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In his obsession to torpedo the Chinese chips industry, the US wants to block an essential to manufacture them: the software, according to FT

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Hard setback for the Trump administration, which dawns this Thursday, May 29 with a clear response from the US International Trade Court to its tariff policy. The organism has declared generalized tariffs illegalafter considering that “they exceed any authority conferred on the president by the IEEPA (Law on Economic Powers in case of international emergency) “. In the middle of the storm, sources of Financial Times They declare that the United States Department of Commerce has begun to urge the main suppliers of electronic design automation software (EDA), in a new attempt to continue trying to knock each of the pillars that sustains the Chinese semiconductor industry. The new order. The Trump administration is starting to inform To the main national companies that offer the necessary software to design semiconductors that they must stop selling their services to Chinese groups. A measure that strengths the commercial war between the United States and China, at a time when the latter country is in full chips national production record and getting closer to develop their own 5 Nm lithography. The big names. There are three big names playing in the American industry: Cadence, Synopsy and Siemens. These three companies They monopolize the bulk of the Global EDA software market And they have been key for China to have been able to develop its current semiconductor industry. Preventing China from accessing this type of solutions is a zancadilla. These tools are essential to achieve advanced lithographic processes and expedite essentials such as design verification, performance simulation, energy consumption, and other key aspects to lead in the manufacture of any chip. Why is EDA software. In the manufacture of a modern semiconductor, tools that make it possible to automate the essential design and verification processes for its manufacture are necessary. Minimizing the margin of error and being especially effective in the refining of your behavior is key to leading this career. EDA software is a fundamental element to ensure that these designs meet the expectations of the manufacturing process, and allows to automate each of the phases of the same. The local industry. SMICthe spearhead in the Chinese semiconductor industry, It has been using Synopsys design suites For more than 20 years. After entering the Entity Listthe company did not lose access to these toolsonly access to them was difficult to be forced to establish license agreements to be able to use them. If Trump’s order is fulfilled, it will not be possible to renew these agreements or access to the software of these companies. Immediately after the intentions of the US administration, local companies such as Empyrean Technology, Primarius Techonologies and Semitonix, have seen the price of the action around 20%. These companies are specialized in the development of software solutions for semiconductors, and are some of the main names that sound after Trump’s threat. Even in the air. Although sources consulted by Financial Times affirm that the United States Industry and Security Office (BIS) is issuing this new directive through letters to companies, some like Synopsys have not taken long to uncheck. “We are aware of the rumors and speculation, but Synopsys has not received any official communication from the Bis. That is why we keep our annual forecasts unchanged, based on our current understanding of the export restrictions of the BIS and in the forecast of an interannual fall of the income from China.” Cadence and Siemens, for the moment, have not made statements about it. In Xataka | China prepares the mate to the US: it will have its own UVE lithography team to make chips in 2025

Chinese immigrants have always been a mystery to Spain. The podcast ‘a and a half Chinese’ is solving it from within

