How is China supporting Russia after it was sanctioned for Ukraine war? (www.bbc.com)
Note: There are diagrams I can’t post here, it may be worth clicking the link....
Hungarian MP says Taiwan is a better alternative to China as a strategic partner (www.taipeitimes.com)
Hungarian Member of Parliament Tompos Marton, who is the vice president of the opposition Momentum Party, made the remarks in an interview with the Central News Agency on Sunday....
China accused of targeting citizens studying abroad for political activism, with some students reporting harassment of family members back home (english.alarabiya.net)
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Former spy for China's secret police reveals operations targeting dissidents in Australia and overseas (www.abc.net.au)
The inner workings of China’s notorious secret police unit and how it hunts down dissidents living overseas – including in Australia – have been exposed by a former spy in a Four Corners investigation, raising tough questions about Australia’s national security....
Chinese volunteers joined Hungarian security to harass Tibet protesters during Xi Jinping visit in Budapest (www.tibetanreview.net)
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"A genocidal government": Discussion with Cosette Wu, the woman behind the Harvard speech disruption criticizing the Chinese Communist Party (focustaiwan.tw)
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Philippine military chief accuses China of 'malign influence effort' to distract from 'the China coast guard's ongoing aggressive behaviour' (www.reuters.com)
The Philippines’ military chief accused China of a “malign influence effort” on Wednesday, after a local newspaper reported a Filipino vice admiral had made a deal with Beijing to de-escalate tensions in the South China Sea....
China’s property crisis leaves trail of ghost cities in Malaysia and Cambodia (www.dailymirror.lk)
Reports say that round 20 percent of China’s urban housing properties, roughly 65 million units, sit vacant. These “ghost cities” such as Tiandu Cheng, Thames Town, and Binhai sprawl across hundreds of square kilometers, boasting infrastructure, skyscrapers, and public spaces but are significantly underpopulated, with vast...
Chinese network behind one of world’s ‘largest online scams’: Vast web of fake shops touting designer brands took money and personal details from 800,000 people in Europe and US, data suggests (www.theguardian.com)
A trove of data examined by experts indicates the operation is highly organised, technically savvy – and ongoing....
China's New Homes Market Is In A State Of Freefall (www.benzinga.com)
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Researcher says China's "onslaught of cyberattacks" poses significant risks to Taiwan’s national security and democratic processes, warns that "these tactics can be replicated elsewhere" (theconversation.com)
Taiwan is experiencing millions of cyberattacks every day, writes Lennon Y.C. Chang, Associate Professor of Cyber Risk and Policy in the Centre for Cyber Resilience and Trust at Deakin University, adding that “other countries worried about the impact of cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns on their elections and...
In China, where authoritarianism is justified by redefining the term, a woman has reportedly been beaten to death during interrogation after accusing police of murdering her husband (dominotheory.com)
The reason behind the husband’s death is equally uncertain, except to say that he died in prison in East Turkestan (Xinjiang) when serving a sentence for the “crime” of accessing overseas websites, one of six men from the same village to leave this world in similar circumstances....
Chinese fighter jet endangered Australian military helicopter during "unsafe" and "unacceptable" confrontation over the Yellow Sea, Australia says (www.reuters.com)
A Chinese fighter jet endangered an Australian military helicopter during an “unsafe” and “unacceptable” confrontation over the Yellow Sea, Australia said on Monday....
Hungary and Serbia’s autocratic leaders to roll out red carpet for China’s Xi during Europe tour (apnews.com)
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will spend the bulk of his five-day tour in Europe this week in two small countries at the continent’s eastern half, a region that Beijing has used as a foothold for its expanding economic ambitions in Europe....
China to open drone production plant in Russia (uawire.org)
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Video of Chinese Manager Beating African Workers Sparks Racism Debate (www.ndtv.com)
Here is the video (Twitter link, 26 sec)...
China's Xi Jinping in Paris: “It’s a slap in the face that Emmanuel Macron is giving us,” say the Uighurs of France (westobserver.com)
The French president Emmanuel Macron’s decision to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping to France has sparked anger among the Uyghur community in France. The Uyghur people consider Xi Jinping to be responsible for the genocide and persecution of the Uyghur population in Xinjiang, China. Many Western countries, including...
UN declined offers to assist Uyghur asylum seekers detained in Thailand because they feared "China would get angry and reduce cooperation or donations to the agency" (www.thenewhumanitarian.org)
The UN’s refugee agency rebuffed requests from the Thai government to assist 48 Uyghur asylum seekers from China who have been detained in life-threatening conditions in Thailand for more than 10 years, according to internal UNHCR documents seen by The New Humanitarian....
Freedom to Write index says China accounting for a third of the world's jailed writers (pen.org)
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Taiwan warn its citizens against travelling to China amid fears new 'state secret law' could be used to punish regular business activities (www.aljazeera.com)
A revised state secrets law has come into force in China, prompting Taiwan to warn its citizens against travelling to China and rattling foreign companies amid fears the legislation could be used to punish regular business activities....
Philippines accuses China of damaging its vessel at hotly contested shoal in South China Sea (www.reuters.com)
The Philippines on Tuesday accused China’s coast guard of harassment and damaging one of its boats in a disputed area of the South China Sea, and rejected Beijing’s position that it had expelled two vessels from the hotly contested shoal....
‘Watershed moment’ for Tesla as Elon Musk’s visit to China reaps quick reward (www.theguardian.com)
Chinese jets fly sorties over Taiwan strait in show of force as US delegation departs (www.theguardian.com)
Apple’s censorship in China is just the tip of the iceberg (www.cjr.org)
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China's recent campaign against domestic social media targeted falsehood and sensationalism. But the country's state-run media, not to be touched by the purge, are some of the worst culprits. (chinamediaproject.org)
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