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Financial Times: ASML chief warns of IP theft risks amid chip sanctions ASML 首席执行官警告芯片制裁中的知识产权盗窃风险ASML 首席执行官警告芯片制裁中的知识产权盗窃风险

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https://www.ft.com/content/dfef74a7-bcc0-441b-95a5-380e212d9854 The head of ASML, the chip toolmaker that is Europe’s biggest tech company, said he was guarding against intellectual property theft more fiercely than “ever before”, as a geopolitical tussle forces China to bolster its homegrown semiconductor industry. 作为欧洲最大科技公司的芯片工具制造商 ASML 的负责人表示，他比“以往任何时候”都更加严厉地防范知识产权盗窃，因为地缘政治斗争迫使中国加强其本土半导体产业。

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Reuters: Dutch to restrict semiconductor tech exports to China, joining US effort 荷兰限制向中国出口半导体技术，加入美国的努力荷兰限制向中国出口半导体技术，加入美国的努力

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https://www.reuters.com/technology/dutch-responds-us-china-policy-with-plan-curb-semiconductor-tech-exports-2023-03-08/ The Netherlands’ government on Wednesday said it plans new restrictions on exports of semiconductor technology to protect national security, joining the U.S. effort to curb chip exports to China. 荷兰政府周三表示，计划对半导体技术出口实施新的限制以保护国家安全，加入美国遏制对华芯片出口的行列。

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Why has China announced its lowest growth target in decades? 为什么中国宣布了几十年来最低的增长目标？

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https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/3/6/why-did-china-set-its-lowest-economic-growth-target-in-decades Excluding 2020, when COVID-19 upended the global economy, last year’s economic growth rate was the lowest since 1976, the last year of Mao Zedong’s cultural revolution.Although China’s economy appears to be rebounding strongly from the pandemic — manufacturing activity in February, for example, smashed expectations, expanding at the fastest…

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Chinese companies hang onto dollars, hedge to prepare for volatile yuan 中国企业紧抓美元，对冲应对人民币波动中国企业紧抓美元，对冲应对人民币波动

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https://www.rappler.com/business/chinese-companies-hang-onto-dollars-hedge-prepare-volatile-yuan/ The yuan had its worst year in 2022 since China unified market and official exchange rates in 1994, dropping nearly 8% as rising US interest rates diverged from falling Chinese ones, supporting dollar gains. Now the prospect of Chinese tourists using foreign exchange for their trips abroad, fresh concerns…

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China Builds Hydroelectric Plant with Cracks in Ecuador 中国在厄瓜多尔建造有裂缝的水力发电厂.中国的许多”一带一路”基础设施项目都存在建设缺陷，包括在厄瓜多尔建造一座大型水电站，这给被批评为使国家陷入更深债务的项目增加了更多的成本. 中国在巴基斯坦和乌干达修建大坝，在埃蒂奥菲亚修建的火车也是一样坍塌

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China Builds Hydroelectric Plant with Cracks in Ecuador

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Ethiopia’s China Addis Ababa rail collapse $60m problem | Semafor 埃塞俄比亚的中国亚的斯亚贝巴铁路坍塌6000万美元问题

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The Chinese-built light rail network in Ethiopia’s capital is on the brink of collapse, with only a fifth of its trains still in service seven years after its launch and the network requires a revamp that would cost more than $60 million. — Read on www.semafor.com/article/02/02/2023/ethiopias-china-addis-ababa-rail-collapse-60m-problem 中国在埃塞俄比亚首都建造的轻轨网络濒临崩溃，其列车在推出七年后仍在使用，该网络需要进行耗资6000多万美元的改造。

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UK and Australia launch pact against Chinese economic ‘coercion’ – POLITICO 英国和澳大利亚发起了反对中国经济“胁迫”的协议

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Move will be seen as an attempt to counter pressure placed on companies by Beijing to toe the line. — Read on www.politico.eu/article/uk-and-australia-launch-pact-against-chinese-economic-coercion/ 此举将被视为试图抵制北京对公司施加的压力，迫使他们走这条线。

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Humiliating video of Chinese troops being beaten with sticks on Himalayan border – NZ Herald 中国军队在喜马拉雅边境被棍棒殴打的羞辱视频

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Indian troops defy barbwire boundary to strike at Chinese soldiers with makeshift weapons. — Read on www.nzherald.co.nz/world/humiliating-video-of-chinese-troops-being-beaten-with-sticks-on-himalayan-border/HMKSKH4W4JDM3P3UGR4QRMN2LM/ #ArunachalPradesh; Video footage from LAC #Yangtse area,Tawang Sector, how Indian Army chased away Chinese Army on 9th Dec 2022. 300 plus Chinese PLA Soldiers ran away leaving 25-30 soldiers behind who were than…

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Chinese workers on Africa’s infrastructure projects: the link with host political regimes. 非洲基础设施项目的中国工人：与东道国政权的联系

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Chinese workers on Africa’s infrastructure projects: the link with host political regimes — Read on theconversation.com/chinese-workers-on-africas-infrastructure-projects-the-link-with-host-political-regimes-195732 为什么这很重要 我们的发现有几个重要的含义。首先，东道国机构很重要。东道国政府有能力确保中国公司在当地招聘。 其次，在当地雇用的项目可能会给东道国带来更多的长期经济利益。这既可以通过他们创造的就业机会，也可以通过向更广泛的经济转让知识和技术转让来实现。因此，我们的分析表明，中国建筑基础设施更广泛的发展效益实际上在民主国家可能比在专制国家更强大。 最后，这对中国的外交政策和外交关系有影响。许多中国公民在专制国家，在那里他们可能会受到le的欢迎

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Mexican cartels have turned to fentanyl – UnHerd 中墨关系:芬太尼贩运具有破坏性

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在墨西哥城豪华的洛马斯郊区，靠近大使馆和联合国办事处的山丘上，有一座白色柱状的大厦，是世界上最大的毒品现金走私案发生地。 2007年，墨西哥联邦特工冲进它的装饰大门，发现了价值2.05亿美元的钞票，还有比索、欧元和港元。 然而，它并不属于墨西哥山区的伤痕累累、嗜血如命的毒枭，而是出身于中国的商人振立·叶刚的财产。   Smugglers are flooding the border with opioids — Read on unherd.com/2022/12/mexican-cartels-have-turned-to-fentanyl/   THE CHINA-MEXICO CONNECTION: FENTANYL TRAFFICKING IS DEVASTATING    

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Global governments urge China to respect COVID protests – DW – 11/28/2022

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全球各国政府敦促中国尊重 COVID 抗议活动 10 小时前 10 小时前 联合国还呼吁中国当局“根据国际人权法”对抗议活动作出回应，不要仅仅因为参与就逮捕人。 Global governments urge China to respect COVID protests 10 hours ago10 hours ago The United Nations also called on Chinese authorities to respond to protests “in line with international human rights law,” and refrain from arresting people simply for taking part. —…

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