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Blasphemous Western Propaganda

jGuyz — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 17:32:45 +0800

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Do not believe this western propaganda

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One China Source

jGuyz — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 12:16:09 +0800

For barbarians to better understand the greatness of China please find a mini collection of the awesomeness here. Made in China complimentary hat for loyal followers.

Compulsary Chinese Books
Very useful source of everything Chinese books including auspicious predictions

Key Nationalism News
Upgrade pride by reading important news about China for bragging latest news on social media.

Malaysia's Chinese Bookfest
Stay tuned for Malaysia's Chinese Bookfest 2017. Every year is great success also got 80% discount sometimes.

DNS
Check if Weibo down here. Important to keep in touch with friends and partners from China.

Jio Baidu
Alternate search engine to Google if you don't trust western barbarian search results.

Learn Chinese
Basic Mandarin Youtube source. Approved by Qin Shi Huang

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Penang Hokkien language is dying. Preserve the language by learning to speak basic here.

Churchman, Lecturer in the Asian Studies programme in the School of Languages and Cultures at Victoria University of Wellington approves.

Trump's Necessary Support
One China even though China don't care but great news none the less. Rejoice for One China!

Guandong & Guangxi Snack

jGuyz — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 21:24:38 +0800

Top Chinese Music

jGuyz — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 18:42:35 +0800

Featuring classics Rain Drops to the Banana Leaf 廣東音樂 - 雨打芭蕉 and The Yellow Crane.

Top choice music entertainment for drinking tea,calligraphy,increasing Qi circulation and practicing kungfu.

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Sun Zi's Art of War

jGuyz — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 13:52:16 +0800

Sun Tzu 孫子; Sūn Zǐ; (c. 6th century BCE) is a great Chinese general and military strategist. During this period there are still many primitive cultures with exception of the Greeks discovering philosophy, founding of Milan and The Hanging Gardens of Babylon built by Nebuchadnezzar.

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Chapter I · Detail Assessment and Planning

兵者，詭道也。故能而示之不能，用而示之不用，近而示之遠，遠而示之近，
All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.

Variant translations
A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective.

實而備之，強而避之，怒而撓之，卑而驕之，佚而勞之，親而離之，出其不意，攻其不備。
If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
Note: "If his forces are united, separate them" is also interpreted: "If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them."

亂而取之
Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.

卑則驕之
Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.

孫子曰：國之上下，死生之地，存亡之道，不可不察也。
The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.

夫未戰而庙算胜者，得算多也；未戰而庙算不勝者，得算少也。
The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.

将听吾计，用之必胜，留之；将不听吾计，用之必败，去之；
The general that hearkens to my counsel and acts upon it, will conquer: let such a one be retained in command! The general that hearkens not to my counsel nor acts upon it, will suffer defeat: — let such a one be dismissed!

怒而挠之
If your opponent is of choleric temperament, seek to irritate him.

Chapter II · Waging War

故兵貴勝，不貴久。
What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations.

近于师者贵卖，贵卖则百姓财竭
Where the army is, prices are high; when prices rise the wealth of the people is exhausted.

兵久而国利者，未之有也。
There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.

Chapter III · Strategic Attack

知彼知己，百戰不殆；不知彼而知己，一勝一負；不知彼，不知己，每戰必殆
It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle.

Variant translations
If you know others and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know others but know yourself, you win one and lose one; if you do not know others and do not know yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle.

Know your enemy and know yourself, find naught in fear for 100 battles. Know yourself but not your enemy, find level of loss and victory. Know thy enemy but not yourself, wallow in defeat every time.

Literal translation: Know [the] other, know [the] self, hundred battles without danger; not knowing [the] other but know [the] self, one win one loss; not knowing [the] other, not knowing [the] self, every battle must [be] lost.

故用兵之法，十則圍之，五則攻之，倍則分之，敵則能戰之，少則能守之，不若則能避之。
It is the rule in war, if ten times the enemy's strength, surround them; if five times, attack them; if double, be able to divide them; if equal, engage them; if fewer, defend against them; if weaker, be able to avoid them.

是故百戰百勝，非善之善者也；不戰而屈人之兵，善之善者也。
For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.

Variant translations
Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities... It is best to win without fighting.

古之所善戰者，勝於易勝者也。
What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.

知可战与不可战者胜。
He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious.

以虞待不虞者胜。
He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.

凡用兵之法，全國為上；破國次之；全軍為上，破軍次之；全旅為上，破旅次之；全卒為上，破卒次之；全伍為上，破伍次之。
In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good. So, too, it is better to recapture an army entire than to destroy it, to capture a regiment, a detachment or a company entire than to destroy them.

Variant translations
It is best to keep one’s own state intact; to crush the enemy’s state is only second best.

是故上攻伐谋
Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

Chapter IV · Disposition of the Army

是故勝兵先勝而後求戰，敗兵先戰而後求勝。
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

Variant: Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.

见胜不过众人之所识，非善之善者也。
To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.

守则不足，攻则有余
One defends when his strength is inadequate, he attacks when it is abundant.

孫子曰：昔之善戰者，先為不可勝，以待敵之可勝，不可勝在己，可勝在敵。故善戰者，能為不可勝，不能使敵必可勝。故曰：勝可知，而不可為。
Sunzi said: The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself. Thus the good fighter is able to secure himself against defeat, but cannot make certain of defeating the enemy.

Translation by Lionel Giles

Chapter V · Forces

治众如治寡，分数是也。
Management of many is the same as management of few. It is a matter of organization.

积水之激，至于漂石者，势也。鸷鸟之疾，至于毁折者，节也。
When torrential water tosses boulders, it is because of its momentum. When the strike of a hawk breaks the body of its prey, it is because of timing.

鸷鸟之疾，至于毁折者，节也。
The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.

故善战者，求之于势，不责于人。
A skilled commander seeks victory from the situation and does not demand it of his subordinates.
Variant: The expert in battle seeks his victory from strategic advantage and does not demand it from his men.

Chapter VI · Weaknesses and Strengths

微乎微乎，至于无形；神乎神乎，至于无声；故能为敌之司命。
Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.

Alternative translation: Subtle and insubstantial, the expert leaves no trace; divinely mysterious, he is inaudible. Thus he is master of his enemy's fate.
Alernative translation: O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible and hence we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands.

人皆知我所以勝之形，而莫知我所以制勝之形。
All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.

故形兵之极，至于无形，无形，则深间不能窥，上智不能谋。
The ultimate in disposing one's troops is to be without ascertainable shape. Then the most penetrating spies cannot pry in nor can the wise lay plans against you.

故善战者，至人而不至于人。
And therefore those skilled in war bring the enemy to the field of battle and are not brought there by him.

故敌逸能劳之，饱能饥之，安能动之。出其所不趋，趋其所不意。
When the enemy is at ease, be able to weary him; when well fed, to starve him; when at rest, to make him move. Appear at places to which he must hasten; move swiftly where he does not expect you.

Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing. Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions. He who can modify his tactics in relation to his opponent and thereby succeed in winning, may be called a heaven-born captain.

Lionel Giles translation

Chapter VII · Military Maneuvers

围兵必阙
To a surrounded enemy, you must leave a way of escape.

Chapter VIII · Variations and Adaptability

故用兵之法，無恃其不來，恃吾有以待之；無恃其不攻，恃吾有所不可攻也。
The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.

Translation by Lionel Giles

Chapter IX · Movement and Development of Troops

数赏者，窘也；数罚者，困也；
Too frequent rewards indicate that the general is at the end of his resources; too frequent punishments that he is in acute distress.

In war, numbers alone confer no advantage. Do not advance relying on sheer military power.

