Javier Borràs Arumí
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Temas: China, tecnología, geopolítica, UE, el mundo más allá de Occidente, libros, viajes...
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Allí publico mis análisis y columnas, notas de viajes, los libros que leo y recomendaciones de artículos.
Temas: China, tecnología, geopolítica, UE, el mundo más allá de Occidente, libros, viajes...
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Sigo con mi recopilatorio de los libros que estoy leyendo este 2025: javierborras.substack.com/p/que-libros...
Qué libros estoy leyendo - 2025 (III)
Heródoto, Asia Central, Cáucaso...
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November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Sigo con mi recopilatorio de los libros que estoy leyendo este 2025: javierborras.substack.com/p/que-libros...
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"Com més s'utilitzin les cadenes de valor i la tecnologia com a arma geopolítica, ens trobarem amb empreses o components que poden ser totalment disruptors per a l'economia i es poden fer servir com a eines de pressió política", @jborrasarumi.bsky.social analitza el conflicte amb l'empresa Nexperia
Com la guerra dels xips pot aturar la indústria dels cotxes europea - 3CatInfo
Els propietaris xinesos de Nexperia continuen bloquejant el proveïment de xips en represàlia per la presa de control del govern neerlandès de la companyia, acusada d'espionatge industrial i militar
www.3cat.cat
October 31, 2025 at 11:49 AM
"Com més s'utilitzin les cadenes de valor i la tecnologia com a arma geopolítica, ens trobarem amb empreses o components que poden ser totalment disruptors per a l'economia i es poden fer servir com a eines de pressió política", @jborrasarumi.bsky.social analitza el conflicte amb l'empresa Nexperia
¿Cuál es el canon de lecturas de las élites tecnológicas chinas?
Una mezcla de biografías y ensayos de Silicon Valley, obras maoístas, clásicos chinos, fantasía y ciencia ficción china: asteriskmag.com/issues/12-bo...
Una mezcla de biografías y ensayos de Silicon Valley, obras maoístas, clásicos chinos, fantasía y ciencia ficción china: asteriskmag.com/issues/12-bo...
The China Tech Canon—Asterisk
How does the *paideía* of the Chinese tech elite differ from their counterparts in Silicon Valley?
asteriskmag.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:51 AM
¿Cuál es el canon de lecturas de las élites tecnológicas chinas?
Una mezcla de biografías y ensayos de Silicon Valley, obras maoístas, clásicos chinos, fantasía y ciencia ficción china: asteriskmag.com/issues/12-bo...
Una mezcla de biografías y ensayos de Silicon Valley, obras maoístas, clásicos chinos, fantasía y ciencia ficción china: asteriskmag.com/issues/12-bo...
Vivim en temps on un buròcrata pot ser més perillós que un míssil.
La Xina ha après dels americans i ha desplegat la seva pròpia "arma nuclear" de control i coerció econòmica, feta de terres rares.
La meva columna: www.ara.cat/internaciona...
La Xina ha après dels americans i ha desplegat la seva pròpia "arma nuclear" de control i coerció econòmica, feta de terres rares.
La meva columna: www.ara.cat/internaciona...
Una bomba nuclear econòmica: el que la Xina ha après dels Estats Units
El 2019, Washington va descobrir que un buròcrata era més efectiu que un míssil per derrocar un imperi. Aquell any, l’administració Trump va desenterrar una Llista d’Entitats que s’havia creat el 1997...
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October 18, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Vivim en temps on un buròcrata pot ser més perillós que un míssil.
La Xina ha après dels americans i ha desplegat la seva pròpia "arma nuclear" de control i coerció econòmica, feta de terres rares.
La meva columna: www.ara.cat/internaciona...
La Xina ha après dels americans i ha desplegat la seva pròpia "arma nuclear" de control i coerció econòmica, feta de terres rares.
La meva columna: www.ara.cat/internaciona...
Now that China got serious about export controls, it would have been very convenient for the EU to have the deterrence power of ASML...
But we gave it basically for free to the Americans.
But we gave it basically for free to the Americans.
October 10, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Now that China got serious about export controls, it would have been very convenient for the EU to have the deterrence power of ASML...
But we gave it basically for free to the Americans.
But we gave it basically for free to the Americans.
China is basically copying the US export control playbook:
October 9, 2025 at 5:49 AM
China is basically copying the US export control playbook:
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It has reached the point where the EU mainly views Chinese technology with fear –fear for its economy, security and values, explains @jborrasarumi.bsky.social at @scmpnews.bsky.social. “The EU’s attitude towards Chinese technology is now mostly defensive”
50 years on, has China left Europe behind in the race for a hi-tech future?
