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Huawei’s semiconductor chips subsidiary is hiring global genius

Huawei’s semiconductor chips subsidiary is hiring global genius amid a US chip ban, a move that experts said is a well-planned counter to US bullying that shows the company’s confidence in becoming self-sufficient in chips supply in about two years.

Huawei’s chip design company HiSilicon announced that it is recruiting talented young people from around the world, and offering competitive salaries and positions, according to media reports. The recruitment targets the world’s outstanding post-graduate and doctoral students who have graduated or will graduate from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2021. 

This recruitment program shows that Huawei is expanding its talent base and preparing to expand the scope of research and development, which shows its confidence to the outside world.
“In the future, Huawei may face rising attack from the US, which will force it to expand its recruitment of talent to expand its scope of research and development,” 
The US’ latest move to restrict Huawei comes after Washington made a rule change that would require foreign manufacturers using US chipmaking equipment to get a license before being able to sell semiconductors to Huawei.

As the China-US technology battle continues to heat up, the US Semiconductor Industry Association is seeking $37 billion in federal funding for factory construction and research.

To shield its operations from the US crackdowns, Huawei has stockpiled up to two years’ worth of crucial chips, according to the Nikkei Asian Review. The stockpile shows that Huawei is confident of upgrading its manufacturing ability within two years, experts said.
“In two years, the problems facing Huawei could be eventually solved. It may be able to diversify its supply chain as China is stepping up the construction of its own semiconductor foundry sector. Technology will also be upgraded to a relatively large degree within two years,” 

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Lion land and air autonomous vehicle

Tsinghua University 清华大学 Professor of Vehicle and Carrier Academy, Chinese Academy of Engineering fellow Li Jun’s team successfully developed the first generation of Lion land and air autonomous vehicle. It is the world’s first electric land/air drone with integrated intelligent navigation.

The drone uses a traditional 2-wheel drive chassis for better range on ground navigation, the rotors are used to achieve a higher degree of maneuverability. It features vertical take-off and landing, hovering, 3D navigation, ground cruising, automatic object avoidance and tracking, and other functions.

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A breakthrough for China in deep water gas field exploitation in the South China Sea

A submarine pipeline at a depth of 1,542 meters on the south side of the E3-E2 sections of the Lingshui 17-2 gas field has been successfully completed, marking a breakthrough for China in deep water gas field exploitation in the South China Sea.

The Lingshui 17-2 gas field – the first deep water field established by a Chinese company – is located in the South China Sea near South China’s Hainan Province. 

The operational depth of the field, which is also the China National Offshore Oil Corporation’s (CNOOC’s） first self-operated deep water field, is 1,220-1,560 meters with trillions of cubic meters of exploitable gas reserves.

The field is expected to be operational by the end of China’s 13th Five-Year Plan (2020). It will have an annual gas output of 3-5 billion cubic meters, which could promote the exploitation of deep-water gas resources.

Submarine pipeline is the main artery that transports oil and gas and is regarded as the lifeline of the offshore oil and gas production system. 

Three hundred meters below sea level is considered to be deep water and 1,500 meters is known as ultra deep water. Due to the complex and changeable submarine environment, constructing an ultra deep water submarine pipeline is a challenge, it also has strict requirements on the pipeline’s quality and size.

Prior to the construction of the Lingshui field, ultra deep water submarine pipelines were mostly built by foreign countries.


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Trump and his China advisers broke all the rules to attack Huawei

The US Department of Commerce announced that any semiconductor chips made with equipment built by American companies cannot be sold to Huawei without prior approval and licensing from the DOC. This new regulation is unprecedented and in violation of normal sales contracts between the buyer and seller of such equipment. And it is difficult to know if the DOC has any legal ground to stand on. In effect, requiring a license in order to sell to Huawei is to threaten the supply of semiconductors to the Chinese company.

The 10 major semiconductor manufacturing equipment (SME) companies in the world:
1. Samsung (SK)
2. Intel (US)
3. Taiwan Semiconductor (TW)
4. SK Hynix (SK)
5. Micron Technology (US)
6. Broadcom (US)
7. Qualcomm (US)
8. Texas Instruments (US)
9. Toshiba (Jap)
10. Nvidia (US)

Chip designs by fabless companies, made by independent foundries such as TSMC and then sold to gadget makers such as Apple and Huawei. Advances in chip design take advantage of advances in semiconductor-manufacturing equipment that are then incorporated into new end-uses and novel applications. Each step on the chain goads the next to stretch and attain the next level of technological advances.

Digital currency, autonomous driving and applications on the drawing board based on artificial intelligence are all waiting for the introduction of the next generation of semiconductor devices.

