Thursday, June 30, 2011

Which side does Giant Interactive Group favor

 
Giant Interactive Group Inc (GA 巨人网络) collaborated with People's Liberation Army to make a video game (光荣使命 which means Honorable Task) for PLA soldiers as a training platform. The assumed enemy is, you guessed right, America. How can an American investors owned company (GA) to be so anti-American. The worst case is that new video game will help kill American soldiers. That is a big no-no. Dear American investors, wake up. Ask yourself, do you have any control in the company?

Screenshot of Honorable Task

This is the first time such a product was ever introduced in China. The collaboration between Giant Interactive Group and PLA dated back to 2008. See report here.

GA IPO price was $15.5.  It now trades at about 50% of its IPO price. GA claims to be profitable but the Chinese government still subsidized GA. Between 2009 and 20110603, GA collected 156 M RMB from the Chinese government, according to published financial data.

No wonder GA helps PLA.





Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Solar price war between Sungevity and SolarCity

Lowe's buys stake in Oakland solar firm Sungevity  20110516


Solar price war between SolarCity and Sungevity

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Jack Ma crossed line 马云越线当诛

马云越线当诛
  1. Jack Ma broke his fiduciary trust with stock holders such as Yahoo and Softbank.
  2. VIE (variable interest entity) is put to the front. The Chinese central bank, Renmin Bank will have to respond.
  3. His Chinese peers, such as Robin Li from Baidu, hate him, because all the Chinese internet companies are based on VIE.
  4. Insider trading by Jack Ma.  支付宝changed to 浙江阿里巴巴商务有限公司(下称浙江阿里巴巴)
  5. 马云资金来源可靠吗?有无交税?
  6. 马云持支付宝80%股权谢世煌20%
Conclusion:
Jack Ma is finished.

Friday, June 17, 2011

京沪高铁人均百公里能耗: 高铁(3.64度定员1004人)pk电车 (5-21度)北京上海

CRH”的简称,这是“中国铁路高速”(China Railway High-speed)

京沪高铁
1318公里
总投资约2209亿
16节车厢编组,定员1004人
京沪高铁开通初期,每天开行90对列车 (18W expected)
2011-7月1日至13日,京沪高铁日均发送旅客16.5万人,最高日达19.7万人,平均上座率106%。京沪高铁和既有京沪线日均合计发送旅客24.5万人,较开通前,京沪铁路运输通道整体客运量同比增加8.1万人,增长46.2%。

8节动车配8节拖车(8M8T)
403米
4分钟加速到300公里
功率 ~1万千瓦, 1马力=0.735千瓦, 1.3万马力
时速300公里票价分别为1750元、935元、555元
时速250公里票价分别为650元、410元
22万或者11万伏电流
 27500伏的单相电流


京沪高铁是电气化铁路,其牵引供电系统是其动力来源,22万或者11万伏电流从地方电力系统输配电线路的铁塔上,被引入铁路的牵引变动所,变成27500伏的单相电流。高铁机车运行所仰赖的电流就是通过机车上端的接触网来输送的。
据介绍,列车制动时牵引电机会转换为发电机,能量反馈给电网,发电功率比牵引功率高50%。列车最大限度使用再生制动,再生制动利用率达90%。CRH 380A以300km /h运行时,人均百公里能耗3.64度,相当于客运飞机的1/12,小轿车的1/8、大型客车的1/3。京沪一次旅行人均能耗为48度电。

Chinese high speed railway between Beijing and Shanghai is rated at 3.64 kWh/(km.person)
Nissan Leaf is rated by US EPA 34    kWh of electric energy/100 miles, or 21 度/百公里. With four people in a Nissan Leaf, 人均百公里能耗5度




2008年4月18日开工,从北京南站出发终止于上海虹桥站,总长度1318公里,总投资约2209亿元。它的建成将使北京和上海之间的往来时间缩短到5小时以内
京沪高铁列车将全部实行16节车厢编组,定员1004人
编组方式是8节动车配8节拖车(8M8T)
时速300公里票价分别为1750元、935元、555元■时速250公里票价分别为650元、410元
 记者从北京铁路局获悉,京沪高铁列车初期运行分两个阶段,预备线10对,共计100对。分为两阶段开行,一阶段为86对,二阶段为4对。
其中,北京铁路局将开行78对京沪列车,北京南站和天津西站两大始发站,每天能够提供的列车席位达到65917个。
北京铁路局使用的动车组共5个型号,分为CRH380A型、CRH380AL、CRH380BL型、CRH2E型、CRH5A型。CRH2E车型即京沪线动卧车。
京沪高铁北京南站始发的动车组共23趟

Rev projection
30
2
1000
500
RMB 30 M
5% return at the best. 