Chinese firms have caught up with and in some cases overtaken their European rivals, putting the EU on the defensive.
www.scmp.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It has reached the point where the EU mainly views Chinese technology with fear –fear for its economy, security and values, explains @jborrasarumi.bsky.social at @scmpnews.bsky.social. “The EU’s attitude towards Chinese technology is now mostly defensive”
Shocking how Latin America has become the main exporter of agricultural and beef products to China, surpassing Western countries:
October 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Shocking how Latin America has become the main exporter of agricultural and beef products to China, surpassing Western countries:
If EU firms are not using AI, it's because it does not make market sense to them.
Instead of blaming, we should fund AI startups that provide sector-specific AI tools, and train more middle-level engineers who know how to integrate AI in business models: www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Instead of blaming, we should fund AI startups that provide sector-specific AI tools, and train more middle-level engineers who know how to integrate AI in business models: www.politico.eu/article/euro...
European businesses barely use AI. Brussels wants to fix that.
Commission to warn Europe’s slow embrace of artificial intelligence risks squandering economic growth.
www.politico.eu
October 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
If EU firms are not using AI, it's because it does not make market sense to them.
Instead of blaming, we should fund AI startups that provide sector-specific AI tools, and train more middle-level engineers who know how to integrate AI in business models: www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Instead of blaming, we should fund AI startups that provide sector-specific AI tools, and train more middle-level engineers who know how to integrate AI in business models: www.politico.eu/article/euro...
That's interesting.
The US tech defense industry would strongly benefit from tech transfer from Ukraine on drones.
But one of the hurdles is that Ukrainian drones use many Chinese components: www.wsj.com/world/europe...
The US tech defense industry would strongly benefit from tech transfer from Ukraine on drones.
But one of the hurdles is that Ukrainian drones use many Chinese components: www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Trump’s Drone Deal With Ukraine to Give U.S. Access to Battlefield Tech
A team from Kyiv is in Washington this week to work out details of a landmark agreement that would involve sharing drone technology with the U.S.
www.wsj.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM
That's interesting.
The US tech defense industry would strongly benefit from tech transfer from Ukraine on drones.
But one of the hurdles is that Ukrainian drones use many Chinese components: www.wsj.com/world/europe...
The US tech defense industry would strongly benefit from tech transfer from Ukraine on drones.
But one of the hurdles is that Ukrainian drones use many Chinese components: www.wsj.com/world/europe...
I understand that China may have security concerns about how Western telecoms could be weaponized.
But it should also accept European concerns about Chinese tech as equally legitimate.
Even realist Chinese scholars such as Yan Xuetong have acknowledged this. www.ft.com/content/7d08...
But it should also accept European concerns about Chinese tech as equally legitimate.
Even realist Chinese scholars such as Yan Xuetong have acknowledged this. www.ft.com/content/7d08...
China curbs use of Nokia and Ericsson in telecoms networks
Beijing’s national security drive hits European groups even as Huawei maintains its business on the continent
www.ft.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I understand that China may have security concerns about how Western telecoms could be weaponized.
But it should also accept European concerns about Chinese tech as equally legitimate.
Even realist Chinese scholars such as Yan Xuetong have acknowledged this. www.ft.com/content/7d08...
But it should also accept European concerns about Chinese tech as equally legitimate.
Even realist Chinese scholars such as Yan Xuetong have acknowledged this. www.ft.com/content/7d08...
Happy to appear again in the South China Morning Post, interviewed by Meredith Chen on the future of EU-China tech relations.
Some takeaways 🧵👇
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
Some takeaways 🧵👇
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
50 years on, has China left Europe behind in the race for a hi-tech future?
Chinese firms have caught up with and in some cases overtaken their European rivals, putting the EU on the defensive.
www.scmp.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Happy to appear again in the South China Morning Post, interviewed by Meredith Chen on the future of EU-China tech relations.
Some takeaways 🧵👇
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
Some takeaways 🧵👇
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
"While the TikTok deal has been receiving most of the headlines, the real grand bargain-like impact is the emergence of a TikTok template. It is the contours of a roadmap and path, however murky and fickle, for other Chinese technologies to flow to the US" interconnect.substack.com/p/the-tiktok...
The TikTok Template
Not a one-off deal, but a sign of things to come.
interconnect.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:29 AM
"While the TikTok deal has been receiving most of the headlines, the real grand bargain-like impact is the emergence of a TikTok template. It is the contours of a roadmap and path, however murky and fickle, for other Chinese technologies to flow to the US" interconnect.substack.com/p/the-tiktok...
La Xina s'ha presentat constantment com a líder del Sud Global.
Però la seva addicció a la manufactura pot ser un fre molt important que bloquegi l'auge econòmic dels països en desenvolupament.