令素行以教其民，则民服。令不素行以教其民，则民不服。令素行者，与民相得也。
A leader leads by example not by force.

Chapter X · Terrain

将弱不严，教道不明，将之过也。
If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame. But if his orders are clear, and the soldiers nevertheless disobey, then it is the fault of their officers.

故戰道必勝，主曰無戰，必戰可也；戰道不勝，主曰必戰，无戰可也；
If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not result in victory, then you must not fight even at the ruler's bidding.

进不邀功，退不避罪，唯人是保，而利合于主，国之宝也。
The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.

視卒如愛子，故可與之俱死。
Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.

Chapter XI · The Nine Battlegrounds

吾士无余财，非恶货也。无余命，非恶寿也。
If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity.

兵之情主速，乘敌所不及，由不虞之途，攻其所不备也。
Speed is the essence of war. Take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness; travel by unexpected routes and strike him where he has taken no precautions.

施无法之赏，悬无政之令。犯三军之众，若使一人。
Bestow rewards without respect to customary practice; publish orders without respect to precedent. Thus you may employ the entire army as you would one man.

Chapter XII · Attacking with Fire

非利不動，非得不用，非危不戰。主不可以怒而興師，將不可以慍而致戰；合于利而動，不合于利而止。怒可以復喜，慍可以復悅，亡國不可以復存，死者不可以復生。故明君慎之，良將警之，此安國全軍之道也。
Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical. No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique. If it is to your advantage, make a forward move; if not, stay where you are. Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content. But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life. Hence the enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution. This is the way to keep a country at peace and an army intact.

Translation by Lionel Giles

Chapter XIII · Intelligence and Espionage

敌间之来间我者，因而利之，导而舍之，故反间可得而用也；
It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them instructions and care for them. Thus doubled agents are recruited and used.

故明君賢將，所以動而勝人，成功出于眾者，先知也。
Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge.

故三军之事，莫亲于间，赏莫厚于间，事莫密于间，
Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than those given to secret agents; of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations.

此（译注：用间）兵之要，三军之所恃而动也。
Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move.

from Sun Zi's Art of War

Chinatowns of the world

jGuyz — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 09:28:34 +0800

Overseas Chinese bring 5000 years of culture and civilization from China.

http://www.chinatownology.com/chinatowns_of_the_world.html

Barbarians should learn about China great 5000 years of culture for We are Chinese, We are Legion.

Assimilation is inevitable, prepare yourself.

100 Top Businesswomen of China

jGuyz — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 09:13:42 +0800

Chinese women beauty & brains > all

From #1 to #100
Dong Mingzhu, Gree Electric Appliances, President
Sun Yafang, Huawei, Chairman
Lucy Peng, Alibaba Group, Executive Chair
Yang Huiyan, Country Garden Holdings, Vice Chairman
Song Guangju, Poly Real Estate Group, Chairman
Wang Fengying, Great Wall Motor, Vice Chairman
Wu Yajun, Longfor Properties, Chairman
Sabrina Meng, Huawei, CFOLiu Chang, New Hope Liuhe, Chairman
Zhou Qunfei, Lens Technology, Chairman
Li Dang, China General Technology (Group) Holding, General Manager
Zhou Junqing, China Resources Power Holdings, Chairman
Zong Fuli, Hongsheng Beverage, General Manager
Du Juan, Wan Sheng Yuan Asset Management, Owner
Jane Sun, Ctrip, CEO
Wang Xiaowen, Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Town, President
Wei Sun Christianson, Morgan Stanley, Asia-Pacific Co-CEO
Wang Laichun, Luxshare Precision Industry, Chairman
Wu Naifeng, Tasly Pharmaceutical Group, President
Huang Xiuhong, Gome, President
Katty Lam, PepsiCo, Greater China Chairman
Jing Ulrich, JPMorgan Chase, Asia-Pacific Vice Chairman
Zhang Ronghua, Tianjin Rockcheck Investment Holding Group, Chairman
Rachel Duan, General Electric, CEO Greater China
He Qiaonvu, Beijing Orient Landscape and Environment, Chairman
Zhang Yin, Nine Dragons Paper Group, Chairman
Xu Shu, Kangde Xin Composite Material Group, President
Lin Junbo, Xinhu Zhongbao, Chairman
Liu Jingyu, Tianma Microelectronics, General Manager
He Chunmei, Sealand Securities, Chairman
Chen Ailian, Zhejiang Wanfeng Auto Wheel, Chairman
Kathy Xu, Capital Today, President
Sophie Wu, Alibaba Group, Chief Customer Officer
Zhang Min, Huazhu Hotels Group, CEO
Zhang Xin, Soho China, CEO
Celina Chew, Bayer, President of Bayer Greater China
Belinda Wong, Starbucks, Starbucks China CEO
Claudia Huang, BASF, Greater China Management Board
Zhang Hongxia, Weiqiao Textile, Chairman
Luo Yan, China CAMC Engineering, Chairman
Wang Xiaochun, Qilu Bank, Chairman
Zhou Yifeng, Oriental Energy, Chairman
Zhai Meiqing, Shenzhen Heungkong Holding, President
Sabrina Lin, Cisco, Global Vice President
Liu Qing, Didi Chuxing, President
Feng Yali, Hailiang, Co-Founder
Liu Wei, Chongqing New Century Cruise, President
Gao Liang, Financial Street Holding, General Manager
Li Yiqing, Wasu Media Holding, President
Li Hongwei, GGV Capital, Partner
Sun Qiuyan, Hua Yuan Property, Chairman
Yang Huaizhen, Jiangsu Hongtu High Technology, Chairman
Zhao Yifang, Zhejiang Huace Film and TV, General Manager
Ma Xiuhui, Opple Lighting, President
Chen Lingfen, Huafu Top Dyed Melange Yarn, Vice Chairman
Cao Shiru, Chengdu Hongqi Chain, Chairman
Zhu Linyao, Huabao International Holdings, Chairman
Li Linzhi, Kaidi Ecological and Environmental Technology, Chairman
Zheng Xiaoyan, Hefei Department Store Group, Chairman
Pan Wei, Ajisen (China), Chairman
Mou Jiayun, Chengdu Wintrue Holding, Chairman
Xu Hong, Beijing Homyear Capital Holdings, Chairman
Li Hua, Chuying Agro-pastoral Group, President
Wang Jingbo, Noah Holdings, CEO
Phyllis Cheung, Mcdonald's, Greater China CEO
Tan Qiubin, Jiangsu Guotai International Group Guomao, Chairman
Cecilia Ho, International Paper, Asia President
Wang Jia, Venustech Group, Chairman
Wan Ling Martello, Nestle, CEO of Asia, Oceania and Africa
Tong Wenhong, Cainiao Network Technology, President
Dong Wei, Nike, Global Vice President
Yu Ruifen, Shanghai Liyifen, General Manager
Wang Jili, Yantai Jereh Oilfield Services Group, General Manager
Sandy Hu, Texas Instruments, China President
Hu Jiajia, Shanghai Metersbonwe Fashion and Accessories, Chairman
Wang Ping, Lianhe Chemical Technology, Chairman
Zhang Xian, Songcheng Performance Development, President
Tu Hongyan, Wensli, Chairman
Chen Lifen, Jiangsu Sunshine, Chairman
Zhou Xiaoguang, Neoglory Prosperity, Chairman
Lei Jufang, Tibet Cheezheng Tibetan Medicine, Chairman
Liu Lianhong, Jiangsu Hongdou Industry, Chairman
Hua Lirong, Zhejiang Jiuzhou Pharmaceutical, General Manager
Wang Huimin, Xiao Nan Guo Restaurants, Chairman
Jennie Li, Emerson China, General Manager
Zhang Yun, Shenzhen Prolto Supply Chain Management, General Manager
Zhao Yan, Bloomage BioTechnology, Chairman
Shi Jin, Xi'an International Medical Investment, Chairman
Zheng Wenqing, Henan Rebecca Hair Products, General Manager
Wang An'an, Hunan Aihua Group, General Manager
Wu Jian, Ly.com International Travel Group, President
Huang Bingdi, FSPG Hi-tech, Chairman
Li Yanhua, Taikang Pension, Chairman
Lvu Li, Suzhou Anjie Technology, General Manager
Susan Chen, Swatch Group China, President
Han Fangru, Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock, Chairman
Zhou Yaxian, Shenguan Holdings (Group), Chairman
Liang Qin, Yangzhou Yangjie Electronic Technology, Chairman
Ning Zhongwei, Anhui Golden Seed Winery, Chairman
Yang Jin, Dong Yi Ri Sheng Home Decoration Group, General Manager

China is generous

jGuyz — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 09:06:16 +0800

How to be awesome like Chinese? All these university is the best in scholarships. China give opportunity to uneducated barbarians.

