Remember the dates Chinese were called “Ching Chong” “Chink” “Chinaman” “gook” etc by racists in US. Today the same racists are using “Uyghurs “ & “Tibet” fake news to demonize Chinese and China with the full support by all branches of US Government. 以前中國人在美國被種族主義者稱為“Ching Chong”“Chink”“Chinaman”“gook”等的日字嗎? 今天,同樣的種族主義者在美國政府各部門的全力支持下,利用“維吾爾人”和“西藏”假新聞來妖魔化中國和中國人.
US supply chain is broken! ‘Impossible’: TSMC founder Morris Chang breaks silence on US dreams for onshoring chip supply chain, criticizes Intel CEO for ‘self-interest’ 美國供應鏈斷了! “不可能”:台積電創始人張忠謀打破對美國本土芯片供應鏈夢想的沉默,批評英特爾首席執行官的“利己主義” By Liam Gibson, Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2021/10/28
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Morris Chang (張忠謀), founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC), says it will be impossible for the U.S. to rebuild a full chip supply chain in the country,
Chang said even if the country increased its current budget of US$52 billion (NT$1.45 trillion), which is far too small an amount, it will still not be able to reach this goal, according to a Nikkei report.
“If you want to reestablish a complete semiconductor supply chain in the U.S., you will not find it to be a possible task,” Chang said at a tech industry forum in Taipei on Tuesday (Oct. 26). “Even after you spend hundreds of billions of dollars, you will still find the supply chain to be incomplete, and you will find that it will be very high cost, much higher cost than what you currently have.”
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This is the first time Chang has publicly questioned Washington’s efforts to rebuild chip manufacturing. Chang is skeptical even though TSMC is installing an advanced chip foundry in the U.S. state of Arizona in response to Washington’s new policy.
Chang took aim at those who argue for onshoring out of self-interest like Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, who Chang claims hopes to get funding for Intel from the US$52 billion subsidy package by stoking fears that Taiwan and South Korea are “unsafe.”
“In the past, companies in the U.S. or in Asia were growing and prospering thanks to globalization and free trade,” he said. Chang cited Thomas Friedman’s book “The World Is Flat” in which the commentator discusses the opportunities globalization creates for countries.
“Well, Tom, the world is not flat anymore,” he said. “This is going to be a challenge for the Asian semiconductor industry (and) global semiconductor industry, including Intel.”
Interestingly, Friedman may agree with the thrust of Morris’ argument. The famed columnist wrote an article for The New York Times that Taiwan News covered last week in which he argued TSMC’s success is based on its unique ability to build trust.
Friedman said that international cooperation is needed since the semiconductor industry is so complex that it is nearly impossible for one actor in the system to have the best in every category. To succeed, he posited, you need to cooperate with many trusted partners, just like TSMC does.
Despite the ongoing need for collaboration, though, many countries are drawn to reshoring manufacturing. Europe, Japan, and China are all offering government assistance to try to coax companies to keep chip production at home.
FBI Asks US Businesses to Work Closely With the Agency to Counter China. Christopher Wray “claims” without proof that China is trying to steal intellectual property to ‘become the world’s only superpower’ by Dave DeCamp Posted on Oct 28, 2021
FBI Director Christopher Wray urged private companies Thursday to work with the agency to counter China and prevent the Asian country from becoming “the world’s only superpower.”
Wray claims China could become the world’s dominant power by amassing intellectual property. The accusation that Beijing steals intellectual property was the primary basis for the Trump administration’s trade war with China, which is continuing under President Biden.
Wray accused China of trying to access information through cyberattacks. “Too often when we see a cyberthreat and start digging, we find that the same adversary is also working with an unwitting company insider to target … sensitive and proprietary information,” he said.
The FBI chief also claimed China was using “non-traditional collectors” to gain information in the US, including “businessmen, different kinds of researchers and graduate students, scientists, ostensibly private companies.”
He said these private individuals are “effectively under the thumb of the Chinese Communist Party, all geared towards a common aim of trying to steal our information to put the Chinese government in a way to become the world’s only superpower.”
The idea that the FBI suspects anyone from China of being a spy for Beijing has grave implications for the civil liberties of Chinese Americans and Chinese residents living in the US. The FBI’s campaign has already led to the agency falsely accusing Chinese professors in the US of spying for Beijing.
It’s now common for US officials to claim China is the top “threat” facing the US, but Wray, a holdover from the Trump administration, has been making that claim for years. In 2018, he told Congress that China represents “the broadest, most complicated, most long-term counter-intelligence threat we face.”