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‘A and a half Chinese’ is one of the last phenomena that have emerged in Spain portraying the Chinese-Spanish experience. It’s about A podcast Made by a couple of young people from Chinese origin but totally settled in Spain, and who interview program after program to immigrants from the Asian country (although not exclusively), with which they address extremely diverse issues: from the personal experience of a Chinese that is also black to the evolution of purely Chinese businesses in Spain such as restaurants or bazaars. A combination of success. Jiajun Yin and Lin are the two presenters of ‘A and a half Chinese’, and a fast flutter on the themes of your programs And the extracts that select for social networks make clear the secret of their success, beyond the acidic gaze that translates the Chinese experience in Spain. It is a program that raises a very personal balance between playing with the topics of the Chinese seen from outside (with humor that, if it came from someone not Chinese, would be considered racist, as competitions to open your eyes a lot) and first -hand information about How Chinese immigrants open so many businesses in Spain. Main themes. The themes that Jiajun Yin and Lin van from personal anecdotes to the cultural shock, through the process of dismantling community stereotypes or detailing the differences between generations of migrants. Thanks to their ability to make a speaker of issues little visible in traditional media and, with the help of their closeness and humorous tone, they have earned an audience that exceeds, Only on YouTubealmost 130,000 subscribers. Chinese-Spanish for the world. ‘A and a half Chinese’ is not an isolated phenomenon there are multiple creators and artists who have similar approaches: an integration experience in Spain, but without losing their Chinese identity along the way. For example, without leaving the orbit of podcasts, we have a ‘Banana Generation‘. Its author is Ouyang Zhu, with a more serious point than ‘a Chinese and a half’ and that borders activism, with conversations about the Children of migrants And the problems to integrate, getting to touch aspects such as the relationship between racism and mental health. Second generation. Content creators such as ‘a Chinese and a half’ or ZHu address the needs and concerns of a second generation of migrants. This claimed in ‘El País’ the need to have “mediocre referents“That they are not marked by success or sacrifice. It is a generation often raised in solitude due to the work demands of the parents, who often Invite your podcast to also expose their views. On paper. Not only in the world of podcasts there are authors with these themes. For example, Quan Zhou Wu She is a comic author born in Spain of Chinese parents. Theirs are works such as ‘Gazpacho Agridulce’, ‘Andaluchinas for the world’ and ‘People from here, people from there’, in which they also add up issues such as racism, bureaucracy or the sense of belonging. Minke Wang, meanwhile, is a writer and poet and lives in Spain since the age of ten. In books like ‘Overseas voices‘makes a non -fictional story about the hybrid identity that has marked several generations of his family. A mentality that has marked second generation migrants, who are now being expressed with their own works. In Xataka | China wants to dominate world trade and has a plan in progress: bring the sea to its interior cities

The US wants to end the chips for the Chinese that are sold abroad. And China knows how to defend oneself

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The US Department of Commerce gave in the middle of this May A very important step forward in His offensive against Huawei’s business outside China. During the last weeks this Chinese company has presented two chips for artificial intelligence (AI), the Ascend 910d and the Ascend 920with which he seeks to occupy the holes in the Chinese market that will presumably leave Nvidia as a result of the latest sanctions to China deployed by the US. The American company led by Jensen Huang can no longer deliver to its Chinese clients Your H20 GPUand, precisely, Huawei aspires to get that market portion with its new chip ascend 920. The other GPU, the Ascend 910D chip, presumably delivers a performance comparable to that of the GPU NVIDIA H100so it aspires to consolidate as a solid alternative to the latter. The US cannot control the presence of Huawei in China, but has taken a very important step forward to cut off its presence outside its country of origin. The US is determined to prevent the sale of chips for Chinese outside China Frequently some readers ask us why the US has the power to prevent Asml, which is a company of the Netherlands, to sell its most advanced lithography teams to its Chinese clients. This right lies on a fundamental principle: the most advanced machines produced by ASML, such as its equipment of extreme ultraviolet photolithography (UVE) or deep ultraviolet (UVP) use US technologies. One of the most important is the innovation that allows these machines to generate ultraviolet radiation with adequate wavelength. If the US applies this regulation, China will activate its anti -senses law This is in essence the same principle that the US Department of Commerce has appealed to approve a resolution by which no country on the planet can buy the GPUs for the Ascend de Huawei. According to this American institution this Chinese company has produced these chips illegally using US technologiesso its export outside the borders of the country governed by Xi Jinping violates the export controls of the Department of Commerce. However, this is not all. And it is that last week the US government announced that this prohibition has acquired a global character, so it is no longer limited to the GPUs for Ia that produces Huawei, but affects all chips for the developed by Chinese companies. As expected, the Beijing Government He has taken it as an aggression. And has responded to the US with less moderation than on other occasions. His first measure has consisted of announcing that if the US applies this regulation, China will activate its anti -senses law. According to Xin QiangProfessor of the Institute of International Studies of the Fudan University, in Shanghai, “China’s countermeasures against this new chips restriction will impact US technology companies with large businesses in China (…) These technology companies They have a great influence in Washington“There is no doubt that the administration led by Xi Jinping has the ability to respond to its American counterpart. In fact, Qiang holds that “Beijing is essentially following US movements: you scales, I scall; you reduce, I reduce.” And we cannot ignore that China still has a margin to press the US and its allies hardening its export controls of critical minerals. Image | Moore Threads More information | SCMP In Xataka | In a low voice, China has begun to remove some tariffs from US products. Your concern: the chips

