Fortune Global 500: China #1, USA #2

[xizhimen]

It is. It's just going to suffer in manufacturing.

Global AI index shows US, China and EU are on a three player race, Japan is nowhere to be seen. manufacturing is not the only sector Japan is suffering, so is its innovation sector.

 

[xizhimen]

Upgrading!!
1970's Made in Japan==Quality in 2019 Still Japan means Quality
1980's Korea==Good in 2019 still Good
1990's Rise of China with Cheap products, 2019 Still Cheap.

btw am not saying all but 98% Made in China products means Cheap.

Quality , price, service, they are there all for one reason, sales. You can claim you produce the best quality products in the world but if no one buys them, you will be out of this business in months. That's what happened to many Japanese companies, they are conformists and refuse to change with the changing global markets, so many went bankrupt in the past decade. Now Chinese companies face a lot of competition from Korean companies, but almost none from Japanese ones.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Global AI index shows US, China and EU are on a three player race,

In production and operationalization.

Japan is suffering, so is its innovation sector.

WIPO doesn't agree.

 

[xizhimen]

Now the world is hooked up with cellphone industry and its supporting services, Korea successfully secured a postion in the world but Japan didn't and lost a deciding edge for the competition of the future.

 

[asianobserve]

"EVIL HUAWEI"
Arrests have raised questions in China about the company’s ties to the state and the wider tech industry

He said all five were in a WeChat group of between 50 and 60 current and former employees airing grievances about the company, including allegations that it discriminates against employees over the age of 34. According to another member of the group, two of the five detained had planned to take their stories to the media but were arrested before they were able to.

Li, a Huawei veteran of more than 12 years, had been detained for 251 days on extortion charges. He said he had been arrested after he demanded a severance payment of bonuses he was owed. He was released in August because of insufficient evidence and last month the government paid him about £11,500 in compensation.

His story struck a nerve. The national symbol of China’s success and embodiment of western insecurities suddenly became the target of criticism and vitriol from within the country, where people had previously rallied behind the minzu qiye, or “national company”.

Internet users trolled Meng, the daughter of Huawei’s founder, Ren Zhengfei, as she marked the first anniversary of her arrest with a letter thanking the Chinese people for their support. Two hundred and fifty-one people posted repeatedly in the comments, in reference to the number of days Li had been detained.

Images of a pair of Huawei handcuffs circulated on the internet and the criticism threatened to turn political. A list of “eight demands, not one less” of Huawei, a reference to the five demands of Hong Kong’s anti-government protesters, appeared briefly online.

Li posted on the microblog Weibo last week: “The idea that every person is equal before the law is a lovely wish. But it requires us, generation after generation, pushing for it.” Quoting an editorial about Huawei that has since been censored, he wrote: “This is not rule of law, this is using power to suppress people.”

The criticism of a company so closely affiliated with China’s national interest appears to have disconcerted authorities. Comments, reports and trending hashtags about the detentions have been wiped from the internet. New articles have been deleted almost daily, prompting some users to create a GitHub page called “Evil Huawei” to collect “the harm Huawei has done and document what should not be forgotten”.

The outpouring of sympathy over Li’s detention reflects broader disenchantment with the workplace culture of China’s tech industry, one that Huawei helped to build with its so-called “wolf culture” of punishing hours, self-sacrifice and success at all costs.

Former and current Huawei staff complained to the Guardian about subjective performance appraisals being used against them and the presence of surveillance cameras to track their comings and goings.

“The economy has slowed down. There are fewer and fewer opportunities for advancement. They’re realising they’re just employees. They’re not going to be the next Jack Ma,” said Geoff Crothall of China Labour Bulletin. “People are realising it doesn’t matter how hard they work, they’re still not getting ahead.”

https://www.theguardian.com/technol...w-detention-of-huawei-workers-sparks-backlash

 

[xizhimen]

Life is a circle, don't think your present growth will remain forever

Can't agree more. countries rise and fall, no one can stay on top forever.

 

[xizhimen]

"EVIL HUAWEI"
Arrests have raised questions in China about the company’s ties to the state and the wider tech industry

He said all five were in a WeChat group of between 50 and 60 current and former employees airing grievances about the company, including allegations that it discriminates against employees over the age of 34. According to another member of the group, two of the five detained had planned to take their stories to the media but were arrested before they were able to.

Li, a Huawei veteran of more than 12 years, had been detained for 251 days on extortion charges. He said he had been arrested after he demanded a severance payment of bonuses he was owed. He was released in August because of insufficient evidence and last month the government paid him about £11,500 in compensation.

His story struck a nerve. The national symbol of China’s success and embodiment of western insecurities suddenly became the target of criticism and vitriol from within the country, where people had previously rallied behind the minzu qiye, or “national company”.

Internet users trolled Meng, the daughter of Huawei’s founder, Ren Zhengfei, as she marked the first anniversary of her arrest with a letter thanking the Chinese people for their support. Two hundred and fifty-one people posted repeatedly in the comments, in reference to the number of days Li had been detained.

Images of a pair of Huawei handcuffs circulated on the internet and the criticism threatened to turn political. A list of “eight demands, not one less” of Huawei, a reference to the five demands of Hong Kong’s anti-government protesters, appeared briefly online.

Li posted on the microblog Weibo last week: “The idea that every person is equal before the law is a lovely wish. But it requires us, generation after generation, pushing for it.” Quoting an editorial about Huawei that has since been censored, he wrote: “This is not rule of law, this is using power to suppress people.”

The criticism of a company so closely affiliated with China’s national interest appears to have disconcerted authorities. Comments, reports and trending hashtags about the detentions have been wiped from the internet. New articles have been deleted almost daily, prompting some users to create a GitHub page called “Evil Huawei” to collect “the harm Huawei has done and document what should not be forgotten”.

The outpouring of sympathy over Li’s detention reflects broader disenchantment with the workplace culture of China’s tech industry, one that Huawei helped to build with its so-called “wolf culture” of punishing hours, self-sacrifice and success at all costs.

Former and current Huawei staff complained to the Guardian about subjective performance appraisals being used against them and the presence of surveillance cameras to track their comings and goings.

“The economy has slowed down. There are fewer and fewer opportunities for advancement. They’re realising they’re just employees. They’re not going to be the next Jack Ma,” said Geoff Crothall of China Labour Bulletin. “People are realising it doesn’t matter how hard they work, they’re still not getting ahead.”

https://www.theguardian.com/technol...w-detention-of-huawei-workers-sparks-backlash

I don't care what you say about Huawei, and most consumers are just like me, we use Huawei because Huawei is the best choice for us after comparing many factors. Huawei's sales go up fast every passing month, it's shipment had already overtaken apple this year.

 

[asianobserve]

I don't care what you say about Huawei, and most consumers are just like me, we use Huawei because Huawei is the best choice for us after comparing many factors. Huawei's sales go up fast every passing month, it's shipment had already overtaken apple this year.

I'll never buy Huawei the PLA phone! I'm using Samsung. May Meng rot in American jail!

 

[xizhimen]

I'll never buy Huawei the PLA phone! I'm using Samsung. May Meng rot in American jail!

Good for you. but you can't stop other people from buying. last year over 230 million Huawei phones were sold.

 

[asianobserve]

Good for you. but you can't stop other people from buying. last year over 230 million Huawei phones were sold.

I'm not stopping them. Other Governments will...