The United States is doing everything to hinder the rise of China. Without succeeding in stopping this dynamic, for the moment.
A funny fishing. In May 2023, when Hong Kong customs intercepted a van on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao bridge, the longest in the world, they put their hands on a loot to say the least. In the trunk, hidden under twenty polystyrene cases filled with living lobsters, rest 70 graphics cards stamped with American giant of IA chips, nvidia. Estimated value of the cargo: $ 600,000. If the story does not say to who these chips were intended for, there is every reason to think that they were supposed to arrive in Chinese hands. For several years, the smuggling of fleas has been supplanting that of drugs or counterfeit bags in Asia. The black market explodes, nourished by the ruthless technological war between Washington and Beijing. The American restrictions on flea exports, crucial for AI, have indeed become the favorite weapon of the United States.
It is certainly not the only one. If it is difficult to date with precision …
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