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zhaoyun
04-24-2015, 08:20 PM
I think this is part of a general pattern of China moving past the first stage of industrialization (playing catch up, taking advantage of large body of cheap labor, copycatting pirated products) towards a higher rung of industrialization (more innovation, research and development, unique brands and original products). In other words, China is fast following in Japan and Korea's footsteps, moving up the economic ladder.

Who Builds the World’s Most Popular Drones?

Cheap Drones Made by China’s DJI Are Filling the Skies, Disrupting Industries and Sparking Safety Debates
By JACK NICAS and COLUM MURPHY
Nov. 10, 2014 1:54 p.m. ET

SHENZHEN, China—Big U.S. defense companies brought drones to the battlefield. Now a Chinese company is bringing them to the masses.

In just a few years, SZ DJI Technology Co. has become the world’s biggest consumer drone maker by revenue, selling thousands of its 2.8-pound, square-foot devices for about $1,000 each. In the process, it also has become the first Chinese brand to pioneer a major new global consumer-product category.

DJI’s four-propeller helicopters, called Phantoms, have become icons of the burgeoning drone era: hovering, camera-equipped robots that almost anyone can pilot. Phantoms have garnered fans for their aerial footage of extreme sports, fireworks and Niagara Falls, and famous users include the actor Jamie Foxx, Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak and homemaking entrepreneur Martha Stewart .

“The DJI Phantom series is like the Model T,” said Matt Waite, a journalism professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln who studies drone issues and owns three Phantoms. “Back in the day, you could talk about cars, but pretty much every car on the road was one of these Model Ts.”

DJI on Wednesday plans to unveil a new high-end drone, called the Inspire.

The proliferation of Phantoms is disrupting industries and social norms, helping stoke debate over air safety, regulation and privacy.

An angry New Jersey resident recently blew his neighbor’s Phantom out of the sky with a shotgun, leading to criminal charges. A man bounced a Phantom off skyscrapers in Manhattan and crashed it next to a pedestrian, drawing a $2,200 fine from the Federal Aviation Administration. A Phantom provoked a brawl and halted a soccer match in the Balkans when it hovered overhead carrying a political banner.

Humanitarian groups have used Phantoms to search for survivors after earthquakes, while the militant group Islamic State has used them for surveillance in Syria, according to news reports.

And Phantoms are a top choice of entrepreneurs in the U.S. who are using drones in filmmaking, farming and construction—all in defiance of the FAA’s effective moratorium on commercial drones. The agency says it expects to propose rules governing the sector by the end of 2014. Regulations could stifle the drone industry if they are too restrictive, but industry watchers generally expect new rules to be a boon for drone makers by assuring potential customers.

DJI and other drone producers, like car makers, say they can’t ultimately control how customers use their products, but they have been adding some precautions. DJI, for example, programmed its drones to prevent users from flying them more than 985 feet high or near most airports, using GPS. It also allows users to program lower height limits to follow local regulations.

DJI is . . . fending off strong competition, including from Parrot SA of Paris and 3D Robotics—the second and third-biggest consumer-drone makers, according to industry estimates—and from Chinese rivals. Peng Bin, CEO of Guangzhou-based drone maker XAircraft, said DJI has dominated aerial photography but is unproven in other drone markets, such as agriculture or deliveries.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/who-builds-the-worlds-most-popular-drones-1415645659?KEYWORDS=drones


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cKYqR9Y-3o#t=27

Goujian
04-26-2015, 02:41 AM
https://www.techinasia.com/alibaba-testing-drone-delivery-china-3day-pilot-program/

http://fm.cnbc.com/applications/cnbc.com/resources/img/editorial/2015/02/04/102396417-Alibaba_drone.1910x1000.jpg

Wadaad
04-26-2015, 02:52 AM
China's probably at where Japan was in the early 80s...with 10x the economies of scale.

zhaoyun
04-26-2015, 03:03 AM
China's probably at where Japan was in the early 80s...with 10x the economies of scale.

I would probably say early 80s Japan, but because China is so large and has so much resources, it'd probably become a leader in many industries sooner than people expect. It's already happening with the rise of many tech giants in China, and the growing synergy between the huge capital markets and the business class and a tremendous and growing amount of high quality human resources.

I think ten years from now, many Chinese brands will likely be leaders in various industries.

zhaoyun
04-26-2015, 03:06 AM
The thing is, contrary to its reputation today as a copycat, China was actually one of the most innovative and original civilizations in the past and up to the pre-industrial era.

I believe in the near future, the world will once again see the ancient genius of China come alive. Innovation industries are rapidly growing and skyrocketing in China as it enters a different level of industrialization and economic wealth.

Wadaad
04-26-2015, 03:19 AM
How do you think the Americans will respond when China's heavy industries and military industrial complex is on par with theirs, tech wise?

zhaoyun
04-26-2015, 03:25 AM
How do you think the Americans will respond when China's heavy industries and military industrial complex is on par with theirs, tech wise?

That day is probably not as far as people may think. But obviously, there will be a sense of alarm and uneasiness. In the end, what will likely happen is a sort of appeasement between the US and China, where the US would recognize China's sphere of influence in East Asia.

Either way, this century will see the rise again of a multi polar world, the risk is that such an arrangement also breeds increased conflict and tension, often the result of entangled alliances. The Sino-American relationship will be the richest and most complex bilateral relationship of this century, and it will be a combination of competition and cooperation and mutual growth.

Jägerstaffel
04-26-2015, 03:39 AM
That day is probably not as far as people may think. But obviously, there will be a sense of alarm and uneasiness. In the end, what will likely happen is a sort of appeasement between the US and China, where the US would recognize China's sphere of influence in East Asia.

Either way, this century will see the rise again of a multi polar world, the risk is that such an arrangement also breeds increased conflict and tension, often the result of entangled alliances. The Sino-American relationship will be the richest and most complex bilateral relationship of this century, and it will be a combination of competition and cooperation and mutual growth.

Are you a politician?

Armand_Duval
04-26-2015, 03:44 AM
Are you a politician?

Hahahaha, he looks like one....

Armand_Duval
04-26-2015, 03:50 AM
If Mexico finds the way to become developed and industrialized in the next years, then a real strong north america economic block can arise, the USA, Canada and Mexico could successfully hold their ground to the awakening Dragon.

Fortis in Arduis
04-26-2015, 02:19 PM
China will probably be the first to employ eugenics in humans on a wide scale. They have already been experimenting with human embryos. This is the next great frontier.