Tag: US

US must end trade deal with China: East Turkistan National Awakening activists
2Sep By Michael SmithNo Comments
China, USA

US must end trade deal with China: East Turkistan National Awakening activists

In view of China’s consistent engagement in “genocide, organ harvesting and using slave labour of Uyghurs”, the East Turkistan National Awakening Movement has urged the US Trade Representative to ends its trade deal with Beijing and officially recognize the genocide of Uyghur Muslims.“The @USTradeRep must END its #TradeDeal with #China. #America shouldn’t engage in trade with #CCP regime that is engaging in genocide, organ harvesting & using #SlaveLabor of #Uyghurs. We urge the @WhiteHouse to officially recognize the #UyghurGenocide & take ACTION to STOP it,” the East Turkistan National Awakening Movement said in a tweet.Over the years, Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang have been tortured with the objective of eradicating their ethnic identity and the population.According to multiple rep...
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China uses tech as tool of repression to monitor citizens: US commission
31Aug By Mike TrudellNo Comments
China, Market, World

China uses tech as tool of repression to monitor citizens: US commission

According to a congressional commission of the US, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is committed to the production and use of technology that controls and surveys its population.Chairman Robin Cleveland and Vice Chairman Carolyn Bartholomew of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, in a joint statement, said that China's move to use technology as a tool of repression is "politically motivated to sustain the Party"."The Chinese Communist Party is committed to the production and use of technology that controls and surveys its population. The decision to use these tools of repression is politically motivated to sustain the Party," the statement read.Surveillance has become a booming business in China with number of tech start-ups moving in to meet the market demand with the go...
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China denounces statement of ‘five eyes’ on Hong Kong as meddling
30Aug By Mike TrudellNo Comments
China, USA, World

China denounces statement of ‘five eyes’ on Hong Kong as meddling

The Chinese embassy in Canada has denounced the five eyes alliance for their statement on Hong Kong government's disqualification of candidates and postponement of Legislative Council elections.On July 9, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States (the five eyes) had said that the disqualification of candidates and postponement of elections have undermined the democratic process that has been fundamental to Hong Kong's stability and prosperity.In a sharp response, the Chinese embassy in Canada, in a statement said, “…the foreign ministers of Canada and other countries made a statement which once again contained irresponsible comments on the Hong Kong affairs and amounted to gross interference in China's domestic affairs. China expresses its strong dissatisfac...
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China’s presence in Arctic poses military threat to West
23Aug By Mike TrudellNo Comments
China, World

China’s presence in Arctic poses military threat to West

Melting ice in Arctic Circle has raised the focus for Donald Trump's administration over the presence of china’s navy and its effort to strengthen its knowledge of the Arctic. According to the 2020 Nordic Report, China has made efforts to lay the necessary diplomatic groundwork to justify future military activities but creation of new sea due to melting ice could offer china’s submarines a clear path which could pose a military threat to the West.US forces commander, Admiral James Foggo, said: "The diminishing ice coverage is causing competition to emerge in this new area”.“The High North is attracting global interest with abundant natural resources and opening maritime routes that have not been navigable before", Admiral Foggo added.Pentagon in its warning also said: "The diminishing ice ...
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Fierce competition starts between US, China for energy corridors in central asia
21Aug By Mike TrudellNo Comments
Asia, China, World

Fierce competition starts between US, China for energy corridors in central asia

Amid already heightened tensions between the United States and China, the Trump administration has now called "for a new alliance of democracies" to counter China's aggressive policies, and, in a retaliatory move, Beijing has begun adding more potential new trade and energy corridors linking Central Asia with South Asia and the Middle East.To counter China's aggressive expansionist policies in the South China Sea, the US has decided to have a quadrilateral alliance with Japan, Australia and India.Maleeha Lodhi, who has served as Pakistan's ambassador to Britain, the US and the United Nations said, “Fundamental realignments are taking place across the world at a challenging, transformative time in international affairs when global power is shifting to the East. Our region is no exception an...
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Two Chinese hackers charged by US for targeting computer systems of companies developing COVID-19 vaccines
30Jul By Mike TrudellNo Comments
World

