Tag: China
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The CIA is soliciting secret tips from informants in the national languages of Iran, North Korea and China
The Central Intelligence Agency is releasing instructions in Farsi, Mandarin and Korean to allow people to share information with the agency without running afoul of authoritarian regimes. “People are trying to reach out to us from around the world and we are offering them instructions for how to do that safely,” the CIA said in…
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China stocks see best week since 2008 on stimulus impact as most Asia markets rise
Chinese markets clocked their best week in almost 16 years as the mainland’s CSI 300 rallied 15.7% this week, buoyed by several economic stimulus measures by the central bank. The last time the index saw a bigger weekly gain was the week ending Nov. 14, 2008. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index recorded a weekly gain of 12.75%,…
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Biden meets Vietnam leader to counter Hanoi’s ties with China and Russia
NEW YORK — President Joe Biden met with Vietnamese President To Lam for talks on Wednesday, aiming to deepen relations with the Southeast Asian country and manufacturing hub and counter its ties with China and Russia. Biden and Lam, the ruling Communist Party chief making his first visit to the U.S. as president, met on…
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China launches probe into Calvin Klein parent over Xinjiang supply chain ‘disruptions’
BEIJING — China’s Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday it was launching a probe into Calvin Klein-parent PVH Group over alleged business disruptions around its Xinjiang supply chain. The ministry said the investigation is part of its “unreliable entities” list mechanism. Launched in 2019 shortly after the U.S. blacklisted Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, the list is China’s version of the U.S. Commerce…
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Russia, Iran and China are using AI in election interference efforts, U.S. intelligence officials say
Propagandists in China, Iran and Russia are using artificial intelligence to create content designed to deceive Americans ahead of the November presidential election, federal intelligence officials said Monday. In a conference call about foreign election interference efforts organized by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, officials said the U.S. intelligence community, or IC,…
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China and Japan end dispute over Fukushima water discharge
BEIJING — China and Japan reached a consensus in August on the discharge of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant, the Chinese foreign ministry said Friday, bringing to an end a diplomatic dispute that had rumbled on for over two years. Beijing called the release “a major nuclear safety issue with cross-border implications,” when Tokyo started…
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10-year-old student at Japanese school in China dies after being stabbed
TOKYO — A 10-year-old student at a Japanese school in China died Thursday after being stabbed on the way to school the day before, Japanese officials said, as they demanded that Beijing do more to protect Japanese nationals in the country. “I consider this to be an extremely despicable crime and a serious and grave…