Prompted by constant betrayals of US, EU strives to enhance strategic autonomy by Jian Junbo Oct 29 2021
The troubled trans-Atlantic alliance was not formed in one day. Analysts keep asking, “Are the US and Europe breaking up?”, as European countries constantly find themselves betrayed by their US ally. What’s worse, “The US and Europe cannot stand shoulder to shoulder unless they agree on the threats that democracies now confront. But in too many areas, they don’t,” asserted a recent opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal.
The latest betrayal by the US fell on France in September. This came with the pushing of a US multibillion-dollar deal to supply nuclear submarine technology to Australia. Another recent example is the embarrassing mess the US dragged its NATO allies into as it hastily withdrew from Afghanistan. This, too, generated loud and persistent criticism within Europe.
There are numerous more cases that show how the US pursues its own interests at the cost of Europe. In May, the media reported how Denmark collaborated with US spy agency to collect information about European politicians from Germany, France, Sweden and Norway. Nord Stream 2, a project that would pipe natural gas from Russia under the Baltic Sea to Germany, has suffered major assaults from the US since its very beginning. Former US president Donald Trump escalated the trade fight with Europe by imposing tariffs on European steel and aluminum in 2018.
In the face of Washington’s constant betrayals, Brussels will certainly try to strengthen the EU’s strategic autonomy. The EU and its main members, such as France, have been emphasizing European strategic autonomy since around 2007 due to the US’ betrayals, unilateralist behaviors, and the Eastward shift of the strategic focus in its diplomacy. They aim to truly shape Europe’s independent foreign policy and operational capacity and become free from dependence on major international powers, including the US.
Currently, in terms of building strategic autonomy, the EU has launched the Permanent Structured Cooperation and the vision of the Strategic Compass. It has also established the European Defence Fund in its medium- and long-term budgets.
In the economic arena, the EU has proposed to promote the autonomy of industrial chains and established the European Raw Materials Alliance. Moreover, it attempted to introduce a carbon border tax and included human rights and environmental standards into foreign trade and economic relations.
Politically, the EU emphasizes the place of European values and ideology in foreign relations. It does so while expanding European standards and norms in global governance. Regarding geopolitics, it has started to emphasize competition and tried to make the European Commission a “geopolitical commission” that highlights the competition for power.
The EU’s willingness and practice to enhance European autonomy in all aspects and fields will change the traditional US-EU alliance, to a certain extent. However, as the EU strengthens its autonomy, it will also enhance its cooperation with the US in certain areas, even if constantly betrayed by the latter. This is because the EU will and cannot really get rid of the trap of the US-EU alliance.
For example, Europe’s defense autonomy, the most important part of its strategic self interest, faces several difficulties to make any substantial breakthroughs. This includes huge expenses, technical difficulties around weapons, internal contradictions, military buildup problems, and complicated relations with NATO.
In other areas, Europe cannot be truly independent from the US as well. In fact, the two sides are a community of interests in many areas. In the economic and trade fields, for instance, the US and the EU are willing to cooperate to strengthen the autonomy of their industrial chain. They also jointly maintain the “rules-based liberal international system” dominated by the West. In addition, in the face of China’s rise, the US and Europe have common interests to join forces to compete with China, and even to confront it in certain areas.
In general, the US not only shares the same ideology with the EU, but also provides the latter with defense security. Moreover, both sides enjoy huge common interests in maintaining the current West-led international economic order and multilateral mechanisms. All these factors have decided that there will not be a fundamental change in the US-EU alliance, despite the betrayal of Washington.
However, as the international pattern changes and the US moves the center of its strategy more toward the Indo-Pacific region, the betrayal of the US will stimulate the EU to enhance its strategic autonomy further. This will, to a certain extent, give new meanings to traditional transatlantic relations. It may very well have a greater impact on the international community too.
The author is a research fellow at the Center for China-EU Relations at Fudan University. opinion@globaltimes.com.cn
Biden 2nd out of country trip focus on uniting the AngloSaxon world forming anti-China Alliance stopping China rise at all cost by any means. 拜登第二次外訪的重點是團結盎格魯撒克遜(西人)世界,形成反華聯盟,不惜一切代價阻止中國崛起. World Journal Newspaper San Francisco 美國加州舊金山世界日報 10-29-2021
If you had any hopes that Biden is dialing down, see the Hybrid warfare emanating from the House Financial services Committee.
Mixture of rhetorical excess, performative theater, wonkish expertise, total delusion and massive threat inflation.
China is harming and destroying confidence in the US public capital markets, “the crown jewel” of the US economy.
