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United Kingdom@feddit.uk•UK: If it looks, sounds and behaves like an enemy, why are we calling China a ‘challenge’? -- [Opinion]English
23·2 months agoThere are many reports criticizing the USA, Russia, and all others you have mentioned. In these reports, however, no one is whining and arguing that someone has been “singled out.”
This is a valid comment on China whose government is behaving as an enemy. There is no reason for whataboutism.
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United Kingdom@feddit.uk•UK: China’s fifth-ranking official was suspect in dropped Westminster spy caseEnglish
13·2 months agoLabour secretly sabotaged China spy trial: Ministers’ decision not to describe Xi’s regime in court as an ‘enemy’ led the case to collapse
Prosecutors dropped charges last month against Christopher Cash, 30, and Christopher Berry, 33, who were accused of passing information about the Government’s foreign policy to a high-ranking member of the Chinese government.
At the time, Sir Keir Starmer’s spokesman said that it was “extremely disappointing” that the two men would not face trial [but] the case collapsed because ministers withdrew a star witness who had been tasked with testifying that China was an “enemy” of the UK.
Under the Official Secrets Act 1911, Mr Cash and Mr Berry were accused of collecting and passing information that would be “directly or indirectly useful to an enemy”.
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United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Chinese students at UK universities told to spy on classmates in attempt to suppress discussion of issues sensitive to the Chinese government, report saysEnglish
1·4 months agoChinese students abroad say they face intimidation – (video, 4 min, Feb 2024)
Chinese students at European universities report harassment by their home government for expressing opposition views. Often, the perpetrators are fellow Chinese students. DW reporter Akanksha Saxena met two of those affected in Amsterdam.
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United Kingdom@feddit.uk•The British public deserves to know what UK Energy Secretary Miliband discussed with BeijingEnglish
1·4 months agoThe government’s deals and MoUs with Canada, Ireland, Norway, South Korea and Chile have been made public, while a similar memorandum with the Chinese government haven’t been made public.
Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.orgOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•China-US air freight dropped by almost a third after US tax-free exemption for low-value items from China was removed this month, industry data showedEnglish
1·7 months agoChinese fast-fashion platform Shein to set up huge Vietnam warehouse in US tariff hedge, sources say
Fast-fashion online retailer Shein is leasing a huge warehouse in Vietnam, two people familiar with the deal told Reuters, its first in the country, in a move that could reduce its exposure to unpredictable U.S.-China trade tensions.
Shein, which was founded in China and sells products including $5 bike shorts and $18 sundresses, has agreed to lease nearly 15 hectares of industrial land for a warehouse near Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s commercial and trading hub, the two sources said, declining to be identified because the information was not public …
Vietnam’s other exports to the U.S. face a 10% tariff until July when the levy would rise to 46% if Hanoi does not otherwise reach an agreement with the White House.
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Europe@feddit.org•Romanian expats targeted by inauthentic TikTok videos, pushing populist candidates ahead of Sunday’s Romanian electionEnglish
4·7 months agoEuropean Commission preliminarily finds TikTok’s ad repository in breach of the Digital Services Act – [15 May]
The Commission has informed TikTok of its preliminary view that the company does not fulfil the Digital Services Act (DSA)'s obligation to publish an advertisement repository.
Such an advertising repository is critical for researchers and civil society to detect scam advertisements, hybrid threat campaigns, as well as coordinated information operations and fake advertisements, including in the context of elections.
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Europe@feddit.org•Analysis: The Limited Effectiveness of Western Sanctions on Russia's EconomyEnglish
1·7 months ago“Russia has drummed into its population that sanctions cannot achieve anything.”
Yeah, and now people believe it?
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Europe@feddit.org•European solar-panel lobby calls to restrict remote access of PV inverters from high-risk vendors, urges EU to ban inverters from ChinaEnglish
71·7 months agoThis is rubbish. There are several European producers of solar inverters.
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Europe@feddit.org•‘Rogue’ devices found in Chinese solar inverters raises cybersecurity alarm in EuropeEnglish
3·7 months agoSpain reconsiders possibility of hackers causing blackouts
The possibility of the blackouts being caused by a cyberattack was immediately considered, though the grid operators in Spain and Portugal both said at the time there was no evidence of hacking, a point that was echoed by authorities and politicians.
Now, reports suggest Spanish authorities are investigating whether smaller power generators were a weak link that was exploited by cyber criminals to target the electricity grid, according to the Financial Times …
[The original FT article is behind a paywall.]
Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.orgOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•How Small Town America Stopped A Chinese Communist Party Takeover
0·8 months agoThese ‘rating’ sites may give you a hint, but we shouldn’t solely rely on them.
What is a reliable source in your view?
Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.orgOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•How Small Town America Stopped A Chinese Communist Party Takeover
0·8 months agoWhat is a good source for China-related content?
Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.orgOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•How Small Town America Stopped A Chinese Communist Party Takeover
0·8 months agoThe propaganda on China is elsewhere. It seems unbiased information is not for you.
Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.orgOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•How Small Town America Stopped A Chinese Communist Party Takeover
0·8 months agoThis is not anti-CCP rhetoric, the CCP’s influence on private businesses is a simple fact that isn’t even denied by the CCP.
For example, the party’s infiltration of the private sector gained momentum already after then-president Jiang Zemin called in the early 2000s for the CCP to represent “the advanced productive force” and welcome China’s emerging private entrepreneurs.
Since Xi Jinping came to power in 2014, the CCP’s influence on private businesses have intensified (with the disappearance of entrepreneur Jack Ma after he criticized the CCP supposedly being the most prominent case).
You’ll find ample evidence for the the systematic ways in which the Chinese party-state has been interfering in the private sector. So called “CCP branches” within private firms -meant as a potential lever of control, alongside regulatory tools - are a key of that effort. In recent years, the number of these “party units” has increased dramatically, and the CCP branches have strengthened their role in private companies’ management.















If so, then go to the posts critical of the US here and comment that “everything they say about the US could also be said about China.”