Jinan Government Scholarship for International Students at Shandong University in China, 2017

Marine Scholarship of China for Non-Chinese Students at Zhejiang University in China, 2017

Full Scholarship for Non-Chinese Students at Xiamen University in China, 2017

International Scholarships for Doctoral, Master’s and Undergraduate Students in China, 2017

Confucius Institute Scholarships for Non-Chinese Students at Nankai University in China, 2017

PhD Scholarship in Synthetic Biology at Tianjin University in China, 2017

Postdoctoral Fellowship at Jiangnan University in China, 2017

Sino-Foreign Cooperative PhD Fellowships for International Students in China, 2017

Beihang University Scholarships for International Students in China, 2017

Shanghai University Scholarships for International Students in China, 2017

CPU President Scholarships for International Students in China, 2017

You can find more details in the links. Rejoice barbarians China will help you

China is willing to help but you choose not to learn. Barbarians not wise.

Electronica China 2017

jGuyz — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 08:57:12 +0800

Electronica China 2017: element14 to present the latest products and dedicated support for the electronic design and development engineers of today and the future
Showcasing products, tools and solutions that empower people and businesses to shape the future at the 3-day event

Highlights at the element14 booth:

Demonstrations of the latest products from its comprehensive portfolio
Brand new Raspberry Pi 3 Model B and accessories
Latest products and exclusive offerings and solutions from leading manufacturers such as TI, TE, Connectivity, Hammond, Weller, Bulgin, Richtek, Lapp Group and RECOM
Pre-register at http://cn.element14.com/chinaelectronica2017-register to get free gifts

element14, The Development Distributor, will showcase a range of products, tools and solutions that empower people and businesses to shape the future at the Electronica China 2017. New products and solutions for electronic system design, maintenance and repair will be on show at Stand 5431 in Hall E5, on 14-16 March.

This is the first comprehensive exhibition to Chinese customers about its key products and services since Avnet completed the acquisition of element14. As the Development Distributor, element14 provides high services and support to customers through every phase of their journey, from education to maker, research and design, through to production, to help customers to develop their own capabilities and products. With the partnership of Avnet, element14 now can provide services in volume production.

Zhu Weidi, Regional Director – Greater China, element14, said, “We provide high service distribution of technology products and solutions to a broad customer base, from hobbyists to inspired engineers to buyers. And you can always find the latest technology, products and services at element14.”

Visitors can pre-register at http://cn.element14.com/chinaelectronica2017-register or visit element14 booth at Stand 5431 in Hall E5 to get a RMB30 Starbucks voucher. Visitors to the stand will be taken on a journey through element14’s expert design & manufacturing services, world-class product portfolio, powerful test & measurement solutions and leading education & maker initiatives. Stand visitors will have the opportunity to see first-hand all the latest and exciting technologies from TI, TE, Hammond, Weller, Bulgin, Richtek, Lapp Group and RECOM etc. that will be on the spotlight in the following months.

An important highlight at the stand will be the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B and demos. The latest generation board is faster and more powerful than ever before and comes with built-in wireless and Bluetooth connectivity. Supporting Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Wireless LAN, the Raspberry Pi 3 can support new and exciting application areas ‘out of the box’, such as IoT connectivity, streaming to Bluetooth headphones or speakers, Wi-Fi gateways and home cloud storage.

Visitors can get the latest updates on the schedule of programmes from http://weibo.com/element14and http://cn.element14.com.
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element14 is part of the Premier Farnell group of businesses, a global technology leader with over 80 years in the high service distribution of technology products and solutions for electronic system design, production, maintenance and repair. Premier Farnell uses this experience to support its broad customer base, from hobbyists to engineers, maintenance engineers and buyers as ‘The Development Distributor’, working with leading brands and start-ups to develop new products for market, and supporting the industry as it seeks to develop the current and next generation of engineers.

Premier Farnell focuses its offering around four core customer journeys:

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China Will Lead FinTech & Blockchain Industries

jGuyz — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 08:53:57 +0800

Analysts from major research and development firms, including EY and DBS, expect China to lead the global fintech and Blockchain industries. Various consortiums and organizations have already been formed to support the development and growth of Blockchain and fintech startups.

Earlier this month, Cointelegraph reported the intensity of the Chinese fintech industry’s growth over the past few years. Hundreds of mlns of consumers have abandoned traditional banking systems for better and more efficient alternatives.

Several Chinese fintech companies, including Alibaba’s Ant Financial, amassed a market cap of $60 bln, a market cap five times larger than Bitcoin, the most widely utilized cryptocurrency in existence.
Collaborative ecosystem

The rapid growth rate of the Chinese fintech and Blockchain markets can be directly attributed to the general collaborative ecosystem of Chinese industries. Often, Chinese industry leaders form a consortium to ensure that investments and resources are rightfully allocated to help startups and innovative service providers to grow.

For instance, the US Blockchain and fintech markets are supplemented by individual consortiums attempting to commercialize Blockchain technology ahead of others. Instead of building a cooperative and collaborative ecosystem, it has turned out to be a competitive environment.

The Chinese Blockchain market, in contrast, has a consortium in existence called ChinaLedger, which aims to provide an industry-wide basis for Blockchain startups and industry leading companies to work with. With such efforts, the entire Blockchain market of China is in sync and is seeking to bring innovation into the traditional and inefficient financial market.
Practical investment methods, high profile investors

Another major factor behind the rapid growth of the Chinese fintech industry is the practical investment methods of large-scale corporations, high profile investors and conglomerates. Earlier this year, China launched a $1.5 bln fintech fund to grant capital to startups in each category in the vast market of fintech.

To ensure every field within the Chinese fintech industry receives sufficient capital and resources, Chinese state-owned companies formed a consortium called “Asia FinTech Merger and Acquisition Fund of Funds.”

If China continues down the path of cooperative and collaborative efforts, it is likely that it will lead the global fintech and Blockchain markets once again in 2017.

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https://cointelegraph.com/news/china-will-l...analysts-expect

China to develop prototype super, super computer

jGuyz — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 08:52:23 +0800

Foreign potato may have found out about this but its true. Chinese science number 1 in the universe

China plans to develop a prototype exascale computer by the end of the year, state media said Tuesday, as it seeks to win a global race to be the first to build a machine capable of a billion, billion calculations per second.

If successful, the achievement would cement its place as a leading power in the world of supercomputing.

The Asian giant built the world's fastest supercomputer, the Sunway TaihuLight machine, in June last year, which was twice as fast as the previous number one.

It used only locally made microchips, making it the first time a country has taken the top spot without using US technology.