The autonomous driving was the great absent in the presentation of the Xiaomi Yu7 and there is a reason: the Chinese government

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May 22 will be a day for the particular story of Xiaomi as a brand. Taking advantage of its fifteenth anniversary, the company celebrated an event in which He made various ads But, above all, he emphasized two new products: an own chip and its second electric car, the Xioami Yu7. The presentation of Second Xiaomi electric car And his first SUV had everything we expected. The force deployment was total. The company confirmed that a year after launching its first car to the market, almost 300,000 vehicles have already put on the street. He was followed by a presentation where there were no single detail to comment. Luxurious details such as several -layer paintings, retractable shooters at the doors (which close themselves), seats designed to rest in them and, of course, an arsenal of comparisons with Tesla, Porsche and Mercedes, whom they point out as great rivals. The other great afternoon star was the Hypervision Hud, a Head-Up Display that crosses all the width of the windshield to project all kinds of information on it, segmenting this in areas and launching the most relevant for each of the passengers. A solution that BMW advanced two years ago but that has not yet put into practice. We had everything in a presentation of the car that spread for almost an hour. Of everything? Almost, almost everything. Because we had a great absent: autonomous driving. No traces of autonomous driving During the presentation of Xiaomi Su7the Chinese company emphasized the autonomous driving capabilities of its vehicles. Showed in a video How the car moved but also how the driver got off the vehicle before entering a parking lot and, autonomously, the car moved through an environment of several plants and parked in a really adjusted space. The commitment to this facet was such that The first time that officially He saw the vehicle in motion was doing it for himself. In recent years, automated driving has been one of the big game boards where the battle for the electric car in China develops. In fact, the company’s rivals have also emphasized it in recent years. Nio has based on its strategy In this area and Byd hit the table recently announcing that His “eye of God” will reach all carsregardless of its price. It was undoubtedly a dart to Tesla who was has worked hard to operate as a vehicle with autonomous driving capabilities. So why was it overlooked at the presentation of the Xiaomi Yu7? During the same, the little that was said about this type of functions is that the car will have A new chipset that will help you better visualize obstacles or pedestrians. And that’s it. The message in relation to security was on the other hand. The company focused on the good results of its chassis and The presentation of a new framework of the cabin, highlighting the materials with which he was made and the pressures he can bear. Why did they spend so much talking about something so technical? Lei Jun presenting the structure of the Xiaomi Yu7 Well, a few weeks ago Three people died aboard an Xiaomi Su7. And there is a suspicion that is floating in the air: they had active the most advanced functions of driving. A fatal accident is something that all brands that want to delve into this market have passed but the Chinese government has given an order: there is no talk of autonomous driving. The companions of Xiaomi world that from The fateful accident There is a generalized concern in the country. So much so that from the government of the country they have launched a new regulation and have given an important notice to the manufacturers, as it has been able to know Reuters. The new regulations will force the possible improvements in the ADAS of driving aid systems to pass an exam. Only after overcoming it can be updated in the cars via Ota. Previously this previous step was not necessary before putting cars up to date. The notice is hard: those who announce autonomous driving functions that cannot be fulfilled may be punished with a fine that will multiply between five and ten times the rate price of the publicized vehicle. This has caused Xiaomi no longer to talk about autonomous driving and assisted driving. Driving aids are a controversial theme in China but also in the West. In fact, in the United States organisms have stressed that terms such as Full self driving and Autopilot of Tesla They point to promises that at this time cannot fulfill. But the company is not the only one indicated, the Drive Pilot Mercedes has also been qualified as such. For now, there are hardly traditional manufacturers that can offer completely autonomous driving systems with open traffic. Level 2 and 2+ systems still require driver’s attention. Even Fordwhich offers a system to travel without hands and without feet also forces this. Mercedes does offer it But in very specific places, with good weather and up to 60 km/h. Photo | Xiaomi In Xataka | “We are close to the turning point”: what Bill Gates thinks about self -employed cars after traveling in an autonomous car

We have found bacteria at the Chinese space station. The most surprising thing is that it is a new species

