that we were before unit 1,000,000. A little over two years ago, this car or existed. Now, A group of enthusiasts They are the cornerstone of a party that would have its peak in a convention hall in the city of Xi’an. There we would arrive later, aboard a dolphin surf with which We tried your eye from Godthe most advanced autonomous driving system that, yes, for this car is limited to highways. What we found when we got off was a real party of brand enthusiasts. The entrance to the enclosure was guarded by more than a dozen personalized cars. They were vehicles from the clients who had wanted to contribute their grain of sand. Had returned to two thousand tunneros from Spain. But in Chinese slope. Byd Dolphin Surf of a brand client Byd Dolphin Surf from another client That is, in format Cute or eminently Friki. With some Byd Seagull/Dolphin Surf painted like a racing car, with its vinyl, its multicolored paint and a great presence of black and red. Toyo wheels with the registration painted on the side of them. A good spoiler in the back. But also a pink and blue unit in pastel tones. Easily questionable combination. Like the unit with dozens of Labubus tied in the trunk of the car with a chain in the purest skin shelter style of El Corte Inglés. Later, among the screams of the attendees claiming theirs would find out what this doll is It has also become fashionable in Spain. Swirling among cars, customers and brand fans. And influencers, of course. Influencers showing the event in the purest style of Chinese streamers that a couple of years ago They gathered on the bass of a bridge. Surprise, in fact, how easy it is to see a streamer on the street telling live God knows what. A crazy celebration That same was wondering that night. We had an hour and fifteen minutes of gala for when I made the decision to leave the living room for a moment to go to the bathroom. I had been delaying the inevitable for a while and after 75 minutes of talk in which the maximum responsible for the vehicle told their experience I understood that there was still a good time sitting there. I decided After the second musical issue. It was then, with the appearance of a group tributed to The Who that seemed taken from a parody of El Terrat, when I left the room. It was the second time that those singers, all of them from a Byd Dolphin Surf, appeared on the scene to encourage attendees. We were, of course, in the intermediate. Those who did not rest were the two influencers that, live in the immensity of the Hall of the Convention Center, showed on the screen what seemed like a kind of Teleth of Byd accessories. I don’t know how many would be following the event live, but surely one of them was inside. I checked it on my return. While attendees stirred colored sticks in a dark lounge singing and Dancing to the rhythm of seventies hymns and eighties of, Mies neighboring seats looked moved the screens of their mobile phones. There they were, at the same party that continued with great interest in a panel of less than seven inches. The lights … Read more

China is cutting distances with the US in AI with the best that is given: observe