Exascale computers are even more powerful, and can execute at least one quintillion (a billion billion) calculations per second.

Though a prototype was in the pipeline, a complete version of such a machine would take a few more years to complete, Xinhua news agency cited Zhang Ting, application engineer at the National Supercomputer Center in the port city of Tianjin, as saying.

"A complete computing system of the exascale supercomputer and its applications can only be expected in 2020, and will be 200 times more powerful than the country's first petaflop computer Tianhe-1, recognised as the world's fastest in 2010," said Zhang.

The exascale computer could have applications in big data and cloud computing work, he added, noting that its prototype would lead the world in data transmission efficiency as well as calculation speed.

As of last June, China for the first time had more top-ranked supercomputers than the US, with 167 compared to 165, according to a survey by supercomputer tracking website Top500.org.

Of the top 10 fastest computers, two are in China and five in the US as of November, the ranking said. Others are in Japan and Switzerland.

China has poured money into big-ticket science and technology projects as it seeks to become a high-tech leader.

But despite some gains the country's scientific output still lags behind, and its universities generally fare poorly in global rankings.

Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-01-china-prototype-super.html#jCp

36 STRATEGIES OF ANCIENT CHINA

jGuyz — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 08:49:07 +0800

"The Thirty-Six Strategies" is a a Chinese collection of 36 proverbs commented as militaristic tactics. Often attributed to Sun Tzu, this is generally rejected by scholars since Sun Tzu lived during the Spring and Autumn Period of China, while most of the 36 proverbs postdate that. It is believed by many to have been written by Zhuge Liang of the Three Kingdoms period.

Chapter 1 - Winning Strategies

Strategy 1 "瞒天过海" - Deceive the sky to cross the ocean.
Moving about in the darkness and shadows, occupying isolated places, or hiding behind screens will only attract suspicious attention. To lower an enemy's guard you must act in the open hiding your true intentions under the guise of common every day activities.

Strategy 2 "围魏救赵" - Surround Wei to rescue Zhao.
When the enemy is too strong to attack directly, then attack something he holds dear. Know that in all things he cannot be superior. Somewhere there is a gap in the armour, a weakness that can be attacked instead. In other words, you may try to attack the relatives or dear ones of the enemy to weaken him psychologically.

Strategy 3 "借刀杀人" - Borrow one's hand to kill. (Kill with a borrowed knife.)
Attack using the strength of another (because of lack of strength or do not want to use own strength). Trick an ally into attacking him, bribe an official to turn traitor, or use the enemy's own strength against him.

Strategy 4 "以逸待劳" - Make your enemy tire himself out while conserving energy.
It is an advantage to choose the time and place for battle. In this way you know when and where the battle will take place, while your enemy does not. Encourage your enemy to expend his energy in futile quests while you conserve your strength. When he is exhausted and confused, you attack with energy and purpose.

Strategy 5 "趁火打劫" - Use the opportunity of fire to rob others. (Loot a burning house.)
When a country is beset by internal conflicts, when disease and famine ravage the population, when corruption and crime are rampant, then it will be unable to deal with an outside threat. This is the time to attack.

Strategy 6 "声东击西" - Feign an attack in the east and attack in the west.
In any battle the element of surprise can provide an overwhelming advantage. Even when face to face with an enemy, surprise can still be employed by attacking where he least expects it. To do this you must create an expectation in the enemy's mind through the use of a feint.

Chapter 2 - Enemy Dealing Strategies

Strategy 7 "无中生有" - Create something from nothing.
You use the same feint twice. Having reacted to the first and often the second feint as well, the enemy will be hesitant to react to a third feint. Therefore the third feint is the actual attack catching your enemy with his guard down.

Strategy 8 "暗渡陈仓" - Secretly utilize the Chen Chang passage. (Repair the highway to take the crude path.) e.g., the Allied invasion of Normandy and the Pas de Calais deception.

Attack the enemy with two convergent forces. The first is the direct attack, one that is obvious and for which the enemy prepares his defense. The second is the indirect, the attack sinister, that the enemy does not expect and which causes him to divide his forces at the last minute leading to confusion and disaster.

Strategy 9 "隔岸观火" - Watch the fires burning across the river.
Delay entering the field of battle until all the other players have become exhausted fighting amongst themselves. Then go in full strength and pick up the pieces.

Strategy 10 "笑里藏刀" - Knife sheathed in a smile.
Charm and ingratiate yourself to your enemy. When you have gained his trust, you move against him in secret

Strategy 11 "李代桃僵" - Plum tree sacrifices for the peach tree. (Sacrifice the silver to keep the gold.)
There are circumstances in which you must sacrifice short-term objectives in order to gain the long-term goal. This is the scapegoat strategy whereby someone else suffers the consequences so that the rest do not.

Strategy 12 "顺手牵羊" - Stealing a goat along the way (Take the opportunity to pilfer a goat.)
While carrying out your plans be flexible enough to take advantage of any opportunity that presents itself, however small, and avail yourself of any profit, however slight.

Chapter 3 - Attacking Strategies

Strategy 13 "打草惊蛇" - Startle the snake by hitting the grass around it.
When you cannot detect the opponent's plans launch a direct, but brief, attack and observe your opponent reactions. His behavior will reveal his strategy.

Strategy 14 "借尸还魂" - Borrow another's corpse to resurrect the soul. (Raise a corpse from the dead.)
Take an institution, a technology, or a method that has been forgotten or discarded and appropriate it for your own purpose. Revive something from the past by giving it a new purpose or to reinterpret and bring to life old ideas, customs, and traditions.

Strategy 15 "调虎离山" - Entice the tiger to leave its mountain lair.
Never directly attack an opponent whose advantage is derived from its position. Instead lure him away from his position thus separating him from his source of strength.

Strategy 16 "欲擒姑纵" - In order to capture, one must let loose.
Cornered prey will often mount a final desperate attack. To prevent this you let the enemy believe he still has a chance for freedom. His will to fight is thus dampened by his desire to escape. When in the end the freedom is proven a falsehood the enemy's morale will be defeated and he will surrender without a fight.

Strategy 17 "抛砖引玉" - Tossing out a brick to get a jade
Prepare a trap then lure your enemy into the trap by using bait. In war the bait is the illusion of an opportunity for gain. In life the bait is the illusion of wealth, power, and sex.

Strategy 18 "擒贼擒王" - Defeat the enemy by capturing their chief.
If the enemy's army is strong but is allied to the commander only by money or threats then, take aim at the leader. If the commander falls the rest of the army will disperse or come over to your side. If, however, they are allied to the leader through loyalty then beware, the army can continue to fight on after his death out of vengeance.

Chapter 4 - Chaos Strategies

Strategy 19 "釜底抽薪" - Remove the firewood under the cooking pot. (Remove the stick from the axe.)
When faced with an enemy too powerful to engage directly you must first weaken him by undermining his foundation and attacking his source of power.

Strategy 20 "混水摸鱼" - Fish in disturbed waters.
Before engaging your enemy's forces create confusion to weaken his perception and judgment. Do something unusual, strange, and unexpected as this will arouse the enemy's suspicion and disrupt his thinking. A distracted enemy is thus more vulnerable.

Strategy 21 "金蝉脱壳" - Slough off the cicada's shell. (False appearances mislead the enemy.)
When you are in danger of being defeated, and your only chance is to escape and regroup, then create an illusion. While the enemy's attention is focused on this artifice, secretly remove your men leaving behind only the facade of your presence.

Strategy 22 "关门捉贼" - Shut the door to catch the thief.
If you have the chance to completely capture the enemy then you should do so thereby bringing the battle or war to a quick and lasting conclusion. To allow your enemy to escape plants the seeds for future conflict. But if they succeed in escaping, be wary of giving chase.