Trump’s dirty tricks

TSMC agree to locate a fab in Arizona in exchange for the goodwill the company would be allowed to protect its business with Huawei. Just the day after TSMC signed the agreement to invest $12 billion and build a fab in Arizona, the DOC made the announcement that could force TSMC to stop selling to Huawei. Less than two weeks earlier, the DOC also gave Huawei a head fake by signaling that American companies would be allowed to participate in organizations along with Huawei to set industry standards for 5G.

The US has remained the world’s leader and biggest supplier of semiconductors and China has been America’s largest customer. In 2018, the US sold 36% of the US semiconductor chips to China. When China buy less from the US, the trade surplus will shrink. Lower sales mean less profit and less money to spend on R&D, and that will erode America’s leadership.

Chip suppliers in Japan and South Korea will be happy to fill the void left by the US, and China will be more determined than ever to invest in the development of semiconductor technology that will break the dependence on the US.

The short-term outcome is lose-lose, but the long-term consequences will be disastrous for both sides. The virtuous circle where everybody gains will be replaced by vicious competition and market fragmentation.

China’s retaliation will be directed to where it would cause most pain, soybeans and Boeing aircraft and more. Such as Sands China, owned by Adelson, Trump’s supporter.

The long-term driver of Asian growth is China’s emergence as a tech superpower. Certain members of the US Congress along with Trump seem to think that China desperately needs to send students to the US to steal American technology. They probably don’t know that China is already first in the world in supercomputing, quantum computing, 5G telecommunications, hypersonic weaponry, civil engineering, high-speed rail, electric vehicles, self-driving cars and buses, along with myriad other disciplines.


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2020 Shenzhen’s 17 subways under construction

2020年深圳地铁建设情况

　　目前，深圳共有17条地铁线路（含延长线）正在建设，其中地铁3号线东延段、地铁20号线暂停施工。

　　2018年，深圳新开工建设5条地铁新线。

　　另外，2019年8月13日，深圳地铁8号线二期、5号线西延段地铁线路正式开工。

　　2019开建地铁线路：（2019年8月13日开工）

　　1、深圳地铁8号线二期（即东延线）

2019深圳17条在建地铁一览（线路图 站点 最新进展）

　　地铁8号线二期工程概况

　　位置：地铁8号线二期工程位于盐田区内

　　起始站点：线路起自8号线一期工程盐田路站（不含），终至小梅沙站

　　全长：8.019公里

　　站点设置：全线采用地下敷设，共设北山道、盐田食街、大梅沙、小梅沙4个车站。

　　计划开通时间：

　　计划于2024年实现开通运营

　　》》》深圳地铁8号线二期最新规划（开工+站点+线路图+进展）

　　2、深圳地铁5号线西延线

　　地铁5号线西延至大剧院工程概况

　　位置：地铁5号线西延工程位于罗湖区内

　　起始站点：线路起自目前5号线终点站黄贝岭站，终至大剧院站

　　全长：线路全长2.9km

　　站点设置：共设东门路、建设路、大剧院3座车站，其中大剧院站可与地铁1号线、2号线换乘

　　计划开通时间：

　　预计于2025年建成通车

　　》》》深圳地铁5号线西延至大剧院段规划（开工开通+线路图+站点+进展）

　　2018开建地铁线路：（2018年1月10日新开工）

　　3、深圳地铁12号线

　　线路起始：线路起自左炮台站，终至海上田园东站

　　线路全长：约40.54km

　　站点设计：共设站33座，其中换乘站18座

　　计划开通时间：

　　项目总工期1826日历天，计划于2022年实现开通运营

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　　最新进度

　　作为地铁四期重点项目，目前地铁12号线主体工程开工率已达92%，全线地连墙完成38%、交通疏解完成56%。

　　》》深圳地铁12号线（站点+线路图+开工开通时间+进展）

　　4、深圳地铁13号线

　　线路起始：线路起自深圳湾口岸，止于上屋北站

　　线路全长：线路全长22.4公里

　　站点设计：16座车站，全部为地下线，线路两端均预留延伸条件。沿线设内湖全地下停车场，出入线与后海站接轨。

　　开工开通时间：

　　2018年1月10日正式开工，计划工期为5年，2022年建成开通。

2019深圳17条在建地铁一览（线路图 站点 最新进展）

　　最新进展

　　截至目前，围护结构完成43.2%，土方工程完成11.7%。

　　》》深圳地铁13号线（最新消息+线路图+站点+开工）

　　5、深圳地铁14号线

　　连接福田中心区、布吉、横岗、大运新城、坪山中心、坑梓支撑整个东部发展轴，覆盖东部地区南北向交通需求走廊。

　　深圳地铁14号线全长约50．34km，共设站17座、停车场1座、车辆段1座、主变电所4座，采用自动化无人驾驶，最高设计速度为120km／h。

　开工开通时间：

　　2018年1月10日开工建设，2022年开通。

　　站点：(深圳段)

