"Done responsibly, leadership in AI can boost our future military tech advantage" per @SecDef "But obviously we aren't the only ones who understand the promise of AI" he adds, citing China
2 week agoMultiple employees of Crytek, based in Frankfurt, are afraid, that if their company is sold to China, their software will be used for military purpose by the PLA or China will use its ownership of the company to spy on western militaries and arms manufacturers, using CryEngine
Ben Wallace speaking about the approach of different countries on China: "I am not sure I have a handle on anyone's China policy"
"China's scale, China's power, its speed of its military development." per Britain's @BWallaceMP "It's not good pretending we can send China backwards"
Russia, & China, "They proliferate & use proxies" like the Wagner Group, per @BWallaceMP
2 week agoNew US advisory "highlights the heightened risks for businesses with supply chain and investment links to Xinjiang given the entities complicit in forced labor and other human rights abuses there and throughout China," according to @SecBlinken
Chinese President XiJinping held a phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday
2 week agoTaiwan Ministry of National Defense: 2 PLA aircrafts (Y-8 EW and Y-8 RECCE) entered Taiwan's southwest ADIZ in the morning of July 13, 2021
2 week agoActivists from the pro-democracy League of Social Democrats gathered outside the China Liaison Office on Tuesday, holding up images of political prisoners. Tuesday marked four years since the death of Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo. Photo: LSD
2 week agoHeavy rainstorm has lashed the Chinese capital Beijing since 6 p.m. Sunday with precipitation up to 116.4 mm, according to the municipal flood control department. From 6 p.m. Sunday to 9 a.m. Monday, Beijing registered average rainfall of 65.9 mm
China firmly supports Cuba's efforts in combating COVID19 & maintaining social stability and the US should fully lift its blockade against Cuba. China believes under the leadership of Cuban party and govt, Cuba will surely maintain social stability: Chinese FM on protest in Cuba
[email protected] to warn US companies of risks of operating in HongKong over concerns re China counter-sanctions law & national security law to data security. Will also issue separate warning to US companies on Xinjiang today
US Navy P8 Poseidon AE68AC active near #Taiwan
Yesterday, the JASDF's fighters scrambled to cope with a suspected intrusion into Japan's airspace over the East China Sea.
Germany is in touch with the European Commission over a Reuters report that China's BGI Genomics is passing worldwide personal DNA data collected from prenatal tests to Chinese authorities
Covid-19: Infection of airport worker ends Hong Kong's 33-day run with zero local cases
Covid triggered biggest increase in hunger in decades: UN report
Hotel partially collapsed in Suzhou, Jiangsu. Rescue operation ongoing
2 week agoTaiwan Ministry of National Defense, R.O.C:One PLA Y-8 EW entered Taiwan's southwest ADIZ in the morning of July 12, 2021
Additional applications in China have been taken down - DIDI global
An agreement with two Chinese companies to provide vaccines for the Kovax Initiative to the countries most in need
China military says U.S. warship illegally entered waters near the Paracel islands in South China Sea on July 12
2 week agoA ceiling at a mall in Shanghai (China) collapsed due to heavy rains in the area , no reports of injuries
2 week agoChina launched a Long March 6 kerolox rocket from Taiyuan at 11:59 UTC today, sending five Ningxia-1 (02 group) satellites into orbit, CASC confirms
The Biden administration will blacklist more than 30 companies today, targeting them for various actions. Not all the companies are Chinese, but 14 of them are related to China's ongoing campaign of repression against Muslim minority groups, sources tell
2 week agoHong Kong court orders barrister who organised Tiananmen vigil to remain in custody
Outspoken professor Johannes Chan leaves HKU post after contract expires
According to a polling conducted by the Australian Institute, more than four in 10 Australians are worried China may attack Australia, expressing a level of fear that is nearly as high as among Taiwan's population
EU's top diplomat @JosepBorrellF had a video call with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi today. "Borrell said differences should not prevent contact and exchange between the two sides", per Chinese readout. EU version yet to emerge
2 week agoEuropean Parliament resolution on Hong Kong, notably case of Apple Daily, passes with a majority 578 for 29 against - calls for sanctions on HK / Chinese officials - Beijing Winter Olympic boycott - emergency visas for HK journalists - support for HKers moving to EU
