China successfully launched its HY-2C ocean-observation satellite into planned orbit on Monday afternoon via a Long March-4B carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in North China’s Shanxi Province. , forming a network with HY-2B and subsequent HY-2D satellites to carry out 24/7 all-weather high precision monitoring of maritime data.
A Chinese research team has implemented the world’s first quantum secure direct communication (QSDC) system. The breakthrough provides a promising solution to counter threats in the area of communication security.
Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences revealed at the 2020 ZGC Forum on Saturday that they have implemented the world’s first QSDC system.
The present system can operate with a communication rate of 4kb/s at a distance of 10 kilometers, bringing QSDC further toward practical applications.
Alibaba launched a cloud computer named “Wuying 无影” at its 2020 Computing Conference. The computer has no localhost or CPU, and all of its hardware is stored at the cloud end’s data center, reducing computing power by more than 50% if the cloud computer is widely used.
Compared to the first launch, developers have further optimized and streamlined its sea launch capabilities by deploying a new launch vessel and putting a new coastal spaceport into operation, laying a solid foundation for more frequent and regular sea missions in the future.
The launch mission from sea successfully sent a group of nine commercial remote sensing satellites, all belonging to the Jilin-1 03 family, into the 535-kilometer Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO).
Oracle has reportedly won a deal to manage TikTok’s US cloud operations. Oracle had been rumored to be part of the bidding process to acquire TikTok, but The Wall Street Journal reports that the company has been selected as a “trusted tech partner” instead. This is different from an outright sale, and appears to suggest Oracle will be helping run TikTok’s US operations with its own cloud technologies.
If Trump agrees to this, Tik Tok is poised to explode much bigger and it will open the door to more Chinese companies operating in the West. My guess is “not likely”.
China’s independently developed 6-qubit superconducting quantum computing cloud platform online. Based on its self-developed quantum computer “Wuyuan 悟源”, equipped with a 6-qubit superconducting quantum chip Quafu KF C6-130, the fidelity, coherence time and other technical indicators have reached the international advanced level.
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Toronto-based Xanadu announced the release of the world’s first publicly available photonic quantum computing platform. Applicants can access 8, 12, and soon 24 qubit machines over the cloud.
The launch of the “Jilin-1 吉林一号 ” high-division 02C satellite by a Qizhou-1A carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre was abnormal and the mission was lost. The specific causes are being further investigated and analysed.
Huawei unveils updated Harmony OS on Thursday – a self-developed operating system widely seen as alternative to Google Android – and gave its direct response to US escalated crackdown on its technology & supply chain.
All Huawei Smartphones Will Support Harmony OS in 2021 Amid Android Ban.
Huawei released testing version of its updated self-developed operating system HarmonyOS 2.0 to developers, and it is scheduled to release a version for mobile phone in December, Yu noted. “HarmonyOS will be used in smartphones in next year,” he said.
The development is considered the Chinese tech giant’s direct response to the expanded ban from the Trump administration as the tech cold war between the US and China heats up and poses a severe threat to the global supply chain, particularly as September 15, the deadline for cutting off the supply of chipsets to Huawei looms.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced in Beijing a global data security initiative《全球数据安全倡议》 on Tuesday outlining principles that should be followed in areas from personal information to espionage.
China’s initiative has eight key points including not using technology to impair other countries’ critical infrastructure or steal data, and making sure service providers don’t install backdoors in their products and illegally obtain user data.
这一倡议的主要内容包括：
一是客观理性看待数据安全，致力于维护全球供应链开放、安全和稳定。
二是反对利用信息技术破坏他国关键基础设施或窃取重要数据。
三是采取措施防范和制止侵害个人信息的行为，不得滥用信息技术对他国进行大规模监控，或非法采集他国公民个人信息。
四是要求企业尊重当地法律，不得强制要求本国企业将境外产生、获取的数据存储在本国境内。
五是尊重他国主权、司法管辖权和对数据的管理权，不得直接向企业或个人调取位于他国的数据。
六是应通过司法协助等渠道解决执法跨境数据调取需求。
七是信息技术产品和服务供应企业不应在产品和服务中设置后门，非法获取用户数据。
八是信息技术企业不得利用用户对产品依赖，谋取不正当利益。
Wang also said the initiative looks to put an end to activities that “infringe upon personal information” and oppose using technology to conduct mass surveillance against other states.
Companies should also respect the laws of host countries and stop coercing domestic firms to store data generated overseas in their own territory, the initiative added.
Anyone signing up to the pledge should also respect the sovereignty, jurisdiction and governance of data of other states and avoid asking companies or individuals located in other countries to provide data without permission.
At the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre 太原卫星发射中心 , China successfully launched the Gaofen 11-02 高分十一号02星 into a predetermined orbit using the Long March 4B launch vehicle, and the launch was a complete success. GAO-11-02 is an optical remote sensing satellite with a ground resolution of up to sub-metre, which is mainly used in such fields as land census, urban planning, land titling, road network design, crop yield estimation, disaster prevention and mitigation, and can provide information security for the construction of the “Belt and Road”.
