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To: dvdw© who wrote (144482)	12/6/2018 8:56:20 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 218134

my tentative take as well china, neo-cons, a choice should be interesting

To: dvdw© who wrote (144482)	12/6/2018 9:16:56 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 218134

deep-state may have done an MBS scmp.com Family denies death of professor Zhang related to US-China tensions 7 Dec 2018 - 9:13am The family of professor Zhang Shoucheng, a world-renowned physicist and venture capitalist, denied speculation on Chinese social media that his death was connected to current tensions in US-China relations or the arrest of Huawei’s CFO in Canada on Saturday. Zhang, a tenured professor of physics at Stanford University, was internationally recognised for his work in quantum science. He was also the founding partner of Danhua Capital, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital fund investing primarily in early-stage technologies. Zhang died on Saturday, December 1 following a battle with depression, according to his family. He was 55. Stanford physicist and tech investor dies after depression bout Many rumours circulated on Chinese social media about his sudden demise, some trying to build links between his death to a possible US government investigation under Section 301 of US trade law into Zhang’s Danhua capital and even stretching to connect it to the arrest of Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou on the same day. In a exclusive interview with the South China Morning Post, a representative of the family said “there is no truth to this uninformed speculation”. ”I would like to take the opportunity to refute speculation connecting Professor Zhang’s death and tensions in US-China relations or any other event. It is true Danhua was mentioned in a 301 report, but there was no investigation or any other activity as a result of this mention,” said the representative, who asked not to be identified. In 2013, Zhang set up Danhua Capital, also known as Digital Horizon Capital, to focus on funding artificial intelligence, big data, robotics, and blockchain technology, among other things. The California-based firm had raised capital of US$434.5 million in two funds, according to Crunchbase. Its major backers include the Zhongguancun Development Group, a Chinese state-owned company funded by the Beijing municipal government. Danhua lists 113 US companies in its investment portfolio, most of which fall within emerging sectors such as biotech and artificial intelligence, which the US administration has identified as the Chinese government’s “strategic priorities”, according to a recent investigative report on China’s trade practises. The representative from the family hoped “people will cease this unfounded and hurtful speculation. I mention this because the SCMP is a reputable newspaper and one people look to for authoritative accounts.” The family appealed for the on-line rumours to stop. “The resulting misinformation only causes needless suffering for Professor Zhang’s family,” the representative said. “While he was a public figure, beloved by his students and colleagues alike, the most appropriate way to honour his memory is to mourn his passing and to keep alive the special light of learning, research, and discovery that Professor Zhang brought while he was with us,” he added. In an earlier email, Zhang’s family said that he had “passed away unexpectedly … after fighting a battle with depression”. They did not reveal the cause of death. “As we face this devastating news, we are deeply grateful for the support and condolences that we have received,” they wrote. “We would ask, however, the public to respect our privacy as we grieve over this immense loss.” Zhang was born in Shanghai in 1963 and attended the city’s Fudan University at the young age of 15. He went on to pursue a PhD in physics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where he trained under Nobel Physics Prize winner Yang Chen-ning. Steven Kivelson, a fellow Stanford physics professor, described Zhang’s death as an “inconceivable loss”. “Shoucheng has long been an intellectual leader in theoretical physics who is widely admired for his extraordinary creativity ... as well as for his devotion to the many brilliant students and [post doctoral researchers] he has mentored,” he wrote in an email. Zhang’s contribution to the quantum field earned the recognition of not only his peers but also of the Chinese government. In 2009, Zhang was hand-picked to be part of an expert panel for the state-run “Thousand Talents” programme that aims to attract overseas scientists.

To: dvdw© who wrote (144482)	12/6/2018 9:23:47 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218134

deep-state making clear on wish to further weaponise google am not concerned about huawei, and not worried for china but the future does not look well for those who must use google the chinese do not use google scmp.com Top US general urges Google to work with military The top US general said on Thursday that it was “inexplicable” that technology giants like Alphabet’s Google did not want to work with the Pentagon even as they seek out business with China, where companies have less freedom than in the United States. “We are the good guys and it’s inexplicable to me that we would make compromises in order to advance our business interests in China where we know that freedoms are restrained, where we know that China will take intellectual property from companies,” Marine General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during an event. A Google spokeswoman for China issues did not immediately respond to a request to comment. Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai has previously said the company has invested in China for years and plans to continue to do so, but that the company also was continuing to work with the US government on projects in health care, cybersecurity and other fields. Earlier this year Google said it was no longer vying for a US$10 billion cloud computing contract with the US Defence Department, in part because the company’s new ethical guidelines do not align with the project. In June, Google said it would not renew a contract to help the US military analyse aerial drone imagery when it expires, as the company sought to defuse internal uproar over the deal. The defence programme, called Project Maven, set off a revolt inside Google, as factions of employees opposed Google technology being used in warfare. At the same time, Google is developing a censored search engine for Chinese users, which it says is experimental and not close to launching. Google has long sought to have a bigger presence in China, the world’s largest internet market. It needs government approval to compete with the country’s dominant home-grown internet services. Current and former employees, human rights activists and US lawmakers have criticised Google for not taking a harder line against the Chinese government’s policy that politically sensitive results be blocked. “I’m not sure that people at Google will enjoy a world order that is informed by the norms and standards of Russia or China,” Dunford said, without mentioning any other tech companies by name during his remarks.