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Beijing approves licenses to export “chip components”
China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday that some Chinese companies have received export licenses for the elements gallium and germanium used in chipmaking, after Beijing imposed new conditions on exports from August 1.
Ministry of Commerce spokesman He Yadong said at a regular press conference that the ministry has approved the applications of some companies that meet the relevant requirements and is still reviewing others.
The comments came after China’s exports of germanium and gallium elements fell in August, the first month of export restrictions, customs data showed on Wednesday.
This followed a surge in exports of specialty chip miners in July, with foreign buyers rushing to secure supplies before the restrictions came into effect.
That month, China announced export restrictions on eight gallium products and six German products starting in August. It’s the latest episode in an escalating battle between Beijing and Washington over access to materials used to make high-tech microchips.
According to the new rules, exporters of germanium and gallium products must obtain an export license for dual-use materials and technologies, or those capable of military and civilian use.
China’s Ministry of Commerce said it received some applications for export licenses in mid-August.
China’s germanium exports in the first eight months of 2023 reached 36.48 metric tons, up 58 percent from the same period last year, while gallium exports fell 58 percent year-on-year to 22.72 tons. August.
Agence France-Presse told Agence France-Presse that Germany is considering banning components made by Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE in its fifth-generation communications networks starting in 2026, in exchange for Chinese moves to control markets related to the chip industry. On Wednesday.
According to the government’s proposals, Chinese elements will be excluded from the “core network” of communications in the country from January 1, 2026, the sources said.
The ban is understood to affect not only new components but also established ones. Sources indicate that the German government wants to start phasing out Huawei and ZTE components from its networks.
There are changes to Germany’s fifth-generation mobile phone networks, which are operated by Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone and Telefonica, that are “of great importance to the German government with regard to security policies,” according to a draft document from the interior ministry. Agence France-Presse.
The document said Germany has “major structural dependencies” on Huawei and ZTE, which in its view require urgent action.
The government’s plan is part of Germany’s strategy to “de-risk” its relations with China, announced by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in July, the document says. Last July, Germany published a 64-page document outlining a new strategy for dealing with China, its largest trading partner.
The document sought to renew Germany’s stance towards China as a “partner and competitor” while seeking to strike a balance between China and the largest economy in the EU. Chancellor Olaf Scholz said when presenting the strategy: “We want to reduce sensitivity bias in the future,” adding that Berlin is thus “responding to China, which is becoming more assertive.”
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US President Joe Biden has set a deadline to end Israel’s war on Gaza, US sources said, while US intelligence agencies believe Israel has ignored US calls for an ongoing occupation since October 7.
The website Politico cited three Israeli officials as saying that the US president’s administration has given Israel until the end of the year to end its war on the Islamist movement (rebellion)
An official explained that the US administration had advised Israel not to go to Gaza But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration ignored this and continued with plans to infiltrate the area.
Biden spoke by phone with Netanyahu yesterday, and the White House stressed the urgent need for the US president to “protect civilians and separate civilians from Hamas, including corridors that allow people to safely evacuate designated areas of fighting. .”
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On the other hand, the Huffington Post website quoted a US official as saying that US intelligence estimates that the Israeli military is continuing to operate at the same pace and showing limited concern for civilians despite repeated US calls for restraint.
The official said he doubted the current Israeli military offensive would be bloodier than Israel’s assault on the northern Gaza Strip in the first phase of its occupation of Gaza.
Citing a US State Department official that the Israeli military is waging a “campaign of ethnic cleansing” in Gaza, a US diplomat said Washington was angry at how it had “literally” tarnished Netanyahu’s reputation. America to advance its own political agenda.
In this case, the Associated Press quoted a senior US State Department official as saying that the death toll in Gaza is still high as Secretary of State Anthony Blinken spoke by phone with Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Termer. Israel should make more efforts to allow humanitarian aid to enter it.
Blinken, after a press conference with his British counterpart David Cameron yesterday, said there was a gap between the Israeli government’s stated intentions to protect civilians and the number of casualties in the Strip.
“For example, it’s not just about creating safe zones, it’s about communicating where non-combatants know where, when and by what means they can escape. Refugees must be provided with food, water and medicine. These safe zones,” he added.
Over two months of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have claimed more than 17,000 lives and injured some 46,000 people, in light of the widespread destruction of infrastructure and the displacement of more than two dozen Gazans in addition to the worsening humanitarian crisis. million, for areas south of the Strip.
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The US Bloomberg agency quoted Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayeh as saying that the Palestinian Authority is working with US officials on a plan to manage the Gaza Strip after the end of the war.
The preferred outcome of the conflict is for the Islamist movement (Hamas) currently operating in the Gaza Strip to become a junior partner in Palestinian liberation, Shtaeyeh said in an interview with Bloomberg on Thursday from his headquarters in Ramallah. The organization aims to establish a new independent state that includes the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Jerusalem.
Shtayeh said that the Palestinians should not be divided and that Israel’s goal of completely eliminating Hamas is unrealistic, and that there is room for negotiation if Hamas is willing to accept the PLO’s political approach and reach an agreement.
Phil Gordon, the US vice president’s national security adviser, held discussions with Palestinian officials in Ramallah about the “revitalization” of the Palestinian Authority, the White House said last Wednesday.
He insisted that a revived Palestinian Authority would be able to govern the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
According to the White House, he emphasized the need to strengthen the Palestinian Authority’s security forces to eventually take over responsibilities in Gaza.
In a related context, the British newspaper The Times said that a British military team is operating in the West Bank to prepare the Palestinian Authority to take over the administration of the Gaza Strip.
According to Israeli figures, 1,200 people were killed and about 240 detained and captured after attacks on Israeli cities on October 7, after which Israel pledged to eliminate Hamas.
More than 17,170 Palestinians have been killed and about 46,000 injured since Israel began shelling the Gaza Strip following the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation in response to the occupation, according to the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip. Against the Palestinian people and their sanctity.
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Yesterday, UNESCO added Peruvian ceviche – a dish made from marinated raw fish – to the Intangible Heritage of Humanity list.
According to local anthropologists, the type of fish used to prepare this dish varies from one region to another.
According to celebrity chef Javier Vargas, president of the Peruvian Seafood Restaurants Association, there are at least a thousand recipes or methods of preparing ceviche in the country.
The Peruvian Ministry of Culture welcomed UNESCO’s announcement that the addition of Chevy to the organization’s list of “Intangible Heritage of Humanity” is “the first of the traditional Peruvian cuisines and recognizes all participants in the food’s value chain. Fishermen from the coast, the Andes and the Amazon, farmers and chefs.”
The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, which met in Botswana last Monday, approved the inclusion of ceviche in the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
• Eating the food varies from one region to another depending on the type of fish used to prepare it.
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