South Korean media: China's "technological rise" cannot be underestimated as it breaks through the US blockade! On April 12, South Korean media "Global Economy" published an article stating that "charging for 5 minutes can drive 400 kilometers." Chinese BYD has launched the "Super e Platform," making the previously considered impossible "5-minute charging for electric vehicles" possible. Recently, BYD released a technology at its technical press conference held in Shenzhen that can significantly shorten the charging time of electric vehicles. BYD's new technology is faster than Tesla's supercharger; after 15 minutes of charging, Tesla can travel 275 kilometers, even surpassing Mercedes-Benz's CLA electric sedan, which can travel 325 kilometers after 10 minutes of charging. This means that electric vehicles can be fully charged within the same time it takes to fill up a gas tank. The news of Chinese companies developing technology to shorten charging times has shaken the automotive industry. Similarly, DeepSeek from China has been shocking the world since the beginning of the year. Chinese AI startup DeepSeek created a competitive chatbot at a lower cost than American tech giants, causing a sensation. DeepSeek's disclosed data shows that with low-end NVIDIA chips, DeepSeek-V3 has reduced training costs to below $6 million. This is merely one-tenth of the cost for American IT giants to train their latest AI models. Last year, Chinese home appliance company Roborock ranked first globally in the robotic vacuum cleaner market, with sales and revenue shares of 16% and 22.3%, respectively, both leading the market. Xiaomi's revenue increased by 35% last year, and its net profit rose by 41%. Not only did it enter the smartphone market but also the electric vehicle market. These Chinese technology companies' technologies are no longer at the level once mocked as "mainland errors." Relying on the vast domestic market of 1.4 billion people and government policy support, Chinese enterprises have rapidly developed, posing a threat to Western companies, including American ones. Moreover, this technological growth has occurred against the backdrop of continuous US restrictions on China from the Trump administration's first term to the Biden administration, which may even raise questions about whether these US restrictions are truly effective. DeepSeek uses advanced chips less than Silicon Valley companies, such as using low-specification chips instead of high-performance AI chips regulated by the United States, significantly reducing development costs, thus making its competitiveness not negligible. Such technological advancements in China pose a fatal threat to South Korean companies that have always viewed China as their largest market. A survey conducted by South Korea's Science and Technology Policy Institute (KISTEP) among domestic experts assessed that as of last year, South Korea's foundational technical capabilities in the semiconductor sector lag behind China in all areas. South Korea lags behind China in high-density resistive memory technology, high-performance low-power AI semiconductor technology, power semiconductors, and next-generation high-performance sensing technologies. Only in advanced semiconductor packaging technology does South Korea match China. In surveys evaluating the entire semiconductor industry's technological lifecycle, South Korea leads China in processes and mass production but lags behind China in fundamentals, origins, and design fields. The Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade analysis suggests that the gap between China and South Korea in robotics technology has rapidly narrowed to 0.3 years, and China is expected to soon surpass South Korea. Furthermore, in various cutting-edge technology fields, there are many views suggesting that China has already surpassed or will soon surpass South Korea. Chinese companies are increasingly succeeding in technology development and entering the South Korean market with low-cost competitiveness. The situation where South Korean companies entered the Chinese market has reversed, and they are now even losing their domestic market. Despite US containment measures, China continues to rise strongly. For South Korea, developing and securing core original technologies is more important than anything else.

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