La meva columna: www.ara.cat/internaciona...
Però la seva addicció a la manufactura pot ser un fre molt important que bloquegi l'auge econòmic dels països en desenvolupament.
La meva columna: www.ara.cat/internaciona...
La Xina: un fre per al desenvolupament del Sud Global?
Els documents oficials que publica el govern xinès solen ser repetitius i burocràtics. Però llegir-los en detall, prenent notes, ens pot fer trobar perles que ens ajuden a entendre millor la visió del...
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September 20, 2025 at 8:25 AM
La Xina s'ha presentat constantment com a líder del Sud Global.
Però la seva addicció a la manufactura pot ser un fre molt important que bloquegi l'auge econòmic dels països en desenvolupament.
La meva columna: www.ara.cat/internaciona...
Però la seva addicció a la manufactura pot ser un fre molt important que bloquegi l'auge econòmic dels països en desenvolupament.
La meva columna: www.ara.cat/internaciona...
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“China is managing to create a new kind of green soft power that doesn’t need Beijing’s stultifying propaganda”, @nytimes.com features @jborrasarumi.bsky.social's analysis 'Green Soft Power: China’s New Strategy in Europe'
Read the full analysis➡️ www.cidob.org/en/publicati...
Read the full analysis➡️ www.cidob.org/en/publicati...
What Will China’s Green-Tech Ambitions Cost the World?
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
“China is managing to create a new kind of green soft power that doesn’t need Beijing’s stultifying propaganda”, @nytimes.com features @jborrasarumi.bsky.social's analysis 'Green Soft Power: China’s New Strategy in Europe'
Read the full analysis➡️ www.cidob.org/en/publicati...
Read the full analysis➡️ www.cidob.org/en/publicati...
Happy to see my article on China's green soft power quoted in The New York Times!
September 19, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Happy to see my article on China's green soft power quoted in The New York Times!
Este verano viajé a Uzbekistán unas semanas.
Aquí os dejo algunas notas de campo y apuntes de lecturas, en las que hablo de su desarrollismo post-soviético, su relación con el islam, o cómo se convirtió en centro intelectual y científico del mundo en la Edad Media: open.substack.com/pub/javierbo...
Aquí os dejo algunas notas de campo y apuntes de lecturas, en las que hablo de su desarrollismo post-soviético, su relación con el islam, o cómo se convirtió en centro intelectual y científico del mundo en la Edad Media: open.substack.com/pub/javierbo...
Mi viaje a Uzbekistán
Del desarrollismo post-soviético al esplendor medieval.
open.substack.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Este verano viajé a Uzbekistán unas semanas.
Aquí os dejo algunas notas de campo y apuntes de lecturas, en las que hablo de su desarrollismo post-soviético, su relación con el islam, o cómo se convirtió en centro intelectual y científico del mundo en la Edad Media: open.substack.com/pub/javierbo...
Aquí os dejo algunas notas de campo y apuntes de lecturas, en las que hablo de su desarrollismo post-soviético, su relación con el islam, o cómo se convirtió en centro intelectual y científico del mundo en la Edad Media: open.substack.com/pub/javierbo...
Crec que aquesta és l'entrevista més en profunditat que m'han fet sobre la Xina.
Amb @otbou.bsky.social vam parlar de la relació de la Xina amb la UE, Índia o Rússia; l'estat de l'economia, tecnologia i l'exèrcit xinès; o la successió de Xi Jinping.
A @vilaweb.cat: www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/jav...
Amb @otbou.bsky.social vam parlar de la relació de la Xina amb la UE, Índia o Rússia; l'estat de l'economia, tecnologia i l'exèrcit xinès; o la successió de Xi Jinping.
A @vilaweb.cat: www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/jav...
Javier Borràs: “Trump destrossa moltes coses i el temps que es trigui a reconstruir-les l’aprofitarà la Xina”
Entrevista a un dels especialistes del CIDOB en la Xina i la geopolítica de la tecnologia sobre el moment inernacional
www.vilaweb.cat
September 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Crec que aquesta és l'entrevista més en profunditat que m'han fet sobre la Xina.
Amb @otbou.bsky.social vam parlar de la relació de la Xina amb la UE, Índia o Rússia; l'estat de l'economia, tecnologia i l'exèrcit xinès; o la successió de Xi Jinping.
A @vilaweb.cat: www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/jav...
Amb @otbou.bsky.social vam parlar de la relació de la Xina amb la UE, Índia o Rússia; l'estat de l'economia, tecnologia i l'exèrcit xinès; o la successió de Xi Jinping.
A @vilaweb.cat: www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/jav...
El 70% de las bajas en Ucrania son por drones. Y China domina el sector. Escribo aquí sobre si Pekín, gracias a ello, dominará el futuro de la guerra: open.substack.com/pub/javierbo...