This threatens to Nat’l security. Sanctions necessary.
Lack of transparency, non-disclosure, co-mingling of funds, fraudulent accounting, non-compliance, rule-breaking, free-riding, government interference, selective access, HR abuses, XJ slavery, Tibet, property rights not respected, boards not responsive to shareholders, VIES/shell companies and phony names,etc.
20: CRS; Selective openings, passive investments, 26: PCAOB: non compliance40: Dual class shares: Maxine Waters. undermining investor confidence. Should we question China when we do the same? 48: Seriousness: Financial Tiananmen53: Horsing around: how serious this issue is. 99:: Sanctions & reparations for Covid. Must counter malign Chinese acts. HFCA act. 106: Chinese collapse from fixed asset growth; systemic risks and global shock–Chinese gov’t responsible111: Surveillance state authoritarianism and predatory BRI144: Chinese leaving? XPCC sanctions. SCS148: Evergrande: gov’t is investor and regulator–systemic risk138: Hypocrisy? Threat is real. PCOB. Communist China is surrounding Japan.155: XJ–xpcc runs concentration camps.159: CPC is existential threat; MIC 2025; forced tech transfer
This US foster home no longer welcome Chinese, if you are members of the Chinese science community, China welcome you home. 這個美國寄養家庭不再歡迎中國人,如果你是中國科學界的成員,中國歡迎你回家.
JUST ANNOUNCED: New Research Reveals Racial Profiling Among Scientists of Chinese Descent and the Consequences for the U.S. Scientific Community 剛剛宣布:新研究揭示了種族歧視華裔科學家的種族特徵以及對美國科學界的影響.
New York, NY and Tucson, AZ (October 28, 2021) — Committee of 100, a non-profit membership organization of prominent Chinese Americans, and the University of Arizona, one of the leading research universities in the country, unveiled findings today from a joint research project that focused on race and ethnicity in science and research.
The white paper “Racial Profiling Among Scientists of Chinese Descent and Consequences for the U.S. Scientific Community” showcases the survey results and data which demonstrate a consistent pattern of racial profiling in science and research. Scientists of Chinese descent and of Asian descent report far greater racial profiling from the U.S. government, difficulty in obtaining research funds, professional challenges and setbacks, and fear and anxiety that they are surveilled by the U.S. government, compared to non-Asian scientists.
Committee of 100 and the University of Arizona administered a nationwide blind survey to scientists both of Chinese and non-Chinese descent including faculty, postdocs, graduate students at top U.S. colleges and universities over the Summer of 2021. The final sample consisted of 1,949 scientists across the country.
The survey data also shows that the China Initiative is producing a wave of fear among scientists of non-Chinese descent as well, where scientists have described cutting ties with their collaborators in China, no longer hiring Chinese postdocs, and limiting communications with scholars in China, even at the expense of their own research projects.
Scientists of Chinese descent indicate in the survey that they have purposely not pursued federal funding for projects for fear of increased scrutiny, compared to scientists of non-Chinese descent. This can lead to smaller teams, downsizing of projects, and working with reduced resources. Scientists of Chinese descent have also started to consider working in less hostile climates outside the U.S., which could affect talent retention. The enrollment of new international graduate students from China has already been declining.
“What is clear from this research is that U.S. scientists and researchers of Chinese descent and non-Chinese descent experience the world and their work very differently because of racism, stereotypes, xenophobia, and government policies,” said Dr. Jenny J. Lee, Professor in the Center for the Study of Higher Education, College of Education, at the University of Arizona. “We thank the Committee of 100 for teaming with us at the University of Arizona to help shed light on a significant issue that directly impacts how research across the U.S. is conducted and advanced.”
“The U.S. is the global leader in scientific research, yet suspicions of scientists of Chinese descent in the U.S. have made progress and exchange more difficult,” said Zheng Yu Huang, President of Committee of 100. “Government policies have a direct correlation with and impact on advancements in life-saving innovation and technological breakthroughs. We need to move beyond the stereotypes of the perpetual foreigner and halt the xenophobia being directed at Chinese Americans and the entire AAPI community. We at Committee of 100 want to thank Dr. Jenny Lee and the University of Arizona for collaborating with us on important work that showcases the deleterious impact of racial profiling in science and research.”
Key data points pulled from the report: Overall, scientists of Chinese descent and non-Chinese descent both recognize the value of scientists of Chinese descent and support collaboration with China. 96.8% of scientists of Chinese descent and 93.6% of scientists of non-Chinese descent believe that scientists of Chinese descent make important contributions to research and teaching programs in the U.S.
