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China orders more apps removed in crackdown on personal data violations
A number of apps highlighted in CCTV’s annual consumer rights exposé have been removed from app stores amid Beijing’s scrutiny of unauthorised personal data collection. ( read original story …)
FCC Moves Toward Barring China Phone Operator Over Security Concerns
The Federal Communications Commission moved toward barring China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. and ComNet from the U.S., calling the Chinese telecommunications carriers a security risk controlled by the … ( read original story …)
China bans microlenders from offering consumer loans to college students to curb over-lending
China has banned microcredit firms from giving loans at college campuses to curb over-lending and prevent millions of students from falling into debt trap. ( read original story …)
China digital currency: US ‘worried’ as it falls ‘behind the curve’ in race for financial technology innovation
China has been conducting experiments and tests of its sovereign digital currency for more than five years, with the Biden administration only just now showing support for research into the viability … ( read original…
US sanctions drive China towards hi-tech self-sufficiency
Washington’s containment and isolation strategies are having an unmistakable effect on China’s sciencebudget, its direction and global ambitions under the latest five-year plan. ( read original story …)
Encrypted messaging app Signal blocked in China
Encrypted messaging app Signal appears to have been blocked in mainland China, the latest foreign social media service to cease working in a country where information is tightly controlled by the … ( read original…
Ukraine to Nationalize Defense Firm, Keeping China Out in a Nod to U.S.
A Motor Sich engine was displayed in Kyiv in 2017, the year a group led by Beijing Skyrizon Aviation completed a $3.6 billion deal for control of the Ukrainian company. Ukraine plans to nationalize a…
Shanghai Electric Signs Agreement to Launch PEM Hydrogen Production Technology R&D Center, Empowering Green Hydrogen Development in China
As the technology matures, hydrogen has entered a … As one of the largest energy equipment manufacturing companies in China, Shanghai Electric, with its capability for project development … ( read original story …)
China’s on a mission to dominate space internet
China is ramping up plans for government-sponsored satellites to beam internet from space, taking on U.S. rivals like SpaceX and Amazon in the race to own the next frontier of connectivity.Why it … ( read…
Huawei announces royalty rates for 5G phone technology
Huawei Technologies announced royalty rates for the use of its 5G phone technology for the first time, in a move its chief legal officer said was an effort to increase transparency at an event on…
Foxconn Technology Group’s Chengdu Campus Recognized by World Economic Forum’s Global Lighthouse Network as a Lighthouse Factory
TAIPEI, March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Foxconn Technology Group today announced that a second of the company’s factories, a factory based in Chengdu, China, has been recognised by the World … ( read original story…
China deploys more surveillance satellites
China successfully deployed three Yaogan-31 observation satellites on 13 March, with the orbits they were placed in suggesting they are part of the … ( read original story …)