Drones chinos
China domina el futuro de la guerra.
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August 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
El 70% de las bajas en Ucrania son por drones. Y China domina el sector. Escribo aquí sobre si Pekín, gracias a ello, dominará el futuro de la guerra: open.substack.com/pub/javierbo...
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Rare to hear an EU official speak as candidly as Weyand here
“From the Commission’s perspective this was a strategic trade-off, not an economic policy ideal solution"
“There was a risk that the USA, in return, would question the security partnership. That is the realpolitik of the turning point"
“From the Commission’s perspective this was a strategic trade-off, not an economic policy ideal solution"
“There was a risk that the USA, in return, would question the security partnership. That is the realpolitik of the turning point"
„We have a land war on European continent. We are fully dependent on US. None of the EU members was ready to risk further escalation“.
The way @sabineweyand.bsky.social explains EU-US-deal is exactly right. She explains EU‘s trade-offs & rationale — and doesn‘t put lipstick on a pig.
(SZ-Dossier)
The way @sabineweyand.bsky.social explains EU-US-deal is exactly right. She explains EU‘s trade-offs & rationale — and doesn‘t put lipstick on a pig.
(SZ-Dossier)
August 27, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Rare to hear an EU official speak as candidly as Weyand here
“From the Commission’s perspective this was a strategic trade-off, not an economic policy ideal solution"
“There was a risk that the USA, in return, would question the security partnership. That is the realpolitik of the turning point"
“From the Commission’s perspective this was a strategic trade-off, not an economic policy ideal solution"
“There was a risk that the USA, in return, would question the security partnership. That is the realpolitik of the turning point"
I didn't know about the crucial role of ideology in causing the Irish famine: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
What Made the Irish Famine So Deadly
The Great Hunger was a modern event, shaped by the belief that the poor are the authors of their own misery and that the market must be obeyed at all costs.
www.newyorker.com
August 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I didn't know about the crucial role of ideology in causing the Irish famine: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
"50% of DPP supporters see the US as a trustworthy ally, whereas just 3% of KMT supporters and 10% of TPP supporters think so.
85% of DPP supporters said they were willing to fight for the island in the event of an invasion, compared with 48% of KMT voters and 54% of TPP voters"
85% of DPP supporters said they were willing to fight for the island in the event of an invasion, compared with 48% of KMT voters and 54% of TPP voters"
August 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"50% of DPP supporters see the US as a trustworthy ally, whereas just 3% of KMT supporters and 10% of TPP supporters think so.
85% of DPP supporters said they were willing to fight for the island in the event of an invasion, compared with 48% of KMT voters and 54% of TPP voters"
85% of DPP supporters said they were willing to fight for the island in the event of an invasion, compared with 48% of KMT voters and 54% of TPP voters"
How can the Chinese government make officials accountable in the age of high-tech innovation?
Before, GDP was the KPI for measuring a successful official.
But what is the KPI for innovation? How can risks be taken while avoiding excessive waste?
Great interview to Yuen Yuen Ang:
Before, GDP was the KPI for measuring a successful official.
But what is the KPI for innovation? How can risks be taken while avoiding excessive waste?
Great interview to Yuen Yuen Ang:
August 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
How can the Chinese government make officials accountable in the age of high-tech innovation?
Before, GDP was the KPI for measuring a successful official.
But what is the KPI for innovation? How can risks be taken while avoiding excessive waste?
Great interview to Yuen Yuen Ang:
Before, GDP was the KPI for measuring a successful official.
But what is the KPI for innovation? How can risks be taken while avoiding excessive waste?
Great interview to Yuen Yuen Ang:
Lee Kuan Yew vinculó el éxito económico de Singapur al aire acondicionado:
July 31, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Lee Kuan Yew vinculó el éxito económico de Singapur al aire acondicionado:
"A report on global AI attitudes (...) found that China leads the world in enthusiasm.
About 80% of Chinese respondents said they were “excited” about new AI services—compared with just 35% in the US and 38% in the UK." www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/28/1...
About 80% of Chinese respondents said they were “excited” about new AI services—compared with just 35% in the US and 38% in the UK." www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/28/1...
Chinese universities want students to use more AI, not less
Unlike the West, where universities are still agonizing over how students use AI in their work, top universities in China are going all in.
www.technologyreview.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"A report on global AI attitudes (...) found that China leads the world in enthusiasm.
About 80% of Chinese respondents said they were “excited” about new AI services—compared with just 35% in the US and 38% in the UK." www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/28/1...
About 80% of Chinese respondents said they were “excited” about new AI services—compared with just 35% in the US and 38% in the UK." www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/28/1...