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Well, China has the large market, when in order to appease the Chinese market, it is possible for the US companies like EA or Activision to release a FPS shooter that based on the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese war, with a PLA soldiers as the protagonist to shoot thousand of Vietcong soldiers.

China has the market power, so the US companies will appease the Chinese side.
American have been doing in that in many of Battlefileds games, so what the point? Game is part of entertain industry similar to many Chinese movies killing million Japanese dudes. How many Japanese really watch that kind of movies beside Chinese, self masturbation is Chinese culture anyway.
 
American in order to tap into massive China gaming market has already kowtow and start making a naval game on how PLAN wiped out VPN and take control of all spratly island. :lol:

Big market means international influence :enjoy:

Well, China has the large market, when in order to appease the Chinese market, it is possible for the US companies like EA or Activision to release a FPS shooter that based on the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese war, with a PLA soldiers as the protagonist to shoot thousand of Vietcong soldiers.

China has the market power, so the US companies will appease the Chinese side.

Vietnam team won on Chinese team in OAE game competition in Hanoi. :yahoo:

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Spreadtrum forecasts rise in revenue to US$1.45bn

The head of China's Spreadtrum Communications on Wednesday boasted that his semiconductor company is set to overpower its two major rivals this year -- at least in the sense that it will continue to grow while MediaTek and Qualcomm see revenues decline.

By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter, in Hsinchu

Chinese handset chipmaker Spreadtrum Communications Inc (展訊) yesterday said its revenue would grow more than 20 percent annually to US$1.45 billion this year(US$1.16 billion last year).

“We had a record-high revenue in the second quarter by growing 13 percent quarter-on-quarter and 16 percent year-on-year,” chairman and chief executive officer Leo Li (李力游) said at the annual Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) forum in Hsinchu.

Amid weakening demand for mobile phones, Hsinchu-based Media-Tek Inc (聯發科) saw revenue drop 1 percent annually in the second quarter, while US-based Qualcomm Inc reported a 15 percent decline in its sales for that period.

“We believe we will achieve our projection of over 20 percent growth this year,” Li said.

TSINGHUA CONNECTION

Spreadtrum, which is owned by China’s Tsinghua Unigroup Inc (清華紫光), reported revenue of US$1.16 billion last year.

About 90 percent of its revenue came from overseas customers, Li said.

The company has been growing its business along with its major customer, China Mobile Ltd (中國移動), and is looking to expand its business to the US, Latin America, Southeast Asian and India, Li said.

Spreadtrum is catching up with rivals in terms of product shipment and technological advancement, he said.

It shipped 450 million handset chips last year, taking 22 percent of the global market, and the figures are expected to rise to about 500 million units this year, Li said.

MediaTek shipped 650 million chips last year.

In terms of the strength of its technology portfolio, Spreadtrum plans to ship its first 16-nanometer chip in the second quarter of next year at the earliest, Li said.

That will be one quarter faster than MediaTek as Spreadtrum has skipped 20nm technology.

CATCHING UP

Spreadtrum has lagged rivals by a decade in 3G wireless technology, but reduced the gap by five years in developing 4G, Li said.

However, it will compete head-to-head in the 5G technology in 2020, he said.

Spreadtrum has so far hired 4,000 engineers, far fewer then MediaTek’s 15,000 engineers and Qualcomm’s 32,000, Li said.

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The company could have a better net profit margin than its bigger rivals because it has lower operating expenses, even though Spreadtrum’s gross margin stood at 35 percent last quarter, compared with the 40 percent to 50 percent of its rivals, he said.

Li declined to answer reporters’ questions on whether the company would merge with MediaTek after Tsinghua Unigroup chairman Zhao Weiguo (趙偉國) expressed a keen interest last week in such a deal.

Spreadtrum forecasts rise in revenue to US$1.45bn - Taipei Times
 
China Spreadtrum to Launch Quad-core 4G Chip Using TSMC's 16nm

By Korbin Lan

Published: Nov 06,2015

TAIPEI, Taiwan - According to Taiwan's Economic Daily reported that China mobile CPU supplier Spreadtrum will launch a new quad-core smartphone processor- “whale 2” which will be produced in TSMC's 16 nanometer process, scheduled to tape out this month and enter mass production in second quarter of next year.

The report noted that in order to catch up with MediaTek in China smartphone market, Spreadtrum took a bold strategy by skipping 20nm generation and jumping into 16nm process directly. The company are producing quad-core 4G mobile cpu “whale 2” with TSMC’s 16nm process.

Currently, the lastest generation of MediaTek’s mobile cpu is 'heiloX 20" which is a ten-core processor with TSMC’s 20nm process, scheduled to go mass production in the first quarter of next year.

CTIMES News - China Spreadtrum to Launch Quad-core 4G Chip Using TSMC's 16nm


November 11, 2015, 10:24 P.M. ET

Why China’s SMIC Beats Taiwan’s TSMC, UMC

By Shuli Ren


The little star keeps shining.

