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Make iPhone in U.S ? Big Talk From Trump

Trump had appealed for Apple to move its manufacturing from China to U.s, to create more jobs. From our perspective, by no means will Trump save the sad American workers in Rust Belt. 川普在選前屢次點名 Apple,呼籲 Apple 將 iPhone 搬回美國製造,希望創造更多就業機會。不過就我們看來,就算川普用盡一切手段,祭出反傾銷之類的手段整死中國印度製造,還是救不了Rust Belt裡沒工作、沒尊嚴的「可悲老美」。
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Trump-Tsai call Complicates U.S-China Dynamics

It happened two days ago but we haven’t written any comments because most of the mass media, U.S media included, haven’t figured out why Trump took the call, breaking all precedents, and tweeted about it. 事情發生了兩天,我們都未評論;是因為包括美國在內的各大主流媒體,都還沒想明白川普不僅破例接了蔡總統的電話、更主動發了兩則推特的盤算,究竟是什麼。大家放上頭條忙著分析了半天,有講跟沒講一樣。以下為我們的看法: 1. 在生意場上,一個局如果僵在那兒、而你又非打破它不可,那就必須投下變數。只要對自己不會立即產生致命性的負面效應,然後又能讓自己的對手坐立難安,這個變數常常都是可接受的。 2. 許多美國公司因為中國量大且價廉之勞工而獲取鉅利、許多美國中產階級的工作也因而直接間接消失。內政以外,從東北亞到東南亞的近期大勢看來也對美國不利。打破這些局,是川普勝選的題材之一。
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Trucks v.s Drones

Let’s see if this article from Insider makes any sense? 我們來看看Insider這篇文章到底合不合理? 無人機送貨純為噱頭?成本為快遞一萬倍 送貨成本計算:(能源成本 + 操作人員成本 + 載具費用攤提) 這個基本公式,不論用卡車或是無人機,都一體適用。從Amazon日漸廣佈的fulfillment center送貨到客戶那兒,Prime二天、Prime Now二小時、再進到將來Prime Air以半小時為目標;其同時、同路線的出貨數量都趨於靈活之小量,大型貨車根本使不上力。用無人機,會比起用卡車的單趟人力貴,我都高度懷疑了,還一萬倍? 送貨的能源成本:卡車 vs. 無人機 每英哩,卡車是 $0.5 而無人機只要 $0.02。所以,混用卡車和無人機來完成送貨到府,就能大幅降低亞馬遜必須支出的運費 the fuel cost of running a diesel-powered truck is a little over
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Forget the 1992 Consensus, One-China Policy Does No Harm

There was no 1992 consensus. Even if there had been one, it would have been an under-the-table consensus between KMT and Chinese Communist Party ,which has nothing to do with the citizens in Taiwan. This has been our political view.
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