Brazil builds industrial port to boost trade with Asia

Brazil is building a large, modern port complex to facilitate trade with Asia, its main market, and benefit a range of productive sectors.

The 1,800-hectare facility, called Porto Central, is located in the coastal town of Presidente Kennedy, in southeast Espirito Santo state, on the border with neighboring Rio de Janeiro state.

At a seminar organized Tuesday by China’s Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro, the general director of Porto Central, Jose Maria Novaes, invited Chinese companies to join the project and make use of the port, designed to be South America’s most modern, when it opens in late 2023.

“Asia, particularly China, is Brazil’s largest trading partner, and this international trade flow, mainly of commodities from Brazil to Asia and industrialized products from Asia to Brazil, requires large ships” that few Brazilian ports can now accommodate, noted Novaes.

“There are few ports in Brazil capable of loading and unloading the world’s great ships. That is the differential of the Porto Central project: being able to receive the world’s largest ships, in each class, at each port terminal,” he said.

The port will feature a series of terminals, an internal channel with gradually decreasing water depth for ships sailing in, and 13 docks for ships carrying liquids, said Novaes.

“It is an industrial port enabling water, energy and gas at competitive prices, with terminals for the export of raw materials and semi-finished products, and with the flexibility to accommodate the interests of project developers,” he added.

Joe Biden’s naming of Kamala Harris as running mate

Joe Biden’s naming of Kamala Harris 贺锦丽 as running mate is a move to use her background to topple Donald Trump, but based on her previous tough stance, the nominee won’t help end the two parties’ playing of the China card.

Harris is the daughter of an Indian mother and Jamaican father, and is the second African-American woman and first South Asian-American senator in history. She is the first African American and first Indian American to be chosen as the running mate of a major party’s presidential candidate.
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  • Harris wants China’s cooperation in fighting climate change and handling relations with North Korea. 
  • Harris Urge Pompeo To Take Immediate Action To Cease Genocidal Campaign Against Minority Women In China.

When Biden will pass after winning the Nov election, Harris will step in to become POTUS.

Chinese virus fighters get top honor

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday signed a presidential order to award epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan the Medal of the Republic, the highest state honor, for his outstanding contributions in China’s fight against the COVID-19 epidemic. 

This is the second time for China to award the medal. The first was awarded last year to pharmaceutical chemist Tu Youyou, Yuan Longping, a Chinese agronomist and educator, and Shen Liangliang, a soldier of the Chinese peacekeeping force in Mali.

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Along with Zhong, China’s top medical adviser Zhang Boli, top Chinese vaccine researcher Chen Wei and Zhang Dingyu, dean of Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, were awarded national honorary titles, “the People’s Hero.”

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Awarding the top honor to four prominent coronavirus fighters in China showcases the core spirit of the Chinese people in respecting science and professionalism – two key factors that helped the country win the battle against COVID-19, experts said.

Huawei unveils plan for smart cars

Huawei aims to develop cost-effective radars for smart cars, a top executive told a forum, as the Chinese manufacturer seeks a bigger role in the intelligent vehicle industry amid the ongoing China-US tech war.

The company is set to reduce the cost of radar sensors to $100 in the future with its advanced 5G technology, Wang Jun, an executive with the Huawei smart-car solutions business unit, said at the China Automotive Blue Book Forum in Wuhan, Central China’s Hubei Province on Tuesday.

He revealed that Huawei has an optoelectronic technology research center based in Wuhan, with a total of more than 10,000 employees involved in the research, and the goal is to develop 100-line laser radars in the short term.

Huawei will use ICT technology to create parts with better performance and lower prices. In the future, it plans to keep the cost of laser radars, a key component for intelligent vehicles to navigate and collect information on surroundings, as low as $200 or even $100 per unit, Wang said.