China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., or SMIC (981.Hong Kong), again outperformed its industry peers Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., or TSMC(2330.Taiwan/TSM), and United Microelectronics Corp., or UMC (2303.Taiwan/UMC), in terms of earnings. In the third-quarter, revenue at SMIC grew 4.3% from the second quarter, whereas TSMC and UMC saw flat revenue and 13% decline respectively. SMIC now expects its revenue to grow 3-6% in the fourth-quarter, better than TSMC and UMC’s single-digit decline.

In terms of chip foundry technology, SMIC lags its Taiwan counterparts. So why is SMIC the outperformer?

Diversification. Apart from chip foundry, SMIC also produces fingerprint sensors. “SMIC benefits from strong market growth in fingerprint sensors due to accelerating adoption in smartphones, which already accounted for 7-8% of 3Q revenue,” noted Jefferies Ken Hui. In addition, SMIC is diversifying its foundry customer base to U.S. and Eurasia to compensate for the weakness in China. “This strategy should help SMIC’s 8-inch and matured 12-inch (40/45nm) capacity to maintain a high utilisation rate in the downcycle of the global semi industry,” notedNomura SecuritiesLeping Huang. In the third-quarter, SMIC’s factory utilization rate was at an all-time high of 101%, whereas its peers saw a dip.

SMIC rose for a second day, up 9.1% recently. Taiwan’s TSMC gained 0.4% and UMC fell 0.4%.

Why China’s SMIC Beats Taiwan’s TSMC, UMC - Asia Stocks to Watch - Barrons.com
 
Some areas have already achieve it. So I'd like to see some super hi-tech things to do this.
 
As the US gets set to celebrate national ice cream day this Sunday, new research from Mintel reveals a shift in power in the global ice cream market, with China overtaking US as the world’s biggest ice cream market in 2014 for the first time.

Between 2008 and 2014, the total market value for ice cream sales in China has nearly doubled, soaring by 90% to reach a spectacular $11.4 billion. Meanwhile, the US market has grown at a much slower rate, climbing by 15% over the same period to reach $11.2 billion.

Overall, global sales of ice cream reached $50 billion for the first time in 2014

Accounting for an impressive third of all ice cream products sold in 2014, volume sales of ice cream in China reached 5.9 billion litres in 2014, compared to 5.8 billion litres in the US. What is more, in 2015 volume sales are set to increase even further, reaching 6.3 billion litres in China and 5.8 billion litres in the US. Value sales are also predicted to see increases to $12.6 billion in China and $11.4 billion in the US in 2015.

While sales of ice cream in China continue to soar, US consumers eat considerably more ice cream than consumers in any other country – 18.4 litres per person per year, compared with just 4 litres for China. The top five ice cream markets by volume globally are China (5.9 billion litres), followed by the US (5.8 billion litres), Japan (784 million litres), Russia (668 million litres) and Germany (545 million litres). Meanwhile, volume consumption in the UK amounted to 345 million litres in 2014. On average, Brits ate five litres of ice cream per person in 2014, which is positively diet-friendly compared with the 18 litres per person Americans ate and 10 litres per person the Australians consumed.

Overall, global sales of ice cream reached $50 billion for the first time in 2014, increasing by 9% on 2011 when sales were valued at $46 billion.

Alex Beckett, Global Food Analyst at Mintel, said:

Rising incomes and an increasingly developed retail infrastructure and cold chain network are driving growth in the ice cream market in China. However, the vast array of locally produced, low-price brands present a challenge for global ice cream giants looking to develop there. China is now the powerhouse of the global ice cream market in terms of overall size, although for per capita consumption, it’s the Americans who tuck into the most ice cream each year. The pace of development, coupled with the immensity of the population, is having an increasing impact on the Chinese ice cream market.”

“But while rising global volumes of ice cream mainly reflect the category’s expansion in emerging regions,ice cream has encountered challenging conditions in more developed markets like Europe and North America. Growth has been dampened by consumer diet concerns, competition from other categories, such as yogurt, and the perennial challenge of unseasonable weather. As the world economy’s centre of gravity continues to shift away from the West, these challenges give ice cream giants all the more reason to extend their presence – and new product development investment – in more emerging economies, particularly in Asia.” Alex continues.

ICE CREAM MAKERS TAILOR BETTER-FOR-YOU NPD TO SUIT LOCAL MARKETS
It seems that ice cream manufacturers are responding to the obesity challenge by improving the better-for-you (BFY) credentials of recipes. Indeed, according to Mintel’s Global New Products Database (GNPD), the global ice cream market witnessed a record high share of new launches bearing low/no/reduced (LNR) allergen and fat claims, as well as gluten-free products, in 2014. The number of ice cream launches with LNR allergen claims rose from 7% of global ice cream launches in 2012 to a healthy 15% in 2014, while LNR fat claim launches rose from 6% in 2012 to 8% in 2014. There has also been an increase in gluten-free claims, which rose from 6% of global ice cream launches in 2012 to 13% in 2014. Across the globe, the US leads the way with these claims, accounting for 20% of all LNR fat claims globally, as well as 18% of LNR allergen claims and 18% of gluten-free claims.