 据悉,京沪高铁与既有京沪铁路走向大体并行,全线共设21个车站。线路设计时速350公里,规划每年单向运送旅客8000万人
即将于本月开通的京沪高铁,全长1318公里,纵贯北京、天津、上海三大直辖市和河北、山东、安徽、江苏四省,是我国目前建设最长、投资最大、标准最高的高速铁路,预计年单向输送旅客8000余万人次,年输送旅客1.6亿人次。天津是沿途的大站之一,这将给天津旅游市场带来前所未有的机遇和商机

京沪线将减开47对列车 动车组全部转到京沪高铁


京沪高铁开通后,京沪线上将减少开行47对列车。其中,部分动车组将转到京沪高铁运营,部分普速列车将停运。昨天,铁道部举行京沪高铁情况介绍会,铁道部运输局综合部主任李军透露了上述信息。
京沪高铁开通初期,每天开行90对列车,初期是否有这么多客流,是否要减少原有京沪线上的普速列车,以保证高铁的客流,一直被公众关注。
李军昨天就此表示,京沪高铁开通后,京沪线上将减少开行47对列车。这当中,包括一部分动车组会转移到京沪高铁上运营,还有一部分普速列车(T、K等字头列车)将停运。
这是铁道部官方首次确认,京沪线普速列车将因京沪高铁开通而减少。
停运的普速列车将有多少对?具体是哪些车次?李军表示,7月1日调图方案发布后就会明确。
此前,在火车迷网站上,有车迷贴出了调图后将取消的列车车次,有很多是京沪间颇受欢迎的T、K字头列车。对于该消息是否准确,铁路部门未予证实。
前天,铁道部新闻发言人王勇平曾肯定京沪线上的动车组将转到京沪高铁上运营,但始终未明确普速列车始发减少。他表示,“既然有了客运专线,在既有线上的一些客车会有一些减少,但是我们还会保证一定的数量,以能满足社会不同层次的需求”。
据李军介绍,除动车组外,其他列车都被称作普速列车。在京沪线上,有很多T、K字头的普速列车,乃至4位数的慢车。这些列车长期开行以来,满足了不同旅客的需求。此前,曾传出要取消京沪间的1461次慢车,因遭反对而未实施。
部分普速列车的减少,势必又将遭受“被高铁”的质疑。对此,李军表示,京沪线上除了保留136对普速列车外,还将新安排4对普速列车,旅客仍然有很多选择。
算账
京沪线动车VS京沪高铁动车
省时3小时多花百元钱
以目前开行的北京南至上海的D71为例,全程硬座票价327元,用时10小时59分;如果该动车转到京沪高铁运营,根据公布的京沪高铁票价,最低是时速250公里的,票价410元,用时最快7小时56分,如果中间经停几站,时间还会延长。时间缩短大约3小时,票价贵百元。
常年往返京沪两地的张宁认为,两者舒适度差不多,在时间不太紧的情况下,能省钱最好。
普速列车VS京沪高铁
慢车钱少站多更加实惠
张宁说,以目前北京至上海的T103为例,全程13小时,硬座票价179元,卧铺最低306元,夕发午至。这趟车是他以前经常选择的。如果取消了,换乘京沪高铁,时间节省不太多,费用最高会增200多元。
北京至上海间最后的慢车1461,全程22小时12分,硬座票价158元,硬卧最低285元。张宁说,他没有选择过这趟车,因为时间太长。但是,如果是特别看重费用低的人,还是愿意选择的。另外,这趟车站站停,对沿线小站的人来说,很方便,很重要。
建议
尽量保留站多价廉的慢车
此前,一条高铁开通后,原有铁路线上的普速列车数量就会大大减少,导致很多人只能选择乘坐高铁,人们称之为“被高铁”。比如,京津城际、武广高铁等开通后,原有线上普速列车数量锐减,引起很大关注。铁路部门曾就此做出相应调整,恢复或保留部分普速列车。
对于此次减少京沪线列车,有专家表示,不同线 路客流量在不同时段相对固定,新线开通必然会分流旅客,为了流量的平衡,经过科学计算之后铁路部门必然会减少其他一些列车班次。同时,京沪高铁的一个重要 作用就是分流京沪线压力。目前,京沪线铁路利用率已经超饱和。京沪线减少客车利于“客货分流”,缓解货运压力。根据铁道部提供的数据,京沪高铁开通初期, 既有京沪线释放的运输能力每天可增运货物14万吨。
这名专家同时表示,客观上讲,减少京沪线列车 必将使这部分客流转向京沪高铁,提高京沪高铁的上座率,有利于收回投资。但普速列车站点多,票价低,往往是注重经济成本的旅客的首选。该专家建议,这次减 少普速列车要注重保留站多价廉的慢车,方便农民工等经济实力较弱人群出行,这才符合铁路公益性原则。
京沪高铁·释疑
京沪高铁行车如何安排
京沪间每天两对车一站直达
问:京沪高铁每天安排开行高速动车组90对,分一站直达、省际直达和交错停车三种方式。具体怎样分配?
铁道部运输局综合部主任李军:北京南-上海虹桥一站直达2对,只在南 京南一站停车,运行时间4小时48分钟,9点和14点整点开行;北京南至上海虹桥省际直达6对,在济南西、南京南2个省会城市车站停车,运行时间在5个小 时左右;北京南-上海虹桥交错停站列车33对,在沿途车站交错停车,停站数一般不超过6个,运行时间大约5小时30分钟左右。其中,大站停2分钟,其它车 站1-2分钟。
问:为什么京沪一站直达只安排两对?
李军:开行方案的设计,第一要考虑客流结构,也就是希望一站直达的旅客比例是多少;第二要考虑沿线各省市的诉求。建一条铁路,沿线各地都出力了,一站直达列车开得多了,相应沿线省市停站的列车就少了。这之间有个平衡问题。开行方案会根据运行后实际情况进行调整。
动卧是否全部取消
开通初期可买高铁动卧车票
问:目前,京沪间5对动车卧铺票非常紧张,有乘客建议,京沪高铁开通后是否会考虑在夜间开行卧铺动车?
李军:京沪高铁动车组每天始发最早为7点,终到最晚23点30分。高铁的高速度,要求晚间必须预留检修时间。京沪高铁在夜间会预留4个小时设备维修时间,晚上不运行,所以不会考虑晚间开行动卧。
问:时速250公里动车组全程时间也很长,不考虑旅客对卧铺的需求吗?
李军:时速250公里动车最快运行时间7小时56分,在停站多的情况下,9个多小时也有可能。卧铺车厢本身在高铁设计中是没有的,但在目前车辆不够的情况下,会使用少量京沪线上的动卧作为替代车。
所以,京沪高铁初期会有动卧票代替座位来卖的情况。这种车的上铺被收起来,下铺分3个座位。客流不大的情况下,能卖少量卧铺。如旅客有需要,可买一个卧铺位,但要支付3个二等座的价格。
问:会一直这样吗?
李军:这只是暂时情况。今后,京沪高铁上的动车卧铺列车都会取消。
设计客流能否实现
京沪高铁未来可据需求加车
问:目前,京沪高铁日开行90对列车,按每列车1000人的载客量计算,一天的运力在18万人左右,全年不到5000万人次。而京沪高铁可研报告中预测,京沪高铁单向年运输客流达8000万人次,即往返1.6亿人次,两者差距很大。
李军:你的这种算法没有考虑这样的因素,就是一辆动车载客量是1000人,但中途可能有人下车、又有人上车,一趟跑下来,运输量是四五千人。因此,京沪高铁实际的运输量是多少,还要等实际运营中确定。至于最初预测的客流量,是一个预测值。
问:如果要增加运输量,是否会加开列车?
李军:京沪高铁开通初期,全线开通列车90 对,这个方案对于京沪高铁的设计能力来说,还是很宽松的。从线路和运营角度考虑,京沪高铁全线开行200多对动车组没有问题。初期的开行方案,要看能够满 足京沪两地及沿线的需求。开通之后,铁道部还会根据经营情况和市场需求做相应的调整,增加开行车次。
问:京沪高铁两端的京津城际和沪宁城际铁路,也是京沪两端客流特别旺盛的两段,京沪高铁的开通,会不会分流京津和沪宁的客流?
李军:城际铁路和高铁本身的功能定位是不一样的,在实际过程中发挥的作用也不同,大多数城际客流还是会选择城际铁路。
相关新闻
VIP旅客免费服务多
昨天,记者从铁道部获悉,在旅客服务上,京沪高铁将为全体旅客提供基本服务,并为VIP旅客提供多项免费服务。
VIP旅客是指乘坐商务座和一等座旅客。在北 京南、天津西、济南西、南京南、上海虹桥5个大站设专区候车,配备专职服务员全程引导、行李搬运专口进站、专机安检等免费服务,同时提供免费上网、报刊、 饮品、食品和行李搬运等服务。有条件的车站还提供专窗售票、专用车位临时停靠等服务。列车上为一等座旅客免费提供小食品、饮品、报纸等服务。为商务座车厢 旅客配备防寒毯、靠垫、眼罩、小毛巾、拖鞋、鞋套、耳机等服务备品。
高铁服务与民航服务有什么不同?铁道部运输局综合部主任李军介绍,高铁在服务中借鉴了民航的模式,但高铁的服务有自己的特点,如专有区域比民航要大,有专人引导;安检过程比民航作业要简便,不会要求提前安检时限,也没有禁带液体物品等方面的规定。
(记者 易靖)