Strategy 23 "远交近攻" - Befriend a distant state while attacking a neighbor.
It is known that nations that border each other become enemies while nations separated by distance and obstacles make better allies. When you are the strongest in one field, your greatest threat is from the second strongest in your field, not the strongest from another field.

Strategy 24 "假道伐虢" - Obtain safe passage to conquer the Kingdom of Guo.
Borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy. Once the enemy is defeated, use those resources to turn on the ally that lent you them in the first place.

Chapter 5 - Proximate Strategies

Strategy 25 "偷梁换柱" - Replace the beams with rotten timbers.
Disrupt the enemy's formations, interfere with their methods of operations, change the rules in which they are used to following, go contrary to their standard training. In this way you remove the supporting pillar, the common link that makes a group of men an effective fighting force.

Strategy 26 "指桑骂槐" - Point at the mulberry and curse the locust.
To discipline, control, or warn others whose status or position excludes them from direct confrontation; use analogy and innuendo. Without directly naming names, those accused cannot retaliate without revealing their complicity.

Strategy 27 "假痴不癫" - Pretend to be a pig in order to eat the tiger. (Play dumb.)
Hide behind the mask of a fool, a drunk, or a madman to create confusion about your intentions and motivations. Lure your opponent into underestimating your ability until, overconfident, he drops his guard. Then you may attack.

Strategy 28 "上屋抽梯" - Remove the ladder when the enemy has ascended to the roof (Cross the river and destroy the bridge.)
With baits and deceptions lure your enemy into treacherous terrain. Then cut off his lines of communication and avenue of escape. To save himself he must fight both your own forces and the elements of nature.

Strategy 29 "树上开花" - Deck the tree with false blossoms.
Tying silk blossoms on a dead tree gives the illusion that the tree is healthy. Through the use of artifice and disguise make something of no value appear valuable; of no threat appear dangerous; of no use appear useful.

Strategy 30 "反客为主" - Make the host and the guest exchange places.
Defeat the enemy from within by infiltrating the enemy's camp under the guise of cooperation, surrender, or peace treaties. In this way you can discover his weakness and then, when the enemy's guard is relaxed, strike directly at the source of his strength.

Chapter 6 - Defeat Strategies

Strategy 31 "美人计" - The beauty trap. (The tender trap, use a woman to ensnare a man.)
Send your enemy beautiful women to cause discord within his camp. This strategy can work on three levels. First, the ruler becomes so enamored with the beauty that he neglects his duties and allows his vigilance to wane. Second, other males at court will begin to display aggressive behavior that inflames minor differences hindering co-operation and destroying morale. Third, other females at court, motivated by jealousy and envy, begin to plot intrigues further exacberating the situation.

Strategy 32 "空城计" - Empty fort. (Mental trap, empty a fort to make enemy think it is filled with traps.)
When the enemy is superior in numbers and your situation is such that you expect to be overrun at any moment, then drop all pretence of military preparedness and act casually. Unless the enemy has an accurate description of your situation this unusual behavior will arouse suspicions. With luck he will be dissuaded from attacking.

Strategy 33 "反间计" - Let the enemy's spy sow discord in the enemy camp. (Use enemy's own spy to spread false information.)
Undermine your enemy's ability to fight by allowing enemy's spy to remain within your ranks,while you feed false information causing enemy discord with his friends, allies, advisors, family, commanders, soldiers, and population. Preoccupied settling internal disputes, your enemy's ability to attack or defend is compromised and your control of him is increased.

Strategy 34 "苦肉计" - Inflict injury on one's self to win the enemy's trust. (Fall into a trap; become baited.)
Pretending to be injured has two possible applications. In the first, the enemy is lulled into relaxing his guard since he no longer considers you to be an immediate threat. The second is a way of ingratiating yourself to your enemy by pretending the injury was caused by a mutual enemy.

Strategy 35 "连环计" - Chain together the enemy's ships. (Never rely on but a single strategy.)
In important matters one should use several strategies applied simultaneously. Keep different plans operating in an overall scheme; in this manner if any one strategy fails you would still have several others to fall back on.

The 36th strategy "走为上" - Run away to fight another day.
If it becomes obvious that your current course of action will lead to defeat then retreat and regroup. When your side is losing there are only three choices remaining: surrender, compromise, or escape. Surrender is complete defeat, compromise is half defeat, but escape is not defeat. As long as you are not defeated, you still have a chance.

What can we expect in China in 2017?

jGuyz — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 08:48:55 +0800

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Provided geopolitical movement doesn’t derail his best laid predictions, Gordon Orr sees a year of slowing economic growth, headaches for multinationals, demographic anxiety, and buyer’s remorse for soccer tycoons.

My base case for China’s outlook this year assumes increased trade friction with the United States, with tariffs raised on specific product categories (such as steel and some agricultural goods), and, while I don’t expect across-the-board disruptions, a few high-profile companies will be forced to choose between accommodating the demands of the Chinese or US government.

Of course, if recent statements from US politicians translate into sweeping action on trade, 2017 could develop very differently. Tit-for-tat moves on specific companies and sectors could easily escalate, with many multinationals’ global supply chains caught in the middle and consumers around the world facing product shortages and, when products are available, material price increases. China’s government could implement sweeping actions to sustain employment, restrict further capital outflows, and stimulate the domestic economy. Market-oriented restructuring and reform would be off the table. Economic nationalism, food and energy security, and social stability would be paramount.

The Orr-acle: Gordon’s predictions for 2017

Matching 2016’s economic growth will be a struggle … especially if exports and consumer spending are flat.
Watch out if steel prices drop … which could happen if construction slows and overcapacity spikes.
New laws create new risks … and more are likely if (when!) a major cybersecurity breach occurs.
Where has the money gone? Despite the government’s efforts, currency keeps finding its way overseas.
Where are the children? Their grandparents are lonely. The fertility rate is historically low, stifling economic activity.
Depressed regions become more so … as urban migration continues, taking economic activity with it.
Will commodities be the next hot asset class? Retail investors and hedge funds are flooding the sector.
Auto industry accelerates into the future … and China become a global leader.
Cheers turn to boos in European soccer stadiums … as investors realize it’s easier to buy a team than win championships.

But if globally we continue with something recognizably close to current trade arrangements, how will China fare this year? And, most important for a country that regards economic growth as of paramount importance (the centerpiece of China’s 13th five-year plan remains to double GDP and household income in the decade to 2020), can 2016’s GDP growth in the ballpark of 6.5 percent be replicated?
Matching 2016’s economic growth will be a struggle

Where will China’s growth come from this year? It is unlikely to come from exports—even ignoring potential protectionist moves in major export markets, there’s nothing that would significantly increase the world’s demand for Chinese goods. What about currency depreciation to make exports more competitive? That will be quickly offset by rising wages. Could growth come from consumers? Will they feel good enough to increase spending another 8 to 10 percent this year? They will likely spend a lot less on buying property and fitting it out (because of government action to restrain prices and restrict access to mortgage financing) and less on cars if the current tax break expires. Moreover, real salary increases are likely to be the lowest since the Lehman crisis, and with house prices expected to be flat, there won’t be a repeat of last year’s wealth effect. The stimulation of e-commerce making goods available in smaller cities for the first time may help, but technology displacing jobs in services, not just manufacturing, certainly won’t. In fact, its impact is becoming more and more visible, leading more and more consumers to not only worry about losing their jobs but also actually see them eliminated. The impact of technology on creating jobs in fields such as medical and education services will benefit the privileged few with the skills to take advantage, but it will not offset the near-term job losses.

