Weekly-85

/ Woody | 治部少辅

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After a long time, I still resume the habit of Weekly!

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1.1 Political Economy

  • Brazilian President Lula’s visit to China: Lula, who once again served as President of Brazil after 12 years, started his visit to China from the 12th to the 15th, focusing on bilateral cooperation in the economic and trade field, as well as the peaceful resolution of the Ukraine war and other issues. 1
    • Joint Statement between the People’s Republic of China and the Federative Republic of Brazil on Deepening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (Full Text) 2

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  • A 21-year-old Air National Guard member, Jack Douglas Teixeira, has been arrested on suspicion of leaking dozens of highly classified documents containing a range of national security secrets, including U.S. The extent of surveillance conducted on Russia. 3

    • The New York Times said the documents also revealed that Washington had also been spying on the leaders of close allies such as Ukraine, Israel and South Korea, complicating relations between the United States and its allies. 4

  • German Foreign Minister Berberke visits China. On April 13, German Foreign Minister Berberke arrived in the Chinese port city of Tianjin, starting her three-day trip to China. 5

  • It is rumored that a serious nuclear leak occurred on the aircraft carrier “Reagan” of the US Navy. 6

Recently, news of a nuclear leak accident in the reactor of the USS Reagan aircraft carrier was suddenly uploaded on social media. The person who broke the news was a Twitter user named "ALEX H", who claimed to be a sailor on the USS Reagan . Recently, news of a nuclear leak accident in the reactor of the USS Reagan aircraft carrier was suddenly uploaded on social media. The person who broke the news was a Twitter user named “ALEX H”, who claimed to be a sailor on the USS Reagan .

  • On the evening of April 14, China carried out a test of land-based mid-course anti-missile interception technology in its territory, and the test achieved the expected purpose. 7 This is believed to be the sixth time since January 2010 that Chinese officials have publicly confirmed the test of land-based mid-course anti-missile interception technology and declared the test a success. However, some military scholars believe that the number of actual tests in China is far more than that. 8

1.2 Technology

  • Microsoft announced the open source Deep Speed ​​Chat to help users easily train large language models like ChatGPT. It is reported that Deep Speed ​​Chat is developed based on Microsoft’s Deep Speed ​​deep learning optimization library, which has functions such as training and enhanced reasoning. but decreased significantly. For example, a ChatGPT-like model with 13 billion parameters can be trained in only 1.25 hours. 9

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  • More than 18,000 cows have died and a ranch worker has been seriously injured after an explosion and fire on a dairy farm in Texas, the southern United States, is the worst barn fire on record in the region. 10
  • The Rapid Support Forces, an illegal military organization in Sudan, said on Saturday (April 15) that they had occupied the presidential palace, the residence of General Burhan, Khartoum airport and the Merowe military base in the north. 11
    • At least 25 people were killed and at least 183 wounded in fierce fighting in the Sudanese capital as neighboring countries decided to close their borders. 12

  1. Brazilian President Lula’s visit to China: economic and trade cooperation, the war in Ukraine, and the Belt and Road Initiative are key topics ↩ ︎

  2. Joint Statement Between the People’s Republic of China and the Federative Republic of Brazil on Deepening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (Full Text) ↩ ︎

  3. Air National Guard member arrested in leak of classified U.S. documents ↩ ︎

  4. Pentagon’s “leaking door” angers multiple allies, highlights US breach of other countries’ security ↩ ︎

  5. German Foreign Minister Berberke Arrives in Tianjin ↩ ︎

  6. Burst! The U.S. Navy’s “Reagan” aircraft carrier suffered a serious nuclear leak and is facing scrapping? In the end what happened? ↩ ︎

  7. China successfully conducts test of land-based mid-course anti-missile interception technology ↩ ︎

  8. China once again announced the successful implementation of land-based mid-course anti-missile interception technology test ↩ ︎

  9. Heavy! Microsoft open source Deep Speed ​​Chat, everyone has ChatGPT! ↩ ︎

  10. 18,000 cows killed in Texas dairy farm explosion ↩ ︎

  11. Sudan’s illegal military organization claims to have occupied the presidential palace and other places ↩ ︎

  12. Intense firefights broke out in Sudan’s capital, killing 25 people and injuring at least 183. Neighboring countries have decided to close their borders. What is the specific situation? ↩ ︎

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