2024年9月28日星期六

華為三摺機 - 体温32-33度 。。炒價暴跌。

華為三摺機、Mate XT同iPhone 16喺同一天上架。  (SCMP, 09/24/2024) Mate XT獲得300萬份預訂單。 (Finimize 09/08/2024) 然后,它有很多小新闻:

  • 華為Mate XT︱炒價暴跌由加十萬變兩千蚊 收機商:每小時一個價如跳樓機 (AM730 09/20/2024)
  • 楊冪用HUAWEI Mate XT講電話 網民:不只可焗杯麵還能幫明星擋臉 (now 09/25/2024)
  • 華為三摺機小心別摔螢幕!維修更換費用可買一台 iPhone 16 Pro (TechNews 09/17/2024
  • 360創辦人讚華為三摺機「可焗兩碗杯麵」 網民質疑高級黑(有片) (AM730 09/19/2024)


以下片段令我要想想,你认为呢?






나는 당신께 사랑을 원하지 않았어요

 


2024年9月27日星期五

香港高端美誠月餅乾咗小小

美誠月餅声大大
 一盒月餅十二个
 開箱試食有3人 
奶黄味道乾小小

 

2024年9月26日星期四

春田花花同学会 里面d人讲下point!

春田花花同学会  

戏里d人几调皮 

警察坏人叫饭盒 

老师学生讲下point。



大家看片吧:







中秋已过天气凉 今天要冲热水凉 + 船頭愛茶煲

中秋已过天气凉,
今天要冲热水凉,
水温调高不小心,
变成龙虾红彤彤!

I composed the first two sentences of this poem, then, I asked Co-pilot AI to complete it with a funny ending. 哈哈,太好笑了!Then, I asked Copilot AI to translate it into English:

“Mid-Autumn has passed, and the weather is cool, Today I need to take a hot shower, accidentally turned up the water temperature. And I turned as red as a lobster!"

《秋天的童話》電影解說 : 船頭愛茶煲~








2024年9月23日星期一

福祿壽訓練學院|全體狂扮演近40種聲 好正!!

 


福祿壽訓練學院|全體狂扮演近40種聲 現場1TAKE過|明年今日|阮兆祥 王祖藍 李思捷 |搞笑 模仿|比賽|TVB綜藝



2024年9月18日星期三

联合国第2758号决议-和台湾主权有关吗? Is Resolution 2758 related to Taiwan’s Sovereignty??

2024 年5 月20 日, 中华人民共和国政府声明:1971年第26届联合国大会通过的第2758号决议白纸黑字地指出:「决定恢复中华人民共和国的一切权利,并承认中华人民共和国政府的代表为中国唯一合法代表」。逐出他们在联合国及其所有相关组织中非法占据的席位。台湾不是一个国家,而是中国领土的一部分。它明确了台湾的非主权实体地位。

然而,2024年9月13日,荷兰众议院通过决议,承认中国对台湾没有行政权力。它指出,1971年,联合国大会通过第2758号决议,接纳中华人民共和国加入联合国。第2758号决议不包含任何有关中国对台湾主权的声明。

台湾简史: 中国在甲午战争中战败后,台湾自 1895 年起一直处于日本殖民统治之下。 1945年:日本在第二次世界大战中战败,台湾回归中华民国。1949年:中国内战,蒋介石及其追随者撤退到台湾,继续在那里维持中华民国政府。

The communist government of the People’s Republic of China (China) states: (May 20, 2024):

The Taiwan question is at the very core of China’s core interests. There is but one China in the world and Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory. The Government of the People’s Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China.

Resolution 2758 adopted at the 26th Session of the UN General Assembly in 1971 stated in black and white that it “decides to restore all its rights to the People’s Republic of China and to recognize the representatives of its Government as the only legitimate representatives of China to the United Nations, and to expel forthwith the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek from the place which they unlawfully occupy at the United Nations and in all the organizations related to it.”

The resolution made it clear that the government of the People’s Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China, including Taiwan, at the UN; Taiwan is not a country but a part of China’s territory. It makes clear Taiwan’s status as a non-sovereign entity. UNGA Resolution 2758 resolved once and for all politically, legally and procedurally the issue of the representation of the whole of China, including Taiwan, at the United Nations. The resolution also made clear that there can only be one seat representing China at the UN and precluded the possibility of “two Chinas” or “one China, one Taiwan.”