Will investment-driven growth, in sectors beyond property, take up the slack again? To some extent, absolutely yes. Private-sector corporate investment will accelerate this year, recovering from the low levels of 2016. Lower real interest rates will stimulate investment in productivity-enhancing technologies, such as robots and cloud-based services. And the government hasn’t run out of good (or bad) infrastructure projects to spend on—everything from urban transit (such as the $36 billion project to create a megacity by improving transport links among Beijing, Tianjin, and the neighboring province of Hebei) to intercity rail, water treatment, and 5G projects. Collectively, these projects could deliver several percentage points of growth in a manner similar to a decade ago, but not without debt levels reaching 300 percent of GDP by the end of the year.

All of this still seems unlikely to get China’s economy to 6.5 percent growth this year, so look in the second half for constraints on property development to be rolled back. In sum, I see 2017 as a year of running faster and using more effort in traditional ways, to, in the end, travel more slowly.
Watch out if steel prices drop

Last year began with much fanfare over promised government-enforced reductions in coal and steel capacity, and by November the government had declared success. In reality, it would have been embarrassing if the goals had not been reached, considering how modest they were. Taking out the promised 250 million tons of coal capacity was less than the capacity added in the prior year, mostly illegally (and much of this capacity could still reemerge). The more significant impact came as a result of restricting production by limiting the number of days that (mostly state-owned) mines could operate. Coal production fell around 12 percent, but prices are up 80 percent. Great for mine owners, not so great for coal users.

In the steel sector, a reduction of 45 million tons of capacity still left an excess of several hundred million tons. At the time of writing, steel production is actually up for 2016 (as are steel prices) on growing demand from the construction and automotive sectors. The few announcements of industry consolidation have largely been the big merging with the big to get even bigger. The deals aren’t leading to reduced capacity or higher productivity, and unless steel plants are dismantled, there remains the possibility that latent capacity could return to the market.

New goals for capacity reduction will be set and met this year, just as they were in 2016—on paper. A slowdown in construction could see steel demand drop and actual overcapacity grow. Steel prices could fall back quickly, pushing the cash flow of many producers—whose balance sheets last year improved enough to stave off bankruptcy—into the negative again, depressing the confidence of consumers in cities dependent on these industries (especially in parts of northeast and northwest China) and creating a vicious cycle of lower consumer spending leading to declining local-business performance and redundancies. In these cities, property prices will be restrained by lack of demand. Homeowners will also be frustrated by their inability to sell and decreases in their paper wealth. As local governments in these cities raise concerns with Beijing, the pressure on banks to keep funding the insolvent (and for the solvent to merge with the insolvent) will rise. It may not happen this year, but eventually jobs will be lost as many companies are simply too unproductive to compete. But that may only be after billions of dollars have been spent keeping them open for a few more years.
New laws create new risks

China’s lawmakers and regulators were active in 2016, with multiple new laws affecting businesses. Ensuring compliance will be a significant headache, especially for multinationals, as what the laws mean in practice will only be defined over time. Take one example: the Anti-Unfair Competition Law, which overlaps with the Anti-Monopoly Law, had significant changes proposed in 2016 to prohibit the “abuse of a relative advantageous position.” This is open to a wide interpretation, potentially allowing small retailers and suppliers to pursue claims against larger businesses that they deal with. The law also means employers become liable for bribes and inducements offered by their employees, even if they didn’t know bribes were being offered. Multinationals will complain, but these standards are little different from those they are required to follow in many other countries and which are part of corporate ethics commitments.

In November, a new cybersecurity law was published, with implementation due in mid-2017. Requirements on data localization, reporting cyber incidents to the government, the usage and sharing of personal information, and constraints on the publishing of any content online mean almost every multinational operating in China will have to change aspects of its operating model. Maybe companies will need a network architecture that no longer backs up data outside China or a team within IT that simply reports network events to the Ministry, as required. Enterprises that publish content online in China may need to meet new local ownership requirements and understand the review and monitoring obligations that ensure content is deemed acceptable by the government. The law is creating lots of uncertainty and work, and even some larger enterprises will find themselves inadequately prepared and made examples of. Rather than simply being deported, last year saw more cases of foreign business executives being detained (most recently Australian casino employees)—and we’ll likely see more this year.

China is likely to soon suffer a massive public breach of consumer data. Many corporations are lax with regard to cybersecurity: for example, the China Banking Regulatory Commission recently criticized several banks for allowing their employees to sell personal information without any corporate oversight. Chinese consumers tend to be quite relaxed about how their personal information is shared and used, partly because a large-scale leak has not yet happened. Yet it’s easy to imagine global hackers entering the systems of a bank or an Internet company that handles payments and making the obtained data public. Public opinion could then change very quickly, leading to a heavy-handed government reaction and a major clampdown on how data is protected or sold. The impact on many leading Chinese companies could be that they invest much, much, more in cybersecurity. And some Chinese business leaders may be prosecuted for failing to protect their customer’s information sufficiently well.
Where has the money gone?

This year will see a continuation of the great “game of chicken” between those in government trying to manage down China’s exchange rate and investors who want to diversify and protect the US dollar value of at least part of their asset base. After a lull through mid-2016, we are back in a situation where the government has created in the mind of investors the expectation of continuous slow depreciation—and now feels it has to act aggressively to stop investors from taking advantage of what they see as a one-way bet.

China’s government is constantly looking to shut down leakage points, but is often challenged by its own conflicting objectives. Well over $100 billion has left China this year for international acquisitions by Chinese businesses, with many acquirers paying over the odds in order to get their money out of the country. This is despite the State Administration of Foreign Exchange frequently declining to approve renminbi conversions for deals in a timely fashion. As a further step, the Ministry of Commerce and the National Development and Reform Commission announced plans in late November to implement stricter controls on any overseas investment above $10 billion, on state-owned enterprises (SOEs) that invest more than $1 billion in real estate, and on any companies investing more than $1 billion in noncore businesses. This makes transactions harder, but not insurmountably harder for private industrial investors as most transactions are below $10 billion and in their core businesses. Turning off the tap entirely would be totally inconsistent with major government initiatives such as One Belt One Road and China Going Global.

Further restricting the use of credit cards on the estimated 140 million overseas trips made by Chinese travelers in 2015 is possible, but it would annoy these middle-class travelers (a large number of whom are also Party members) and have them looking for another mechanism to spend abroad (travelers checks remain alive and well). As an example, it’s been very popular in 2016 to visit Hong Kong, buy single-premium life-insurance policies (with a value of up to $100 million!) using renminbi, and then use a variety of means to monetize the policy in US dollars. The credit-card squeeze has clamped down on this and, in case that wasn’t enough, so has a quiet word with insurers to suggest they don’t prioritize these products anymore. In business, the government is investigating over-invoicing as a means of turning local currency into dollars, clamping down on the use of free-trade zones to move money out of China, and investigating transfer-pricing arrangements between the domestic and overseas arms of corporations. Some large and midsize multinationals who have never reported profits in China have recently been asked for up to ten years of transfer-pricing data. Yet in an economy as large and as open to trade and travel as China is today, there will always be new methods emerging.

What else may change in 2017? Every calendar year, Chinese citizens are theoretically allowed to convert the equivalent of $50,000 from renminbi into foreign currency. Many people did this early in 2016, and I expect many will try to do so again this month to take advantage of the perceived one-way bet. The scale of flows this would create means this allowance is going to be severely restricted in 2017—either it will be officially revoked or simply made infeasible to execute. The “stock connects” that allow Chinese investors (up to a daily quota limit) to invest abroad—currently in Hong Kong, but likely also London this year—will become more popular, as will a “bond connect” if it is launched. Investors have so far held back because of unfamiliarity with the investments on offer, but this year it will be a route for getting capital out of China that, through creative means, can be monetized abroad. Multinationals with surplus cash in China should work out what to do with it domestically, as it’s going to be very hard to get it out of the country in the coming year.