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Space exploration has an obsession with cleanliness. It is not for less: if we want to look for life on other planets of our solar system we have to make sure that our ships do not lead with them terrestrial life that can lead us to confusion. This is the main reason why space agencies pay enormous attention to microorganisms that may appear in their ships, even in those who do not travel to other planets. Sometimes life gives us surprises. Bacteria on board. Sample analysis taken in the Chinese Space Station Tiangong It has allowed to detect traces of the presence of an unknown bacterium in this aseptic space environment. The newly discovered bacteria would have mechanisms that would have allowed her to stay alive in the extreme conditions of life aboard an orbital station. Niallia tiagongensis. The new species has been baptized as Niallia tiagongensisin reference to the name of the space station placed in orbit by China. Name in turn can translate as “Celestial Palace” N. tiagongensis Share taxonomic gender with the species Niallia Circumsa pathogenic bacterium capable of causing sepsis in immunocompromised patients. The New bacterium It has a cane shape, but it would be able to form spores, oval structures that protect the genetic information of the species in extreme conditions such as high temperatures, radiation or lack of water. N. tiagongensis It could have arrived in this way to the station that has given it. A space bacterium? The evolutionary origin of this bacterium is on earth, but We do not know for now If this new species can be found on the surface or if on the contrary it is the result of the evolution of another bacterium. An evolution that could have occurred aboard the station, allowing the survival of the bacterial colonies. It is also possible that the species has an almost fully terrestrial origin but that its “space colonies” have evolved to better adapt to the new extraterrestrial environment. Two years of study. The samples that have given rise to the finding were collected inside the station In May 2023 by astronauts of the Shenzhou-15 mission. The study of the remains found has allowed to know details on the survival strategy of this microorganism. Genes have been found that encode some responses of these bacteria to some extreme conditions, such as their response to oxidative stress or their ability to repair the damage caused by radiation. For example, we know that this bacterium is capable of generating protective particles obtaining nitrogen and carbon from the decomposition of gelatins. The details of the finding were published In an article In the magazine International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. From ISS A Tiangong. It is not the first time that we find bacteria aboard a space station. We have detected bacteria years In the International Space Station, so much so that their astronauts began recently began the Life search abroad of the ship. What we can intuit from the fact that we would not have detected the new bacteria in other ships such as the ISS is that there is diversity in the populations of microorganisms that populate the different vehicles and stations that we send to space. A lost race? The news of the new finding has been produced almost at the same time that The announcement by NASA of the detection of numerous species of microorganisms inside one of its “clean rooms”, allegedly aseptic environments designed precisely to maintain devices and vehicles safe from pollution. Bad news, not only before we send (or we have already sent) microorganisms aboard the probes that explore planets and satellites where we suspect can exist or have existed extraterrestrial life. The fact that we know that this life is able to survive in the low terrestrial orbits It does not necessarily imply That these microbes can resist an interplanetary trip, but it is a bad indication. In Xataka | The International Space Station is a farm of new species of candidate bacteria Image | Shujianyang / Bob Blaylock

There is a clandestine movement of Chinese women reading homosexual erotic literature. And China is repressing it