However, a news on September 13, 2024, reports that the Dutch House of Representatives passed a resolution acknowledging that China does not have administrative power over Taiwan. It states that UN Resolution 2758 does not govern Taiwan’s representation in international bodies. Thus, the motion calls on the Dutch representatives at this year’s UN General Assembly (September 22-24) to promote Taiwan’s future participation in the UN and affiliated international bodies such as the ICAO and WHO. Similarly, the measure also encourages Dutch officials to lobby other members of the European Union to promote and support Taiwan’s active participation in the UN and other international organizations. The news further reports: the resolution’s language states that Taiwan’s representation at the UN will not conflict with the Netherlands’ “one-China policy.” UN General Assembly Resolution 2758, passed in 1971, admitted the People’s Republic of China to the UN. Resolution 2758 does not include any statements on China’s sovereignty over Taiwan. Despite this, China consistently distorts the language of UN Resolution 2578 to bolster expansionist claims over Taiwan. (Europeaninterest, 09/13/2024




A Brief History of Taiwan

Pre-WWII: Taiwan had been under Japanese colonial rule since 1895, following China's defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War. During this period, Japan invested heavily in the island's infrastructure and economy.

Post-WWII:

1945: After Japan's defeat in World War II, Taiwan was returned to China, i.e. Republic of China (ROC). ROC assumed control of Taiwan.

1949: The Chinese Civil War led to Chiang Kai-shek and his followers retreated to Taiwan, continuing the Republic of China (ROC) government.



2024年9月17日星期二

克里姆林宫表示 西边的威胁, 东部不稳定? 可解? Kremlin said - Threats on the western border, instability in the east.

普京于 2024 年 9 月 15 日下令将​​俄罗斯军队的常规规模增加 18 万,达到 150 万现役军人,此举将使其成为仅次于中国的世界第二大军队。克里姆林宫表示,增加军费是为了应对俄罗斯西部边境日益增长的威胁和东部的不稳定局势。

Putin on September 15, 2024 ordered the regular size of the Russian army to be increased by 180,000 troops to 1.5 million active servicemen in a move that would make it the second largest in the world after China’s. The Kremlin said that this increase was needed to address growing threats on Russia’s western borders and instability to the east. (NBC News 09/17/2024)


 西边的威胁, 东部不稳定? 可解?我们就看一下新闻吧:

Let's check what Kremlin means by 1. the instability to the east and 2. the growing threats on Russia’s western borders:


台湾总统赖清德建议中国收回其在远东的土地(目前属于俄罗斯的一部分),而不是攻击台湾。事实上,已经有传言称中国已经在西伯利亚取代俄罗斯。

Taiwan President Lai Ching-Te suggested China reclaim its lands in the Far East – currently part of Russia – instead of attacking Taiwan. (Ukrainian World Congress, 09/03/2024) In fact, there are already rumors that China is already replacing Russia in Siberia. (The lcarus Project, 09/17/2024)

中国正在加强其在中亚的安全和经济足迹。 2021年,中国宣布将在塔吉克斯坦建设警察特种部队前哨基地。中国还取代俄罗斯成为哈萨克斯坦、吉尔吉斯斯坦、塔吉克斯坦、乌兹别克斯坦第一大贸易伙伴。俄罗斯科学院2017年进行的一项调查显示,超过30%的俄罗斯人将中国日益增长的影响力视为“扩张主义”。 50%的受访者表示担心中国对俄罗斯领土完整构成威胁,30%的受访者认为中国的政策可能会危及俄罗斯的经济进步。

China is stepping up its security and economic footprint in Central Asia. In 2021, it was announced that China would construct an outpost for police special forces in Tajikistan. China has also replaced Russia as the largest trading partner for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. In a survey conducted in 2017 by the Russian Academy of Sciences, over 30% of Russians perceive China’s growing presence as “expansionist.” 50% of respondents expressed concerns about China posing a threat to Russia’s territorial integrity, and 30% of participants believed China’s policies could jeopardize Russia’s economic progress. (International Policy Digest, 08/14/2024)