The net result is China’s foreign-exchange reserves will continue to decline despite the trade balance remaining in surplus, perhaps by 20 percent over the course of this year, despite the best efforts of regulators. In the end, regulators are likely to resort to their old tactic of making an example of a few to encourage the many to behave—expect a number of high-profile investigations of wealthy individuals who have rather too visibly taken money abroad.
Where are the children? Their grandparents are lonely

Long-term demographic trends, for the old and the young, will have more visible impact in China this year, creating additional headwinds for growth. China’s official government statistics bureau published data in 2016 from its mini-census that showed China’s total fertility rate—the expected number of children a woman has in her lifetime—had fallen to 1.05. This is one of the world’s lowest rates, and far below the 2.1 needed to sustain current population levels (actually, due to the skew of births of boys, even 2.1 would not be sufficient). Some 11.3 million children were born in China in 2015,1 down from more than 13 million in 2012, because of a decline in the number of women of child-bearing age, a trend that will continue. This compares with more than 25 million births in India and more than 5 million in Nigeria, a country with less than 20 percent of China’s population. Will China’s relaxation of its one-child policy help? It won’t make a big difference—under the old policy, almost half of all births were second or third children anyway. Moreover, China’s family-planning infrastructure, employing hundreds of thousands, has not disappeared. It continues to pursue and fine those they believe have too many children. The bottom line is that this trend means there will be fewer children for parents to spend money on, to be educated, and to become future consumers. In rural areas, for example, more than 50 percent of schools have already closed because of the impact of the declining birth rate and urban migration

Meanwhile, if you people-watch in Shanghai or Nanjing today, you’ll notice a stark difference from 20 years ago. China’s urban population over age 50 now totals 250 million and is growing at 30-percent-plus a year, and over-60s are growing even faster.3 China still sets a retirement age of 50 for women (55 for civil servants and employees of state enterprises) and 60 for men, so these numbers are a good proxy for the growth rate of retirees, whose income levels typically drop precipitously to less than 50 percent of pre-retirement levels. Even those with significant savings are likely to pull back on consumption to insure against uncertain future costs such as healthcare, and they are more likely to hold on to the property they own than seek to buy more. At the same time, the rural population of over 50s is shrinking, as people in the past 20 years have moved into urban areas to become part of this urban retirement demographic.
Depressed regions become more so

Liaoning earned the dubious honor among Chinese provinces of reporting that its economy shrank in 2016. It is a heavily SOE-dependent region. Of its ten largest companies, three are in basic materials, three in oil and gas, two in automotive, and one in infrastructure—only one is a consumer-facing company. Not one of China’s leading Internet companies is based in the province, and private investment fell more than 50 percent year on year in the first half of 2016. The average age of farmers is over 55,4 and many graduates from the region’s universities leave to get jobs—part of the two million people that left northeast China between 2000 and 2010.5 Even the property market that stimulated the local economies of so many cities in 2016 can’t turn Liaoning around. Many homes bought only 15 years ago cannot be sold because of their low construction quality and scarcity of buyers. And few have the confidence to buy property in an economy with declining job security and downward pressure on property prices.

Rising coal and steel prices in 2016 may have temporarily hidden similar problems in other parts of the country. Yet the challenges faced by several of Liaoning’s largest cities will be seen more clearly this year in cities not just in the northeast but also in the northwest and even the south—in fact, in any Chinese city dependent on a single industry where employment is under pressure. Breaking cities out of this developing cycle of decline has been on the central government’s to-do list since 2003. Last year saw multiple initiatives announced by Premier Li Keqiang, calling for the northeast to become a hub of entrepreneurial innovation and tourist-service-based consumption. But without a robust local tax base, with young talent that moves to opportunities elsewhere, and with a rapidly aging population whose skills are best suited to a heavy-industry era, the challenge is almost impossibly hard. This year will see more initiatives announced to fix struggling cities, including money given to bail out their key enterprises and to support their property markets. Despite this, I expect more vocal complaints from local citizens who see little prospect of improvement in the quality of their lives, and some smaller cities may have so exhausted their supply of assets to sell that they de facto become bankrupt.
Will commodities be the next hot asset class?

China’s investors will this year hunt for the next hot asset class to put their capital into. After a spectacular year for property valuations in 2016, it’s likely to be flat for property prices (certainly that is the government’s intention), and the middle class is already very overweight in real estate. Wealth-management products (WMPs), such as off-balance-sheet debt-like products from banks, have become less attractive to investors as nominal returns decline and courts redefine these investments as equity products (and so, last in line if a bankruptcy occurs). They’ve also become less appealing to banks, as they are forced to put balance-sheet capital against WMPs. Investors do want to get back into the stock market, but they view it as either a momentum play or one for insiders, hence the growing interest in investing in hedge funds (and the need to regulate them better).

As 2017 begins, commodities look like the next asset class to welcome Chinese investor exuberance. Millions of retail investors and as many as 5,000 hedge funds have entered the sector, and this year will likely see a couple of large hedge funds collapse as they overpromise and underdeliver. Regulators will react by seeking to raise trust in the stock market, launching a number of initiatives to improve corporate governance and potentially taking action in court against directors and auditors who are clearly seen to have failed to deliver on their responsibilities.

Investment management will be one of the bright spots of foreign participation in China’s economy. Many majority and fully foreign-owned investment companies are in the final stages of launch. If they build channels and brands effectively, foreign managers should be able to develop trusted relationships with local individual investors with domestic and international investment options. International asset managers already receive a significant share of the growing numbers of mandates from Chinese institutions—such as pension funds and insurance companies—to manage money on their behalf. For the government, the role of these international fund managers is more than just providing returns to investors—it’s to professionalize the industry, bring in best practices, develop talent, and make money for themselves while they are at it. As we have seen in many other sectors, local competitors will adapt quickly by building their own international reach and adopting international operating practices.

Finally, this year we’ll see much greater investment in Chinese stocks by foreign investors, despite the governance risks just mentioned. With November’s opening of the Shenzhen–Hong Kong Stock Connect, foreign investors now have much easier access to many of China’s highest-growth companies. Even though many are trading at price-equity ratios of more than 50—if not more than 80—foreign investors will be excited to be able to invest at all and will do so at scale.
The auto industry accelerates into the future

China’s auto industry has grown at more than 15 percent annually for a decade. In late 2015, when it looked like demand might stagnate, a tax break was introduced that kept the market expanding at 14 percent in 2016, at the time of writing. Of course, adding more than 20 million new vehicles a year to a fleet of more than 190 million has its downsides, starting with very visible air pollution, congestion seemingly everywhere, and less than one parking space for every two cars in some cities. And for individuals, the cost of owning a car has never been higher, from paying as much as $15,000 for a license plate (if you are one of the lucky 1 in 20 who wins the lottery for a license) to paying even more for a parking space and insurance. In cities, owning a car is actually increasingly seen as a costly hassle, and the pressure is on the government to improve the situation. There is some good news. Despite the growth in vehicles, deaths on Chinese roads declined 3 percent annually for the past five years to below 60,000, and reported injuries declined even faster. The average car on the road is today much safer than ten years ago, congestion means that most driving in cities is at a very low speed, and I believe driving is, at the margin, getting better.

