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US chip controls threaten China's technology ambitions
BEIJING (AP) — Furious at U.S. efforts that cut off access to technology to make advanced computer chips, China’s leaders appear to be struggling to figure out how to retaliate without hurting their own ambitions in telecoms, artificial intelligence and other industries.
Exclusive: Albanese could visit China in September, October after ‘in-principle’ invite
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese could visit Beijing in September and October, according to sources close to the Chinese and Australian governments, amid improving relations.
Malaysia, China to Discuss Asian Fund to Cut Dollar Reliance
China is open to talks with Malaysia on forming an Asian Monetary Fund, said Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, reviving a decades old proposal to reduce reliance on the dollar.
Australia bans TikTok from federal government devices
Australia has become the last of the “Five Eyes” security partners to ban the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from its federal government's devices. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said in a statement Tuesday that based on intelligence and security agencies’ advice, that ban would come into effect “as soon as practicable.” The so-called Five Eyes intelligence-sharing partners -- the United States, Canada, Britain and New Zealand -- have taken similar steps. TikTok is owned by the Chinese technology company Bytedance and has long maintained that it does not share data with the Chinese government. TikTok objected to the decision, saying it was "driven by politics, not by fact.”
In Depth: How China’s Export Surge Left the Shipping Industry With a Hangover
Falling freight rates are a sign of overcapacity in the sector, just as a host of new vessels ordered during boom times are about to be delivered
Australia Bans TikTok From Government Devices Amid Security Concerns
With the decision, Australia joins the U.S. and all other members of the so-called Five Eyes intelligence alliance in restricting government access to the video-sharing app
New Chinese ambassador demonstrates drive to deepen North Korea ties
Beijing and Pyongyang looking to counter U.S.-led security order in East Asia
01Fintech, a PE firm founded by former-Ant Group executive, receives investment from Sinar Mas Financial Services and establishes strategic partnership with the Indonesia conglomerate to support its digital transformation and fintech investments
/PRNewswire/ -- 01Fintech, a growth stage private equity (PE) firm specialising in financial technology in Southeast Asia, announced today a strategic...
Analysis: China's intensifying nuclear-armed submarine patrols add complexity for U.S., allies
China is for the first time keeping at least one nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine constantly at sea, according to a Pentagon report - adding pressure on the United States and its allies as they try to counter Beijing's growing military.
Record drop in Hong Kong labour force as 94,000 workers call it quits in 2022
According to Census and Statistics Department data, labour force including foreign domestic workers fell 2.4 per cent year on year to 3,776,300 in 2022.
Alibaba’s break-up plan has employees worried about their future
Some employees say the separation could hinder communication between units, and reduce outsiders’ trust of smaller departments.
Without advanced chips, can China’s smartphone industry survive?
Chinese smartphone firms are facing an ‘innovation or die’ situation, as multinationals look to diversify and the United States ratchets up export controls on advanced semiconductor chips, industry insiders say.
Heartland lawmakers push bans on Chinese purchases of American farms
With relations between the United States and China near a 40-year low, Chinese ownership of American farmland has suddenly flared into controversy.
Binance's BNB, Bitcoin Tumble After Crypto Twitter Personality Cobie's Wild Guess
@cobie's encrypted message read: "Interpol Red Notice for CZ," Binance's CEO. After someone cracked the code, the post spooked markets, even though it was just a rumor.
CFTC allegations and $1 billion lawsuit for Binance: Law Decoded, March 27–April 3
MakerDAO passes a new constitution, Beaxy stops its operations and Binance gets two lawsuits in one week.
Jiang Yanyong, Tiananmen doctor and forgotten SARS whistleblower
Chinese Lives is a weekly series that looks at notable figures from all eras of Chinese history.
No ‘Beijing Consensus’: Why the U.S. risks a Pyrrhic victory in confronting China
How will the coronavirus reshape China’s domestic and international standing? What lies ahead for U.S.-China relations and the international order?
Editor’s note for Friday, June 26, 2020
A note from today’s editor of the The China Project Access newsletter.
Australia investigates politician over Beijing influence allegations
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) conducted an unprecedented raid of the house of a Labor party politician, Shaoquett Moselmane, this morning. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, they were “searching for evidence to support allegations of a Chinese government plot unfolding on Australian soil.”
When China’s reformers believed anything was possible: 100 days in 1898
While the reformers themselves all ended up exiled, in prison, or dead, many of their policies were eventually taken up by the very person who crushed them.
TikTok: The one China-based app to explode globally
TikTok is now the only China-based app to gain significant traction overseas. As a result, its experience serves as a natural experiment in how foreign regulators react to such a situation.
Editor’s note for Thursday, June 25, 2020
Dear Access member, The Chinese Foreign Ministry has confirmed the link between the arbitrary detentions and prosecutions of two Canadians, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, and…
Editor’s note for Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Dear Access member, Happy Dragon Boat Festival to our Asia-based readers, who are receiving this on June 25. You may enjoy a video we previously published…
Editor’s note for Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Dear Access member, The big news today is our top story: China has launched the final satellite in an array that completes its competitor to GPS…
Editor’s note for Monday, June 22, 2020
Dear Access member, Some notes from today’s news: “China is losing India,” says Foreign Affairs magazine. The Financial Times says there “is now near-consensus in the Indian…