FROZEN YOGURT REVOLUTION HITS EUROPE
Meanwhile, Mintel’s research confirms that the frozen yogurt revolution has well and truly hit Europe, contributing to the global increase in low-fat ice cream innovation. According to Mintel’s GNPD, the region accounted for 41% of frozen yogurt NPD in 2013 and rose to an impressive 54% of global frozen yogurt NPD in 2014, which was followed by 29% in North America and 9% in Asia Pacific.

“Having enjoyed huge success in the US, Greek frozen yogurt’s high protein content is resonating among European consumers, although people are also waking up to its often high sugar content too,” adds Alex.

INCREASED APPETITE FOR ARTISANAL ICE CREAMS
There is a growing global appreciation of individuality and quality-over-quantity appeal in ice cream. In the US, for example, over six in 10 (61%) consumers of frozen treats claim to be willing to spend more on better-quality frozen treats, while 60% of daily eaters believe that local brands are better quality than national brands. Across Europe, there is strong interest in buying ice cream with locally sourced ingredients. In 2014, almost four in 10 ice cream and yogurt consumers in Italy (39%), France (38%) and Poland (38%) agreed that they would be interested in buying ice cream containing locally sourced ingredients. This was followed by a third (33%) in Germany and almost three in ten (28%) in Spain. In addition, 39% of UK consumers agree that ice cream made using authentic production methods, such as handmade or slow churned, appeals – rising to half (51%) of over 65s.

“Handcrafted ice cream, made with a homemade style authenticity, is well positioned to embrace the wider consumer interest in artisan-produced food and drink. Craft has become something of a buzzword in recent years, with everything from alcohol to pasta sauces, pizza and lemonade emphasising their craftsmanship or origin stories on packaging to differentiate the brand from the competition.” Alex concludes.



lol, nice.

I love vanilla, yes, oh , yes. I love vanilla flavored anything, pink peachy flowers and vanilla ice cream. :)

I dare not eat ice-cream,because it is said that will leads to dysmenorrhea....

oh no. next time ask your bf to feed you dark chocolate with salted caramel chocolate , too. some white wine and a nice foot massage will help with the pain go away. :)

;)

Some areas have already achieve it. So I'd like to see some super hi-tech things to do this.

super high tech to what? to eat the ice cream? lol.
 
Naughty boy.

Seriously tho. We can teach and train our tongues to eat a lot of ice cream. Vanilla flavor, dark cherry flavor, strawberry flavor, banana mango flavor even sweet curry flavored! Human spirit is stronger than machine, ya? lol.
 
AOE is an old game and you guys still playing it? How come this picture all Viet gguys look taller and better looking than Chinese dudes whom look fat and short. I thought Chinese often made claim they are taller and are better looking?

Generally Chinese guys are taller and much better looking than Vietnamese guys, why else do Vietnamese women prefer to marry Chinese guys over Vietnamese guys?
 
Generally Chinese guys are taller and much better looking than Vietnamese guys, why else do Vietnamese women prefer to marry Chinese guys over Vietnamese guys?
So when Vietnamese women prefer to marry western guys, korean, japanese over Chinese. Does that also mean Chinese look uglier, inferior and shorter than any of western, korean and japanese. I guess that is your truthful arguement correct?

Adding to above, Vietnamese women prefer to marry Viet Kieu over any of Chinese, Korean, Japanese. So does that mean you Chinese indeed inferior than us Viet Kieu, right.
 
So when Vietnamese women prefer to marry western guys, korean, japanese over Chinese. Does that also mean Chinese look uglier, inferior and shorter than any of western, korean and japanese. I guess that is your truthful arguement correct?

Why do so many Viet women prefer to marry Chinese men?
Is it because of wealth? looks?
 
Why do so many Viet women prefer to marry Chinese men?
Is it because of wealth? looks?
Over whom? Local Viet men? Im sure Viet women prefer marry Viet kieu( vietnamese over sea) over Chinese, korean, and Japanese. Is it because of weslth or look? Try to utilize some of your brain power to answer this question.

Adding unlike Chinese men who targeted poor rural Viet women. We Viet Kieu targeted high class city Viet mainland women. Whom you Chinese men can never reach to these city Viet women. This also mean Viet Kieu like me 100x superior than Chinese men.

Here the list Viet women prefer to marry.

Viet Kieu
White men
Japanese men
Korean men
Taiwanese men
Mainland Chinese / Viet men

So the las group, based solely on your argumen is inferior, ugly and poor.
 
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