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Although artificial intelligence applications that are most used in the world usually come from US companies, China is silently climbing positions through a strategy with many legs. A strategy that not only focuses on computing, but also on building solid foundations around this industry. As WSJ points outfrom multinational banks to public universities, organizations around the world are adopting AI models developed by companies such as Deepseek or alibaba as an alternative to American solutions. There is still a great job ahead, but the popularity of its language models begins to shoot worldwide. A silent revolution. While Chatgpt is still the most popular chatbot in the world with 910 million downloads Faced with the 125 million DEPEEEK, according to the Tower Sensor Analysis firm, real competition is not measured only in end users. Banks like HSBC and Standard Chartered They have begun to prove internally the Depseek modelsthe Saudi Aramco oil company has installed this technology in its main data center, and even American giants such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and Google offer Deepseek to their customers. The Chinese strategy is clear: to offer a performance up at considerably lower prices. The dynamic is being similar to the one that the country has been applying in the rest of industries: observe around it, then innovate and then dominate with competitive prices. China’s secret weapon: 3.5 million engineers per year. For decades, China has meticulously built Its arsenal of human capital in Stem disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). The country annually graduates 3.57 million engineers, four times more than the United States. This advantage is not accidental: since the 80s, China shipment massively students to Western universities in the phenomenon known as “Hai Gui” (sea turtles), which returned to transform Chinese academic institutions. Universities like Tsinghua They have come to overcome Stanford or Mit in number of relevant scientific studies. The master plan began with the “four modernizations“De Deng Xiaoping, who prioritized technical and scientific education with a long -term vision. Today, education spending has not come down from 4% of GDP In two decades, and incentives to publish quality research can reach $ 100,000 per study. The result: 38% of AI experts who work in the United States were formed in Chinese universities. How China is gaining ground. The Chinese strategy combines three key elements: First: An approach to practical applications of AI against the American search for superintelligence. While Openai and other American companies pursue revolutionary advances, Chinese companies focus on solving immediate market problems. Second: The release of open source models that allow developers around the world to adapt them freely. Alibaba has seen how more than 100,000 derived models are created based on its Qwenand in other institutions, such as the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, They have chosen Deepseek for your projects due to your Open-Source nature and to be able to use it without connection to guarantee the safety of your data. Third: aggressive prices that are irresistible for emerging markets. On platforms such as Latenode, which helps companies around the world to create personalized AI tools, one in five global companies already choose Deepseek Being “17 times cheaper” than US alternatives, according to Oleg Zankov, co -founder of Latenode. This strategy is especially effective in countries where money and computing power are more limited. A COLD TECHNOLOGICAL WAR. This competition is fracturing the global ecosystem of AI in two blocks. USA has tightened chips exports restrictionswhile China massively invests in building an independent supply chain. The result is a division in which countries and companies must choose between American or Chinese systems. And while Washington tries to limit Chinese access to technology, American companies themselves integrate Chinese solutions in their services. Innovation, talent and prices. The competition will intensify on multiple fronts. China is revolutionizing its search engines: Baidu has just launched The greatest update of its platform In a decade, allowing searches for more than a thousand characters compared to the previous 28, complete integration with AI and multimodal capabilities that include voice, images and files. It is a direct response to the Deepseek pressure at the national level and other conversational platforms. Meanwhile, Chinese talent is still courted by American technological ones: goal has recently signed To four key Chinese engineers of OpenAI, who have contributed greatly in models such as GPT-4 and O3. Paradoxically, while Trump threatens to revoke visas to Chinese students For national security, the American industry depends more and more on this talent. What is clear is that the country that achieves the broader adoption of its technology in the rest of the world will have a huge advantage. Cover image | Solen Feyissa and Arthur Wang In Xataka | The new AI star is Alexandr Wang: Zuckerberg has given the keys of the future to a child prodigy of 97

In his career against the United States, China is betting on something different: an artificial intelligence “personified”

