Tim Cook Can’t Make iPhones Without This Chinese Company and Its CEO
立讯精密及其CEO如何成为iPhone生产不可或缺的一环?

Apple increasingly relies on China-based Luxshare for manufacturing amid U.S. tensions with Beijing 虽说苹果公司希望减少对中国的整体依赖,但对一家中国公司的依赖有增无减,事实证明,这家公司在组装苹果产品方面的技术价值非常高,不可或缺。
2023/10/23 [栏目]  科技  [主题]  #WSJ #外媒 #双语 #手机

大起底:以色列、哈马斯、伊朗这次全翻车了

1. 现有的证据表明,“圣会节战争”开始前,内塔尼亚胡无视了哈马斯大张旗鼓的演练,以及埃及人反复的警告。内塔尼亚胡在事后3次讲话表态,也能清晰地反映出本次事件背后的逻辑链条:本次哈马斯突袭,可能是内塔尼亚胡故意放水,意图借哈马斯的外来之手,制造血案以转移国内危机,达到个人的政治目的。 2. 但是内塔尼亚胡这次失算了,实际的以色列伤亡规模远远大于其所设想的。以军在圣会节当天早上一片松垮,让哈马斯的杀戮远超预期。这不是数十人的小规模袭击,而是以色列的“9·11时刻”。目前以色列政坛一片团结,但战后的以色列国内一定会有空前的追责。 3. 而从哈马斯开始呼吁外界介入来看,他们可能也误判了自己袭击造成的杀伤,以及后续以色列相应报复的强度。对“和平”电子音乐节的血洗、公然宣布获得伊朗的支持等行为,让诸多舆论认定了哈马斯“恐怖分子”的身份。 4. 哈马斯突袭对以色列造成了重大伤亡,但不难预见,以色列在短期内会更加强硬,会发起疯狂的报复。如今,巴以双方的极端分子绑架了两国民众,巴以局势已经演化为温和派与双方极端分子的分歧。
2023/10/15 [栏目]  政治  [主题]  #军事

Hamas’s atrocities and Israel’s retaliation will change both sides for ever
哈马斯的暴行和以色列的报复将永远改变双方

The first hours were chaos. Residents of southern Israel, near the border with Gaza, woke to the sound of incoming rockets and mortars. They rushed to shelters—a grim routine in this part of the country, but a routine nonetheless. Then, a few minutes later, they heard gunfire drawing steadily closer and shouting in Arabic. That was not routine at all. 最初几个小时一片混乱。以色列南部靠近加沙边境的居民被不断射来的火箭弹和迫击炮弹声惊醒。他们急忙跑向避难所--在这个国家的这个地区,这是一种严峻的例行公事,但仍然是例行公事。几分钟后,他们听到枪声越来越近,还有阿拉伯语的喊叫声。这完全不是例行公事。
2023/10/12 [栏目]  政治  [主题]  #Economist #外媒 #双语 #军事

Will Israel’s agony and retribution end in chaos or stability?
以色列的痛苦和报复会以混乱还是稳定告终?

In a static decades-long conflict that has rotted for the past 20 years, it can be hard to believe that real change is possible. Be in no doubt, however, that Hamas’s murderous assault has blown up the status quo between Israel and the Palestinians. The coming weeks will determine whether war in Gaza sinks the Middle East deeper into chaos or whether, despite Hamas’s atrocities, Israel can begin to create the foundations for regional stability—and, one day, peace. 在长达数十年的静态冲突中,在过去 20 年的腐朽中,人们可能很难相信真正的变革是可能的。但毫无疑问的是,哈马斯的屠杀袭击已经打破了以色列和巴勒斯坦之间的现状。未来几周将决定加沙战争是否会使中东陷入更深的混乱,还是尽管哈马斯犯下暴行,以色列仍能开始为地区稳定--有朝一日为和平--奠定基础。
2023/10/12 [栏目]  政治  [主题]  #Economist #外媒 #双语 #军事

How Israel and the Palestinians Went From Peacemaking to War
以色列和巴勒斯坦如何从建立和平走向战争

The notion that Israelis and Palestinians can share the Holy Land living in separate, independent nations fueled on-and-off peace talks for more than 20 years. But the latest round foundered in 2014. In recent years, Israel has focused on making peace with Arab states, leaving the Palestinians with limited self-rule under the ultimate control of Israel. The Palestinian-Israeli violence that broke out in October challenged the idea that the status quo was sustainable, reviving calls by some countries for diplomacy aimed at the two-state solution. That option, however, is hardly popular on either side. 以色列人和巴勒斯坦人可以在各自独立的国家中共享圣地,这一理念推动了长达 20 多年的断断续续的和平谈判。但最近一轮谈判于 2014 年宣告失败。近年来,以色列专注于与阿拉伯国家实现和平,让巴勒斯坦人在以色列的最终控制下实现有限的自治。今年10月爆发的巴以暴力冲突对这种现状的可持续性提出了挑战,一些国家再次呼吁开展旨在实现两国解决方案的外交活动。然而,这一方案在双方都不受欢迎。
2023/10/12 [栏目]  政治  [主题]  #Economist #外媒 #双语 #军事

