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From a military perspective, the Quadrilateral coalition is a lightweight. The Australian-purchased F-35s have an RCS of a beach ball. Similarly, the 42 Japanese-purchased F-35s have an RCS of a beach ball. In contrast, the Chinese J-20s (which are in service) have the RCS of a marble. Two of...

I only opened this thread, because one of my posts was deleted in the other thread. I like to freely discuss a topic. By the way, I said the US sells downgraded F-35s to Australia and this shows a lack of true cooperation between the Quadrilateral countries. I have no idea why that...

There are fundamental reasons that true cooperation between the US, Australia, India, and Japan is impossible. The US wants permanent military bases in India and Australia to militarily pressure China. Australia Australia refuses to permit a US permanent military base, because China will be...

Give me a break. Nothing happened at the meeting. Australia has repeatedly asked the United States to sell F-22s to Australia. The United States has refused for years. Nothing has changed. The US answer is still "no." Australia wants to buy F-22s. It can't have them. The United States wants...

The Chinese optical satellites have sub-meter resolution. They are used as spy satellites to look at military bases and deployments. Four of the Chinese Shijian infrared satellites are used to detect ballistic missile launches. They are early warning satellites. The Chinese NOSS (four of the...

The Indo-Pacific Quadrilateral Coalition meeting is not interesting. India refuses to allow the United States to establish permanent American bases in India. Australia refuses to allow the United States to establish permanent American bases in Australia. Japan has American bases that were...

China's JD.com is using robots (automated rovers) to deliver packages at one hundred Beijing university campuses. Robots are starting to take-over delivery jobs. ---------- JD to replace humans with robots in on-campus parcel delivery | China Daily (November 7, 2017) "China's B2C e-commerce...

China's Tianma Microelectronics has US$1.6 billion in annual sales. "Tianma Microelectronics is primarily engaged in the manufacture and sale of liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and liquid crystal modules (LCMs). The Company's products are used in mobile phones, wireless telephones, automotive...

Interesting. Basically, a Chinese J-10D version of Boeing's prototype F-15SE Silent Eagle. The Silent Eagle was never mass produced, but China could build a fleet of affordable J-10Ds to complement the J-20s and J-31s. The J-10D won't be as stealthy from the side as the J-31, because you can't...

French retail firm Auchan to open checkout-free shops in China | Xinhua (November 7, 2017) "PARIS, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Auchan, one of France's leading retail groups, announced Monday that it would open several hundred shops without checkout counters in China by the year-end. ... Every Auchan...

You can't compare JD sales to Alibaba's. JD counts all of its sales from 11/1 to 11/11. For Alibaba, its sales are from only one day. ---------- Chinese spend billions shopping online on ‘Singles Day’ | The Spokesman (November 11, 2017) "In China, Alibaba’s main rival, online retailer JD.com...

$25 billion in 24 hours: World's biggest shopping day sets new record | CNN (November 11, 2017)

Taiwanese companies migrated their technologies and manufacturing plants to mainland China, because they needed a larger "home (domestic)" market. Without a larger "home" market, Taiwanese companies did not have the economies of scale to compete with Japanese companies over the long-term...

Taiwan NCKU developed pioneering spin FET transistor technology. "An international team headed by Tainan City-based National Cheng Kung University has developed the world’s first functional spin field-effect transistor for information processing. ... 'Compared with Intel’s current-generation 10...

Alibaba has surpassed last year's Singles' Day sales record of US$18.2 billion. Eleven more hours left for Singles' Day 2017. Alibaba Singles' Day Breaks Sales Record With 11 Hours to Spare | Bloomberg

Alibaba's Signature Singles' Day Event Rakes in $12 Billion in Sales in 2 Hours | The Street

Trump is highly intelligent. He threatens another country as a bargaining chip. If you don't do what I want, I will impose economic sanctions. China gave him $253 billion in trade deals. In return, China got nothing. I would say Trump came out far ahead in his unofficial negotiations with...

Alibaba's Singles' Day online sale is the world's largest event. Alibaba Just Sold $1.5 Billion Worth of Stuff in 3 Minutes on Singles' Day | Fortune (It's November 10, 2017 in the US. It's November 11, 2017 in China.) ---------- Alibaba Singles' Day Sales Hit $8.6 Billion in First Hour |...

Yes. China has four operational NOSS (ie. Naval Ocean Surveillance System) satellite trios in space. "NOSS satellites locate and track ships at sea by detecting their radio transmissions and analyzing them using the TDOA (time-difference-of-arrival) technique." Yaogan 9 - probably reaching...

At 3:30 in the video, the narrator says China's "Free Lunch Program already extends to 36 million rural students." Taiwan only has a population of 23 million people. Yet, Taiwan became incredibly prosperous because its residents focused on education. Taiwan consistently scores high on...