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Until mid -2024, if you lived in China and wanted to read some literature rise in tone, your reference website was Haiter Literature City. Millions of women wrote and read erotic stories with an incentive: they were starring men. However, at the end of last year, mass arrests of those responsible again condemned the genre to ostracism in the country. Although erotic literature has always had space in China, it seems that it is no longer a country for dirty pages. A libidinous history. Chinese erotic literature It is a genus of long historical tradition: already during the period Han (around 200 BC) circulated didactic manuals on sex, but with literary format of dialogue between the emperor and its tutors. This is the oldest erogetic literature, together with specific works in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, And it has always been marked by metaphors and poetic codes of great lyricism. China would not stop producing key works of the genre, such as The persecutive ‘Jin Ping Mei’, of the 16th century. The genre has always shone in China when it has used erotic scenes as an excuse to raise critical and satirical issues. Some of that remains in the current and digital incarnations of the genre, which transcend the mere accumulation of sexual acrobatics. Hurricane Danmei. The stories that present romantic relationships between male characters are known under that name. They are works of women and women: the majority of authors and readers of the genre are, which is born with the seventy sleeves (The famous Yaoiwith which so many features share), which arrived in China illegally translated into Taiwan. This generated a scene of young writers who created their own stories, thus modeling a Chinese adapted identity but very influenced by Japan. With the arrival of the Internet the Danmei became mass and came to see even adaptations to the cinema of some works, although with the high erotic voltage completely domesticated. The digital arrives. The Danmei, more prominent genre At the present time of Chinese eroticism, it experienced an unusual impulse with digital platforms, which allowed not only many authors to professionalize, but also a community of readers. After the almost clandestine circulation in forums, Danmei Digital was consecrated on websites as Jinjiang Literature Cityeven standing with all kinds of genres, although very trimmed in its erotic part Since the end of the last decade. Others relevant websites They are lianchenng readmei chinese web, although the most noticeable, without a doubt, is Haiter Literature City. The case of Haitang Literature City. Also known as Flower Market, she was specialized in erotic literature, and more specifically in Danmei, and had the servers located in Taiwan for run from censorship. It didn’t help him. In June 2024, Chinese authorities deployed an operation that affected dozens of websitesbut Especially afower market: They arrested several authors and distributors of material out of the web for continental China, accused of publishing and profiting with obscene and pornographic content. Flower Market kept financial records of Chinese authors, which facilitated things to the authorities. No one went well. On the one hand, it was clear to what extent censorship and Chinese repression did not stop within its borders: There was no space for the authors of erotic literature and queer. But also, it was clear that the first thing for Haitang Literature City was the business: The platform received criticisms for prioritizing their economic interests, delaying the elimination of accounts and promoting content even after arrests, which put the authors at risk. The lack of protection that they suffered was evident. Censorship in China. Although homosexuality was decriminalized in China in 1997, the explicit representation of its relationships remains under strict surveillance, since pornography is prohibited and the definition of “obscenity” is very vague, which allows the authorities to intervene in very diverse cases, almost unpredictable. Periodically, the Erotic Materus Danmei It has been persecuted and forums and stores with material on the topic on the Internet have been closed. Not a few authors have been arrested in this context, although The best known case is Tianyi’sauthor that in 2018 was sentenced to ten years in prison. Debates and future of gender. This prohibition environment, with cases as recent as the closure of Flower Market and the imprisonment of Tianyi, have generated a climate of suspicion and fear. In this way, the Danmei has become a symbol of political resistance, although its content is not explicitly. Outside China, international platforms such as Archive of Our Own have allowed the genre to be increasingly known and Relevant Danmei works editions in countries like Spain. A fever that hides a very complicated political and social situation. Header | Nguyen Dang Hoang Nu in Unspash In Xataka | Bad Sex: The worst erotic scenes of literature

The Chinese government praises the 3 Nm Xiaomi chip as a milestone on the road to self -sufficiency. The problem is that China does not manufacture it

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The Soc Xring O1 is objectively A milestone in the history of Xiaomi. And it is because it opens a par for this Chinese company that until now had remained closed. This chip It has been designed by Xiaomi itselfand the first device we will run into it will be The 15S Pro smartphone which will presumably be presented by this company at the event that will celebrate tomorrow. During the last days this SOC is caughting a lot of attention because the first performance tests that have seen the light reflect that their power will be only slightly lower than that of the Snapdragon 8 Elite of Qualcomm. It sounds very good, but this chip above all has a characteristic that we cannot ignore: it is manufactured using the integration technology of 3 Nm. China considers it a victory, but it is objectively a half victory South China Morning Post (SCMP), which is a Chinese media that belongs to Emporio Alibaba, has confirmed that the central television of China (CCTV) and the newspaper ‘Diario del Pueblo’, both closely linked to the Chinese Communist Party (PCCH), have praised the effort that Xiaomi has made during the development of the Soc Xring O1. In fact, this company has invested approximately 1.9 billion dollars in the tuning of this chip. Xiaomi has invested approximately 1.9 billion dollars in the tuning of this chip According to SCMP This semiconductor marks a milestone in China’s campaign towards technological self -sufficiency amid the export controls of the strictest advanced semiconductors in the United States. But This statement requires many nuances. In fact, it is reasonable to consider it a half truth. As I mentioned a few lines above the competitiveness of the socx xring O1 does not only reside in the design of its microarchitecture; also clearly plays in his favor the fact that he is manufactured in The 3 Nm node of TSMC. This Taiwanese integrated circuit manufacturer, The Major on the Planetcan produce chips for Xiaomi because this last company is not included in the “blacklist” of the US. However, it is evident that the integration technology used to manufacture this SOC does not belong to Xiaomi. It belongs to TSMC. And if the US Department of Commerce decides tomorrow to introduce Xiaomi into its list of vetoed entities will cease to access the Lithographic Vanguard nodes of TSMC. If this semiconductor had been manufactured by SMIC or another Chinese manufacturer of integrated circuits using a 3 Nm lithography the success of Xiaomi, and, as a consequence, of China, would be irrefutable. But for the moment there is no chips manufacturer in the country led by Xi Jinping that has the necessary technology for produce this type of avant -garde semiconductors. China will acquire this capacity in the medium termthere is no doubt about that, but the statement that argues that the soci -soup o1 “marks a milestone in China’s campaign towards technological self -sufficiency” is nothing more than a message from marketing sponsored by Chinese authorities In full confrontation with his American counterpart. Image | Xataka More information | SCMP In Xataka | China is about to have the ability to make 5 Nm chips, although it faces a difficult solution problem