Hamas Invasion Rewrites Rules in Middle East
哈马斯袭击以色列改写中东力量平衡

Risk of wider war grows as U.S., Israel and its enemies respond to attack. 哈马斯武装分子上周六袭击了以色列,随着以色列、该国的敌人以及主要伙伴美国对这些令人震惊的事件做出反应时,新的、未经检验的博弈规则可能把以色列和哈马斯之间的血腥对抗变成一场更广泛的战争。
2023/10/12 [栏目]  政治  [主题]  #WSJ #外媒 #双语 #军事

China’s Rich Entrust Total Strangers to Sneak Cash Out of the Country
中国富人委托完全陌生的人将现金偷运出国

Imagine trusting your life savings to a group of strangers you know only via WhatsApp. Some affluent Chinese people are willing to make that gamble to get part of their wealth out of the mainland. Take 32-year-old Phoebe, who recently moved almost a million yuan ($137,000). To do it, she first had to transfer her money into the account of a local facilitator. Then, Phoebe, who requested to be identified by only her first name because of privacy and legal concerns, had to sit tight. 想象一下,把毕生积蓄托付给一群通过 WhatsApp 才认识的陌生人。一些富裕的中国人愿意做这样的赌博,将他们的部分财富带出中国大陆。以 32 岁的菲比为例,她最近转移了近一百万元人民币(约合 13.7 万美元)。为了做到这一点,她首先要把钱转到当地一家中介公司的账户上。然后,出于隐私和法律方面的考虑,菲比只要求透露自己的名字,但她不得不坐立不安。
2023/10/09 [栏目]  社会  [主题]  #Bloomberg #外媒 #双语 #经济

Key Taiwan Tech Firms Are Helping Huawei With China Chip Plants
台湾主要科技公司正在帮助华为建设中国芯片工厂

Critics slam Taiwan’s government for inadequate China curbs批评者批评台湾政府对中国的限制不力. Taiwan has pledged to keep advanced tech from Chinese military台湾承诺不对中国军方提供先进技术.
2023/10/03 [栏目]  科技  [主题]  #Bloomberg #外媒 #双语 #手机

Ties between foreign businesses and China go from bad to worse
外国企业与中国的关系每况愈下

The ranks of foreign businesspeople in Shanghai are much depleted these days. Those who remain closely monitor the comings and goings of multinational executives. So all eyes were on the Bund Summit, a globally minded economic and financial forum held in the city from September 22nd to 24th. In previous years the forum brought in a-list chief executives from around the world. The latest edition, the first since China lifted its draconian covid-19 restrictions and declared itself open for business, was expected to draw high-powered crowds once again. 如今,在上海的外国商人已寥寥无几。留下来的人密切关注着跨国公司高管们的一举一动。因此,所有的目光都投向了 9 月 22 日至 24 日在上海举行的外滩峰会--一个具有全球视野的经济和金融论坛。往年,该论坛都会吸引来自世界各地的一流首席执行官参加。新一届论坛是中国取消苛刻的 "19 条 "限制并宣布对企业开放后的首次论坛,预计将再次吸引大批高层人士参加。
2023/09/27 [栏目]  观点  [主题]  #Economist #外媒 #双语 #外交 #经济

China Puts Evergrande’s Billionaire Founder Under Police Control
中国将恒大亿万富翁创始人置于警方控制之下

Hui Ka Yan, the billionaire chairman of beleaguered property developer China Evergrande Group, has been placed under police control, according to people with knowledge of the matter. 据知情人士透露,陷入困境的房地产开发商中国恒大集团的亿万富豪主席许家印已被警方控制。
2023/09/27 [栏目]  社会  [主题]  #Bloomberg #外媒 #双语 #地产

股票融券制度应该怎么改

近日,金帝股份融券卖空事件引发市场热议。9月11日,金帝股份上市,发行价21.77元,收盘价48.27元,收盘涨幅121%。融资融券数据显示,当日金帝股份遭到大举做空,有投资者融券卖出了458万股,占流通市值的9.3%,融券利率高达28%。金帝股份股价在随后的交易日里连续下跌,融券卖空者获利丰厚,一时间在资本市场上引起了轩然大波。
2023/09/26 [栏目]  金融  [主题]  #股市

在一张图表中可视化 105 万亿美元的世界经济

预计到 2023 年,美国将继续成为最大经济体,全年 GDP 预计为 26.9 万亿美元。这超过了从印度尼西亚(第17位)到图瓦卢(第191位)的174个国家的GDP总和。 中国稳居第二,预计 2023 年 GDP 为 19.4 万亿美元。自 2022 年起,排名前五的经济体中的大多数仍保持相同位置,但有一个值得注意的例外。 印度预计将超过英国,成为第五大经济体,预计 2023 年 GDP 将达到 3.7 万亿美元。
2023/09/26 [栏目]  金融  [主题]  #外媒 #双语 #经济