CRH380A
新干线E5Shinkansen
新干线E6Shinkansen
车厢数量 CRH380A18
车厢数量 590(预定)
车厢数量 590(预定)
CRH380AL116
编组方式 10 辆编组(8M2T
编组方式 10 辆编组(8M2T
编组方式 CRH2380A6M2T
营运最高速度 2011年春季 - 2013年春季:300 km/h
营运最高速度 2011年春季 - 2013年春季:300 km/h
CRH380AL14M2T
2013年春季以后:320km/h
2013年春季以后:320km/h
营运最高速度 380km/h
设计最高速度 360km/h
设计最高速度 360km/h
设计最高速度 400km/h
起动加速度 1.71km/h/s
起动加速度 1.71km/h/s
编组载客量 CRH380A610
载客量 731
载客量 731
CRH380AL1230
Green Car55
Green Car55
编组长度 CRH380A203m
GranClass18
GranClass18
CRH380AL401.4m
编组长度 253m
编组长度 253m
全长 先头车:25,700mm
全长 25,000 mm
全长 25,000 mm
中间车:25,000mm
先头车厢:27,000mm
先头车厢:27,000mm
全阔 3380mm
全阔 3,350mm
全阔 3,350mm
全高 3700mm
全高 3,650 mm
全高 3,650 mm
轴距 2500mm
搭载集电弓之车厢:4,490mm
搭载集电弓之车厢:4,490mm
轨距 1,435mm
车辆重量 E523型:41.5 t
车辆重量 E523型:41.5 t
电化方式 交流 25 kV50 Hz ,架空电缆取电
E514型:41.9 t
E514型:41.9 t
编组输出 CRH380A8800 kw
动力车厢:45.4 - 47.0t
动力车厢:45.4 - 47.0t
CRH380AL20440 kW
编组总重量 453.5t
编组总重量 453.5t
控制装置 IGBT水冷VVVF
轨距 1,435mm
轨距 1,435mm
转向架 无摇枕空气弹簧转向架
电化方式 25,000V交流电(50Hz
电化方式 25,000V交流电(50Hz
制动方式 再生制动、直通式电空制动
电动机功率 300kW
电动机功率 300kW
制造商 南车四方机车Sifang
编组输出 300kW×32 = 9,960kW
编组输出 300kW×32 = 9,960kW
制造年份 CRH380A2010
齿轮比 2.645
齿轮比 2.645
投入服务日期 CRH380A2010
驱动装置 TD平行驱动方式
驱动装置 TD平行驱动方式