  • 有报道称,乌克兰已从英国接收了30多只机器人“战犬”。这些先进的地面无人机每架售价约为 9,000 美元。 



2024年9月15日星期日

選出正確的一個 Choose the right one


  • 特朗普称赞与朝鲜领导人金正恩“关系非常好” Trump touts ‘very good relationship’ with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (PBS NewsHour, 10/22/2022)
  • 特朗普称他与中国习近平“建立了友谊” Trump says he's 'developed a friendship' with China's Xi (The Straits Times, 04/06/2017)
  • 特朗普称“终身总统”听起来很棒 Trump says 'president for life' sounds great (CNN, 03/03/2018)
  • 从商人到美国总统,唐纳德·特朗普多次赞扬俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京,有时还附和他的观点。From businessman to US President, Donald Trump has repeatedly praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and, at times, echoed his point of view. (CNN, 2016)
  • Hungary's Viktor Orbán met Donald Trump just weeks after the Hungarian PM met Russia's Vladimir Putin (BBC, 07/11/2024)
  • 匈牙利总理欧尔班·维克托会见了唐纳德·特朗普,几周前匈牙利总理会见了俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京。Hungary blocks €50bn of EU funding for Ukraine, BBC, 12/15/2023
  • 匈牙利欧尔班获得欧盟俄罗斯石油禁运豁免 Hungary’s Orban wins exemption in EU Russian oil embargo, AP, 05/31/2022
  • 特朗普计划“24小时”结束俄罗斯战争——乌克兰最大需求被拆除?Trump's Plan To End Russia War In '24 Hours' - Ukraine's Biggest Demand To Be Demolished? (Hindustan Times, 09/13/2014)
  • 听起来像是投降”:众议员斯潘伯格对特朗普结束乌克兰战争的计划做出反应‘Sounds like surrender’: Rep. Spanberger reacts to Trump’s plans to end war in Ukraine (MSNBC 09/13/2024)

  • 总统辩论:特朗普、哈里斯谈俄罗斯-乌克兰战争 Presidential Debate: Trump, Harris on the Russia-Ukraine war (9News, 09/10/2024)

投票前需要做更多研究。
Do more research before vote.


註冊投票或更新您的註冊

Register to vote or update your registration


2024年9月6日星期五

俄乌冲突对俄罗斯石油动态的影响和印度的角色

 现在(背景) NOW (BACKGROUND)


泽连斯基称,8月底,俄罗斯向乌克兰发射了160枚导弹、780枚滑翔炸弹和400架无人机。俄罗斯对乌克兰东北部哈尔科夫居民区的滑翔炸弹袭击造成至少6人死亡,近100人受伤。作为回应,乌克兰对莫斯科的一家大型炼油厂和俄罗斯各地的其他目标进行了空袭,这是俄罗斯入侵以来最大的一次空袭。乌克兰认为,对炼油厂和其他石油基础设施的袭击可能会扰乱前线的燃料供应,并损害莫斯科最重要的出口产业。 (The Wall Street Journal, 09/01/2024)


现在情况? NOW WHAT?

俄罗斯经济部将2024年石油和天然气出口销售额预测从之前的估计上调了174亿美元,至2397亿美元。预计2024年俄罗斯原油出口量将从2023年的2.383亿吨增至2.399亿公吨。俄罗斯石油出口平均价格的预测也从2023年的64.5美元上调至70美元/桶。这超过了西方国家设定的60美元/桶的价格上限。 (invezz, 09/06/2024)

在截至 2024 年 6 月 30 日的第一财季,印度对俄罗斯石油的进口量同比增长了 1.2%。由于乌克兰无人机袭击导致俄罗斯炼油厂停产,俄罗斯出口了更多原油。因此,印度炼油商一直在大量购买俄罗斯石油,这些石油在以折扣价出售后成为了印度的额外出口。 (Reuters, 07/24/2024) 印度炼油商通过折扣购买俄罗斯石油可能节省至少 105 亿美元。 (Indian Express, 07/11/2024)

印度是俄罗斯石油的最大买家,俄罗斯石油为印度经济提供了助力。尽管西方因俄罗斯入侵乌克兰而对其实施制裁,但印度仍希望与俄罗斯保持良好关系。 (DW 07/08/2024)


所以呢? SO WHAT?

乌克兰是否会调整攻击目标或制定新的战略?