Mapping the Migration of the World’s Millionaires
绘制世界百万富翁迁徙图

Throughout 2022, a projected 88,000 millionaires will move to a new country, according to the latest Henley Global Citizens Report. 根据最新的《亨利全球公民报告》(Henley Global Citizens Report),预计在整个 2022 年,将有 88,000 名百万富翁移居到新的国家。
2023/09/26 [栏目]  社会  [主题]  #外媒 #双语 #民生 #政治

The State of Democracy 民主状况

The Economist Democracy Index rates countries on the state of their governing system each year. In the latest published edition, corresponding to the year 2022, only 24 countries in the world have been rated as 'full democracies', representing 8% of the world's population. This category includes all Scandinavian countries, several Western European nations, as well as Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Mauritius, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Latin American countries Uruguay, Costa Rica and Chile. 《经济学人》民主指数每年都会对各国的治理体系状况进行评级。在最新公布的 2022 年版本中,全世界只有 24 个国家被评为 "完全民主国家",占世界人口的 8%。这类国家包括所有斯堪的纳维亚国家、几个西欧国家、加拿大、新西兰、澳大利亚、毛里求斯、韩国、台湾、日本以及拉丁美洲国家乌拉圭、哥斯达黎加和智利。
2023/09/26 [栏目]  社会  [主题]  #外媒 #双语 #民生

Why Can’t Americans Buy Cheap Chinese EVs?
为什么美国人不能购买廉价的中国电动汽车?

US drivers are annoyed by a lack of affordable electric cars, while Chinese automakers are manufacturing cheap EVs by the millions. 美国司机对缺乏负担得起的电动汽车感到恼火,而中国汽车制造商正在生产数百万辆廉价电动汽车。
2023/09/22 [栏目]  产业  [主题]  #汽车 #Bloomberg #外媒 #双语

任正非:美国的先进文化还是要学习,从来没有说“打倒美国”

美国的先进文化我们还是要学习的,我们从来没有说“打倒美国”。华为也在做一些基础研究。基础研究离不开基础教育。基础教育是国家的责任,没有好的基础教育就培养不出顶尖人才。
2023/09/22 [栏目]  观点  [主题]  #文化

How to avoid a common investment mistake
如何避免常见的投资错误

Now, along with his present-day colleague James White, he has written a book that aims to spare other investors his mistakes. Fortunately, “The Missing Billionaires” is not a discussion of the minutiae of ltcm’s bond-arbitrage trades. Instead, it examines what its authors argue is a much more important—and neglected—question than picking the right investments to buy or sell: not “what” but “how much”. 现在,他与现在的同事詹姆斯-怀特(James White)一起写了一本书,旨在让其他投资者避免重蹈覆辙。幸运的是,《失踪的亿万富翁》并不是讨论 ltcm 的债券套利交易的细枝末节。相反,它探讨的是作者认为比选择正确的投资买卖更重要--但却被忽视了--的问题:不是 "买什么",而是 "买多少"。
2023/09/22 [栏目]  学习  [主题]  #Economist #外媒 #双语 #股市

How Asia is reinventing its economic model
亚洲如何重塑经济模式

Seven hundred years ago, maritime trade routes that stretched from the coast of Japan to the Red Sea were peppered with Arab dhows, Chinese junks and Javanese djongs, ferrying ceramics, precious metals and textiles across the region. At its centre, a trading post known as Singapura flourished. The enormous intra-Asian commercial network was disrupted only by the arrival of sailors from rising European empires and the emergence of farther-flung markets for Asian goods. 七百年前,从日本海岸到红海的海上贸易航线上,阿拉伯单桅帆船、中国帆船和爪哇舢板络绎不绝,将陶瓷、贵金属和纺织品运往各地。在其中心,一个被称为 Singapura 的贸易站蓬勃发展。这个庞大的亚洲内部商业网络只在欧洲帝国崛起的水手到来和亚洲商品出现更远的市场时才被打乱。
2023/09/22 [栏目]  产业  [主题]  #Economist #外媒 #双语 #经济

China’s “demographic dividend” appears to be a myth
中国的 "人口红利 "似乎是个神话

If youth didn’t drive past growth, is ageing bound to be disastrous? 如果年轻没有推动过去的增长,那么老龄化就一定会带来灾难吗?
2023/09/22 [栏目]  观点  [主题]  #Economist #外媒 #双语 #民生 #经济

Stanford Tops Businessweek’s B-School Ranking for Fifth Year in a Row
斯坦福大学连续第五年蝉联《商业周刊》商学院排行榜榜首

Bloomberg surveyed students, alumni and employers to rate the best business schools and MBA programs in the US, Canada, Europe and Asia. 彭博社对学生、校友和雇主进行了调查,以评出美国、加拿大、欧洲和亚洲的最佳商学院和 MBA 课程。
2023/09/22 [栏目]  社会  [主题]  #Bloomberg #外媒 #双语 #文化