保安装置 DS-ATC
保安装置 DS-ATC

制造商 日立制作所 Hitachi
制造商 日立制作所 Hitachi

川崎重工业Kawasaki
川崎重工业 Kawasaki

制造年份 2009年~2011
制造年份 2009年~2011

投入服务日期 20113月(预定)
投入服务日期 20113月(预定)







CRH2A:300 kW x 16 = 4,800 kW千瓦
CRH2B/E:300 kW x 32 = 9600 kW千瓦
交流 25 kV,50 Hz架空電纜取電
CRH2C(第一阶段):300 kW x 24 = 7,200 kW千瓦
CRH2C(第二阶段):365 kW x24 = 8,760 kW千瓦

CRH380BL动车组的牵引功率为18400千瓦?

VIE是什么?Variable Interest Entities 会导致中国海外上市公司一文不值吗?

中国人就喜欢炒作.

RTO (reverse takeover)

MBO (management buyout)

TMT (technology, media, telecommunication)

even the aircraft carrier started with a shell Varyag?

VIE是什么?会导致中国海外上市公司一文不值吗?

VIE模式(可变利 益实体Variable Interest Entities)

这时,有一位聪明绝顶的会计,想出个办法:在海外成立一家壳公司B,B(或者通过其在国内 设立的全资子公司C)与内资的公司A签订一份几十年的协议,将A所有债务和权益都转给B,B以此在海外成功上市。史称新浪模式,也就是VIE模式(可变利 益实体Variable Interest Entities)。目前在海外上市的绝大多数中国企业,都采用该模式,包括新浪、百度、腾讯、阿里巴巴(1688)等。

 盛巧借曲线控股 高盛高华成首家外资控股券商


加入日期:2006-5-29 16:27:26
高盛拥有33%的股份,这一数字是目前中国证监会允许外资参股合资证券公司的最高上限。其余67%的股份由三个月前刚刚成 立的高华证券拥有。   令其他外资投行羡慕的是,通过巧妙的股权以及贷款安排,高盛已经成为包括高华证券以及高盛高华证券在内的事实上的控股方。此举突破了以往外资在合资券 商中的控制权限。   高盛称,通过这一新成立的实体,高盛将首次为中国国内客户提供全面的投资银行服务。高盛高华可以承销本地上市的A股项目、人民币企业债券以及可转换债 券,也可以提供国内金融顾问以及其他服务。而高华证券则持有在中国境内经营全面证券业务的牌照,包括一般合资券商不能涉足的A股经纪业务。   高华证券由以方风雷为首的6个自然人联合了中国的IT公司联想集团(行情 论坛)共同发起。这6个自然人占有高华四分之三的股份,他们约8.04亿元的出资均来源于高盛公司的商业贷款。
 
华鑫证券在合资公司中持有2/3股权,大摩持1/3股权。“注册地为上海,源于大摩中国 

Sunday, June 12, 2011

马云为什么错了 违背支撑市场经济契约原则

支付宝游戏规则:他们都是商人

Yahoo plan:

Get enough money, minor stake holder, it depends how much money it can get and how the public responds to the negotiation outcome with Alibaba. If everything goes well, Jerry Yang could come back to Yahoo to replace CEO Bartz.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Renren Investors Wake Up!

In the recent frauds in the Chinese reverse takeover (RTO) stocks investors suddenly realize that they can't sue the Chinese companies' management. Many times they don't even know if they are US or Chinese citizens, or which laws apply.

