Delete America, GPS, and BeiDou

Delete America (Delete-A) intensifies within China..

This began years ago. We saw the directive to government employees in 2023 to stop using Apple products (Apple stocks cratered that week, as largest cohort of users worldwide were inside China at the time…). But in the last days, Zion, as ever, is the gift which keeps on givin’ to the rising Afro-Asian Century..

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China is aggressively removing foreign software and applications from its critical information technology systems. This program is informally known as “Delete-America”, or “Delete-A”, and involves all software applications and in almost all industries.

The Global Positioning System (GPS) and satellite navigation is a critical function in scores of industries. GPS is owned by the United States government, and its replacement with Chinese domestic technology is an imperative for China’s policymakers.

China has developed their own satellite navigation system, called BeiDou, as a home-grown alternative to GPS. BeiDou already boasts higher degrees of accuracy and reliability, and is less susceptible to interference and jamming. It is particularly more accurate outside the United States and Western Europe, and is being quickly adopted by users across South Asia, South America, and Africa.

Resources and links:

🔻Wall Street Journal, China Intensifies Push to ‘Delete America’ From Its Technology
https://www.wsj.com/world/china/china-technology-software-delete-america-2b8ea89f

🔻LA Times, China Asks U.S. Apology, Damages for Search of Ship
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-06-mn-32214-story.html

🔻GPS World, China’s BeiDou challenges US GPS dominance
https://www.gpsworld.com/chinas-beidou-challenges-u-s-gps-dominance/

🔻Will Chinese BeiDou Surpass American GPS?
https://www.paradigmshift.com.pk/beidou-china/

🔻South China Morning Post, After 30 years, China’s BeiDou is a GPS rival. Will the world enter its orbit?
https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3277511/after-30-years-chinas-beidou-gps-rival-will-world-enter-its-orbit

🔻GPS World, China’s BeiDou, GPS and great power competition
https://www.gpsworld.com/chinas-beidou-gps-and-great-power-competition/

🔻50 Uses and Applications of GPS, by Industry
https://grindgis.com/gps/50-uses-or-applications-of-gps