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The AI ​​race has two main actors: the United States and China. Although at first it seemed unattainable, China already steps on Americans as far as quality is concerned and advanced by leaps and bounds in areas necessary for its development such as energy. China has another ace in the sleeve: the personified. Two ways of seeing the AI. Although they compete in the same land, the strategies of both countries have obvious differences. A clear example is in the business model itself: United States bets on a premium and China for a free AI. The differences would go much further. As writes As Andrew Stockols writesMIT researcher specializing in digital infrastructure in China, the United States focuses on the abstract, leading the great language models with Chatgpt, Gemini or Claude. For its part, China is betting very strong for an IA integrated into physical systems and infrastructure, with a clear leadership in areas such as industry and robotics. The “personified”. In English it is called “Embodied ai”, which can be translated by personified, embodied or integrated. It is an AI with physical presence, applied to systems that interact with the environment through sensors and actuators. It is the artificial intelligence applied to autonomous cars, personal mobility vehicles, models of “urban brain” and of course robotics. This idea is Chinese government priorityalready include the term in your work report This year. Robots for everything. Robots running marathons, Making Kick-Boxing, Playing football and even Robots-pump. China likes robots, it is clear to us, but this obsession goes far beyond these nice examples. Leading the robotics sector is part of the Plan “Made in China 2025” already today have achieved a competitive position, so much that in the United States already The alarms jumped. If we focus only on the industry, China is the undisputed leader with a 51% of the total stock of industrial robots. A few months ago, He appeared at BeiSi Kaiwu“The first integrated AI platform” with support for different “bodies.” This platform allows robots to perceive, interact and learn from the environment dynamically. In addition to humanoid robots, it is also intended for other products such as autonomous driving or even wearable devices. Autonomous vehicles. In 2020, China published its “Innovation and Smart Vehicle Development Strategy” where the idea of ​​”person-carretera-nube” is included. The key to this proposal is that not only cars carry sensors and cameras, they must also be present on roads, especially intersections. In addition, cars would communicate with each other to avoid collisions. Although with advantages from the point of view of security, there is a disadvantage and it is the cost of creating and maintaining that infrastructure. But not all self -employed vehicles have to be cars, other personal mobility vehicles are also developing with autonomous driving such as Autonomous wheelchair that the Freego company presented in March this year. Urban brains. There is even more. Another of the key applications of this integrated AI is in the cities. China has been working on the idea of ​​the smart city for a long time. Already in 2016, they developed a solution for the city of Hangzhou that helped Manage traffic using AI. Since then, they have not stopped appearing similar projects And there are currently many Chinese cities that have “brains”. However, behind this intelligent city idea there is an interest in improving the governance of cities or, in other words, that works as a surveillance system. We see it in This ambitious plan to integrate AI in the city of Wuhan: “Integrating algorithms of AI in real environments. Imbued with the predefined values ​​by the Chinese Communist Party, the AI ​​interacts with its natural environment, learning as it progresses.” Image | Alex Knight in Pexels In Xataka | There is a new battle between China and Elon Musk: its protagonists are humanoid robots and goes for long

China is at the gates of overcoming Taiwan in number of chips produced. Sounds very intimidating but it is not so much

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China will surpass Taiwan in 2030 in the production capacity of semiconductors. This is indicated by a recent Yole Group report that highlights how the efforts of the Asian giant will soon be rewarded. At least in the quantity section. Not so much in quality. Chinese-Taiwan tension. China has one especially delicate relationship With Taiwan, and that shows in the chips race. TSMC is the jewel of the Taiwanese crownabsolute protagonist in the semiconductor sector. No one produces more and better chips, and the restrictions that affect the People’s Republic of China (China) do not affect the Chinese Republic (Taiwan). China, however, has been investing in its own continental companies and manufacturing plants (“Foundries”), and that is giving results. The data. According to this study, the production capacity of semiconductors in continental China plants will represent 30% of the world total quota before the decade ends, when in 2024 it was 21%. Taiwan currently is the market leader with a 23%share, while China is already second with the aforementioned 21%. Behind are South Korea (19%), Japan (13%) and the US (10%). Big Fund. Beijing put years ago its plan to be a “complete nation” in the field of semicoductors. This is: not depending on anyone. To do this, he created the so -called Investment Fund of the Integrated Circuit Industry of China, popularly known as the “great background” or “Big Fund”. The economic support of this body has allowed SMIC and Hua Hong Semiconductor – two of the main manufacturers of Chinese semiconductors – to flourish especially. Chinese manufacturers evolve. The domestic plants of continental China have been growing in relevance, and They have invested significantly in expansions that allow working in chips for sectors such as automotive or generative artificial intelligence. All this makes the panorama for semiconductors in China improve, but only in a section. Good for quantity, bad for “quality”. The problem of these semiconductor plants is that they use less advanced photolithographs ranging from 8 to 45 Nm. Although these types of chips remain perfectly valid for industries such as automotive, IoT devices or appliances, they are not for advanced AI chips, which are in which TSMC dominates. The great Chinese promise, in trouble. SMIC, the main Chinese semiconductor manufacturer, has been trying to make the leap to a 5 Nm photolithographic node, but this technology He is choking. In fact, his 7 nm node already had Notable problems In performance per wafer, and failing to take that step is for the moment a negative note in that remarkable advance in production rhythms. And while his rivals for all. TSMC and Samsung have already overcome that photolithographic node and are going at full speed to start the mass production of 2 nm chips. It is expected that TSMC achieves it this year and that Samsung does it in 2026. Taiwan in fact is Testing your lithography A14 (1.4 Nm), which will enter large -scale production in 2028. Image | Xataka with chatgpt In Xataka | ASML’s new lithography team divides chips manufacturers. TSMC considers not using it until 2030