  8月12日,有消息称,由于国际大环境遭受制裁使台积电等无法代工华为芯片,导致华为芯片无法生产,华为在内部开启“塔山计划”。

  还写道,华为已经开始与相关企业合作,准备建设一条完全没有美国技术的45nm的芯片生产线,预计年内建成,同时还在探索合作建立28nm的自主技术芯片生产线。

  整体思路则是华为建立资源池,通过入股、合作研发等合作方式,扶植半导体材料、设备企业。但是华为主要做实验,不做重资产量产投入,帮助跑通产线为目的。

  据流传的资料显示,这项计划的战略目标非常明确,即要突破包括EDA设计、材料、材料的生产制造、工艺、设计、半导体制造、芯片封测等在内的各个半导体产业关键环节,实现半导体技术的全面自主可控。

  目前华为并未对此进行回应,不过有接近华为的人士向21世纪经济报道记者表示,近期华为内部有一些关于“塔山”的说法,包括合作研发去“A”的关键半导体设备等。

  需要指出的是,华为是否自建芯片生产线仍存疑,也有半导体业内人士向记者表示,建设芯片制造产线至少需要十多年的积累,而且很难脱离美国技术。

  前不久华为消费者业务CEO余承东也谈到,华为进入芯片行业十多年,但是并没有涉及到晶圆制造领域。

  目前综合信息来看,华为正在联合各种可以联合的力量,扶持国内半导体相关厂商,从需求端来促进上游产业链的发展。

  不久前,华为“南泥湾计划”浮出水面,包含了笔记本电脑、大屏等产品,意在规避应用美国技术制造终端产品。

  记者了解到,现在华为要招更多人,把南泥湾项目做大,这也符合终端全场景布局的大趋势,自从美国打击华为以来,华为的去“A”化行动和备胎计划就已经在内部启动,南泥湾项目、塔山计划该也是大方向下的一角。

  余承东也提到,在半导体的制造方面,我们要突破包括EDA的设计,材料、生产制造、工艺、设计能力、制造、封装封测等等。同时在智能半导体从第二代半导体进入到第三代半导体的时代,我们希望在一个新的时代实现领先。

  “像相机多摄的技术,是华为率先在这个领域实现突破,帮助产业链走向成熟,让其他厂家都能用,包括一些新的材料、新的工艺,还有5G这个时代更多的新技术,提高工业效率,提高性能等等很多方面都需要我们掌握核心技术。

  华为也带动了一批中国企业掌握了一些非常核心的技术,包括很多都是美国核心公司才能做的部件,现在我们自己都能搞定一个大企业的发展,是能带动一批其他兄弟企业的成长发展,能让我们从低端制造业向中高端核心技术、核心制造能力进行转移。”

  16家企业入围,芯源微进展最大?

  据网上流传出的资料显示,第一批入选公司清单包括上海微电子、沈阳芯源(芯源微)、盛美、北方华创、中微、沈阳拓荆、沈阳中科(中科仪)、成都南科、华海清科、北京中科信、上海凯世通(万业企业)、中科飞测、上海睿励、上海精测(精测电子)、科益虹源、中科晶源。

  其中芯源微进展最大,该公司主营涂胶显影/光刻机配套/物理清洗/湿法刻蚀。

  8月12日,芯源微表现也十分突出,逆市上涨近13%。

  据了解,此次塔山计划只是针对半导体方面。涉及到半导体的任何环节,只要不是国产的,底线是实现去美化。

  但韩国日本已有的也会考虑自己做,比如涂胶设备是日本的,也会去做。芯片设计软件EDA也会有布局。除了光刻机外,这个过程也不会太慢。

  余承东在评论我国第三代半导体发展时说,希望不管是弯道超车还是半道超车,都希望在一个新的时代实现领先。

  现在华为积极布局的应该是以第三代半导体材料为核心的相关产业。这也是目前国内大多数认为,最有可能让我国在半导体技术上实现换道超车的新兴领域。包括媒体盛传的华为将启用IDM模式的报道,其实有一部分原因就是目前的第三代半导体厂商大部分都是IDM模式,以IDM为主流。