Let's look at recent Renren IPO, touted as Chinese Facebook, based on its S-1,
several risks show up
  1. Joseph Yizhou Chen was at Oak Pacific Interactive backed by Softbank Japan, why change to Renren?
  2. RENN stock holders' ownership is 13.4%, but voting power only 3.3%. American investors shut up?
  3. For foreign capitals, it is much easy to move money into China than to take from China.  Ask Mr Chen if and when there will be a cash dividend. Milk American cash cow.
  4. Joseph Yizhou Chen 陈一舟, is an American citizen and can't register websites such as Qianxiang Tiancheng (Thousand Oaks) by himself. The founder doesn't own the websites. Emperor's new clothes, sue Mr Chen in the US?
  5. Derek Palaschuk was to be appointed then suddenly resigned before Renren's IPO. Derek Palaschuk is involved in the fraud of Longtop Financial Technologies. per its S-1 "Mr. Derek Palaschuk will serve as our independent director upon the SEC’s declaration of effectiveness of our registration statement"
  6. Chen owned stock of Elong through Oak Pacific Interactive, you know what, also from S-1", Mr. Palaschuk has served as the chief financial officer of Longtop Financial Technologies Limited, a China-based NYSE-listed company, since September 2006. Prior to this, Mr. Palaschuk served as chief financial officer of eLong Inc," SOHU as well. Self dealing?
  7. Renren's auditor is Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd. Fraud Longtop Financial Technologies also shared Deloitte as its auditor.
  8. Fudged the registered user number at Renren websites. Illusion. Because those internet companies have negative or small profit to report, then Wall Street analysts invented some other criteria to measure company's success.
  9. SB Pan Pacific, part of Softbank Japan, an investor in Renren, has a very bad meaning in Chinese for SB. SB means 傻逼,傻B in Chinese, "dumb ass" in English.

Conclusion:

I can't say Renren stock offering is a fraud, but it certainly fits all the fraud patterns.

Lost in translation or on purpose: 构建世界传媒新秩序≠Toward a New World Media Order

Toward a New World Media Order as published in Wall Street Journal vs 构建世界传媒新秩序, as published in Chinese websites. It should be translated into "To Build a World Media New Order" from Chinese version.

I don't know if Mr Li speaks English and if Wall Street Journal Staff translates the article. There is a big difference between Toward a New World Media Order as published and To Build a World Media New Order. The published title wants to hide the ambition of China to control the world order.

What is the piece all about? The next piece is presumably written by Li Congjun, a single person. Actually, according to Chineese media tradition, it expresses the views of Chinese government. Without the explicit consent from Chinese communist government, Li will not and can't publish such an article. This is just a piece of Chinese spin.


Toward a New World Media Order 

Wall Street Journal 20110601

By Li Congjun

The world established a new international order after World War II with the founding of the United Nations. For over six decades, the international community has endeavored to create a more balanced, just and rational political and economic order.
Unfortunately the rules governing the international media order lag behind the times, especially compared to changes in politics and economics. The gap is seen, first and foremost, in the extremely uneven pattern of international communication. The flow of information is basically one-way: from West to East, North to South, and from developed to developing countries.
In 1980, the 21st General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) addressed the imbalance and inequality in international news reporting and called for a new order in international mass communication. Over the years, a growing number of insightful people, including many from the West, have proposed changes with the conviction that the existing order is far from just, rational and balanced.
In our interdependent world, the human community needs a set of more civilized rules to govern international mass communication. This reminds me of bridge, a game I truly enjoy. Modern bridge is known as contract bridge, indicating that players are bound by a contract and the game is a bidding process, in which wise and effective exchanges of information rely on collaboration and communication carried out in a fair and just manner.
Earlier variations of bridge, known as bridge-whist or straight bridge, were different. In bridge-whist, there was no bidding and the game was all about gambling, making communication difficult. The modern game has been shaped by gradual rule changes over the years.
The "bridge" linking modern information flow and the international media is crumbling, in a sense, due to a lack of fair "contracting" and "gaming." This situation is incompatible with the contemporary world. An unjust and irrational order hinders the global media industry's sustainable development and contributes to the problems in today's world. We need to start a constructive reform through rule changes to rebuild the bridge of communication and let the media industry play a more active role in promoting the advancement of human civilization.
Four principles should guide changes in the value system:
• Fairness: This requires that media organizations from all countries should have the right to participate in international communication on equal terms. Those media organizations in turn should provide comprehensive, objective, fair, balanced and accurate coverage to minimize discrimination and prejudice.
• All-win: It is advisable to create conditions allowing media organizations from different countries to share the fruits of development in information and communication industries, to play an active role in international mass communication, and to reverse the unbalanced situation where the strong get stronger and the weak get weaker.
• Inclusion: To maintain the world's diversity, media must respect the unique cultures, customs, beliefs and values of different nations; strive to dispel suspicions and remove barriers between different cultures and civilizations; enhance dialogue and communication; and seek common ground while putting aside differences.
• Responsibility: Media organizations should not only ensure openness and transparency to promote the building of an open society, but also keep to rational and constructive rules so as to turn mass communication into an active force for promoting social progress.
We must also keep improving rules and explore new mechanisms governing international communication. Unesco should actively negotiate and settle issues within the U.N. framework. However, it is necessary to keep improving rules and, when the conditions are ripe, to explore a long-term, nongovernmental mechanism to coordinate the global media industry, something like a "media U.N." This can be a mechanism for global media exchanges and consultation, and it may evolve into an organization for coordination and maybe even arbitration.
A sports analogy may help explain what I mean. Ping-pong, or table tennis, played a unique role in restoring China-U.S. relations in the 1970s and is known as China's "national sport." For many years, Chinese ping-pong players have taken the top prize in almost all major international events. This presents a paradox: The stronger a team becomes, the more it desires to maintain its position and keep improving. However, when a team is invincible for too long, few others are inclined to compete.
In the long run, the sport in which China enjoys so much advantage will be less appealing, less viable, and may eventually be excluded from future Olympic Games. In fact, ping-pong has undergone a series of major rule changes over the past two decades. After the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, the older 38mm balls were replaced by 40mm balls and the former 21-point scoring system was changed to an 11-point system. These changes, aimed at limiting the advantage of "super players," have made the sport more enticing to players from different countries.
The theories of "checking superpower" and "maintaining equilibrium" also apply to the media. It is time to reverse the marginalization of developing nations in the media, change their underdeveloped status, and enhance their rights of expression in the international media market. To that end, a mechanism for international cooperation, exchange and coordination is needed, as well as an increase in funds and technical support for media from developing countries.
Almost five decades after the discovery of the double helix, James Watson said in his book, "DNA: The Secret of Life," that the Human Genome Project found that human beings are similar in genetic makeup. Our common ground is far wider than any potential gulf that threatens to separate us.
Information flow, like gene transcription and expression, plays a vital role in the evolution of civilization. Resetting rules and order in the international media industry is an adaptation to the trend of democratization of international relations. With diversified expression and information flow, we can mend the broken bridge of cross-cultural communication and build an information link to the future.
Mr. Li is president of China's Xinhua News Agency.