China has been wondering what to do with its 300 million pensioners. It has a “voluntary” solution

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It We count last year. In Europe we don’t stop Find a formula that Relieve the situation of retirement and pension of people. But nothing that happens in the continent resembles what happens in China and its 300 million pensioners (and other hundreds that are projected in ten years). The country has made a decision to stop the problem: gradually upload the retirement age. Gradual increase. China thinks Gradually increase your legal retirement age in the next five years to try to deal with the aging of its population and the increasingly suffocated pension system. An action that is part of a series of resolutions adopted at a high -level five -year meeting of the Communist Party, known as the third plenary. An enlightening fact before giving context to the serious crisis of the Asian country: life expectancy has now increased above the United Statesuntil 78 years, and was only 36 years at the time of the communist revolution in 1949. A crisis of several fronts. The country has a problem: Society ages. With an economy In decelerationa long time since demographic crisis symptoms were felt. Last year, China lost for the second year consecutive population. Meanwhile, on the sidewalk in front, the figures indicated the lowest birth rates since there are records. All this assumes that the population of age to retire, One of the casualties in the world (60 years for men, 55 for women in administrative work and 50 for working class women), it only grows. In 2022 it was 280 million, last year of 297 million (21% of the total census). Worse. There are forecasts that speak of other 300 million projected In the next decade, and for the middle of the century there is talk of a population of 60 years or more than, at least, will exceed 500 million (almost 40% of the total register). In fact, forecasts talk about four workers for each retiree in 2030and in 2050, only two. Gradual retirement by phases. The entire scenario described above leads us to the news that has been confirmed and that has been brewing months ago. “According to the principles of voluntariness and flexibility, we will move constantly and orderly in the reform to progressively delay the legal retirement age,” The Communist Party of China explained last Sunday. The plan, together with some other key reforms, was published in a resolution three days after the country’s leaders concluded the third Plenary of China, an important political meeting in Beijing that takes place every five years. What we know. The truth is that it has not been specified how much retirement age or when, but A report on pension development From China published in late 2023, he explained that “65 years may be the final result after adjustment.” The plan has been at stake for some years, as China’s pension budget decreases. If it serves as a track, in 2019 (and before the pandemic) the cabinet had predicted that the Chinese Pension Fund It would run out in 2035 due to the decrease in its workforce. Years of strong restrictions related to pandemic have further reduced the coffers of local governments and, as they explained, “they could further aggravate the pension deficit.” At the same time and as we said, the huge population of the country has decreased for the second consecutive year in 2023 as the birth rate falls. Doubts. As for those somewhat “diffuse” terms, especially in the case of a capital issue such as pensions, the Global Times state newspaper cited demographs of the country saying that in the plan to increase retirement age, it stands out “voluntariness” and “flexibility”. It is impossible to predict how far that apparent decision of the Chinese citizen would achieve, but what seems clear is that the authorities recognize that there is no unique policy for everyone when it comes to retirement. Skepticism. That is the word that now defines the plan between Many Chinese usury on the Internet. Of all the doubts expressed, one that is repeated. “Those who want to retire in advance are exhausted by their laborious works, but those who perform comfortable and lucrative functions will not choose to retire. What kind of work will end with the youngest generation?” A user comments on the Weibo Networksurely exposing one of the key issues that nobody has yet explained. Image | Soctech, Clay Banks (UNSPLASH) In Xataka | The ghost of the demographic crisis had been threatening China for years. Well, it has started *An earlier version of this article was published in July 2024

China has been launching the same message to the world about Taiwan. The date was 2027 … until the US bombarded Iran