  所谓IDM模式是指从设计、制造、封装测试到销售自有品牌都一手包办的半导体垂直整合型公司。

  除了刚刚曝光的塔山计划之外,还有一则消息引起市场关注,那就是华为正在研发激光雷达技术。

  8月11日上午,在第十二届汽车蓝皮书论坛上,华为智能汽车解决方案BU总裁王军透露,华为在武汉有一个光电技术研究中心,总计有1万多人,该中心就正在研发激光雷达技术,目标是短期内迅速开发出100线的激光雷达。

  未来计划将激光雷达的成本降低至200美元(约1390元人民币),甚至是100美元(约695元人民币)。

  近日,华为技术有限公司新增多项专利信息,其中包括“一种机动车辆自动驾驶方法及终端设备”“控制智能汽车行驶方向的方法和装置”以及“交通信号灯的识别方法、系统、计算设备和智能车”。在此之前,华为表态全方位扎根半导体,突破物理学,材料学等新材料,新工艺创新瓶颈,在5G器件方面,重点布局可重构天线,高频低损材料,5G测试系统设备,LCP,PTFE特种塑料等方向。

  8月12日,深圳市红土善利私募股权投资基金合伙企业(有限合伙)成立,注册资本6亿人民币,经营范围为股权投资;创业投资。

  该公司第一大股东为深圳市引导基金投资有限公司,持股49%,第二大股东为华为技术有限公司,持股31.67%。华为旗下的哈勃科技投资有限公司为第四大股东,持股1.67%。

Americans would have to “learn to speak Chinese”

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Americans would have to “learn to speak Chinese” if he loses the 2020 election to former Vice President Joe Biden. 

Trump was implying that Biden would be soft on China, though in reality the former vice president’s campaign has taken a fairly hawkish stance toward Beijing. 

“All they’re waiting for, and China too, is that I’m defeated. Because if I’m defeated, China will own the United States,” Trump told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt.

“If I don’t win the election, China will own the United States—you will have to learn to speak Chinese!” Trump added.

Trump’s grandkid singing in Mandarin.

Putin says Russia’s Health Ministry has approved world’s FIRST Covid-19 vaccine

romo video shows ‘Sputnik V’ – world’s first registered Covid-19 vaccine – eradicating planet-sized coronavirus

Putin insisted that vaccination in Russia should only be carried out on a voluntary basis, with nobody forced to accept immunization. He also revealed that one of his daughters has already been vaccinated.

It is hoped the Russian vaccine will go into general circulation by January. In the meantime, front-line health workers and the medically vulnerable will be given priority, according to the Health Ministry.

Putin asked Health Minister Mikhail Murashko to provide more detailed information about the plans for immunization.  “I know that it works rather effectively, forms a stable immunity, and, I repeat, it passed all the necessary inspections,” the President added.
Vadim Tarasov, a top scientist at Moscow’s Sechenov University, where the trials took place said the country had a head start as it has spent the last 20 years developing skills in this field and trying to understand how viruses transmit. The technology behind the Russian vaccine is based upon adenovirus, the common cold. Created artificially, the vaccine proteins replicate those of Covid-19 and trigger “an immune response similar to that caused by the coronavirus itself,” Tarasov revealed.

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  • Russian officials in Moscow tell CNN they have offered “unprecedented cooperation” with Operation Warp Speed (OWS), the US multi-agency body set up to accelerate access to effective Covid-19 vaccines and treatments.But the officials told CNN that the “US is not currently open” to the Russian medical advances.”There is a general sense of mistrust of Russia on the American side and we believe that technologies — including vaccine, testing and treatments — are not being adopted in US because of that mistrust,” one senior Russian official told CNN.
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  • 9-12-20 Russia will supply up to 50 million doses of the Sputnik V COVID19 vaccine to Brazil, said Russia’s sovereign wealth fund. Deliveries are expected to start in November.