　　岗厦北、黄木岗、清水河、布吉、南湾、横岗西、四联、坳背、大运、南约、宝龙、坪环西、坪山围、坪山中心南、坪山中心、坑梓、沙田

　　示意图：

2019深圳17条在建地铁一览（线路图 站点 最新进展）

　　最新进展　　截止2019年5月23日，主体工程已开工28个，其中六约北站、宝龙站、沙湖站围护结构已封闭，均已开始基坑开挖。地连墙完成453幅，咬合桩完成10080根，土方完成167.24万立方。

　　》》深圳地铁14号线最新规划（开工开通+站点+线路图+进展）

　　6、深圳地铁16号线

　　16号线由大运站引出，沿龙岗大道、黄阁路、龙平路敷设，经龙岗老中心后沿深汕公路往南至坪山站，经坪山中心区后沿东纵路、金田路等路敷设至终点田心。线路全长约29.2公里，设站24座。

　　建成通车时间：

 　　预计2023年建成通车

2019深圳17条在建地铁一览（线路图 站点 最新进展）

　　全线最新进展：截至2019年5月20日，前期工程的绿化迁移、管线改迁、交通疏解均已100%开工，其中征地拆迁完成31%。主体结构开工工点完成84%。

　　》》深圳地铁16号线（开工开通时间+线路图+站点+最新进展）

　　7、深圳地铁6号线支线

　　开工开通时间：

　　2018年1月10日正式开工，计划工期5年，预计2022年建成开通。

　　深圳地铁6号线支线，采用高架+地下敷设，线路长度6.14km，设车站4座，分别是翠湖站、新明医院站、中山大学站、武汉大学站，其中翠湖站土建已纳入地铁6号线工程实施范围。

2019深圳17条在建地铁一览（线路图 站点 最新进展）

　　》》深圳地铁6号线支线（站点+线路图+开通时间+进展）

　　在建地铁线路：

　　8、深圳地铁6号线

　　开工开通时间：

　　前期工程在2014年12月30日开工，计划开通时间为2020年5月。

　   线路总长：约37．6km

　　站点设计：

　　起自深圳北站综合交通枢纽，终止于松岗站，设车站20座（其中地下站5座，高架站15座），与4、5、11、13、15号线及广深港客运专线综合换乘。

2019深圳17条在建地铁一览（线路图 站点 最新进展）

目前进度：

　　地铁6号线：完成高架车站主体100%，地下车站主体100%，高架区间100%，地下区间93.5%，安装装修16%，高架车站附属13%，地下车站附属1.1%，道路恢复31%。

　　6号线二期：工程进展情况：完成车站主体100%，区间93%，停车场主体结构78%，车站附属41%，安装装修9%。

　　》》深圳地铁6号线一期（站点+线路图+开通时间+进展） 

　　9、深圳地铁6号线二期（南延线）

　　线路总长：约11．8km

　　开工时间：2016年5月

　　开通时间：2020年5月

　　站点：

　　科学馆、通新岭、体育中心、八卦岭、银湖、翰岭、梅林关

2019深圳17条在建地铁一览（线路图 站点 最新进展）

　　》》深圳地铁6号线南延线（站点、线路图、开通时间、进展） 

　　10、深圳地铁8号线

　　根据最新规划，深圳地铁8号线起点为1号线国贸站，终点站为小梅沙站。三期工程有望从二期工程的终点小梅沙站延长到溪涌站。

　　开工时间：

　　2015年12月底前期工程开工。

　　开通时间：

　　预计2020年6月28日投入试运营。

　　站点：

　　梧桐山南、沙头角、海山、盐田港西、深外高中、盐田路;

2019深圳17条在建地铁一览（线路图 站点 最新进展）

　　》》深圳地铁8号线一期（站点+线路图+开通时间+进展）

　　11、深圳地铁10号线

　　起自龙岗区平湖中心站，终至福田口岸站，线路全长29.52公里，共设站24个、换乘站9个，包括福田口岸、福民、岗厦、莲花村、梅林东、五和、平湖枢纽及平湖中心站，覆盖了深圳整个中部发展轴。

