SCMP: Though sensible, the post coincided with social-media rumours of an earthquake that will strike Japan in July, fed by the manga and feng shui master’s predictions. 《南華早報》：雖然這篇文章很有道理，但它與社交媒體上關於日本將在 7 月發生地震的謠言不謀而合，這些謠言是受到漫畫和風水大師的預測所引發的.

Chris Wut video: The child who went to Beijing with 76 eggs but never forgot his roots 屈穎妍: 揣著76枚雞蛋上京不忘本的孩子.

https://rumble.com/v6sr17z-the-child-who-went-to-beijing-with-76-eggs-but-never-forgot-his-roots.html
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8jEEJUA/
https://youtu.be/oWy8hr2ZSjI?si=uR8Ve–FIBuldYvW

上星期說過，內地物流電商巨頭「京東集團」殺入外賣市場，挑戰內地最大外賣平台「美團」的故事，「京東」用的不是傳統商業競爭手法，而是比拼良心，譬如給車手可觀月薪、每年為員工買逾60億元保險、免息貸款給員工買樓、每張單賺取利潤不能超過5%，讓做外賣的餐廳及送外賣的車手可以多賺一點等等。

老闆劉強東以待員工好為賣點，除了吸引車手加入，更希望改變行業生態、改變顧客心態：做老闆要善待勞動者，消費者要選良心企業。

「京東」推倒商業行規，賺到錢、發了達仍不忘善待基層員工，皆因「京東」老闆劉強東本身就是來自社會上的最底層。

今年51歲的劉強東，出生於江蘇一個貧困鄉村宿遷，父親是漁民，一年到晚在外打魚。劉強東是個留守兒童，在鄉間跟著外婆過活，窮得一塌糊塗，一年只能吃兩次肉，他一直以為，豬油拌飯就是世界上最美味的食物。

1986年，國家開始免費義務教育政策，像劉強東這樣的窮孩子有了接受高等教育、以知識改變命運的機會。

父親本來答應劉強東，只要他考上了宿遷中學，就帶他到上海看看。1989年夏天，他考上了，但爸爸卻食言，劉強東一氣之下，拿了50元離家出走。

那是他第一次離開家鄉，一個人去了南京、九江，第一次看到燈火輝煌，第一次看到高樓大廈，第一次坐輪船，第一次吃到「人間美味」即食麵。

旅途中，劉強東忽然感悟，寫下兩句座右銘：「願為出海蛟龍，不作南河刀鰍」。他不要一輩子待在社會最底層，回家後奮發唸書。1992年，劉強東高考680分，成為宿遷的狀元，考上北京中國人民大學。

窮村第一次出大學生，大家都很雀躍，但上京唸書的學費、路費、生活費又帶來難題。為把這孩子送上京，全村人把油鹽錢、棺材本都湊出來，2分錢、5分錢的，全部是零錢，最終湊出500元，還有76枚雞蛋，送給劉強東上京唸書。臨行前，村長說：「我們村出個大學生不容易啊！」

劉強東懷著全村人省吃儉用湊出來的家當和希望，踏上求學之路，那年，他18歲。

1999年，黨十五大宣佈發展民營經濟，當時，全國三個地區最具創業活力：珠江三角洲、溫州和中關村，珠江三角洲和溫州主打外貿和加工廠，中關村就是IT及互聯網創業中心，後來的百度、新浪網等都是在這裡出來。

劉強東看準時機，辭掉工作，拿著積存的12000元，在中關村租了個4平方米的攤位，創辦了京東的前身——京東多媒體。

經過多年起跌，2014年，「京東」成為第一家在美國成功上市的中國電商公司，亦是中國第三大互聯網上市公司，僅次於騰訊和百度。劉強東亦以445億美元的身家，排在中國富豪榜第10位。

