Tag: technology

Military Unveils Software Designed to Predict Communist China’s Response to US Actions

New software developed by the U.S. military and unveiled last week will help commanders understand how their actions in the Indo-Pacific might provoke China’s ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “With the spectrum of conflict and the challenge sets spanning down into the gray zone, what you see is the need to be looking at a…


The Risks of CCP China’s Digital Yuan Are Understated: Part I

Commentary This is the first of a two-part article articulating the risks of CCP China’s new digital yuan, the e-CNY.   Part I details the risks to people and businesses in CCP China. Part II addresses the geopolitical and geostrategic risks of the digital yuan to other nations and Western-style democracies.      GCHQ, the UK’s…


Huawei Bypassing US Sanctions by Collaborating With Chinese Smartphone Partners

Chinese telecom firm Huawei has turned to partnerships with Chinese companies to bypass U.S. sanctions that have crippled Huawei’s smartphone business.  Once briefly the top smartphone maker in the world, Huawei has been in survival mode since Washington slapped sanctions on the company more than two years ago. The Trump administration said the firm posed…


Former Harvard Chemistry Chair Admits to Taking Tens of Thousands of Dollars From China

The former chair of Harvard University’s chemistry department accused of hiding Chinese ties had admitted to taking tens of thousands of dollars from China, a video presented to the federal court on Dec. 17 shows. The video, shot during federal investigators’ interrogation of nanoscientist Charles Lieber, was played for jurors during the Friday court hearing,…


Man Bypasses Facial Recognition on Sleeping Ex-girlfriend’s Phone by Lifting Her Eyelids, Steals Money

A Chinese man used his ex-girlfriend’s phone while she was asleep and bypassed facial recognition by lifting up her eyelids, successfully stealing money from her Alipay account. The identity theft case has stunned Chinese people and topped search charts of Weibo, China’s Twitter, on Dec. 12 with 490 million views. The Paper on Dec. 12…


World Shares Mixed After Tech-Led Retreat on Wall Street

BANGKOK—World shares fell on Friday after technology companies led Wall Street benchmarks lower as investors weighed the implications of higher interest rates, surging coronavirus cases, and tensions between Beijing and Washington. Benchmarks declined in Paris, London, Frankfurt, and Tokyo but rose in Shanghai. U.S. shares dropped a day after the Federal Reserve said it’s preparing…


World Shares Advance After Fed Steps Up Stimulus Pullback

Stocks have climbed in Europe and Asia, tracking Wall Street’s gains, after the Federal Reserve said it would accelerate its pullback of economic stimulus. Shares surged in Paris, Frankfurt, London, and Tokyo. New York futures and oil prices also advanced. The Fed said it would likely raise interest rates three times next year to tackle…


Chinese Researchers Built Hypersonic Aircraft Prototype Using Design Scrapped by NASA

Chinese researchers have built a prototype hypersonic flight engine based on a design by NASA that was scrapped more than two decades ago.  The development comes months after the Chinese regime tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile that reportedly took U.S. intelligence by surprise.  In a peer-reviewed paper published Dec. 5 in China’s Journal of Propulsion Technology,…


US Funds and Technology Fuel China’s Advanced Weapons Systems

News Analysis China has been able to accelerate the technological capabilities of its military, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), by stealing U.S. technology, accessing U.S. capital markets, and courting American investors. The U.S. defense community has been very concerned over the PLA’s recent test of hypersonic missiles. These technologically advanced weapons have capabilities, making them…


Harvard Professor Charged With Lying About China Ties Goes on Trial

BOSTON—A federal jury was selected on Tuesday in the trial of a Harvard University nanotechnology professor accused of lying to U.S. authorities about his ties to a China-run recruitment program and concealing funding he received from the Chinese regime. The Boston jury will return on Wednesday to hear lawyers deliver opening statements in the trial…