The Russia-Ukraine Conflict’s Impact on Russian Oil Dynamics - The India's Role in The Conflict

NOW (BACKGROUND)

Zelensky said that in late August, Russia had fired 160 missiles, 780 glide bombs and 400 explosive drones against Ukraine. And a Russian glide-bomb strike on a residential area of Kharkiv in Ukraine’s northeast killed at least six and left nearly 100 injured. In response, Ukraine struck a major oil refinery in Moscow and other targets across Russia in one of its largest aerial barrages since the start of Russia’s invasion. Ukraine believes that the wave of attacks on refineries and other petroleum infrastructure may disrupt fuel supplies to the front line and damage Moscow’s most important export industry. (The Wall Street Journal, 09/01/2024)

NOW WHAT?

Russia’s economy ministry has revised up its 2024 forecasts for export sales of oil and gas by $17.4 billion from the previous estimate to $239.7 billion. Russian crude oil exports are expected to rise to 239.9 million metric tons in 2024, up from 238.3 million tons in 2023. The estimate for the average price of Russian oil sold for export is also raised to $70 per barrel, up from $64.5 in 2023. This exceeds the $60 per barrel price cap imposed by Western countries. (invezz, 09/06/2024)

During the first fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2024, India's import of Russia oil rose by an annual 1.2%. Russia exported more crude oil because of outages at its refineries from Ukrainian drone attacks. Thus, Indian refiners have been gorging on Russian oil, which emerged as an additional outlet after being sold at a discount. (Reuters, 07/24/2024) Indian refiners likely saved at least $10.5 billion by buying discounted Russian oil. (Indian Express, 07/11/2024)

India is the largest buyer of Russian oil which has provided a boost for its economy. India wants to maintain its good relations with Russia — despite the Western sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. (DW 07/08/2024)

SO WHAT?

Will Ukraine adjust its targets for attack or come up a new strategy?




2024年9月5日星期四

中俄回應台灣要求中國收回俄羅斯土地的呼籲。 Moscow, Beijing Respond to Taiwan Call for China to Take Back Russian Land

管中國共產黨政府從未統治台灣,但中國聲稱台灣是其領土。 2024 年 9 月 3 日,台灣總統賴清德表示,如果中國對台灣的主張是基於領土完整,中華人民共和國也應該收回 19 世紀根據 1858 年《璦琿條約》割讓給俄羅斯的地區。 《璦琿條約》被認為是所謂的不平等條約之一,當時的大國使用軍事力量向實力較弱的國家發號施令。根據《璦琿條約》,中國將大片土地割讓給俄羅斯帝國,也就是現在的俄羅斯遠東地區。兩年後,根據 1860 年《北京條約》,中國再次將現在的濱海邊疆區割讓給俄羅斯。此外,海參崴這座城市的意思是“東方的統治者”或“征服東方”,也被翻譯為“管理東方的辦公室”或“東方的女王”。 2020年7月2日,俄羅斯符拉迪沃斯托克市慶祝建市160週年。


羅斯外交部發言人瑪麗亞·扎哈羅娃2024年9月3日指出,中俄兩國已在2004年達成的協議中解決了邊界問題,並強調莫斯科支持北京對台灣的主權主張。儘管中國沒有直接回應賴清德的俄羅斯言論,但它在2024年9月3日發表聲明,譴責賴清德,將其視為分離主義者。 負責與台灣兩岸關係並推動北京統一議程的中國政府台灣事務辦公室表示,賴清德「使兩岸關係變得越來越複雜和危險」。

1984年12月19日,中國國務院總理趙紫陽和英國首相撒切爾夫人在人民大會堂代表各自政府簽署了《中英聯合聲明》,體現了“一國兩制”的基本方針和政策。 。在此聲明中,共產黨政府自1997年7月1日起獲得對香港的主權。 文件規定,香港原有的資本主義制度和生活方式50年不變。然而,20年後,2017年6月30日,中國表示,中英關於香港問題的聯合聲明為1997年回歸中國後如何治理香港製定了藍圖,這是一份歷史文件,不再有任何效力。 

瑪麗亞·扎哈羅娃聲稱的邊界協議是於2004年簽署,距今已有20年了!



Background

China claims Taiwan as its territory although the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) government has never ruled there. (NBC News, 04/07/2023)

On September 03, 2024, Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te stated that if China's claims to Taiwan are based on territorial integrity, the People’s Republic of China should also take back regions ceded to Russia in the nineteenth century, under the 1858 Treaty of Aigun. The Treaty of Aigun is considered one of the so-called unequal treaties, where the then-greatest powers used military force to dictate terms to less powerful countries. Under the Treaty of Aigun, China ceded a huge swathe of land to the Russian Empire in what is now the Far East of Russia. Two years later, under the 1860 Beijing Treaty, China again ceded the region of what is now the Primorsky Krai to Russia. 