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Now that there is a certain tense calm in the Middle East, there are many analysts who have turned the magnopolitical framework. In June we already commented that, in a turn of the most perverse events, the United States attack Iran intended to contain a nuclear proliferation could be the catalyst of another even more dangerous: North Korea. There was a second stage to draw: that of China and Taiwan. Start over. The analysts told of the New York Times That the American attack against Iranian nuclear facilities has added a new layer of complexity to the already tense geopolitical equation between the United States, China and Taiwan. What began as a diplomatic strategy became a sudden offensive that now serves as Element of study For Chinese leaders, who seek to anticipate how Trump would respond to an eventual crisis in the Taiwan Strait. His Erratic behavior And his willingness to resort to the use of force, even having previously rejected it, generate confusion in Beijing. China, they agree, observe this turn as a sign that Trump, far from representing a predictable position, could apply a logic of force equally in Asia if it perceives that their interests are at stake. Iran’s mirror. In the same way What North Koreahe Attack on Iran has been able to force Chinese strategists to Check your models of contingency with respect to Taiwan. Despite the obvious differences between the two scenarios, the essential lesson It is shared: Trump is willing to unleash military operations if he considers it appropriate, even against adversaries with limited response capacity such as Iran. Beijing, on the other hand, has a considerably superior military power and is known closer to the theater of operations than any American force. Even so, the possibility of a sudden escalation forces the Chinese to prepare For a Scenario fanfrom a diplomatic crisis to a direct confrontation that escapes their hands. Uncertainty about Trump’s red line is precisely what worries them. Taiwan and ambiguity. A constant in American politics towards Taiwan has been the calculated ambiguity: dissuad China from that invasion that sounds by 2027 (coinciding with The EPL centenary), without explicitly guaranteeing a military intervention. Trump has brought that ambiguity to an extreme level. At times ha praised Xi Jinping And he has given relaxes of distensionwhile in others he has hardened his rhetoric and has intensified The supply of weapons to Taipéi. For Beijing, this duality is disconcerting but also dangerous, because it cannot be certain to its behavior. In this context, Chinese analysts They have intensified His scrutiny, maintaining discrete meetings with American interlocutors in search of clues about the true limits of the former president. The impression they transmit is of nervous caution: they fear that the Trump’s unpredictability can trigger an unwanted crisis. Cross pressures. The tension not only emanates from Beijing. Remembered in another report the Time Magazine that within the United States and Taiwan there is fear that Trump himself, in his eagerness, ends giving something to China In a future summit with XI, perhaps in the form of an ambiguous statement or a significant omission about the defense of the island. Washington, as we said, maintains armament supply (And more) and exhortes Taipéi to increase his military spending, but it is the president who finally decides. That centralization of power and its erratic character They worry both in the Pentagon and in the Taiwanese presidential palace. We have Cash: The recent ones Chinese maneuversincluding deployment of aircraft carriers Beyond the first island chain, they are seen as stress tests: Silent drills to measure the allied reaction capacity and the degree of real commitment of Washington. Taiwan between lines and symbols. While Beijin accuses President Taiwanesa Lai Ching-Te de Separatismo, the island administration insists that it is the maneuvers and Chinese threats that They tension the rope. In turn, within Taiwan, there are those who interpret Trump’s attack to Iran as An indirect warning To the great powers, a coded message towards Moscow and Beijing: if a line is crossed, the answer could be immediate. But the comparison between Iran and China is dangerous. He Missile Arsenal from Beijing (which includes about 3,500 missiles Conventional, nuclear ballistic submarines and a rapid assembly) would make a lightning offensive like the one launched in the Middle East. China knows it, and that is why Multiply your deploymentsair incursions and Naval exercisesconsolidating a constant pressure on the island, designed to wear it psychologically and strategically. China between two fronts. Plus: while facing these uncertainties in the east, Beijing must deal with a growing perception of threat in the West. The Recent statements From the secretary general of NATO, Mark Rutte, alerting about Chinese military expansion and his possible coordination with Russia in case of crisis in Taiwan, reinforce the western narrative of China As a systemic challenge. Beijing, meanwhile, denounces that NATO seeks to justify its expansion to Asia using China As a pretext. A theater of shadows. In summary, Trump has shown that he can change course Without prior noticeand that feature, far from reassuring, introduces a dangerous volatility element. Meanwhile, China explores if you can find a loop to weaken American support to Taipéi, even Without resorting to force. And in parallel, the military apparatus of the United States and its allies fears that any calculation error, any word out of place at a summit, can trigger a chain reaction. The military action In Iran it is not just a specific act: it is a declaration of ambiguous intentions, one that has put all the actors of the Indo-Pacific board alert. Image | Chairman, Garystock In Xataka | That China performs 3,000 military air maneuvers over a year is not striking. To do it about Taiwan, yes In Xataka | It is the third time in a few months that China presents itself against Taiwan with an army. The island has decided to move on to attack