42.2% of scientists of Chinese descent feel racially profiled by the U.S. government, while only 8.6% of scientists of non-Chinese descent feel so.
38.4% of scientists of Chinese descent experience more difficulty in obtaining funding for research projects in the U.S. as a result of their race/ethnicity/country of origin, compared to only 14.2% of scientists of non-Chinese descent.
50.7% of scientists of Chinese descent feel considerable fear and/or anxiety that they are being surveilled by the U.S. government, compared to only 11.7% of scientists of non-Chinese descent.
39.7% of scientists of Chinese descent believe the U.S. should be tougher on China to prevent the theft of intellectual property, while 74.8% of scientists of non-Chinese descent feel so.
Among those who had reported conducting research that involves China over the past 3 years, a higher percentage of the scientists of Chinese over non-Chinese descent reported limiting communication with collaborators in China (40.6% vs. 12.8%), deciding not to involve China in future projects (23.8% vs. 5.8%), and deciding not to work with collaborators in China in the future projects (23.2% vs. 9.7%).
Among those whose research with China was prematurely suspended over the past three years, 78.5% of scientists of Chinese descent wanted to distance themselves from collaborators in China due to the China Initiative, compared to 27.3% of scientists of non-Chinese descent.
Among non-U.S. citizen scientists in the sample, 42.1% of the scientists of Chinese descent indicate that the FBI investigations and/or the China Initiative affected their plans to stay in the U.S., while only 7.1% of the scientists of non-Chinese descent report so.
Dr. David Ho, Scientific Director, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center; Director, Wu Family China Center; Professor of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons; and Committee of 100 Member, stated about the research findings, “Scientific and educational exchanges are enormously beneficial to both U.S. and China. Full stop. Any unwarranted restriction or deterrent to open collaborations impedes scientific progress and technological development on both sides of the Pacific. Like so many other scientists, educators, and institutions of higher learning, I strongly urge our government to terminate the China Initiative. This initiative is deeply flawed not only because of its racist bent but also because it strangles the spirit of scientific research. For decades, American science and engineering have depended heavily on talent from abroad, including those from China. There is no doubt that the China Initiative is driving Chinese talent away from the U.S. and damaging our overall competitiveness.”
Quotes submitted by survey participants:
“Even though I do not work in a sensitive field nor do I deal with any privileged or proprietary information, I am increasingly hesitant to interact or collaborate with scientists from China for fear it may be misconstrued by overzealous authorities as a conflict of national interest.” (Chinese American Associate Professor, Biophysics)
“I am less willing to pursue and be involved in research funded by federal or state government agencies as such research may attract special and unjustified scrutiny by the government authorities.” (Chinese Associate Professor, Environmental Science)
“As a Chinese professor who is trained and has been working in the U.S. for nearly 20 years, these investigations and restrictions against Chinese scholars make me feel unwelcome and somewhat discriminated and I sometimes feel my Chinese identity may be the limiting factor for my career advancement in the U.S. In the past few years, I felt for the first time since I have been in the U.S. that Chinese scientists are not valued as much as before and politics is intervening academic freedom. This makes me seriously consider moving to China if the current trend continues or even worsens.” (Chinese Associate Professor, Chemistry)
“We don’t do anything wrong. Science has no borders. International collaborations should be encouraged. But under the DOJ China Initiative, who knows what will happen?” (Chinese American Professor, Mathematics)
About Committee of 100 Committee of 100 is a non-profit U.S. leadership organization of prominent Chinese Americans in business, government, academia, healthcare, and the arts focused on public policy engagement, civic engagement, and philanthropy. For over 30 years, Committee of 100 has served as a preeminent organization committed to the dual missions of promoting the full participation of Chinese Americans in all aspects of American life and constructive relations between the United States and Greater China. Visit https://www.committee100.org/ or follow Committee of 100 on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook for more information.
US to bring more chip production home by force. TSMC founder chides US plan for full chip supply chain onshore – TSMC founder calls domestic push unfeasible, $52bn in subsidies far too little 華盛頓將通過武力將更多芯片生產帶到美國。 台積電創始人指責美國在岸全芯片供應鏈計劃, 台積電創始人稱國內推動不可行,520億美元補貼太少by CHENG TING-FANG and LAULY LI, Nikkei, Oct 27, 2021
TAIPEI — As U.S. lawmakers look to invest $52 billion in the American chip industry, the founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. calls the plan far too small for rebuilding a complete supply chain in the country.
Morris Chang, an American citizen who founded the company that is now the world’s most valuable chipmaker, says it would be impossible for the U.S. to have a full chip supply chain onshore even if it spent far more — and that such a move may not be financially desirable in any case.