Further, the city, Vladivostok (Haishenwei, 海參崴) means "ruler of the East" or "conquer the East", also translated as "The Office Managing East" or "Queen of the East". On July 2 of 2020, the Russian city of Vladivostok was celebrating 160th anniversary of its founding day. 

Moscow, Beijing Respond to The Call

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova on September 03, 2024, pointed out that China and Russia had settled the border in a 2004 agreement and stressed that Moscow backs Beijing's claim over Taiwan. Though China did not respond to Lai's Russia remark directly, it put out a statement on September 03, 2024, blasting Lai, whom it views as a separatist.  The Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO), a Chinese department responsible for cross-strait relations with Taiwan and promoting Beijing's unification agenda, said Lai was "making cross-strait relations increasingly complex and dangerous." (Newsweek, 09/05/2024)

Effective Period for Agreement

On 19 December 1984, in the Great Hall of the People, Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, on behalf of their respective governments, signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration which reflected the basic principles and policies of “One Country, Two Systems”. In this declaration, the communist government obtained the sovereignty over Hong Kong with effect from July 1, 1997. (The Sino-British Joint Declaration) This document states that Hong Kong's previous capitalist system and lifestyle shall remain unchanged for 50 years. (Joint Declaration)

However, 20 years later, on June 30, 2017, China said the joint declaration with Britain over Hong Kong, which laid the blueprint over how the city would be ruled after its return to China in 1997, was a historical document that no longer had any practical significance. (Reuters, 06/30/2017

The border agreement claimed by Maria Zakharova was signed in 2004, it has been 20 years already! 



印度的战略外交-石油、武器 India's Strategic Diplomacy-Oil, Arms

度与俄罗斯建立了一条秘密贸易通道,供俄罗斯秘密从印度购买关键商品。根据其计划,卢比将用于通过两国公司之间的“封闭支付系统”来确保军民两用部件的安全。据新闻报道,这将使原本在西方市场购买的电子设备稳定流入。此外,莫斯科还考虑投资印度工厂以支持关键生产。另外据报道,俄罗斯将向印度提供四艘配备超音速导弹的军舰。印度未来的军舰是俄罗斯为印度海军设计的11356型护卫舰。根据两国 2018 年签署的合同,两艘船在俄罗斯制造,其余将在印度建造。

2024年7月9日,印度总理莫迪前往莫斯科与总统普京举行会谈。这次访问恰逢北约领导人齐聚华盛顿,俄罗斯导弹袭击了乌克兰一家医院,造成数十人死亡,引发了泽连斯基的强烈批评。这位乌克兰领导人称莫迪的会面“非常令人失望”,在印度领导人拥抱普京之后, “对和平努力是毁灭性的打击”。 

至2024年6月30日的第一财季,印度从俄罗斯进口的石油年增长率为1.2%。由于乌克兰无人机袭击导致其炼油厂停电,俄罗斯出口了更多原油。因此,印度炼油商一直在大量购买俄罗斯石油,而俄罗斯石油在打折出售后成为了额外的出口。印度炼油商通过购买打折的俄罗斯石油可能节省至少 105 亿美元。目前,印度是俄罗斯石油的最大买家,俄罗斯石油为其经济提供了提振。印度希望与俄罗斯保持良好关系——尽管西方因俄罗斯入侵乌克兰而对其实施制裁。

联合国,印度在联合国大会一项谴责俄罗斯自2022年开始入侵乌克兰的决议中再次投了弃权票。印度过去在联大和联合国安理会的类似决议中都投了弃权票。除印度外,中国、伊朗和南非等32个国家在投票中投了弃权票。投票反对的七个国家是俄罗斯、白俄罗斯、朝鲜、厄立特里亚、马里、尼加拉瓜和叙利亚。


India built a secret trade channel with Russia for Russia to covertly purchase critical goods from India. Under its scheme, rupees would be spent to secure dual-use components through a "closed payment system" between firms of these two countries. According to the news report, this would provide a steady inflow of electronic equipment originally bought in Western markets. Further, Moscow also considered investing in Indian factories to support critical production. (Business Insider, 09/04/2024)