成功不忘施恩者，那年春節，劉強東回到家鄉宿遷過年，他開了一整車現金回去，給每位老人發紅包，人人一萬，一共650萬。他又為其他人送上年貨大禮包，給教師送上慰問金，那畫面，外人感覺很土豪，但他捱過窮，知道什麼樣的回報才是最實在。

派錢只是入門，劉強東的報恩更是授人以漁，他把「京東」集團的客服中心、研發結算物流中心等，統統搬回家鄉宿遷，投資了200億，直接為村子帶來2萬5千個工作崗位。

當年那個揣著雞蛋上京的孩子，如今已成了宿遷最閃亮的星星，劉強東說：「當天鄉親們送我走出這片黃土地，如今，我要讓這片黃土地開出黃金花。」

最近，新一份中國企業500強榜單公佈了，「京東集團」以1.08萬億元的年營收，首次超越華為和阿里巴巴，成為中國第一大民營企業，有接近70萬員工。

一個有影響力的企業，才能有條件去改變勞資生態。共同富裕的烏托邦，由華為到胖東來到京東，從一位又一位中國企業家身上，我們漸漸看到瞄頭了。

So very Chinese.
Brought tears to my eyes when I read it. The translation is not perfect but the idea is very clear.

Thanks Johnson Choi

The child who went to Beijing with 76 eggs but never forgot his roots

As mentioned last week, the mainland logistics e-commerce giant “Jingdong Group” has entered the foreign sales market, challenging the story of the mainland’s largest export platform “Meituan”.

In addition to attracting motorists to join, the boss Liu Qiang also hopes to change the industry ecology and change the mentality of customers: to be a boss, you must treat workers well, and consumers should choose conscientious enterprises.

“Jingdong” overthrew business rules and did not forget to treat grassroots employees well even after making money and making fortunes, all because “Jingdong” boss Liu Qiangdong himself came from the lowest level of society.

Liu Qiangdong, 51 years old this year, was born in a poor rural village in Jiangsu, and his father was a fisherman, who went out fishing all year round. Liu Qiangdong is a left-behind child who lives with his grandmother in the countryside, and he is so poor that he can only eat meat twice a year, and he has always thought that pig oil is the most delicious food in the world.

In 1986, the state began a policy of free and compulsory education, and poor children like Liu Qiangdong had the opportunity to receive higher education and change their lives with knowledge.

His father originally promised Liu Qiangdong that as long as he was admitted to the dormitory middle school, he would take him to Shanghai to have a look. In the summer of 1989, he was admitted, but his father broke his promise, and Liu Qiangdong took 50 yuan and ran away from home.

It was the first time he left his hometown, he went to Nanjing and Jiujiang alone, the first time he saw the brilliant lights, the first time he saw the high-rise building, the first time he took a boat, and the first time he ate “delicious noodles in the world”.

During the journey, Liu Qiangdong suddenly realized that he wrote two sentences of the motto: “I wish to be a dragon to go to the sea, not a sword and a dragon in the South River.” He didn’t want to spend his life at the bottom of society and go home and give out books. In 1992, Liu Qiangdong scored 680 points in the college entrance examination, became a state of resignation, and was admitted to the Chinese People’s University in Beijing.

It was the first time that a poor village had a college student, and everyone was very excited, but the cost of studying, traveling, and living in Beijing brought difficult problems. In order to send the child to Beijing, the whole village poured out the oil salt money and the coffin, 2 cents and 5 cents, all of which were zero money, and finally poured out 500 yuan and 76 chicken eggs, and gave them to Liu Qiang Dongshang Beijing to write books. Before leaving, the village chief said, “It’s not easy for our village to be a college student!”

Liu Qiangdong cherished the family belongings and hopes of the whole village to save money and use their food, and embarked on the road of study, when he was 18 years old.

In 1999, the 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China announced the development of the private economy, and at that time, the three regions of the country had the most entrepreneurial vitality: the Pearl River Delta, Wenzhou and Zhongguancun, the Pearl River Delta and Wenzhou were the main foreign trade and processing plants, and Zhongguancun was the IT and Internet innovation center, and later Baidu, Sina.com, etc. were all born here.