构建世界传媒新秩序

美国《华尔街日报》61日文章 题:
新华通讯社社长李从军
 
    第二次世界大战后,以联合国成立为标志,形成当代国际秩序。60多年来,国际社会始终努力建设一个更加均衡、公正、合理的国际政治经济秩序.


    然而,我们不能不发现,相对于世界政治经济秩序的发展进程,国际舆论传播的秩序与规则,似乎大大落后于时代潮流了。这首先表现在极不均衡的国际传播结构状态上。信息传播主要呈从西方流向东方、从北方流向南方、从发达国家流向发展中国家的流通状态。


    1980年,联合国教科文组织第21届大会上,曾论证世界新闻传播不均衡、不平等状况,并提出建立国际新闻传播新秩序。多年来,包括西方人士在内的越来越多的有识之士对不尽公正、合理、平衡的国际舆论传播秩序,提出质疑并呼吁改变。





    是的,在相互依存的当代世界,人类共同体的确需要一种更 加文明的信息传播规则和秩序。因此想到我比较爱好的桥牌运动。现代桥牌称为定约桥牌。所谓定约,也就是合同。博弈过程就是一个签订合同的过程,有效而 智慧的信息传递,取决于公平条件下的协作沟通。而早期的桥牌,即惠斯特纸牌游戏,却不是这样。它的赌博色彩太重,没有竞叫,不利于信息的变换沟 通,后来逐渐改变了规则,才形成今天的现代桥牌。
    可以认为,由于目前国际传播缺乏足够公平的定约与博弈,现代信息流和国际舆论场的正在发生某种断裂。这种状况与当今世界十分不相适应。不公正、不合理的国际舆论秩序不仅直接影响国际传播的可持续发展,而且在一定程度上也是造成当今世界 一些矛盾和问题的因素。要重构我们的沟通之桥,从而让信息舆论传播在人类文明进程中扮演更加积极的角色,我们需要共同努力,在传媒领域进行一次建设性的游戏规则变革。
     





要实现价值理念的进一步变革,就应遵循如下四项原则(即FAIR观念)。
    ——更加公平( Fairness):就是一方面要实现各个地区和国家媒体以平等身份普遍参与国际传播进程的权利;另一方面,不同国家和地区的媒体对国际、地区和各国情况进行全面、客观、公正、平衡、真实、准确的报道,最大限度减少歧视和偏见。
    ——更多共赢(AII-win):就是要积极创造条件,让不同国家和地区的媒体共享信息传媒领域的发展进步,并在国际信息舆论传播中发挥积极作用,努力扭转强者恒强、弱者愈弱的发展失衡状况。
    ——更大包容(lnclusion):就是要维护世界的多样性,媒体要尊重各国人民在漫长的历史进程中创造的独特文化、传统、信仰和价值观,努力消除不同文明和文化间的疑虑与隔阂,加强对话交流,求同存异。
    ——更强责任(Responsibility):就是媒体机构既要确保新闻信息传播的公开性和透明度,推动建设开放社会,又要坚持新闻报道的理性和建设性,让舆论传播成为社会发展进步的积极力量。
     




  我们还要不断完善规则,探索建立全球传播治理机制。一方 面,联合国教科文组织应更加积极地在联合国框架内协商和解决国际传播涉及的各种问题。另一方面,不断改进和完善规则,并随着条件的逐渐成熟,研究和探索建 立一种非政府性的全球媒体协调长效机制,姑且称之为媒体联合国。这可以是一种非实体性的全球媒体交流协商机制,也可以逐步发展为一种具有协调乃至仲裁 功能的机构。
对此,我们还是可以在体育运动中得到启示。曾经在中美关系史上发 挥过特殊作用的乒乓球,被称为中国的国球。多年来,在大型国际赛事中,中国运动员常常包揽全部金牌。这给中国乒乓球运动的发展带来一种悖论。一方面, 越是强大,就越想进一步保持和扩大实力;另一方面,一支力量独霸乒坛,长此以往,由于参与性可能不断萎缩,中国十分擅长的这项运动却可能逐渐丧失吸引力和 生命力,甚至有一天可能会退出奥林匹克舞台。事实上,乒乓球比赛的规则和制度安排在过去的二十多年中进行了一系列重要修改。特别是从 2000年悉尼奥运会之后,球的直径从原来的38毫米改为40毫米,每局分数从21分改为11分。这些调整都着眼于对超级强手的制衡,提高了各个国家 和地区运动员的参赛积极性。
    力量制约与均衡原理同样适用于传媒发展。就国际传播格局 而言,当务之急是大力扭转广大发展中国家媒体在国际传播秩序中的边缘化趋势,大力改变发展中国家媒体相对落后的发展状况,大力增强发展中国家媒体在国际舆 论场上的表达权、话语权、传播权。为此,要通过国际合作、交流与协调机制,大力增加对发展中国家媒体的资金和技术支持。
     