Two Chinese hackers charged by US for targeting computer systems of companies developing COVID-19 vaccines

Two Chinese hackers working with the Ministry of State Security have been charged with global computer intrusion campaign targeting intellectual property and confidential business information, including COVID-19 research, the US Department of Justice said.The indictment alleged that the two former computer engineers, identified as Li Xiaoyu, 34, and Dong Jiazhi, 33, conducted a hacking campaign lasting more than ten years, targeting companies in countries with high technology industries, including the United States, Australia, Belgium, Germany, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Spain, South Korea, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.It was also alleged that the two had hacked companies engaged in high-tech manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and gaming software development, and with targeting diss...
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US welcomes UK’s Huawei ban, says carriers like Jio have prohibited its equipment
24Jul By Mike TrudellNo Comments
World

US welcomes UK’s Huawei ban, says carriers like Jio have prohibited its equipment

The United States has welcomed United Kingdom’s decision to ban Huawei from future 5G networks with US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo saying that now, London joins a growing list of countries from around the world that are standing up for their national security by prohibiting the use of “untrusted, high-risk vendors”.“We welcome news that the United Kingdom plans to ban Huawei from future 5G networks and phase out untrusted Huawei equipment from existing networks. With this decision, the UK joins a growing list of countries from around the world that are standing up for their national security by prohibiting the use of untrusted, high-risk vendors,” Pompeo said.Pompeo, in a statement said that clean carriers like Jio in India and others have also prohibited the use of the Chinese company...
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Trump signs Hong Kong Autonomy Act, ends city’s preferential trade status
24Jul By Michael SmithNo Comments
USA

Trump signs Hong Kong Autonomy Act, ends city’s preferential trade status

In response to Beijing’s moves against Hong Kong, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order ending the city’s preferential trade treatment, and gave way to a bill that would require sanctions against foreign individuals and banks for contributing to the erosion of Hong Kong’s autonomy."Today, I signed legislation and an Executive Order to hold China accountable for its oppressive actions against the people of Hong Kong," Trump said while addressing the media.Trump said he signed Hong Kong Autonomy Act which will give powerful new tools to hold China responsible. The Act will allow the Trump administration to levy sanctions against foreign individuals and banks for contributing to the erosion of Hong Kong's autonomyThe signing of the Act comes two weeks after imposition of the Hon...
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US will impose sanctions on some Huawei employees: Mike Pompeo
24Jul By Mike TrudellNo Comments
World

US will impose sanctions on some Huawei employees: Mike Pompeo

The United States has said that it will impose travel bans on employees of Huawei and other Chinese companies which the U.S. determines are assisting “regimes” in cracking down on human rights, including in China's western Xinjiang province.“The State Department will impose visa restrictions on certain employees of the Chinese technology companies like Huawei that provide material support to regimes engaging in human rights violations and abuses,” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a news conference.He also said that he will visit Britain and Denmark next week, shortly after the UK announced its ban on Huawei’s participation in developing the country’s 5G network over concerns that sensitive data could be compromised by the Chinese Communist Party.Pompeo said Huawei employees found ...
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UK poised to phase out Huawei from 5G network
23Jul By Mike TrudellNo Comments
World

UK poised to phase out Huawei from 5G network

Facing a rebellion from MPs and US, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has assured that the nation will phase Chinese company Huawei out of country's 5G mobile phone network.According to several media reports, the UK Prime Minister is facing heat from the Conservative Party over Huawei with many Ministers claiming that the company provides China, a chance to spy.The decision comes in the backdrop of US designating Chinese telecom companies Huawei and ZTE Corp as national security threats, saying they have close ties with the Chinese Communist Party and China's military apparatus.The decision to phase Huawei out of 5G networks could escalate tensions between the US and China, especially when it comes in the wake of China's decision to impose national security law in Hong Kong. Beijing's decisi...
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