China has converted salmon breeding into a high seas into an engineering feat. This latest generation ship shows it

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Half of the fish we eat is no longer fishing in an open sea. Is raised in controlled facilitiesmany times away from the coast. It is the aquaculturean industry in full expansion that today produces more Fish for human consumption that traditional fishing, According to FAO data. Spain leads this activity in the European Union, with more than 5,000 centers in operation and a diversity of species that goes from rainbow trout to the Galician mussel. And yet, the most ambitious development of this industry does not seem to be on land or close to the coast. The state agency CGTN says that China has just bounced the First intelligent aquaculture ship in the world. A floating structure that sails, breeds and processes salmon without returning to port. A floating mega -structure that reproduces the complete cycle of a fish farm The Suhai-1 is the first smart and self-sufficient aquaculture ship in the world. Its construction marks, according to its developers, the beginning of a new stage in the salmon breeding in the open sea. It measures almost 250 meters long, displaces 132,000 tons and has 15 breeding compartments capable of hosting a volume of water equivalent to 33 Olympic swimming pools. Everything is automated: From food to oxygen control, through the simulation of natural light and waste management. The project has been built by the CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding company. But the most surprising thing is your ability to navigate. Unlike traditional sea farms, many of them anchored to coastal areas or fixed structures on the high seas, this ship can move to areas with optimal conditions for salmon growth, such as the mass of cold water of the yellow sea (Yellow Sea). Sinas details that Suhai-1 does not need to be anchored in a fixed place. Can navigate to a maximum speed of 18 km/h and move hundreds of kilometers if the conditions of the environment require it. In case of storm, red tide or any other phenomenon, the ship can quickly move to safer areas. It also has an autonomy of 20,000 nautical miles and can operate self -sufficiently for 90 days. Interior of the Suhai-1 His first mission, in fact, will be heading towards the cold waters of the Yellow Sea, where temperatures They range between 10 and 18 degrees: The ideal range for salmon growth. The objective is clear: keep fish in their optimal surroundings since they are fry until they reach maturity. Once ready, it will not be necessary to take them to the ground for transformation: the ship itself has processing systems that allow you to file, package and preserve the fish on board, ready to be landed and distributed. According to the operating company, the product can reach Chinese markets in less than 24 hours after capture. To guarantee a controlled environment, the Suhai-1 integrates intelligent systems that They regulate five key factors: Water, oxygen, food, lighting and waste management. Everything is monitored in real time and coordinated from a centralized control center on board. Interior of the Suhai-1 The automated feeding system is responsible for storing, transporting, opening and distributing the feed (food), guided by algorithmic decisions that adjust the amount according to the growth of the fish. The constant water renewal is carried out by means of a circuit that exchanges the fluid inside with fresh marine water, adapting the pressure and flow rate. In addition, the ship has environmental sensors, underwater surveillance cameras, filtering systems and a Industrial Processing Plant capable of operating in two modalities: rapid cooling and freezing. In optimal conditions, fish can reach port and be marketed in a matter of hours. Suhai-1 is not born only as a technological flavor, but in response to increasing domestic demand. China has become in the salmon market that grows faster in the world. Only in 2024, consumption reached 1,760 million dollars, with an increase of 21% compared to the previous year. However, national production is not yet to meet that demand. Fish farms on land or fixed networks produce less than 50,000 tons per yearwhile imports remain high. Suhai-1 aspires to reduce that dependence. According to CGTN, their drivers plan to release the first fry this fall and bring the first harvest to the market around the dragon boat festival next year. China has been betting on the scale and engineering for years as a way of projecting power. There they are The three throats damits high -speed trains network –The most extensive in the world– o The trains that compete for being the fastest on the planet. Projects that respond to the same logic: overcome limits in technology, transport or energy. Suhai-1 fits that line. In Europe, aquaculture has centuries of history. The Romans already raised fish in artificial ponds. Spain adopted these practices early and consolidated an aquaculture culture that is still alive: from the Galician bats for the mussel to the southern estuaries for the lubina or the gold. Images | Jiangsu LianShen Marine Technology | Caroline Attwood In Xataka | “Lobster plague”: in the crusade of European cities against cruise ships, Cannes is now the spearhead