2019深圳17条在建地铁一览（线路图 站点 最新进展）

　　工程进展：

　　截至2019年6月4日，车站已封顶22座；盾构及暗挖区间已贯通56个（单线）；附属结构已完成8个。

　　》》深圳地铁10号线详解 含南延、东延段线路 

　　12、深圳地铁20号线（暂停施工）

　　深圳地铁20号线正线全长8.36公里，暂设6个站点，是深圳国际会展中心开展的配套市政项目。

　　线路起于宝安国际机场T4航站楼，与地铁11号线、穗莞深城际线换乘，之后向北至深圳国际会展中心，预留北延东莞及南延接口。

2019深圳17条在建地铁一览（线路图 站点 最新进展）

　　》》深圳地铁20号线（站点+线路图+开通时间+进展） 

　　13、深圳地铁2号线三期（东延线）

　　深圳地铁2号线东延工程，也就是2号线三期工程。

　　深圳地铁2号线三期工程西起2号线终点新秀站，终于莲塘站，线路长3.8公里，全程地下敷设，设置车站3座。

　　开工时间：2016年5月正式开工

　　开通时间：2020年

深圳地铁2号线东延段（站点、线路图、开通时间、最新消息）

　　》》深圳地铁2号线东延段（站点、线路图、开通时间、最新消息）

　　14、深圳地铁3号线东延线（目前在进行招标）

　线路全长约9.4km，其中地上线约2.0km，地下线约7.4km。共设梨园站、新生站、坪西站、低碳城站、白石塘站、富坪站、六联站等7座车站。3号线东延设置坪地停车场1处。

2019深圳17条在建地铁一览（线路图 站点 最新进展）

　　》》深圳地铁3号线东延线（站点+线路图+开通时间+进展）

　　15、深圳地铁3号线南延线

　　深圳地铁3号线南延工程自益田至福田保税区，线路长1.5公里，设站1座：福保站。

　　福保站位于红花路与益田路交叉口西侧，沿红花路布置。车站为地下两层岛式车站，全长550米。原计划2019年建成通车，最新消息称2020年10月开通。

2019深圳17条在建地铁一览（线路图 站点 最新进展）

　　》》深圳地铁3号线南延段（站点+线路图+进展+通车时间）

　　16、深圳地铁4号线北延线

　　深圳地铁4号线北延段即龙华线三期工程，是由二期工程的终点站清湖开始，到达观澜的牛湖站。

　　线路全长约10.770公里，其中高架线1.759公里，地下线8.825公里，过渡段0.186公里，全线设车站8座。

2019深圳17条在建地铁一览（线路图 站点 最新进展）

　　》》深圳地铁4号线北延线（站点、线路图、开通时间、进展）

　　17、深圳地铁9号线南海大道支线

　　深圳地铁9号线二期南海大道支线工程南起海上世界站，北至南油站(含南油北区间)，全长约4.40Km，共设车站4座：海上世界站、工业六路站、四海站、南油站，其中换乘车站3座，全线地下敷设。

2019深圳17条在建地铁一览（线路图 站点 最新进展）
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China successfully launch the satellites High Res 9-02 and HEAD 4

At 16:53 on 5-31-20, at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre 酒泉卫星发射中心, China successfully put the satellites High Res 高分 9-02 and HEAD 和德 4 into their planned orbits using the Long March II-D 长征二号丁 carrier rocket. High Res 高分 9-02 is an optical remote sensing satellite with a sub-metre resolution, which is mainly used in the fields of land survey, urban planning, land rights, road network design, crop estimation and disaster prevention and mitigation, and can provide information security for the construction of “BRI”, etc. The HEAD 和德 4 satellite, developed by Beijing HEAD Aerospace Technology Co. 和德宇航技术有限公司 ( http://www.head-aerospace.com/#/Home ), can carry out global ship status acquisition, global flight status acquisition and global IoT information acquisition in orbit. This mission was the 333rd flight of the Long March series of launch vehicles.

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People’s Liberation Army Navy first domestically-made aircraft carrier Shandong sea trial

Shandong’s first sea exercises in the northern part of the Yellow Sea since being commissioned late last year in what was a major launch ceremony attended by President Xi. The ongoing trails in an unknown location are being focused on weapons systems testing, including aircraft launch and landing.
“The purpose of this training is to test weapons and equipment efficiency, improve the aircraft carrier’s training capability and further elevate its ability to carry out future missions,” a PLA Navy statement said. Regional media has admitted its sea trial schedule had been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.
State media on 5-29-20 https://twitter.com/i/status/1266023926154489856 featured at least seven  J-15 takeoff footage from the deck of the Shandong, hailing the sea trials as a ‘success’:
 “The purpose of this training is to test the performance of weapons and equipment, improve the level of aircraft carrier training, and further enhance the troops’ ability to perform missions and tasks.”
Last December’s commissioning of the new aircraft carrier, China’s second one total and first locally made, was a significant milestone for China as it expands its efforts to become a dominant superpower in the Indo-Pacific region.
Shandong has a displacement of 40,000-60,000 tons with a ski-jump flight deck similar to China’s first carrier, Liaoning, which had originally been purchased from Ukraine and refurbished. Significant improvements in layout design allow the new aircraft carrier to carry 36 J-15 fighter jets, compared to the Liaoning’s 24.