Commentary In a land of 330 million people, 280 million Americans own a smartphone. Not surprisingly, smartphones are by far the most popular digital devices in our lives. We spend inordinate amounts of time on our phones, scrolling, swiping, and searching for information. Which begs the question: where was your smartphone made? Probably in China. This is…
Is a ‘Made in America’ Smartphone Designed to Protect Users Too Good to Be True?
Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Sounds Alarm Over ‘Stealth’ Chinese Purchase of Cambridge Chip Startup
Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Alicia Kearns on Wednesday wrote to Business Secretary Grant Shapps, calling for a review into the Chinese take over of a UK semiconductor company. She said the investment into Cambridge University start-up Flusso wasn’t reviewed under the National Security and Investment Act because the name of the acquirer was not mentioned…
Traveling Across 10 Countries, Young Chinese Man and Family Flee to US for Freedom
After traveling across 10 countries—including eight in South America—for nearly three months, a Chinese family finally arrived in the United States seeking freedom. The trip was full of hardship and danger, among them surviving a Panamanian rainforest and its swift rivers. For this dream of freedom, Sun Jincai spent the whole summer of 2022 planning…
Japan Says It Scrambled Jets to Monitor Chinese Aircraft Carrier Operations
TOKYO—Japan said on Monday it scrambled jet fighters and dispatched aircraft and warships over the past two weeks to keep tabs on China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier and five warships that conducted naval manoeuvres and flight operations in the Pacific. Japan monitored the operations after the Chinese naval group, which included missile destroyers, sailed between the…
UK Surveillance Tsar Voices Concern Over Chinese Equipment
The UK’s surveillance watchdog said a timeline should be set up to assess the risks of using Chinese-made equipment and to remove or replace them if appropriate. In an interview published on Monday in The Times of London, Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Fraser Sampson likened the widespread use of Chinese cameras and drones to “digital asbestos,”…
‘Sensible Measures’: Universities Australia Backs New Entry Requirements for Chinese Travellers
The peak body for Australia’s university sector has welcomed the government’s move to place new entry requirements on Chinese visitors. Health Minister Mark Butler on Monday announced Chinese travellers would have to return a negative COVID-19 test within 48 hours of departure from Thursday as cases spiked after Beijing dismantled restrictions. Universities Australia Chief Executive…
Overseas Chinese Buyers Rush to Buy Drugs Amid COVID Surge and Medical Shortages
A dramatic surge in COVID cases has plunged cities and towns across China into an extreme shortage of medicines. As millions of Chinese scramble to get their hands on fever reducers, antibiotics, and cough remedies, buyers abroad are rushing to purchase drugs to send back to China. The sweeping purchases are causing alarm in other…
[Premiering 10:30 AM ET] ‘Zero-COVID’ Policy Has Revealed the Breaking Point of the Chinese Regime: Benedict Rogers
Large-scale protests have erupted in major cities across China, calling not only for an end to COVID-19 policies, but also for an end to the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), itself. This was sparked partly by the “zero-COVID” policy of CCP leader Xi Jinping, which has resulted in harsh lockdowns, economic damage, and even deaths….
‘Zero-COVID’ Policy Has Revealed the Breaking Point of the Chinese Regime: Benedict Rogers
Large-scale protests have erupted in major cities across China, calling not only for an end to COVID-19 policies, but also for an end to the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), itself. This was sparked partly by the “zero-COVID” policy of CCP leader Xi Jinping, which has resulted in harsh lockdowns, economic damage, and even deaths….
One Dead in Big Pileup on Chinese Bridge Shrouded in Fog: State Media
BEIJING—One person was killed on Wednesday when more than 200 vehicles were involved in a pile-up on a bridge in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou in heavy fog, rescuers and the CCTV state broadcaster reported. Cars and trucks could been seen crumpled and piled on top of each other on the Zhengxin Huanghe bridge in…
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