Tag: technology

Chinese Researchers Reportedly View Elon Musk’s Starlink as a Military Threat

Chinese military researchers reportedly view the SpaceX-operated Starlink satellite internet system as a national security threat while suggesting Beijing needs to have the ability to destroy it. An expert suggests that the PLA has no capability to defeat Starlink. A Beijing-affiliated military TV program, “Crazy Warfare Show,” recently published an article analyzing the progress of…


Biden Administration’s China Policy Views the Communist Regime as ‘Integral’ to Global Progress

How do you compete with a potential adversary while simultaneously allowing that adversary to steal your most precious technologies? How do you defeat a rival whom you believe to be vital to your own survival? These are the questions that one is immediately presented with when examining the Biden administration’s long-awaited China policy, which was outlined…


Chinese Buyer Drops UK Graphene Takeover Amid National Security Review

A Chinese company has abandoned its proposed acquisition of a British graphene company after the plan came under the scrutiny of the UK government, British Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said on Thursday. Kwarteng last month ordered an investigation into the proposed acquisition of Wales’ Perpetuus Group by Shanghai Kington Technologies and others “on national security grounds.” In an update on Twitter,…


China Is World’s Largest Hacking Power, Seeks ‘Global Domination of Technology Sectors’: FBI Director Wray

China is the world’s largest malicious cyber actor and its affiliated hackers have stolen more data from Americans than every other nation combined, according to FBI Director Christopher Wray. Wray said that China’s communist regime is engaged in a massive campaign to “lie, cheat, and steal their way into global domination of technology sectors,” during…


Solar Tech Powers Up: Researchers Develop Method of Harnessing Solar Energy at Night

Researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have discovered a way to generate electricity from solar energy at night, potentially overcoming the problem of intermittency in solar renewable power. During the day, the Earth heats up as sunlight hits the planet, and at night this heat radiates out into the cold outer space…


UK Government to Probe Chinese Takeover of UK’s Largest Microchip Factory

The acquisition of Britain’s biggest microchip factory by a Chinese-owned technology company is to face a full national security assessment. After weeks of pressure from politicians and concerns issued from Washington, the UK’s Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng confirmed the government would examine whether the takeover of Newport Wafer Fab by Nexperia, a subsidiary of the…


Airbnb Announces Domestic Business Withdrawal From China

Airbnb announced Tuesday that it will discontinue domestic operations in China and instead focus on serving Chinese users traveling abroad amid the ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns in China. The San Francisco-based company said in a letter posted to its social media account that it will remove all Chinese listings and experiences from its platform on July…


China’s C919 Airliner: The Good News and the (Mostly) Bad News

Commentary In mid-May, the first C919 intended for the first airline customer had its first flight. This is good news for China’s dream of becoming a world-class builder of passenger jets. The bad news is, it’s going to be expensive. A C919 could cost as much as an Airbus A320 or a Boeing 737. That’s…


Apple Projects Billions in Revenue Loss Over Supply Constraints from China Amid Lockdowns

Beijing’s strict COVID-19 control policies have significantly limited Apple’s consumer product output, according to one of its suppliers. In April, the iPhone maker predicted that supply constraints would cost the company up to $8 billion in revenue for the current quarter. Taiwanese contract manufacturer Pegatron, one of Apple’s largest suppliers for specific iPhone models, on…


NASA Chief: China is ‘Pretty Good at Stealing’ Technology

China’s communist regime is engaged in a campaign to illicitly co-opt American space technologies, according to NASA’s highest-ranking official, who said that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was adept at stealing the United States’ most vital technological secrets. “Yeah, they’re pretty good at stealing,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson during a May 17 House Appropriations…