China has been cultivating Stem talent in silence for 40 years. Today has the most coveted quarry on the planet

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For decades China has been the great factory of the world, but in parallel the country silently prepared another revolution: that of its Stem engineers (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). Chinese leadership in graduates in these technical disciplines is overwhelming, and every year produces about 3.5 million engineers among which there is a new elite: that of AI engineers. China triumphs with its long -term plan. It all started in the “post-mao” era. After his death and the arrival of Deng Xiaoping, the country suffered a remarkable reform that began with his “four modernizations“And among them, to restore education with a special focus on science and technology. The president highlighted in 1988 how” science and technology are the main productive forces, “and encouraged a unique change. Hai gui. In the mid -80s China began to send a huge number of students to Western countries. The objective: to learn in their universities and achieve training in fields such as engineering, physics, chemistry and mathematics. Those students then returned to China in a phenomenon that has been called “Hai Gui” (“sea turtles”). They managed to inspire the following generations when returning to Chinese academic institutions, which gradually became some of the most advanced in the world. Chinese elite universities. It happened for example with the University of Tshinghua, which between 2013 and 2016 was already the university with the highest number of relevant scientific studies (cited) according to a study of The Economist. Behind were prestigious US institutions such as Stanford or MIT. As I explained Yang Bin, vice president of the University of Tsinghua, “those intellectuals (the” hai gui “) played a very important role, changing all the climate, raising the standards.” Money and more money to educate. The long -term plan of the Asian giant has worked, and today they leave their universities 3.57 million Stem graduates a year. In the US the figure is four times lower: 820,000. Education spending It has not dropped from 4% of its GDP In the last 20 years, and the incentives for Chinese academics to publish studies are notable: if they are of great quality and they are published in Western institutions, They can enter $ 100,000 By study. And the AI ​​is now a fundamental focus. Between 2012 and 2022 the budget spending of the Chinese government in education increased from 2.2 billion yuan (268,167 million euros) to 4.85 billion yuan (591,187 million euros), more than double. Several Chinese elite universities They have announced His intention to expand his curricula with the objective of prioritizing the strategic needs of the country, and here the AI ​​- who You start teaching in schools– It’s key. Ten years projects. In that article of The Economist, they also reveal how since 1995 the Chinese government has initiated various projects to revolutionize its educational environment. The call came first PROJECT 211 which aimed to “prepare approximately 100 universities for the 21st century.” Later they were replaced with the so-called “Double First-Class Construction”, and under Xi Jinping in 2016, which further promoted technical certifications and high training of Chinese technical universities. IA superstars. We have four good examples of all that great reform. Shengjia Zhao, Hongyu Ren, Jiahui Yu and Shuchao Bi are Superestrellas of the AI. Especially after target “Straight” in Openai’s house and steal them tempting them with stratospheric salaries. They all have something important in common: their training. Talent theft. Zuck confirmed these days in an internal statement Filtrated by CNBC Those signings. There were 11 engineers, 7 of which come from Openai. In that statement, the formation of a new division of “superintelligence” led by Alexandr Wang was also confirmed. And he, in turn, welcomed four of those new companions we were talking about. Who they are. Their names are not known, but these four engineers have had a very relevant role in the development of AI models in OpenAi. In the internal statement itself there is talk of your work in Openai, which has been the following: Jiahui Yu-Co-Creator of O3, O4-MINI, GPT-4.1 and GPT-4O. He previously directed the perception team in OpenAi and multimodal co -directed in Gemini. SHENGJIA ZHAO-Co-Creader of Chatgpt, GPT-4, all MINI, 4.1 and O3 models. He previously directed synthetic data in OpenAI. It has appeared In some of OpenAi’s product presentations. Shuchao Bi: GPT-4O and O4-MINI voice mode co-creator. He previously directed the subsequent multimodal formation in Openal. Hongyu Ren: GPT-4o cooker, 4O-mini, O1-mini, O3-mini, 03 and O4-mini. He previously directed a postformation group in Openal. 100% Chinese talent. But what is striking here is that as they point out In SCMPthese four engineers share a similar and very significant academic trajectory. All of them trained in prestigious Chinese technical universities, and then continue their studies in academic entities in the United States. They graduate in China, they do doctorate in the US. Zhao graduated from the University of Tshinghua in 2016 and then computer study at Stanford University. Ren graduated at the University of Beijing in 2018 and continued studying at Stanford from 2018 to 2023. Yu was titled at the School of Young Talents from the University of Science and Technology of China and then doctorate in computer science at the University of Illinois Urbano-Champaign. And Bi graduated from the University of Zhejiang and then doctorate in mathematics at the University of California in Berkeley. China is the great world engineer quarry. The Asian giant is also in terms of its academic dimension. It is by far the largest world producer of graduates in Stem races (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). They know that well in the US, because Chinese students are the ones who take the highest share of foreign students studying or complete their studies in the US: 20% of all of them come from China. And above all, of AI engineers. A report of the Paulgo Institute of Chicago (USA) recently revealed that 38% of AI experts that develop their professional career in the US They have formed in Chinese universities. … Read more