Liu Qiangdong saw the opportunity, quit his job, and with the 12,000 yuan he had saved, he rented a 4-square-meter seat in Zhongguancun and founded Jingdong’s predecessor, Jingdong Media.

After years of ups and downs, in 2014, Jingdong became the first Chinese company to be successfully listed in the United States

Success does not forget the benefactor, that year, Liu Qiangdong returned to his hometown and moved to the New Year, he drove a whole car of cash back, and gave each old man a red bag, 10,000 per person, a total of 6.5 million. He also gave New Year’s gift bags to other people and consolation money to teachers, and the picture made outsiders feel very tyrant, but he had endured poverty and knew what kind of return was the most real.

He moved the customer service center and R&D logistics center of the “Jingdong” group back to his hometown, investing 20 billion yuan, and directly bringing 25,000 jobs to the village.

The child who went to Beijing with a chicken egg in his hand has now become the brightest star in Suzhou, Liu Qiangdong said: “My relatives sent me out of this yellow land that day, and now, I want to let this yellow land bloom with golden flowers.”

Recently, a new list of China’s top 500 enterprises was announced, and the “Jingdong Group” surpassed Huawei and Alibaba for the first time with an annual revenue of 108 million yuan, becoming China’s largest private enterprise, with nearly 700,000 employees.

Only an influential enterprise can have the conditions to change the labor ecology. The utopia of common prosperity, from Huawei to Fat East to Jingdong, from one Chinese entrepreneur after another, we have gradually seen the aim

WSJ: In Vivid Video, Beijing Vows Not to ‘Kneel Down’ to Washington, Foreign Ministry denounces ‘bullying’ on tariffs and calls on other countries to isolate the U.S. as a ‘small, stranded boat’ 《華爾街日報》：北京在生動的視頻中誓言不會向華盛頓“跪下”，外交部譴責關稅“欺凌”，並呼籲其他國家將美國孤立為“擱淺的小船”
https://youtu.be/csR46TEuN5I?si=bFQzuzae603-UdlU
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8jEuVKp/
https://rumble.com/v6squ1d-wsj-in-vivid-video-beijing-vows-not-to-kneel-down-to-washington.html

Americans’ confidence in the economy slumped for the fifth straight month to the lowest level since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, as anxiety over the impact of tariffs takes a heavy toll on consumer expectations for future growth. 由於對關稅影響的擔憂嚴重打擊了消費者對未來成長的預期，美國人對經濟的信心連續第五個月下滑，至新冠疫情爆發以來的最低水準.

The future in AI is China. US is losing big time. SCMP: China’s Tsinghua University has recruited a prominent American artificial intelligence (AI) researcher to join its newly established AI institution, underscoring the intensifying competition between China and the US for top industry talent. 人工智慧的未來在中國。美國正在遭受巨大損失。 《南華早報》：中國清華大學已聘請一位傑出的美國人工智慧 (AI) 研究員加入其新成立的人工智慧研究所，凸顯了中美兩國在頂尖人才方面的競爭日益激烈.

Hong Kong Day 5 Apr 29 2025 video: Introducing our HK contractor, Mr. Mannix Chow, Partner and GM of Yew Man Decoration. They did such an excellent job, the best contractor we met last 20 years! We celebrated with a seafood dinner that come with a 11 pounds Alaska King Crab. 在香港的第五天: 隆重介紹和推薦我們的香港承包商，耀文創意家居訂製的合夥人兼總經理 周柱桂先生。他們替我們做的工程非常出色，我們百份百滿意，是我們過去20年遇到的最好的承包商！我們今晚吃了一頓海鮮大餐慶祝，晚餐還包含一隻11磅重的阿拉斯加帝王蟹.

https://youtu.be/4Gl6R_beaD0?si=gvqNcY7KCI0SwHmh
https://rumble.com/v6sq9kx-hong-kong-day-5-apr-29-2025-video-introducing-our-hk-contractor.html
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8jKE25X/

