## English news:

### [Donald Trump, China Savior? Some Chinese Say Yes](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/16/business/trump-china.html)
> *"Their semi-serious praise reflects the deepening despair among those in China who fear their country is on the wrong track. An aggressive outsider like President Trump, according to this thinking, can help China find its way again"*

--- They will be rather disappointed, once Trump strikes a tremendous, great, wonderful deal with emperor Xi. Both sides will claim victory, while not much will have changed.



### [Papa roach: Chinese farmer breeds bugs for the table](https://phys.org/news/2019-04-papa-roach-chinese-farmer-bugs.html)
> *""The greatest effect of cockroaches are that they have great immunity, which is why humans will absorb its benefits after eating them,""*

--- Well, people in Europe & the US are not quite as superstitious as Chinese, so worldwide success is not certain. (& I would be rather reluctant to eat any China-bred cockroaches. Don't trust the farmers with feeding them.)



### [China house prices rise signals economic rebound](https://www.ft.com/content/d055ecf6-600f-11e9-b285-3acd5d43599e)
> *"the latest indication that the world’s second-largest economy is rebounding after a difficult start to the year"*

--- Not really, if the regime is simply relaxing the rules for mortgages. The housing market is rebounding, whether the rest of the economy follows is another question.



### [China opens anti-trust probe into 5G player Ericsson](https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/04/article/china-opens-anti-trust-probe-into-5g-player-ericsson/)
> *"the probe, which centers around complaints from mobile phone makers about 3G and 4G licensing"*

--- So, completely no connection to the Huawei affair, whatsoever. Absolutely nothing to do with it. 

--- Speaking of Huawei:

### [Wolf culture, state finance and bribery: Huawei's rise to the top wasn't pretty](https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/16/tech/huawei-rise-china/index.html)
> *""If you're hungry, you can do quite a lot of things, you can go really dirty," he said. "They do in extreme what [others] used to do in their hay days.""*

--- Wolf culture? Hmm, pack mentality, not very intelligent & predatorial comes to mind.



### [VW boss 'not aware' of China's detention camps](https://www.bbc.com/news/av/business-47944767/vw-boss-not-aware-of-china-s-detention-camps)
> *"VW employs hundreds of people at its Xinjiang production plant."*

--- So, Diess is either an idiot or a fucked-up liar. Well, OK, considering Diesel-Gate, he might fit the company.



### [The Taiwanese Populist Advancing China’s Interests](https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/04/taiwanese-populist-han-kuo-yu-china/587146/)
> *"Han has been criticized for making outlandish promises and controversial comments about women and minorities"*

--- Who's more idiotic, these populists or the people who vote for them? & they are popping up everywhere. I'm beginning to lose hope for mankind...



## Video news:

### --- CNA asks "Is the US losing its lead in artificial intelligence to China?"
"<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JyYPuYM_sW8" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>"
--- Only, what they show in the video is not really AI, at most you could call it machine learning.


### --- & here is an example from the SCMP, why doing business in China is a complex matter:
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kRxhjF5KKjg" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>




## Deutsche Nachrichten:

### [China hat den Auto-Kater](https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/automesse-in-schanghai-chinas-automarkt-sackt-ab-16142642.html)
> *"dürfte in den weniger bekannten Millionenstädten im Hinterland noch viel Raum sein für den Verkauf von Autos – genauer gesagt: von sportlichen Geländewagen (SUV)"*

--- Nur allzu wahr. Chinesen sind noch bekloppter als die Amis, wenn's um SUV's geht. Status ist alles.



### [„Die 72 Stunden-Woche ist ein großer Segen“](https://www.faz.net/aktuell/beruf-chance/alibaba-gruender-jack-ma-lobt-ueberstunden-in-der-tech-branche-16143503.html)
> *"Er und seine Mitgründer hätten in den Anfangstagen von Alibaba unzählige Überstunden gemacht. Absolute Hingabe sei eben unverzichtbar für den Erfolg eines Unternehmens"*

--- Einfache Mitarbeiter sind aber keine Gründer & sie haben auch wenig Hoffnung, zu Milliardären zu werden.