US wants allies to cut chip-related🇨🇳exports amid Huawei alarm:”Washington wants Japan, South Korea,the Netherlands to use existing export controls more aggressively, incl stopping engineers servicing chipmaking tools at advanced semiconductor fabs in 🇨🇳” on.ft.com/4bhQT61

Xi Jinping tells Antony Blinken US should avoid ‘vicious competition’ with China. “Noting China was the top supplier of machine tools, microelectronics, nitrocellulose and other dual-use items crucial to Russia’s defence industrial base, Blinken told reporters that Moscow “would…

Macron’s speech was another wonderfully articulated awakening call. But it is not going to lead into a historical watershed moment in Europe.

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“The recent volatility of the yuan, depressed profits and unexpected shifts in external demand are combining to make some Chinese exporters less sanguine abt their biz prospects–and more likely to park their assets in anything but the national currency.” scmp.com/economy/china-…

China's government is censoring what videos Americans can post on TikTok.

European Parliament slams Hong Kong’s jailing of EU national on security charges, calls for freeing of Jimmy Lai: “While the EU has criticised the law, it has not taken any punitive steps against Hong Kong.” scmp.com/news/china/dip…

Paul Triolo Bill Bishop Where’s the irony? The US provides arms to Ukraine while openly saying it supports Ukraine; China helps Russia while publicly claiming neutrality. Washington has never said it’s impartial—it’s helping Ukraine avoid being conquered.

Russia is the aggressor. The irony here is that some forget that countries, according to the international law around the UN, that China so eagerly ‘defends’, are built around the sovereignty of nations and their right to defend themselves. This includes the right to receive…

Macron welcomes Xi by being more concerned over any dependencies on the US than China - and chooses to use Chinese propaganda language to make his point.

“Post more, I will chop your bastard hands off,” Wu reportedly said on WeChat

US court sentences Chinese citizen to prison for threatening person who promoted democracy in China:

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“Most of [Chinese companies in Europe] receive subsidies, so this could lead to a de facto ban from the single market on some Chinese companies in certain sectors. It is a more elegant way of doing so than an outright ban Instead it creates a very significant barrier to entry.”…

🚨 China is providing moorage for Angara, a US-sanctioned Russian cargo ship implicated in North Korean arms transfers to Russia.

Angara, which since Aug 2023 has shipped to Russian ports thousands of containers believed to contain North Korean munitions, has been anchored at a…

Germany might listen but does the Chancellor?

Note to the one-party system what democracy entails: “In the end, an independent court will decide on the accusations.” Emphasis on *independent*.

Chinese government supporter very concerned about free speech.

Once again, I cannot comprehend comments arguing that China is not a party in the arms race because it has fewer nuclear heads than the US.

ByteDance has every right to speak up against the divestment bill and challenge it in court. But this moral outrage feels so fake. When has this company — who happily aids CCP censorship and propaganda in China — ever cared about freedom of expression?