The undersea cables are conduits for the world’s data, which makes them valuable strategic and security assets.
China targets Britain’s commercial, academic institutions as government fails to recognise threat-UK report
Beijing’s aspirations to become economic and technological superpower pose ‘greatest risk’ to UK, according to long-awaited parliamentary report.Successive British governments are faulted for focusing on ‘short-term or acute threats’ and failing to recognise China’s ‘whole-of-state’ approach.
Inquiry in Australia considers WeChat ban over security and influence risks
We Chat has come under attack in Australia over its failure to appear at a parliamentary inquiry into foreign interference, fuelling calls for the popular Chinese app – used by a million people in Australia – to be banned.The inquiry, which is looking at the risk posed to Australia’s democracy by social media, heard from major social media firms on Tuesday, including Twitter, TikTok, Google and Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads.But WeChat – which is used daily by 47 per cent of the country’s 1.4 million Chinese Australians, according to Lowy Institute research – has refused to appear.
Japan and NATO usher in new era of cooperation amid China concerns
Japan and NATO have ushered in a new era in bilateral relations with the completion of a deal that will see Tokyo step up cooperation with the world’s most powerful military alliance in several additional areas, amid shared concerns over Russia and China.Collaboration will go beyond traditional security areas and extend to cyber, emerging and disruptive technologies and strategic communications, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday at a NATO leaders’ summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, about Japan’s recently agreed to deal with the trans-Atlantic alliance, called the Individually Tailored Partnership Program (ITPP).
Chip wars: How ‘chiplets’ are emerging as a core part of China’s tech strategy
The sale of struggling Silicon Valley startup zGlue’s patents in 2021 was unremarkable except for one detail: The technology it owned, designed to cut the time and cost for making chips, showed up 13 months later in the patent portfolio of Chipuller, a startup in China’s southern tech hub Shenzhen.Chipuller purchased what is referred to as chiplet technology, a cost efficient way to package groups of small semiconductors to form one powerful brain capable of powering everything from data centers to gadgets at home.
Philippines mulls higher defence budget to tackle South China Sea ‘harassment’
The consideration comes as Beijing warned that involving a third party to resolve the maritime dispute could turn the South China Sea into a ‘sea of war’The Philippines will also buy cruise missiles, artillery systems in military posturing to ‘drive away’ Chinese fishing boats near the energy-rich Recto Bank. Chinese vessels have swarmed, Philippine-claimed Iroquois Reef in apparent tit-for-tat response to newly-enhanced military ties with the US.
Germany’s new China strategy marks break with past as new emphasis placed on de-risking
Blueprint backs EU’s strategy and highlights economic and political risks, but makes clear that decoupling remains off the tableReport makes break with Angela Merkel era as Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock says Berlin must take a new course because ‘China has changed’.
Pakistan: Four soldiers killed, five others injured after terrorist attack in Balochistan
Foreign direct investment in China fell to $20 billion in the first quarter from $100 billion a year earlier, hurting an already struggling economy
Desperate for capital and with their economies struggling, China’s cities are wooing Western businesses with previously unavailable goodies. Beijing has labeled 2023 the “Year of Investing in China” and local officials have embarked on promotional tours overseas to drum up interest from investors.
U.S. big tech won’t shake its China addiction
For companies like Apple, Microsoft, Tesla and Qualcomm, decoupling has not dented Chinese marketThe leaders of America’s most powerful tech companies have been parading through Beijing since early spring, following the end of COVID-19 controls and the gradual reopening of China. Even chilly U.S.-China tensions have not stood in the way of a resumption of pre-pandemic business dialogue.