According to a news report, Russia will provide four warships equipped with supersonic missiles to India. The future warships of India are Project 11356 frigates, designed by Russia for the Indian Navy. Two vessels are made in Russia, while the rest will be built in India, according to signed contracts between these two countries in 2018. (Newsweek, 09/04/2024)

On July 09, 2024, The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi traveled to Moscow to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin. That trip coincided with a NATO leaders gathering in Washington and Russian missile strikes on a hospital in Ukraine that killed scores of people, drawing strong criticism from Zelenskyy. The Ukrainian leader called Modi’s meeting “a huge disappointment” and “a devastating blow to peace efforts” after the Indian leader was seen hugging Putin. (AP, 08/21/2024)

During the first fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2024, India's import of Russia oil rose by an annual 1.2%. Russia exported more crude oil because of outages at its refineries from Ukrainian drone attacks. Thus, Indian refiners have been gorging on Russian oil, which emerged as an additional outlet after being sold at a discount. (Reuters, 07/24/2024) Indian refiners likely saved at least $10.5 billion by buying discounted Russian oil. (Indian Express, 07/11/2024)

India is the largest buyer of Russian oil which has provided a boost for its economy. India wants to maintain its good relations with Russia — despite the Western sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. (DW 07/08/2024)

There is a report that India has once again abstained from voting in a UN General Assembly resolution that condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which started in 2022. India has abstained from similar resolutions both at the UNGA and at the UNSC in the past. Russia is also India's largest arms supplier. Besides India, China, Iran and South Africa were among the 32 countries to abstain in the vote. The seven countries who voted against it were Russia, Belarus, North Korea, Eritrea, Mali, Nicaragua and Syria. (BBC, 02/23/2023)




2024年9月4日星期三

台湾要求中国向俄罗斯收回土地 Taiwan Asks China to Take Land Back from Russia

湾总统赖清德表示,如果中国对台湾的主权主张是基于领土完整,那么中华人民共和国也应该收回 19 世纪根据 1858 年《瑷珲条约》割让给俄罗斯的地区。《瑷珲条约》被认为是所谓的不平等条约之一,当时最强大的国家使用军事力量向弱小的国家强加条件。根据《瑷珲条约》,中国将现在俄罗斯远东地区的大片土地割让给俄罗斯帝国。两年后,根据 1860 年《北京条约》,中国再次将现在的滨海边疆区割让给俄罗斯。

外,满族赋名海参崴满语名「ᡥᠠᡳᡧᡝᠨᠸᡝᡳ」和汉语名「海参崴」。 「海参崴」作为其最早的中文叫法,亦被华人沿用至今。 1860年,《北京条约》签订前三月,俄国侵占了此地区,更名为「符拉迪沃斯托克」(Владивосток;Vladivostok),意为「东方统治者」或「征服东方」,也译「鎭东府」「东方的王后」。2020年7月2日,俄罗斯符拉迪沃斯托克市举行建市160周年庆祝活动。中国国际电视台(CGTN)记者沈世伟表示,庆祝符拉迪沃斯托克建市日让中国人想起了“1860年那段屈辱的日子”。

领土完整而言,中国从英国手中收回了香港。但赖清德说:“为什么中国不收回《瑷珲条约》中被俄国占领的土地?俄国现在弱了,对吧?《瑷珲条约》是清朝签订的——你可以要求俄国归还土地,但你没有。所以很明显,中国不想因为领土问题而入侵台湾。”



Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te stated that if China's claims to Taiwan are based on territorial integrity, the People’s Republic of China should also take back regions ceded to Russia in the nineteenth century, under the 1858 Treaty of Aigun. The Treaty of Aigun is considered one of the so-called unequal treaties, where the then-greatest powers used military force to dictate terms to less powerful countries. Under the Treaty of Aigun, China ceded a huge swathe of land to the Russian Empire in what is now the Far East of Russia. Two years later, under the 1860 Beijing Treaty, China again ceded the region of what is now the Primorsky Krai to Russia. (Ukrainska Pravda, 09/03/2024)

