Tag: technology

Get Ready for a New Roaring Twenties

Commentary On New Year’s Eve of 2019, revelers gathered around the globe to ring in a new decade. Many jubilantly attended “Roaring Twenties” parties, adorned in elegant evening wear, cloche and Panama hats, and knickerbockers, harkening back to an exciting, culturally vibrant era of economic prosperity. But whatever veiled hopes partygoers had for a booming…


Lawmaker Says US Tech Companies Should Not Assist Communist China

Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) said it is a “serious issue” that some American tech companies have chosen to please the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in order to do business in China. “I think it is really important that we recognize just how compromised these companies are, when they deal with foreign governments and try to…


US Tech Companies Should Not Assist Communist China: Lawmaker

Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) said it is a “serious issue” that some American tech companies have chosen to please the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in order to do business in China. “I think it is really important that we recognize just how compromised these companies are, when they deal with foreign governments and try to…


Chinese Police Put Walmart on Notice Over Violation to China’s Cybersecurity Law

Walmart has recently struggled in China. After being accused of allegedly halting the sale of products from Xinjiang, the retail giant received a warning issued by Chinese police for alleged breaches of China’s cybersecurity regulations, as the regime tightens its grip on how companies inside its borders process data. According to a report dated Jan. 5 by…


China to Impose New Rules on Big Platforms Listing Overseas

Beijing’s cyberspace watchdog said this week that, starting Feb. 15, Chinese platform companies holding the personal data of more than one million users will go through a cyber security review before listing shares overseas. The move comes amid a wave of regulatory changes to tighten the regime’s grip over big tech companies in China. According to a…


China’s Fighter Jet Sale to Pakistan: More to Come?

News Analysis It appears that China has finally broken its drought when it comes to exporting fighter jets. In December of last year, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) announced that it would soon acquire 25 Chinese-made J-10C combat aircraft. These fighters could be deployed as early as March. This purchase was a long time coming….


China Seeks Space Dominance With 40 Planned Launches in 2022

China’s communist regime plans to continue its efforts to win the new space race throughout 2022. Thus far, Beijing is on track to achieve at least 40 space launches during the year, including missions to complete its space station, develop a lunar base, and field new satellites. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC),…


China’s ‘Big Fund’ to Secure Chip Independence

Beijing’s campaign for “scientific and technological independence,” especially pertaining to the microchip sector, has received mixed global response. While international industries fear the move could slow innovation and disrupt global trade, some China experts believe the quality and success rate of China’s chip development are low. T-Head, a semiconductor unit of Alibaba, unveiled the E-Ten…


Cyber Attack on UK Defence Academy Caused ‘Significant’ Damage: Ex-Military Chief

A cyber attack on the UK’s Defence Academy last March caused “significant” damage, a retired senior British military officer has revealed. Air Marshal Edward Stringer, who served as director-general of joint force development and led the military’s thinking on the future of warfare, told Sky News that the attack forced the Defence Academy to rebuild…


‘Upskirting’ Has Become a Hidden Industry in China, and It’s Everywhere

At 2 a.m., a woman walked into the bathroom to take a shower not knowing that there was a spy camera hidden in a ventilation opening of the bathroom ceiling. An undercover reporter with the Chinese Communist Party’s official media said that he viewed the secretly filmed footage in an online chat group that people…