詹姆斯沃森在发现双螺旋结构近半个世纪后,在其著作《DNA:生命的秘密》中指出,基因组计划显示,人类是最相似的动物。我们之间的共通性远远大于足以把我们分裂开来的任何可能的鸿沟。
     


在文明的演进中,信息传播就像基因的转录和表达,发挥着 至关重要的作用。从根本上说,重建国际舆论场规则和秩序的核心在于,适应国际关系民主化趋势。在传播多元化与表达多样性的基础上,修补人类沟通之桥的断 裂,建造一座通向未来的信息之桥。(新华通讯社社长李从军)

8th Annual 北京网媒上海红色故土行 迎接建党90周年, Red Chinese Tech CEOs

Dear American stock investors in those Chinese internet/media companies such as Baidu, Sina, Renren, etc, what do you think their CEOs are doing? Are they communists? Wake up investors! 

Stock market is the center of the capitalism. Communism and capitalism don't mix and they are against each other.

How can Chinese Tech CEOs reconcile the gap between communism and capitalism? Do they have to dance with Chinese Communist Party? Do they dance with full faith or just put up a show? Why are they laughing? Yes, they are celebrating the formation of 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party. Chinese Tech CEOs Pledge to Walk 'Red' Road

Sina CEO Charles Chao 新浪曹国伟 has very good reasons to laugh. He and his cronies just sold 1.25 M shares of shares based on SEC Schedule 13d/a filing. Sina stock price tanked. More management selling is on the way. (MBO management buyout)

Let's look at the history of CEO selling.

曹国伟连续套现 新浪管理层已不再是第一大股东 http://biz.caixun.com/content/20110609/NE02n8bl.html 再以曹国伟为例说明。新浪当时宣布以每股32.14美元的价格增发的管理层,受这一消息的刺激,新浪股价持续上涨,曹国伟借机以45美元的平均价套现了 50万股,然后拿这笔钱作为MBO资金的一部分,高卖低买之间将他手中的股票从1股变成了1.4股,新浪却因MBO定价过低在一个季度计提了1020万美 元的一次性损失。(this can be called insider-trading.)

除了这50万股外,MBO完成后的最近一年,曹国伟个人也有套现。他在2010年5月26日时还有13.5万股,到今年1月初披露时只剩下9.4万股,这其中还不包括他拿到的期权,所以其中至少减持了约4万股,他最近又因为拿了期权股票数量增加到了11.5万股。


6月8日向SEC递交的SC 13D/A文件披露,公司股东之一 New-Wave Investment Holding Company Limited(新浪投资控股公司)已与高盛旗下公司Goldman Sachs Financial Markets签订了一份远期出售交易(forward sale transaction)协议。根据该协议,新浪管理层已于6月3日签订协议,约定出售部分MBO股票,出售股份最多不超过125万份

Based on the sign in the background, this is the 8th annual celebration of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party. 北京网媒上海红色故土行 迎接建党90周年

6月8日,上海,曹国伟(左二)与李彦宏(右二)等一同拿起手中红色的旗帜挥舞。百度、新浪、搜狐、网易、千龙等北京30家网站的近80位高层管理人员齐聚中国共产党的诞生地上海,追寻一大足迹,共迎建党90周年。 CFP _北京网媒上海红色故土行  迎接建党90周年

6月8日,上海,曹国伟(左二)与李彦宏(右二)等一同拿起手中红色的旗帜挥舞。百度、新浪、搜狐、网易、千龙等北京30家网站的近80位高层管理人员齐聚中国共产党的诞生地上海,追寻一大足迹,共迎建党90周年。 CFP

北京网媒上海红色故土行 迎接建党90周年

6月8日,上海,李彦宏宣读上海宣言。百度、新浪、搜狐、网易、千龙等北京30家网站的近80位高层管理人员齐聚中国共产党的诞生地上海,追寻一大足迹,共迎建党90周年。 CFP _北京网媒上海红色故土行  迎接建党90周年

20110608 6月8日,上海,Baidu CEO 百度CEO Robin Li 李彦宏代表网络媒体发表上海宣言。百度、新浪、搜狐、网易、千龙等北京30家网站的近80位高层管理人员齐聚中国共产党的诞生地上海,追寻一大足迹,共迎建党90周年。 CFP

北京网媒上海红色故土行 迎接建党90周年

6月8日,上海,新浪CEO曹国伟发言。百度、新浪、搜狐、网易、千龙等北京30家网站的近80位高层管理人员齐聚中国共产党的诞生地上海,追寻一大足迹,共迎建党90周年。 CFP _北京网媒上海红色故土行  迎接建党90周年