The tariff war is causing Chinese consumers to buy Chinese brands. And the first victim is Apple

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A nationalist wind travels Electronics stores in China and is affecting foreign brand mobile sales. In March, foreign mobile distributions were reduced to almost half of one year to another, according to the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) cited by Reuters. This contraction has relegated Apple to fifth position in the Chinese market, with a 14.1 % share. Less than two years ago he was leader. Meanwhile, national manufacturers – vivo, oppo, xiaomi and, Above all, Huawei– They continue to register double digit growth, gaining ground both in the mid -range segment. Samsung’s decline, in perspective Samsung controlled almost 20% of the Chinese market in 2013a figure similar to its global participation. By 2023, that quota had fallen to 0.8%. This collapse was gradual but unstoppable: the South Korean brand went from being a dominant contender to an almost testimonial presence. Apple has resisted better than Samsung, but The decline is undeniable. Its distributions in China maintain a 14.1 % share in the first quarter of this year, which places it in fifth place behind the four large stores. To try to stop the trend He started offering discounts on the iPhone before serving one year in storesomething suspiciously unusual in its commercial policy. Little has to do with China’s ranking … … with the global: Especially in their kings. The phenomenon goes beyond technical characteristics or price. It is rooted in the change in consumption habits of Chinese citizens, increasingly inclined to support their own. Since 2022, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) proposed a subsidy program for terminals below 6,000 yuan (about 830 euros), structurally favoring local manufacturers, who handle prices just below that barrier. To this is added the impact of the commercial war with the United States. Tariffs imposed by Trump and Technological War They have reinforced nationalist bias: The consumer perceives the foreign product as less desirable. A similar case occurred with Samsung after The deployment of the Thaad antimisile system In South Korea in 2015. Then, the Anticorean feeling triggered the rejection of its products in China. Now try to return to the Chinese market with His galaxy c (The ‘C’ is for ‘China’), but it seems a complicated return. Huawei, with his turn towards self -sufficiency and not only towards competition against the rest, is a perfect example of the materialization of Xi Jinping’s technological doctrine. Huawei resurfaced from the ashes of US sanctions, not only recovering market share but Building its parallel ecosystem. Apple and Samsung, the two world leaders of mobile telephony, have a problem of difficult solution in China. It is not only to scratch market share, but to articulate a credible value proposal in an environment where the foreign brand condition is, today, competitive disadvantage. Its price strategy, alliances with operators and product adaptation will be key to a possible reconquest. In Xataka | Just when the batteries were breaking all the records came the ultra-infinity mobiles. China has a lesson for them Outstanding image | ABODI VESAKARAN in UnspashXataka

The Chinese brands promised them very happy plagiarizing the design of the Vespa. They ran into a problem: it’s “art”