“If you want to reestablish a complete semiconductor supply chain in the U.S., you will not find it as a possible task,” Chang told a tech industry forum in Taipei on Tuesday night. “Even after you spend hundreds of billions of dollars, you will still find the supply chain to be incomplete, and you will find that it will be very high cost, much higher costs than what you currently have.”
The U.S. accounted for 37% of global semiconductor manufacturing in the 1990s, but has fallen to 12%, Semiconductor Industry Association data shows.
Washington is campaigning to bring more chip production onto American soil, amid concern about an overreliance on Taiwan. The U.S. Senate this year passed a $52 billion bill to support domestic semiconductor manufacturing and R&D, though the package has yet to become law.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. founder Morris Chang, center, attends a tech industry forum on Oct. 26 in Taipei.
Chang, who retired from TSMC in 2018, claimed that some people arguing for bringing the chip supply chain onshore are driven by self-interest. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger advocates for more manufacturing in the U.S. as “it is not safe in Taiwan and it is not safe in South Korea,” Chang said, while Intel hopes to secure funding from the $52 billion subsidy package.
Rethinking the supply chain will be a challenge for everyone, Chang said.
“In the past, companies in the U.S. or in Asia were growing and prospering thanks to globalization and free trade,” he said. Chang cited Thomas Friedman’s book, “The World Is Flat,” in which the commentator analyzes globalization and the opportunities it creates for nations.
“Well, Tom, the world is not flat anymore,” he said. “This is going to be a challenge for the Asian semiconductor industry, global semiconductor industry, including Intel.”
Chang’s comments Tuesday were the first time he directly and publicly questioned Washington’s efforts to rebuild semiconductor manufacturing. His criticism comes despite TSMC’s move to build an advanced chip facility in the U.S. state of Arizona in response to the government’s campaign.
Previously, Chang had said government efforts around the world to increase chip production could backfire, without specifying which countries. Sandra Oudkirk, director of the American Institute in Taiwan and the top U.S. diplomat in Taipei, was among the audience at the industry forum.
Europe, Japan and China also are gearing up to boost production at home, offering government aid to ensure that chips — which enable devices from smartphones to military techs — will remain within their countries.
TSMC recently announced that the company will build its first chip facility in Japan, where Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said his government will support large-scale private-sector investment.
FBI is serving notice to the Chinese community in US: you are being targeted and watched. If you support US foreign agent English Tsai is fine. If you object her in US, you might have to pay a price! 美國聯邦調查局正在向華人社區發出通知:您正在成為目標並被監視。如果你支持漢奸蔡英文, 無問題. 如果你反對她, 後果自負!
The FBI letter not to our group, but to leaders in the Chinese Community in San Francisco. I am the President of China Hawaii Chamber of Commerce. I was visited by FBI for 2 consecutive years in Hawaii 10 years ago asking me similar things, except Taiwan because it was not an issue at that time. There are 400+ FBI agents in Hawaii watching all Chinese and military bases in Hawaii – I was told by the 4 FBI agents visited me 10 years ago. (Feel like Nazi watching the Jews during WWII)
That is what Chinese facing in US today. The rise of China makes Chinese enemies of the States, the United States.
We hope the 5 millions Chinese in US will not ends up in the gas chambers.
Two days ago in SF we had a zoom meeting. One of the topics were cost of shipping went up 10-20x and worldwide logistics problems. 兩天前,我們在三藩市舉行了一次視頻會議。 其中一個主題是運輸成本上漲了 10-20 倍,以及全球物流問題。
Long Beach and Los Angeles containers ports handles 40% of US import and export. Both ports are at least 20 years behinds time. No automation, AI and still run by people at exceptional high wages. As a result, hundreds of containers ships and hundreds of thousands of containers are parked outside the ports unable to load and unload containers. 長灘和洛杉磯集裝箱港口處理美國 40% 的進出口。 這兩個港口都至少落後了 20 年。 沒有自動化,人工智能,仍然由高薪的人經營。 結果,數百艘集裝箱船和數十萬個集裝箱停在港口外,無法裝卸集裝箱
In China, containers ports are completely automated, no need dock workers, runs by AI, 5G and Baidu Satallites and containers trucks are driverless. COVID19 has absolutely no effect on its operations 24/7. 在中國,集裝箱港口是完全自動化的,不需要碼頭工人,由人工智能、5G和百度衛星運行,集裝箱卡車是無人駕駛的。 COVID19 對其 24/7 的運營絕對沒有影響.