Further, the Manchus named Vladivostok "ᡥᠠᡳᡧᡝᠨᠸᡝᡳ" in Manchu and "Vladivostok (Haishenwei)" in Chinese. "Vladivostok" is its earliest Chinese name and is still used by the Chinese today. In 1860, three months before the signing of the Treaty of Beijing, Russia invaded the area and renamed it "Vladivostok" (Владивосток; Vladivostok), which means "ruler of the East" or "conquer the East", also translated as "The Office Managing East" or "Queen of the East". (海參崴 - 維基百科,自由的百科全書 (wikipedia.org)On July 2 of 2020, the Russian city of Vladivostok was celebrating 160th anniversary of its founding day. Shen Shiwei, a reporter for the state-owned broadcaster CGTN said that the celebration of the founding day of Vladivostok reminded the Chinese of "those humiliated days in the 1860. (Financial Express. 07/07/2020)

Regarding territorial integrity, China reclaimed Hong Kong from UK. But "why doesn’t China reclaim the lands occupied by Russia that were ceded in the Treaty of Aigun? Russia is weaker now, right? The Treaty of Aigun was signed during the Qing dynasty - you can ask the Russians to return the land, but you don't. So it's clear that China does not wish to invade Taiwan for territorial reasons," said Lai Ching-te. (Essanews.com, 09/02/2024)








The Nvidia Selloff - September 03, 2024

 

  • Nvidia has started this September in an inauspicious way — with its a huge daily selloff since April. The stock is now off about 20% from its all-time closing high of $135.58, as its recent earnings report made investors jittery about its future margin performance and whether it can keep up its big beats. (MarketWatch 09/04/2024)
  • Nvidia CEO and co-founder Jensen Huang's fortune shrank by nearly $10 billion after the chipmaker’s share price fell amid a wider selloff of major tech stocks on September 03, 2024. (Forbes, 09/04/2024)
  • Justice Department takes a major step toward an antitrust lawsuit against Nvidia. Officials are investigating whether Nvidia's dominance has made it difficult for buyers to use other suppliers, some complained that Nvidia threatens clients that use chips from both Nvidia and its competitors. (Business Insider, 09/04/2024)
  • [Factcheck] Nvidia dictates how chips are allocated to stop companies from stockpiling them amid limited supply. Installing the chips the way Nvidia wanted would have reportedly hindered. Microsoft's ability to switch to different AI chips. Microsoft eventually won out when Nvidia backed down and agreed to let the Big Tech company design its own custom racks. (Business Insider, 06/20/2024)
  • [Factcheck] Intel’s Xeon processors are capable of more complex data crunching, but they have fewer cores and are much slower for processing information typically used to train AI software. AMD announced an updated version of its MI300 AI processor would go on sale in Q4. But Nvidia’s advantage isn’t just in the performance of its hardware. Its CUDA, a language for its graphics chips that allows them to be programmed for the type of work that underpins AI programs.(QuickTake, 06/07/2024)

The AMD MI300X and Nvidia Blackwell are both cutting-edge AI processors, each with unique strengths and features. Here’s a comparison based on the latest information (prepared by an AI):

AMD MI300X

  • Architecture: Built on AMD’s CDNA 3 architectures
  • Compute Units: 304 compute units.
  • Memory: 192 GB of HBM3 memory with a peak bandwidth of 5.3 TB/s.
  • Performance: Known for its strong performance in FP8 floating point calculations and HPC-centric double precision workloads. It boasts impressive cache bandwidth and latency, outperforming Nvidia’s H100 in several benchmarks.
  • Power Consumption: 750W.

Nvidia Blackwell

  • Architecture: Successor to the H100, designed to leapfrog AMD in performance.
  • Compute Units: Details on compute units are less specific, but it integrates compute and IO into each chip.
  • Memory: 192 GB of high bandwidth memory, with a memory bandwidth of 2.8 TB/s.
  • Performance: Excels in sparse performance, delivering 45 teraFLOPS of FP64 tensor core performance. It is optimized for AI inferencing and lower precision tasks.
  • Power Consumption: 700W.

Key Differences

  • Memory Bandwidth: MI300X has a higher memory bandwidth (5.3 TB/s) compared to Blackwell (2.8 TB/s), which can be crucial for AI performance.
  • Compute Performance: MI300X shows a significant advantage in double precision performance, while Blackwell excels in sparse performance and lower precision tasks.
  • Power Efficiency: Blackwell is slightly more power-efficient with a 700W consumption compared to MI300X’s 750W.
  • Both processors are designed to handle demanding AI workloads, but their strengths lie in different areas. The choice between them would depend on the specific requirements of the tasks at hand.
References