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There are many copies of motorcycles. And even more with the Arrival of Chinese motorcycles to the market. In fact, there are European manufacturers allowing the Chinese to copy their design to continue earning money: It is a long history. But there is a manufacturer whose design is specially protected: we talk about Vespa. A motorcycle with copyright. Every vehicle manufactured and registered in the EU enjoys 25 years of protection for its design. If you want to go further, you have to register it as creative and artistic work. This is the case of Vespawho enjoys 70 years of author protection since the death of his creator, Corradino d’A Ascanio. This happened in 1981, so the VESPA design is protected until 2051. It is recognized as a work of art, and in case of plagiarism it can be fought before justice, as explained in Motorpasion. It is just what happened, with a bad start. In 2014, Vespa denounced before European justice a Plagiarism committed by Zhejianga Chinese manufacturer who claimed as his the design of a clonic scooter to spring 125. Four years later, in 2019, the General Court of the European Union determined that the intellectual property rights of Piaggio (brand after Vespa) had not been violated on this scooter, and dismissed the appeal. “Since the relevant public that can buy lifts has a high level of attention, it will consider that the style, lines and appearance that characterize the vespa lx sterine are different, from the visual point of view, of those of the Zhejiang lift. Due to the different impressions that the two struts produce, there is no risk of confusion by the relevant public.” According to The initial resolutionthe Intellectual Property Office of the European Union (EUIPO) failed in favor of a Chinese manufacturer who was clearly copying the design of the original VESPA. A subjective interpretation. The Vespa case is governed by European Copyright Lawwhich protects the designs during the aforementioned 25 years, and for the protection of intellectual property of up to 70 years for the creation of original work. One of the main problems of this law is that, in the case of vehicles, there is no absolute framework that supports the possible plagiarism. Everything falls to the Court’s own interpretation, which will determine or not whether there has been an infraction or not of the law. The pillars in which the Industrial Property Code They are the novelty, the creative character and artistic value, elements with an very high subjective load. But he who follows her, gets her. Vespa did not give up the evidence that a Chinese brand were plagiarizing its design. Piaggio resorted to the Court’s decision and, four years later, he got the authority determine that Vespa’s pattern is “unmistakable and cannot be replicated”revoking your previous decision. Image: Motorpasion It is not Vespa’s first legal battle. Already in 2020, in full legal battle against Zhejiang, Grupo Piaggio denounced one of the brands that presumed in the eicma of Milan of their new scooters. One among which was A practically identical model to spring 125. The bikes ended up being removed from the stands of the manufacturers, and not to say that their sale in Europe is completely prohibited. So far, anyone who has dared to copy Vespa, has ended his scooter outside the market. Not the only work of art. Piaggio is the only manufacturer that registered Vespa as the work of art, but in the automobile world there have been some cases. The Porsche 911 is one of themdefending its iconic form in multiple judgments. Other iconic models, such as Ferrari 250 Gtothey were also considered as a work of art after legally facing Ares Desingcompany that wanted to market a model replica. Despite the protection granted by the vehicle as a work of art, this is not a common practice in the automobile world, even in the luxury vehicle. Replicas are still alive. Although legally the Vespa cannot be copied, its design continues to “inspire” numerous brands. Among them, the Spanish Velca. Beyond the similarity in the name, the manufacturer is expanding in Spain with scooters that inevitably remember Vespa. It is not its own design, it comes from China, and is shared with many other brands. Another separate issue is that Piaggio did not want to face the numerous replicas that continue to exist in the market. Who wants a Land Rover … having a Land Wind. Reasonable similarities. Beyond engaging in judgments whose resolution nobody ensures (of not having claimed, Vespa would continue with their clones more alive than ever at the beginning), manufacturers can do little about copies. In the world of the car, Chinese copies are the order of the day, and In most cases nothing happens. In the most rocambolesque cases, such as MV Augusta (one of the most exclusive luxury manufacturers of motorcycles), have come to ally with Chinese giants like QJ Motors to create replicas of the original models. Reason? Al become Chinese manufacturers, let them sell a cheaper substitute and collect benefits. Image | Vespa In Xataka | We have visited the Shenzhen falsification market: China is at another level when it comes to copying other products

