I’m not sure why people are surprised? Intel pulled off 7nm without EUV. It’s just classic “China stupid, only American company can do that” bullshit.

AMD’s fabs became Global Foundries, who pulled out of the bleeding-edge node game once it became cost prohibitive to do so with 7nm.

Intel is still on 7nm. Samsung’s 5nm is basically 7nm+. The fact that SMIC can do 7nm without EUV is insanely impressive.

Intel took years and years of delays to achieve the same thing.

Tell me you haven’t read the Communist Manifesto without telling me you haven’t read the Communist Manifesto.

Did you actually watch the videos, or do you just look at the title and make your conclusion? Here’s some more:

https://youtu.be/zt7afB22S1U?si=JcN7vZrswgtLS69G

https://youtu.be/Ug2Eeflo5ao?si=5J9HwdLwOJuRctQS

https://youtu.be/CTU0FNo5HE8?si=0q1vp_t3SEzd4OUQ

And here’s some more pro-Japan/Korea content:

https://youtu.be/T30C3-K-PmA?si=KgioEIEVDli5SCqi

https://youtu.be/VucIYdBvsCM?si=l8xbHPOWBblQi0CP

What exactly is this viscerally anti-Japan/Korea government content you speak of?

Those links still aren’t first-party sources, though? Either way, I quoted from that article and I did provide first-party evidence, neither of which you have addressed. There is nothing to indicate that, as you claim, SCMP only posts pro-China and anti-Korea/anti-Japan content.

Do you enjoy being confidently wrong, or do you just enjoy being confident and are wrong by circumstance?

Ah yes, because you refuse to see evidence contradicting your point (i.e. first party source) and choose to hide behind second- and third-party “sources.”

Classic.

I’m an idiot because I gave you videos contrary to your point? How is it my fault that Google thinks you’re on an anti-Japan/anti-Korean binge?

Not everything is a conspiracy against you. Google thought that those recommendations would get you to think about YouTube more (and eventually watch more content). Judging by your behaviour, I’m guessing it was right.

I can find an anti-China video:

https://youtu.be/eI6a4xRwLQQ?si=1c5yJlUutFDpy7jr

https://youtu.be/0AOUKMZOImM?si=9YTZcJA1O30rp-5y

https://youtu.be/DHl89m6dkYY?si=_VAqL2waYsdffyvg

https://youtu.be/9xhwKeqG_p8?si=JgGYnZH8SB9aiCpc

Meanwhile your source is… Fucking Wikipedia lmfao. The article isn’t even cited properly given that it mentions 3 sources and only links to two. There’s a reason Wikipedia isn’t considered a reliable source.

Ah yes, citing Wikipedia… who’s sources explicitly state that Beijing never contacts them and that Jack Ma’a policy has been to be skeptical of the government’s role. Classic.

It’s only Beijing that we never hear from, he says. He adds that he wishes that were different.

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Describing the ideal relationship between companies and the government, Jack Ma has said something along the lines of: “Go ahead and flirt with it, but don’t marry it.”

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The paper still reports extremely critically on issues that the Chinese state media avoids.

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Executive Vice President Joseph Tsai, for example, has complained that the Western media reports on China in a biased and one-sided way because they disagree with communism. He has said that the South China Morning Post should report on things “as they are.”

Turns out, when you shift your focus from being a purely Hong Kong-oriented paper to an international one, your editorial scope changes.

When in Hong Kong writing about mainland China, you can afford to be more critical because your readership has a pretty fair view of mainland China (given that, y’know, they’re literally right beside it}. When writing for the international audience, there are far more things that need to be cleared up.

As I showed above, SCMP is clearly deviating pretty far from Beijing’s policy (in large part because Alibaba and Jack Ma have always maintained a somewhat skeptical stance relative to the government) and often comes out openly against Beijing’s positions. All you’ve shown me is people saying “oh no but Alibaba is Chinese and China is bad and thus SCMP is bad.” Just the tiniest but racist, don’t you think?

Doesn’t SoftBank/Yahoo hold almost a majority of Alibaba stock… And that Alibaba explicitly didn’t list in Hong Kong and chose to list in the US instead?

SCMP has published some fairly critical articles recently:

“China’s hi-tech ambitions under threat from inadequate scientific literacy”

“‘Somebody has to eat the cost’: China’s monumental local debt challenge mounts”

“China banning clothes that hurt national feelings would be a sitch too far”

And articles that deviate from standard Chinese policy:

“Marriage equality is clearly the best choice for Hong Kong”

“More LGBTQ rights could help Asia financial hubs draw global talent”

As well as commentary on the Hong Kong report about radiation from Japan-imported fish.

Nevermind that Jack Ma is perhaps most notorious for being intensely critical of Chinese regulators. Indeed, Alibaba IPOed in the US instead of Hong Kong solely so Jack Ma could maintain more control over the governance structure of the company.

The truth is hard, sometimes.

Ah yes, SCMP is truly a pro-China news source. Nevermind that it’s blocked in mainland China.

It’s literally a poor financial decision to get an iPhone in the US. Flagship pricing on Android phones in the US is so fucking low you can get an S23 for like $300 on a $20 4 month contract.

I mean, you were never blocked from replacing ICs. Most people just didn’t have the capability to solder. Today, IC replacement is blocked by hardware DRM.

Gender pronouns exist mostly because our society ties so many societal norms to gender. If people weren’t sexist animals, it wouldn’t really be a problem.

You mean AITags?

Suicide or accident?

Derailment or provoking someone with a gun, I’m guessing?

Or even just less beef tbh. Beef is literally the most inefficient meat on the planet and it’s not even close.