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Which religion is the world government?
pure satanism, and Putin knows it so he is fighting it
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You might not understand but total economic control always become spiritual control, true freedom is love, love is the true God, but consumerism always lead to vices because the only true happiness is based upon doing good, true happiness is not what you have but instead how much love we give and how much we avoid evil .


For that the Chinese model will fail
 
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This is how chip business and ecosystem works, you don't know about it?

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Thanks for pointing out that not only is this SoC built with with Western lithography process but also with off the shelf ARM design. FYI, Apple designs its own chips, they don't use ARM Cortex designs.

What happened to the much famed lithography process made by the Han company SMIC? Why are Han companies refusing to use it? Why go to TSMC?
 
Thanks for pointing out that not only is this SoC built with with Western lithography process but also with off the shelf ARM design. FYI, Apple designs its own chips, they don't use ARM Cortex designs.

What happened to the much famed lithography process made by the Han company SMIC? Why are Han companies refusing to use it? Why go to TSMC?

It's called competitions between Chinese companiese.

Xiaomi uses ARM licensing, Huawei uses other technical approaches, and so dose Loonson:


View: https://x.com/Kanthan2030/status/1926710293549154749?t=jBm2EtVjfTgmebuMlqYo7w&s=19


View: https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1919372703498158378?t=EG7sDZXIoBFkOVNTqOlNBw&s=19


"Beijing has many ways to catch up





LoongArch is a custom CPU instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Chinese company Loongson, which they have been using in their Loongson series of processors. LoongArch is a 64-bit ISA, and Loongson also has a 32-bit variant called LoongArch32. The first CPUs to utilize LoongArch were the Loongson 3A5000 quad-core processor for desktops and the 3C5000 16-core processor for servers.

 

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Recent reports from mainland Chinese social media claim that Apple’s global supply chain is rapidly restructuring. Apple plans to shift all iPhones destined for the US market to be manufactured in India by the end of 2026. Some sources suggest that as early as 2025, a large portion of iPhone models could begin assembly in India. To meet this goal, Apple must at least double its current iPhone production capacity in India.
 

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Under the rule of the Chinese Communist Party, China has seen a series of unusual innovation projects. After the recent end of the “rice planting on mountains” fiasco, a new trend called “solar panels on farmland” has emerged. Vast fields of golden wheat are now covered like patches by blue solar panels. This so-called “land revolution” under the name of developing new productive forces is being pushed forward vigorously.
 
I thought u r already super power in 2020.


Title is cringe but Brahmos is indeed a lethal piece of deadly machine,
It basically fcked up chinese Air defence layer set up by chinis for porki inbreds.

Now think about a scenario all Tibetan supply lines and air defence blasted by 1000s of Brahmos with in a hour or so…

A Brahmos MKIII with 300kg tungsten warhead went through a nuclear bunker in Kirana nuke facility in pakistan like a steel knife through butter, now think what will it do to chini supply lines in Tibet which is 3000+ kms away from chinese main land 🤣🤣🤣

Delicate chini hans who r only single child stuck on tibetan plateau trapped like little mice by indigenous mountain warrior armies of Himalayas 🤣🤣🤣
 

Craze for Labubu, hit toy from China’s Pop Mart, spreads to Middle East​

The popular plush charm is not just trendy in the region, but also expensive, selling for US$109​

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Labubu toys are seen at a Pop Mart Outlet in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: Shutterstock

Yuke Xiein Beijing
Published: 10:00am, 27 May 2025Updated: 11:11am, 27 May 2025

After a meteoric rise in the US and Southeast Asia, Pop Mart International’s latest iteration of its hit Labubu character is winning deep-pocketed fans in the Middle East, a fresh sign that the Beijing-based toymaker’s ambition to become a “truly global company” is gaining momentum.
Google trend data shows that interest in the character surged in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after the April 25 launch of the latest Big Into Energy series. Among the largest emirates, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah showed the strongest interest.
Previously little known in the region, Labubu is also trending in the Middle East’s largest economy, Saudi Arabia, where Google search interest peaked during the week of May 18 before seeing a slight dip this week. The toy is most popular in Riyadh province, followed by the Eastern province and Mecca.



Created by the Hong Kong-born designer Lung Ka-sing, Labubu is a series of plush toy monster elves with round, furry bodies, pointed ears and sharp teeth that form a mischievous grin. The toy is not just trendy in the region, but also expensive. Ben Dupond, a Dubai-based finance professional, told the Post that he bought his first-ever Labubu from Careem, a local delivery app, for 300 dirhams (US$109).
Labubu dolls at a Pop Mart pop-up store in Siam Center shopping mall in Bangkok on May 6, 2025. Photo: AFP.

Labubu dolls at a Pop Mart pop-up store in Siam Center shopping mall in Bangkok on May 6, 2025. Photo: AFP.

“I came across this thing when I was shopping for bottled water,” he said. “I know I’m paying a big premium, but I keep seeing ads everywhere, and it’s sold out at Dubai Mall, so I decided to get one here.”

He said the character looked “a bit scary”, but he found it “kind of funny”.


All three generations of the toy are now listed on the Uber-owned super app, each priced at 300 dirhams – a significant mark-up compared with the series’ US debut price of US$28, which was already US$6 higher than earlier versions.

Dupond said the tie-dyed toys came in blind boxes, meaning buyers could not pick and choose. But he was really hoping to get a green one.


Labubu creator Kasing Lung shares the vision behind his unique plush toys
Much of the craze around Labubu has been driven by social-media marketing and high-profile endorsements from superstars such as Blackpink’s Lisa and singer-entrepreneur Rihanna. In the Middle East, local influencers also played a role.

One Instagram account, @labubu.ae, gained more than 6,400 followers in just over a month. Among its glossy posts is a clip of Iraqi-American make-up mogul Huda Kattan unboxing several Labubu blind boxes. The account also showed how to colour-coordinate the collectibles with luxury handbags from Louis Vuitton and Hermes.

“What I love about this is you just don’t know what you’re going to get inside,” Kattan said in the video. Later on, when she unwrapped a toffee-coloured Labubu, she said, “I like her though, she’s a cute colour. She’s going to look cute on my bags.”

Pop Mart’s overseas expansion efforts have been a resounding success, as its international revenue ballooned 475 to 480 per cent in the first quarter from a year earlier, according to a financial report published in April. The US led the growth with a jump of up to 900 per cent, while sales in Europe climbed as more than 600 per cent.

This strong performance also propelled Hong Kong-listed Pop Mart into the HK$300 billion (US$38.3 billion) market capitalisation club last week, making it the 27th most valuable company on the city’s stock exchange. The stock has jumped about 10-fold over the past year.

According to a JPMorgan report, Pop Mart’s global revenue is projected to grow by more than 150 per cent this year, with a compound annual growth rate of 42 per cent through 2027.
 
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