Now the era of Chinese propaganda has begun

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The Commercial War It is fought on the parquet of the bags, in the Cultivation fields, Factories and portsbut also in the networks. In fact, one of the key battles in the struggle between Washington and Beijing is played: that of the story. We saw it not long ago with the Viral videos Created with which they make fun of Donald Trump’s effort to reindustrialize the United States via tariffs. Now that struggle to guide discourse in networks seems to have gone further, with A Video Cascade in Tiktok that affect China’s benefits against the supposed decline of the USA. His propaganda approach is clear, just like his leitmotiv: Show China as a kind of Tecnoutopía futuristic. The (another) Great Pulse. He Tariff pulse Between Washington and Beijing, which has raised above 100% The rates that each country applies to the exports of the other, is already being felt in the fields, factories and ports. In those of the US, in those of China and even in those of third nations that have come out in some way favored, Like Brazil. Beyond government offices or large corporations, there is another ‘battlefield’ in which the struggle between China and the US seems to have aggravated: the networks. 11 tricks to dominate Tik tok @schbachlq Urban Greens #Foryupage #USA🇺🇸 #China #Americandream #chinatravel #fyp ♬ Original Sound – Schbachlq “Maga”, in the spotlight. A few weeks ago, in full escalation of the commercial war between the two nations, it went viral in Tiktok A series of videos elaborated with the in which Americans were overweight working in Nike, Tesla, Apple or Nvidia assembly chains. Everything between posters of “Make America Grate Again” or “Made in USA”, fried potatoes, soft drinks and an environment that even invited to think about clandestine factories. The message was powerful because one of the arguments wielded by Trump to justify the tariff war just that: Revitalize the US manufacturing industry. “Confrontative and mocking”. Bloomberg a few weeks ago It echoed From another campaign displayed in Tiktok, a platform in the hands of China bytedance and whose property (and the influence that the Xi Jinping government can exert on it) has generated An intense debate legal and political in the US. So much, in fact that the Supreme Court He came to veto her In the country if Bytedance did not sell it, a measure that Trump’s return to the White House He left in suspense. According to Bloombergnow Tiktok has served Influencers Chinese to encourage Americans to buy directly in the Asian giant with titles such as “China exposes the truth.” “These publications are much more confrontative and mocking with the US, instead of showing it as a threat,” Explain to the agency Tom Harper, professor at the University of East London, before remembering the videos generated with the Americans working on Nike, Tesla or Apple assembly chains. Apart from his ironic tone, the virality of these pieces demonstrates something else, such as Remember Bloomberg: The capacity of Chinese content creators to reach the US society through the Tiktok algorithm and other Asian networks, such as Xiaohongshu either Rednote. @zhiwen.Shen Which World Do you want to live in? #China #USA #chinese #fyp #Worldtody#chinalife#COTAST ♬ 困住你的不是别人 (李羲承进行曲) – Dj 阿智 @mindblowndai1y Use vs China Cars 🚘 #chinavsusa #fyp #tiktok #China #USA #Car #Cars ♬ Original Sound – SocialCreditgod China, year 3,000. With that backdrop it arrives A quick search In networks, especially Tiktok, to meet other types of videos that seem India either Even Europe. Their approach is clear and replica one and the other with hardly any changes: the pieces show images of depressed or saturated areas of the US and then contrast with others from China that reveal the opposite, a society Tecnofuturista. An eloquent example leaves it The @Schbachlg accountwith some video on that line that exceeds the million of visualizations, @worldstory75, @mindblowndai1y either @zhiwen.Shento cite some examples. In all, several videos can be seen that contrast the American society, cities and economy with China, leaving a clearly favorable balance to the last one. Among all add up to hundreds of thousands of reproductions. Some of those pieces, with a more parodic tone, add up in fact Millions of visualizations. @schbachlq #Foryupage #USA🇺🇸 #China #Americandream #chinatravel #fyp ♬ Original Sound – Schbachlq @boy_dylan17 #China #USA ♬ Original sound – Dylan 肖宇梁 🇵🇪🇨🇳 Is it something new? Yes. And no. The videos that extol Chinese society, heritage and culture are not exactly new in networks. They existed, as in other countries, including the US. The striking is its frequency, its impact and its approach, focused on showing a modern, advanced, urban and ecological society compared to that of other regions of the planet. Of course in Tiktok they can also find themselves Other pieces in a radically opposite sense. The interesting thing is precisely your message. And the context in which it arrives. Images | Tiktok 1 and 2 In Xataka | China approaches energy self -sufficiency: it activates 10 new reactors and reinforces its nuclear domain

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