Today I have some time to walk around our home in Hong Kong. 2 minutes walk from our home is Tsing Yi Park. Tsing Yi Park has 12 tennis courts, a soccer field, a basketball field, a beautiful artificial waterfall, a large lotus pond, a cafe in the park, green trees, birds singing, flowers fragrant, beautiful environment, clean and well-maintained. I couldn’t find homeless people (such a disappointment 😅), no drug addicts either (another big disappointment 😅). I start thinking about those luxury homes that cost US$3-6 million in the US could not have such a beautiful front and back garden, and in HK it is free, no property tax in HK (California property tax is 2% of the house value, Hawaii is .75%). 2 minutes walk from the park is the Maritime Square Shopping Center (170 restaurants, shops and theater), on the shopping center 3rd floor is Tsing Yi MTR station. It only cost me HK$2 (30 cents) per ride any where in HK. I have to pay 10-50x more per ride to use the mass transit fares in SF. No wonder 1,000s of Chinese are returning to HK or China’s Greater Bay Area to retire every year.

今天有一點點時間在香港家附近走走，在家往前走二分鐘就是青衣公園，青衣公園有十二個綱球塲，一個足球場，一個籃球塲，有一個美麗的人造瀑布，大型菏花蓮塘，公園內有咖啡廳，綠樹成蔭，鳥語花香，環境優美，地方清潔，保養良好. 找不到一個沒有無家可歸者(眞失望😅)更沒有吸毒者(更失望😅) 心想那些在美國要花3-6百萬美元的豪宅也不可能有一個如此美麗的前後園，而且在香港是免費，我們不用付地稅(加州地稅是房價的2%，夏威夷是.75%). 離開公園向前走二分鐘是青衣城廣場(170 家餐廳、商店和劇院)商塲三樓是青衣地鐵站，我坐地鐵到香港任何一個角落都是港元$2 (30美分). 在美國加州舊金山，我每次搭乘大眾運輸要多付 10 到 50 倍的費用. 難怪每年有成千上萬的中國人返回香港或中國粵港澳大灣區退休.

The Type 22, a class of fast, agile, stealthy and powerful missile boat of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, has been carrying out diversified missions, including foreign warship interception and rights protection in the South China Sea 22型飛彈艇是中國人民解放軍海軍的一種快速、敏捷、隱身且威力強大的飛彈艇，一直在執行多樣化的任務，包括在南海攔截外國軍艦和維護自身權益

MAINLAND CHINA WILL overtake the Chinese island of Taiwan to become the world’s biggest manufacturer of chips by 2030, a major new study revealed yesterday. 昨日一項重要的新研究顯示，到 2030 年，中國大陸將超越台灣，成為全球最大的晶片製造地.

In less than five years, the giant Asian nation will have 22%of the global market, while all European Union countries put together will be making just 8%, according to the European Court of Auditors, or ECA.

And the US, despite its efforts to “borrow” Taiwan’s crown jewels, transplanting TSMC to Arizona, will have just 13%.

In 2010, China was last in the list of regions making microchips. By 2030, it will be top of that same list (see chart), said the report, published yesterday.

CHINA MAKES MAINSTREAM CHIPS
While headlines have focused on US attempts to strangle Chinese development by putting pressure on other countries to stop selling high-end chip making equipment, the Chinese are fast developing their ability to make regular, mainstream chips, the report said.

Already the EU is getting most of these from China. “The Joint Research Centre (JCR) highlighted a €6 billion trade deficit in both advanced and less advanced microchips, with over 30% of EU imports of mainstream microchips being sourced from China,” said the report from the ECA, the body commissioned to make sure EU funds are being spent properly.

“As this type of microchip is needed for technology associated with the green transition, this trade deficit is likely to increase in the future.”

‘REALITY CHECK NEEDED’
The EU’s strategy to make itself independent of other regions in chip production by 2030 is “deeply disconnected from reality”, the report said.

