Think about what you've done in the past 400 days. The places you've been, people you've met, mistakes you've made, things you've laughed at, cried at. Then think about my colleague Evan Gershkovich, in jail in Russia for the past 400 days for being a journalist. #IStandWithEvan

Forced laborers are being transferred from China’s Xinjiang region to elsewhere in the country in growing numbers, a problem that could test corporate efforts to comply with a U.S. supply-chain crackdown on.wsj.com/3UnB3zL on.wsj.com/3UnB3zL

President Ursula von der Leyen will travel to Paris on Monday 6 May at the invitation of President Emmanuel Macron for a trilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Update on foreign subsidies dawn raids from Chinese biz group:

'The EU has been inspecting Chinese companies' offices for four consecutive days, extracting relevant data from company computers and employees' mobile phones.'

Just in: Chinese foreign ministry spox Hua Chunying confirms Xi Jinping will visit France, Serbia and Hungary from May 5-10 'at the invitation of Macron, Vucic, Suyuk and Orban'

Thanks to Mythili Rao The Guardian for this wonderful “Book of the Day” review of my forthcoming book! theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

After four Germans were arrested this week for allegedly spying for Chinese secret services, I was summoned to the MFA today. A quite telling move – but, after all, a good opportunity to explain a few things:
1) We do not tolerate espionage in Germany, regardless of (1/2)

The Chinese Communist Party has been invoking the spirit of Mao and other revolutionary leaders as it pushes local leaders to save money wsj.com/world/china/ch… via The Wall Street Journal

Krah-Mitarbeiter unter Spionageverdacht: Russland bestellt chinesischen Botschafter ein
#krah #spion
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TikTok suspends its TikTok Lite programme in the EU after European Commission investigation

Tough week for Chinese businesses in Europe

I think this pushback by China gives insight into how they see the world, and is a classic case of mirror imaging.
For MOFA today and whoever wrote this, arrests like this in China would be calculated to send a message or to make a point, therefore that’s what happened here too.

Yo ! Crazy #Deepfake #AI

Act now ➡️ join #JEDIdeepfakeChallenge
J.E.D.I.⚡️ ⚡️ #TheEuropeanARPA

China gets a lot of flak for expelling/denying/harassing journalists. Less covered - how India does the same.

1/A year ago, Chinese scientists published data from samples collected at a Wuhan market at the heart of the COVID outbreak - startling many, given it happened years ago. Then the data got retracted.

Maria Cheng and I tried to find out why. Our findings:
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#Spionage -Verdacht gegen Mitarbeiter von #AfD -Politiker #Krah alarmiert die Bundesregierung. handelsblatt.com/100034427.html…