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U.S., U.K., and Australia hit Hikvision, Dahua, and other Chinese tech firms with new restrictions
A range of Chinese tech security and telecom companies has just been sanctioned by regulators in the U.S., the U.K., and Australia, including Hikvision and Dahua. It seems a sign of things to come.
The U.S.-China tech battle from inside ZTE
Ashley Yablon, the former general counsel for ZTE, discusses how he uncovered an illegal scheme at the Chinese technology company to sell billions of dollars’ worth of surveillance equipment to embargoed countries.
How private Chinese companies are winning in Africa
Africa-China economic relations are dominated by state-to-state interactions, but Chinese private companies are making a unique impact on the continent’s economic transformation. Here’s how.
The top 10 metaverse companies in China
The metaverse, a concept world of virtual and augmented reality, including games and remote working environments, is the hot new thing for China’s tech investors. Here are the top 10 companies in the space.
Editor’s note for Friday, October 29, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: No sleep for China’s regulators; Netflix announces cast list for Three-Body Problem adaptation; Evergrande averts default, again; Boeing is expected to get green light for 737 Max in China in early 2022; Chinese investors lose money on record number of first-day trades, as Hong Kong loses spot in top three listing venues; U.S. Senate votes unanimously to prevent Huawei and ZTE from receiving new equipment licenses; the Cyberspace Administration of China issues more guidance on data security reviews.
Trump’s secret Chinese bank account revealed by New York Times
Trump International Hotels Management paid over $180,000 in taxes to the Chinese government from a local bank account from 2013 to 2015, and Trump himself has benefited financially from Chinese business connections in more recent years, the New York Times reported.
Fear of a red tech planet — why the U.S. is suddenly afraid of Chinese innovation
Americans are as wrong in their overestimations of Chinese innovation today as they were in their underestimation just a few years ago.
‘New infrastructure’ — China’s race for 5G and networked everything has a new catchphrase
China’s government is hyping the concept of “new infrastructure” — the massive deployment of 5G, industrial internet, and networked everything. What exactly are Beijing’s plans, and will U.S. sanctions on Huawei and other Chinese firms put the kibosh on them?
Will China control the global internet via its Digital Silk Road?
Will Beijing use the Digital Silk Road — the technology sidekick to the Belt and Road Initiative — to grow its control over global communications networks? As the pandemic shocks geopolitics, and the U.S. China tech cold war drives further decoupling, China has an opportunity to make its “cyber sovereignty” vision a reality in many places around the world.
All the sexual assault cases that made national headlines in China this week
It’s been more than two weeks since police in Yantai, Shandong Province, reopened their investigation into Bào Yùmíng 鲍毓明, a former high-ranking executive working for the Chinese telecom firm ZTE, who has been accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting his foster daughter since she was 14. Despite the public attention to the case, the investigation seems to have hit a wall. There has been no official update issued by the police.
ZTE executive accused of years-long sexual abuse by foster daughter
The China Project illustration by Derek Zheng A story of a teenage girl being subjected to long-term sexual abuse by her foster father has gripped…
The shocking arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in Canada: ZTE redux — or worse?
The timing of the arrest and extradition request is rich. While the law enforcement action against Huawei has been in the works for some time, that Huawei’s…
ZTE: We’re totally back in business
Li Zixue 李自学, the new chairman of telecom hardware giant ZTE, stood with new CEO Xu Ziyang 徐子阳 at a shareholder meeting in Shenzhen yesterday…
China should stop exaggerating its technological advancements, says state-owned newspaper editor
From homegrown smartphone brands to high-speed rail, China’s desire to be a world leader in technology is no secret. But recently, a Chinese state newspaper’s…
U.S. Senate clashes with Trump on China’s ZTE
Chinese telecom giant ZTE has had a rocky couple of months. It’s not out of the woods yet. The company nearly shut down after the…
ZTE pays to play
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told CNBC today that his department had struck a deal with beleaguered Chinese telecom giant ZTE to end sanctions for…
Facebook, Huawei, ZTE — the drunken dance
American and Chinese tech industries and their regulators are like a bipolar couple doing a drunken dance where they alternately kiss and try to throttle…
After blinking on trade war, is Trump caving on ZTE?
Yesterday we noted (paywall) the widespread condemnation in the U.S. of the Trump administration’s deal with China to put the trade war on hold merely to…
Trade war rumblings: Will China say no to Trump?
Image: JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty The New York Times reports (paywall) that despite China’s public calls for flexibility, “senior Beijing officials do not plan to discuss the two biggest…
Telecom wars update — Global Times staff are all ZTE tonight!
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Commerce banned American companies from selling components to ZTE, one of China’s big two telecom hardware companies. The…