Lead author Annemie Turtelboom said: “The EU urgently needs a reality check in its strategy for the microchips sector.”

Chip shortages could cripple industries, noting that disruption from the recent pandemic caused German carmakers production levels to collapse to 1975 levels.

EU LACKS MATERIALS, AFFORDABLE ENERGY
Europe lacks targeted, co-ordinated development efforts, and has other problems—such as a lack of the key elements needed for chips, the ECA report said.

“In this respect, the EU is often at a disadvantage compared to China and the US, and a JRC analysis found that the EU remains heavily reliant on foreign imports, with China, for example, producing 95% of the world’s refined gallium.”

The proxy war in Ukraine has been a further problem. A significant portion of the world’s supply of neon gas came from Ukraine, until hostilities began in 2022, the study said.

Then there’s the EU’s massive overpriced energy problem, which prevents the region from playing on a level playing field with the US. (This was evidently a reference to the mysterious terrorist bombing of the pipelines that provided affordable Russian gas to the EU.)

“High energy prices in the EU compared to other regions, e.g. the US, add to competitiveness challenges,” the report said.

US ATTEMPTS TO STRANGLE CHINA
The ECA team interviewed industry stakeholders and national authorities and reported that they noted the clear concern about the way the US puts pressure on countries to stop sales of goods to China.

This was a serious issue, particularly for the Netherlands and Japan. These US restrictions were launched in 2022, expanded in 2023, and now there are fears that “the US may seek to extend these controls to include less advanced machinery and equipment”.

Export controls are deeply problematic for the whole tech sector, “disrupting global supply chains and limiting access to critical materials and advanced technology”.

‘THEY DON’T ASK US’
Furthermore, the US does not consult Brussels when making its wishes clear. “The related negotiations often take place at member state level, rather than EU,” the report said.

Even though the target population is the Chinese, Europeans end up being hurt. “Such restrictions raise production costs, delay access to equipment and affect EU competitiveness,” the study added.

It’s hard to read the report without recalling Henry Kissinger’s words about Vietnam in November, 1968: “It may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, but to be America’s friend is fatal.”

Lin Nan, previously head of light source technology at ASML drives latest EUV breakthrough from China 林楠，曾任 ASML 光源技術負責人，推動 中國EUV 最新突破

The team, from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, was led by Lin Nan, previously head of light source technology at ASML in the Netherlands. 該團隊來自中國科學院上海光學精密機械研究所，由曾任荷蘭ASML公司光源技術負責人的林楠領導.

Chinese researchers have cracked a barrier to the home-grown production of advanced chips by building an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source platform that operates at internationally competitive parameters, according to a research paper. 一份研究論文稱，中國研究人員透過建構一個以國際競爭參數運作的極紫外線 (EUV) 光源平台，突破了國產先進晶片的障礙.

Those people from China obtained their US green cards through political asylum and even later got their US citizenship beware, if they go back to China for any reasons could lose their US green card upon returning to the US, those already obtained their US Citizenship could got their US Citizenship revoked for lying on the US Citizenship application. if they must go back to China for any reasons should consult with an experience immigration attorney! US is now treating Chinese as yellow peril like how the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act was passed, it seems to have legally sunset but in reality has not through new laws and regulations. It is the same bottle different wines! 那些來自中國的人透過政治庇護獲得了美國綠卡，甚至後來獲得了美國公民身份，請注意，如果他們因任何原因返回中國度假、商務活動或拜訪親友, 可能會在返回美國時失去美國綠卡，那些已經獲得美國公民身份的人可能會因在美國公民申請中撒謊而被撤銷美國公民身份。如果他們因任何原因必須返回中國，應諮詢經驗豐富的移民律師. 美國現在把華人當黃禍，就像1882年通過的《排華法案》一樣，看似法律上已經失效，但實際上並沒有, 祇是通過新的法律法規，同一個瓶子裡面裝不同的酒吧!