The UK on Thursday became the latest to ban the Chinese social media app TikTok on government devices, following similar moves by Belgium, the EU, Canada, and the United States. It also comes after TikTok said it’s facing a total ban in the United States unless the company’s Beijing-based parent ByteDance sells its stake. Announcing the ban…
Chinese Consulate Beating Investigation Still Ongoing, Manchester Police Say
March 14, 2023
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The investigation into the beating of a Hong Kong protester is still ongoing months after the Chinese diplomats allegedly involved have left the UK, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) have confirmed. In an email to The Epoch Times on Friday, a spokesperson confirmed that the investigation was “ongoing,” adding, “We will not be able to comment…
UK Foreign Policy Update Says Communist China Poses ‘Epoch-Defining Challenge’
March 13, 2023
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The UK will launch a new MI5 unit to help businesses manage security risks and a new initiative to improve sanctions enforcement, and increase funding to build expertise on China, the government said on Monday as it designated communist China as an “Epoch-Defining challenge.” In a long-anticipated update to the UK’s major foreign policy revamp in…
UK Calls Out China As AUKUS Announcement Looms
The United Kingdom’s High Commissioner to Australia has called the Chinese regime a “challenge” to the UK’s values and interests. This comes just prior to the joint announcement by the UK, Australia and the United States. Speaking at the National Press Club in Canberra, UK’s High Commissioner to Australia, Vicki Treadell, noted that Beijing was…
UK Assessing Risk of Collaborating With China on Research, Minister Says
March 9, 2023
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The UK government is assessing the national security risk of all Sino–British research and innovation links, a minister said on Wednesday. Responding to concerns raised by Liberal Democrat MP Alistair Carmichael about national security risks in genomics, particularly in collaborating with Chinese genomics company BGI, science minister George Freeman said MPs are “well aware that we have to…
British Defence Industry Taking ‘Forensic Look’ to Minimise Chinese and Russian Infiltration, Minister Says
March 9, 2023
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The UK government and defence suppliers are seriously examining the supply chain for Chinese or Russian infiltration such as Chinese surveillance equipment, Defence Procurement minister Alex Chalk said on Monday. It comes after a recent Mail on Sunday investigation found that at least six army bases had surveillance cameras made by China’s Hikvision or Dahua at their…
Danish Defense Ministry Bans TikTok on Employee Work Phones
COPENHAGEN, Denmark—NATO-member Denmark’s Defense Ministry on Monday banned its employees from having video-sharing app TikTok on their work phones as a cybersecurity measure. It’s the latest government-related ban over security and data privacy for the app, which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd.. In a statement, the ministry said the Scandinavian country’s Center for Cyber…
Argentina Asks UK to Resume Negotiations Over Falklands Sovereignty
March 3, 2023
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Argentina has again asked the UK to restart negotiations over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, the Argentine Foreign Ministry has said. Argentina has continued to lay territorial claims to the British-run islands in the South Atlantic, over which the two countries fought a war in 1982, costing hundreds of lives. Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago…
MPs Told UK Universities Need Broader Risk Awareness of Chinese Collaboration
March 2, 2023
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While there has been greater awareness in British universities and better government support in the past years around the risks of research collaboration with Chinese institutions, government guidelines and risks awareness among academics are still “quite narrow,” a committee of MPs heard. Giving evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday during an ad-hoc hearing on…
China Hiring Western Military Pilots ‘Unacceptable’: UK Air Force Chief
March 2, 2023
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The chief of Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) has said it is “unacceptable” that former military pilots are being recruited to train Chinese armed forces, and Western intelligence agencies have shared information to warn pilots against working for Beijing. The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) issued an intelligence alert in October 2022 after it was…
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