The government is focused on a medium-term solution of clean cars, self-driving cars, and shared cars. In each category, it wants China Inc. to seize the opportunity to be the global scale leader. It’s more than hypothetical: the government can put in place the entire ecosystem of laws and regulation, build shared infrastructure for charging and more, and provide investment and consumer subsidies to accelerate a drive to scale. There will be a big increase in the amount of money made available to this sector this year, perhaps reaching the level of capital made available to the domestic semiconductor industry and to lots of high-profile pilots involving China’s leading companies from the auto and tech sectors. What could go wrong? If the subsidies are skewed to SOEs, if competing tax breaks for buying traditional vehicles remain in place, or if foreign companies are heavily disadvantaged, then we will end up with the same outcome or if as in semiconductors—lots of government spending for very limited return—rather than the outcomes in solar energy or mass public transit, where China Inc. is now a global leader.
Cheers turn to boos in European soccer stadiums

Chinese investors have plunged into European soccer teams, demonstrating support for Xi Jinping’s desire for China to improve its national performance in soccer. (On that front, there’s not much progress to report—the national team’s lowlight was losing to Syria.) This year will see some of those investors start to seriously regret their decision. Not only is there a high likelihood that some of the teams they have acquired will be relegated (therefore, losing access to the large streams of revenue top divisions receive from broadcasters), but I also expect at least one set of fans to turn on the team’s new owners, with demonstrations at the games, on social media, to the press, and more.

There is a long tradition, especially in England, of blaming owners for a team’s poor performance, for failing to spend enough of their own money to buy the best players and manager, and for extracting money from the club. Just ask Assem Allam (Hull City), the Oystons (Blackpool), Venky’s (Blackburn), or even the Glazers (Manchester United) how uncomfortable such a wave of criticism can be. No Chinese entrepreneur has ever faced anything similar at home and will likely react naively when these protests develop. Leading PR firms should be on standby. Some investors will come to realize that while owning a team brings headlines and prestige at the outset, it can be a very volatile, very risky investment, possibly leading to a semi-forced low-price sale. Expect a Chinese investor to cut and run from a soccer investment in 2017.

Investing in adjacent sports businesses (such as Fosun’s investment in soccer agents) is often lower risk and provides higher returns. I expect it will not be long before Chinese investors turn their attention to the UK gambling industry, acquiring some of the main players, seeking to bring some of the key elements of their success back to China (or at least Asia, if regulators balk).

With the caveat that everything is subject to change when it comes to geopolitics, I expect China’s government priorities this year to largely be domestic. Ensuring smooth government leadership transitions will take precedence over economic reform perceived as potentially risky. Actions to increase the control of the economy by the Party take precedence over market-based reforms. We will see incremental policy change, largely pushing on the same levers that worked for the government in 2016. But by the second half of 2017, we will see that consumer spending is not growing at the pace needed to deliver the promised GDP growth, leading to a further boost in debt-funded infrastructure spending and property construction and a bumpier second half of the year.

Gordon Orr - Director emeritus of McKinsey & Senior external adviser.

中國榮譽

jGuyz — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 15:43:04 +0800

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How dare Ronaldo reject China generous offer. Unacceptable!

Without China, u can't even fly kite not even Orange kite.

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China created a whole industry of cosmetics back in 3000 BC while Europe was still using stone to beat fish hah
Nail polish originated in China, and dates back to 3000 BC.Around 600 BC, during the Zhou dynasty, the royal house preferred the colors gold and silver.However, red and black eventually replaced these metallic colors as royal favorites. During the Ming dynasty, nail polish was often made from a mixture that included beeswax, egg whites, gelatin, vegetable dyes, and gum Arabic.

First and still number 1 earthquake detector while most barbarians still live in trees. gg.com.cn

In 132 AD, Zhang Heng (78–139 AD) of Han Dynasty invented the first Seismograph called Houfeng Didong to measure the movements of Earth and seasonal winds. The seismograph was urn like an instrument, made of copper with a central pendulum. The eight dragons on the surface with each one holding the copper in its mouth points out to the eight different directions – (“east, south, west, north, southeast, northeast, southwest, and northwest”). When there was the earthquake, the closest dragon’s mouth from the earthquake direction opened and the ball dropped into the mouth of the frog. When there was the earthquake, the closest dragon’s mouth from the earthquake’s direction released the ball and fall on the toad producing the sound. It lets people know the direction of an earthquake.

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Room 101

jGuyz — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 20:04:44 +0800

Room 101, the torture chamber in George Orwell’s 1984, was named after a conference room at the BBC where Orwell would have to sit through tortuously boring meetings

“Sometimes, she said they threaten you with something- something you can’t stand up to- can’t even think about. And then you say, Don’t do it to me do it to somebody else, do it to so-and-so.

And perhaps you might pretend afterwards, that it was only a trick that you just said it to make them stop and didn’t really mean it. But that isn’t true. At the time when it happens you do mean it. You think there’s no other way of saving yourself, and you’re quite ready to save yourself that way. You want it to happen to the other person. You don’t give a damn what they suffer. All you care about is yourself”

George Orwell, 1984

Julia speaks these lines to Winston in Book Three, Chapter VI, while they are discussing what they were confronted with, in Room 101. She tells him how she wanted to betray him when she faced her worst fear in Room 101 and he responds that he felt exactly the same way. He also betrayed Julia when he was in Room 101, facing his worst fear – the rats. “Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia! I don’t care what you do to her. Tear her face off, strip her to the bones,” he shouted frantically while he was tortured in Room 101.

Neither Winston nor Julia loved each other enough to stay loyal in Room 101. Room 101 is the point where Winston and Julia underwent the final stage of accepting Big Brother and finally surrendered to torture. They no longer had free will and they were nothing more than pawns of the government. They no longer posed a threat to the Party and were set free.

In George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future, the government controls the individual by suppressing individual happiness and freedom through a combination of manipulation and fear. The Thought Police are always present and able to watch everybody all the time and see into their minds. With cameras and microphones placed everywhere, the Thought Police watch every move of the citizens of Oceania 24/7. In Oceania, children are encouraged to report their parents to the authorities for the slightest crime. As Winston Smith says, “the only thing that can keep you human is to not allow the government to get inside you.”

In the climax of the novel, Orwell introduces Room 101, which contains a person’s ultimate breaking point, worst nightmare, fear or phobia. Every citizen of Oceania who betrayed Big Brother finds himself in Room 101, which is the final stage of accepting Big Brother.

O’Brien, a mysterious, powerful, and sophisticated member of the Inner Party describes Room 101:

“You asked me once, what was in Room 101. I told you that you knew the answer already. Everyone knows it. The thing that is in Room 101 is the worst thing in the world.“

“The worst thing in the world varies from individual to individual. It may be burial alive or death by fire, or by drowning, or by impalement, or fifty other deaths. There are cases where it is some quite trivial thing, not even fatal.”

Winston had been tortured, starved, bashed, and threatened, but he didn’t betray Julia, so he was sent to Room 101 for the final stage of re-education, where he would face his greatest fear – rats. In Room 101 Winston is forced to confront his irrational fear.

A wire cage that contains two large rats is fitted onto his face and if certain doors on the wire cage open the rats would devour Winston’s face. He wasn’t able to confront his irrational fear and apparently his fear of rats was greater than his love for Julia, so he betrayed Julia by asking them to “give” the rats to her. Winston finally capitulated and accepted Big Brother.

As Orwell wrote, “He gazed up at the enormous face. Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark mustache. O cruel, needless misunderstanding! O stubborn self-willed exile from the loving breast! Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother“

Orwell – the pen name of Eric Blair – worked at Broadcasting House in London during the 1940s and it is said that he named the infamous Room 101 after a conference room at BBC Broadcasting House. During World War II, he was forced to sit through boring meetings in this room.

George Orwell’s 1984 is one of the most influential books ever written. Upon its publication, the novel may have seemed extreme, but it seems that the world we live today is not so far from the world in Orwell’s 1984 and even in our world “War is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength.”

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