SINGAPORE—Chinese telecoms equipment and smartphone maker Huawei’s sales fell 14 percent in January–March from a year earlier as it grappled with U.S. sanctions, according to figures released by the company Thursday. Huawei Technologies said its revenue was 131 billion yuan ($19.8 billion) in the first quarter of 2022, compared to 152.2 billion yuan a year…
Huawei’s Q1 Sales Down 14 Percent as US Sanctions Remain
China’s DJI Halts Russia, Ukraine Business to Prevent Use of Its Drones in Combat
BEIJING—Drone company DJI Technology Co. has temporarily suspended business activities in Russia and Ukraine to prevent use of its drones in combat, in a rare case of a Chinese company pulling out of Russia because of the war. “DJI is internally reassessing compliance requirements in various jurisdictions. Pending the current review, DJI will temporarily suspend…
Combination of Russian Aggression and Chinese Technology Marks ‘Epochal Shift’ in Global Security: Expert
The convergence of Russian aggression and Chinese technologies presents a new and unique security threat to global supply chains, according to one security expert. Clete Johnson, a partner at Wilkinson Barker Knauer, said that the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the partnership between Russia and China presented an “epochal shift” in the security space, possibly…
Jeff Bezos Raises Concerns About China’s Clout Over Twitter After Musk’s Takeover
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos questioned whether Twitter will fall under the influence of the Chinese regime, hours after Tesla CEO Elon Musk secured a $44 billion buyout of the social media firm. “Interesting question. Did the Chinese government just gain a bit of leverage over the town square?” Bezos wrote on Twitter, responding to a…
Report: Fake Twitter Accounts Spread Chinese Propaganda
BEIJING—A U.S.-based intelligence company says it uncovered a network of more than 600 inauthentic Twitter accounts that spread a positive narrative of China’s far-western Xinjiang region, as the Chinese regime was being accused of human rights abuses and locking up hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities there. According to a report released…
Chinese Military Tests New Hypersonic Missile Amid Talks Between US-China Defense Leaders
China’s navy released video on April 20 depicting a previously unknown test of a new hypersonic missile at sea. The video came just days ahead of the 73rd anniversary of the Chinese navy, and shortly after talks between U.S. and Chinese defense leaders. The missile depicted in the video is likely China’s YJ-21, also called…
Chinese Military Tests New Hypersonic Missile Ahead of Talks Between US–China Defense Leaders
China’s navy has revealed a previously unknown test of a new hypersonic missile at sea. Footage of the test emerged on Chinese social media just days ahead of the 73rd anniversary of the Chinese navy, and just before talks between U.S. and Chinese defense leaders. The missile depicted in the video is likely China’s YJ-21,…
Pentagon’s Joint Command and Control Initiative ‘Unlikely to Deliver’ on Time: Report
The Pentagon’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) initiative, a concept for connecting sensors from all of the military services into a single network, is unlikely to deliver within the timeframe initially hoped for, according to a new report. Experts believe the Department of Defense (DoD) will need to overhaul the program to prevent a…
Another Top Pentagon Tech Official Resigns, Says Breaking Through Bureaucracy Was Like ‘Working to Defy Gravity’
The Department of Defense (DoD) lost another top IT official on April 18, with the resignation of Preston Dunlap, the founding Chief Architecture Officer of the Air and Space Forces. Dunlap said that he was proud of the three years he spent at the Pentagon in an open resignation letter posted to social media, but…
Initial Strategic Lessons of the Russia-Ukraine War
Commentary The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war—even as part of a much larger strategic conflict—has already begun to yield significant lessons for statecraft and military operations. The conflict was far from resolved during April. But regardless of the completion of that military phase, profound and durable changes had been caused to the global architecture. 1. Anything your…
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