The true bottleneck of AI is not chips but electricity. And there China has a great asset

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Data centers are Electricity devourers. A single training cluster can spend more light than 100,000 houses. And while we become obsessed with the semiconductor war, the main problem is still there, in silence: electricity. Why is it important. Training the most powerful models require superoring workers 24 hours for whole weeks. It doesn’t matter if you have the best chips in the world if you don’t have electricity to feed them. It is like having a Ferrari with hardly any gasoline. In figures: The context. The United States has an still incontestable domain in AI and controls 75% of world computing capacity. But their companies are being delays with years to connect new data centers to the electricity network. Google, Microsoft and Amazon They have to deal with years of delays to connect new data centers to the electricity network. China, on the other hand, can lift and connect plants in a few months. Unidso’s bottleneck is in the slowness to connect new capacity to the network. Between the lines. American chip restrictions have forced China to be more efficient. He Deepseek earthquake At the beginning of the year it was the best test. China is riding its “National Integrated Computer Network”, connecting public and private data centers. Your “East Data, West Computing” plan “ Build eight big hubs in provinces with cheap renewable energy. It is something similar to what we saw at the time with the cryptocurrency mining. The key: China puts the AI ​​where there is electricity. Yes, but. Coal is still 58% of its mix energetic. Although renewables is expanding at a good pace, its current advantage is based partly on fossil fuels. That questions the sustainability of its strategy. And now what. The AI ​​career will be decided both in power plants and in laboratories. China is building the infrastructure to feed gigantic models. The United States has better chips, But worse electrical infrastructure. AI needs two things: Silicon. Electric muscle China is betting very strong for the second and that could be its winning asset. Outstanding image | ダモ リ in Unspash In Xataka | China’s three master moves to “independent” technologically from the West: raw materials, chips, AI

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