2 6月8日,上海,Sina CEO Charles Chao 新浪CEO曹国伟发言。百度、新浪、搜狐、网易、千龙等北京30家网站的近80位高层管理人员齐聚中国共产党的诞生地上海,追寻一大足迹,共迎建党90周年。 CFP

北京网媒上海红色故土行 迎接建党90周年

6月8日,上海,百度CEO李彦宏(中)、新浪CEO曹国伟(右)参加上海红色故乡行活动。百度、新浪、搜狐、网易、千龙等北京30家网站的近80位高层管理人员齐聚中国共产党的诞生地上海,追寻一大足迹,共迎建党90周年。 CFP _北京网媒上海红色故土行  迎接建党90周年

6月8日,上海,百度CEO李彦宏(中)、新浪CEO曹国伟(右)参加上海红色故土行活动。百度、新浪、搜狐、网易、千龙等北京30家网站的近80位高层管理人员齐聚中国共产党的诞生地上海,追寻一大足迹,共迎建党90周年。 CFP

北京网媒上海红色故土行 迎接建党90周年

6月8日,上海,百度CEO李彦宏(中)、人人公司董事长兼CEO陈一舟(左)参加上海红色故乡行活动。百度、新浪、搜狐、网易、千龙等北京30家网站的近80位高层管理人员齐聚中国共产党的诞生地上海,追寻一大足迹,共迎建党90周年。 CFP _北京网媒上海红色故土行  迎接建党90周年

6月8日,上海,百度CEO李彦宏(中)、人人公司董事长兼CEO陈一舟(左)参加上海红色故土行活动。百度、新浪、搜狐、网易、千龙等北京30家网站的近80位高层管理人员齐聚中国共产党的诞生地上海,追寻一大足迹,共迎建党90周年。 CFP

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6月8日,上海,百度CEO李彦宏来到一大会址内参观。百度、新浪、搜狐、网易、千龙等北京30家网站的近80位高层管理人员齐聚中国共产党的诞生地上海,追寻一大足迹,共迎建党90周年。 CFP _北京网媒上海红色故土行  迎接建党90周年

6月8日,上海,百度CEO李彦宏来到一大会址内参观。百度、新浪、搜狐、网易、千龙等北京30家网站的近80位高层管理人员齐聚中国共产党的诞生地上海,追寻一大足迹,共迎建党90周年。 CFP

北京网媒上海红色故土行 迎接建党90周年

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2011 6月8日,上海,新浪CEO曹国伟在一大会址内参观,还不时拿出手机拍摄。百度、新浪、搜狐、网易、千龙等北京30家网站的近80位高层管理人员齐聚中国共产党的诞生地上海,追寻一大足迹,共迎建党90周年。 CFP

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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Apple Inc New Site is not green at all, its underground self-parking could be fatal

Apple's new site in Cupertino. The red line will be the new site. Outer diameter of Apple Space Ship is over 1200 feet.
Steve Jobs visited Cupertino City Council on 6/7/2011 to discuss Apple Inc's new site. The new site looks great on a glance. Apple is moving close to a site owned by Foxconn, who is led by dictator Chairman Terry Tai-Ming Gou, sometimes written as Terry Guo, ( 郭台銘;  郭台铭). Those two companies can walk to each other's site to collaborate now.

Notwithstanding its bad acronym for Apple Space Ship, the new site is touted as green. Jobs said it will use natural gas to make electricity as the main source of power supply. The closest thing I can think of is the local company's fuel cell at Bloom Inc. I can safely say that natural gas fuel cell isn't necessarily more efficient than a coal power plant. You can also spot the solar panel in the above picture.

Another interesting part is parking will be underground. I assume that drivers have to drive to park themselves. The underground parking will need lighting 24/7. This wastes electricity. The biggest challenge is how to handle the exhaust from the tailpipes? Otherwise, lung cancers. Based on my estimation, the 9000-car underground garage will need to move 1 to 10 billion feet of air in and out of the garage per day. That is a lot of pumps and air. The closest thing I can think of is a diesel submarine which can consumes a few tons of diesel fuel a day.

For Apple's new underground garage 1 million cubic feet fresh air alone is needed to burn the gasoline per day. In a closed system, a pump can handle that 694 ft3/min airflow. There will be also carbon dioxide and other nasty exhaustion from the tailpipes. For CO2 alone, (CO2 in the air is now as high as 400 ppm v/v), on a static basis, 2.5 billion cubic feet fresh air free of CO2 is needed. I haven't even considered suspended particulates (PM 20), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and the nasty nitrogen oxides (NOs), other radical byproducts (such as HO.) produced in the gasoline combustion. Long term exposure to low level of those pollutants  has negative health effects. The worse case is lung cancer.

The next is estimation basis:

9000 cars parked underground
2 miles/hour speed in the garage
10 min drive time to drive
5 miles per gallon MPG at this low speed
600 gallon of gasoline will be burned inside the underground garage.
Stoichiometric air/fuel, weight 14.7
Air needed
14.7g/g*600gallon*6Lb/gallon*454g/Lb=24,000 kg~24 million liters~1 million ft3