Category: China
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China intensifies cyber-espionage to monitor Tibetans’ activities
The intensity of Chinese elements carrying out cyberespionage attacks on Tibetans has continued to increase, and the latest expose showed how Trojan installers were used to target Tibetans living outside China. ESET, a Canada-based global security firm, said Chinese government hacking groups used malicious downloaders to compromise a Buddhist trust website to gather sensitive information.…
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Hong Kong’s Liberties: What China Assured and How It Is Restricting Them
IntroductionChina pledged to preserve much of what makes Hong Kong unique when the former British colony was handed over in 1997. Beijing said it would give Hong Kong fifty years to keep its capitalist system and enjoy many freedoms not found in mainland Chinese cities. But more than halfway through the transition, Beijing has taken…
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Men still being favoured over women for China’s top leadership positions
The poor representation of women in China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) has raised suspicion over lowering stature of women in China. Even as China celebrated International Women’s Day, the Global Community raised eyebrows over absence of women representation in China’s top political circles. The current Politburo has 24 men and no woman. According to an…
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Fentanyl Trafficking from China : A Global Crisis needing Urgent Action
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered a stark warning on March 15, 2024, cautioning nations worldwide of an impending fentanyl crisis akin to the devastating epidemic plaguing the United States. Speaking at a United Nations conference in Vienna, Austria, dedicated to addressing the proliferation of narcotics and synthetic street drugs, Blinken underscored the urgency…
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Chinese Companies Undertake Exploitative Mining in Mineral Rich Gilgit-Baltistan
Earlier this month a Chinese national in Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan was arrested for involvement in illegal mining activities in the region. More than 65-ton mica was recovered from the residence of the Chinese citizen and he was suspected of mining in Gilgit-Baltistan without legal documents. He nevertheless secured bail and produced evidence of contract mining with…
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China racing for AI supremacy through subversive means
In the past decade, ever since China’s draconian leader Xi Jinping took political control in the country, Beijing has dedicatedly focused on sharpening its technology ascendence in the global market. This ascendence has however, turned more into a quest of seeking hegemony rather than advancing technologically. China has not only emerged as a global powerhouse…
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Fears on TikTok are being exacerbated by China’s national security policies.
The move toward a TikTok ban took off like a rocket on Capitol Hill this week, but the FBI has warned for years that TikTok could pose national security risks. Why it matters: American social media sites collect data about users and have become breeding grounds for nation-state disinformation campaigns, but experts tell Axios that…
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China Sea Region turns unstable amid growing military expenditures
China’s decisions to make a significant increase in its defence spending this year as well and drop the mention of “peaceful unification” of Taiwan are set to increase uneasiness in the South China Sea region. The neighbouring countries are likely to respond by continuing to allocate more to military expenditure to counter Chinese aggression. This…
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Xi’s dilemma over China’s deliverable internal and external security capacity
While presiding over a meeting of National People’s Congress Standing Committee on March 8, Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed on enhancing capacity for national security to safeguard sovereign interests, hinting categorically about his unhappiness over the country’s preparedness to fight internal and external threats in the face of intensifying geopolitical competition. At the 170-member National…
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Russia wary of Chinese friendship
In the realm of international relations China and Russia seem to stand together like sworn Brothers collectively opposing the Democratic West. Yet recently leaked secret military documents have revealed that this relationship isn’t as solid as it appears. A February 28th Financial Times report on 29 leaked documents revealed that the Russian military has been…