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Experts Tell Congress Auditing for Slavery in Chinese Factories Impossible

Experts, including one of the world’s top researchers on the Uyghur genocide and a senior Labor Department official, told Congress this week that there should be no legal audit to examine slavery and other forced labor in China, particularly in the occupied Uyghur region. stated that it had not been carried out. “impossible.” The experts […]

Majority of Americans See TikTok as a Chinese Influence Tool

A majority of Americans view the popular Chinese app TikTok as a Chinese tool aimed at influencing and shaping public opinion in the United States, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. About 58% of respondents agreed that the Chinese government is using TikTok, owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance, to “influence public opinion in the United […]

Industry group warns of Chinese connected vehicles

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s 60-day public comment period on the national security concerns of connected cars ended this week, with a major transportation group issuing a grave warning about the potential threat to the U.S. auto industry. These threats surround the potential for foreign adversaries, particularly China, to leverage connected car technology to steal […]

Tesla Shares Rise 15% After Sweetheart Deal with Chinese Government

Shares in Elon Musk’s Tesla rose 15% on Monday after the electric car maker reached a key milestone in rolling out its advanced driver-assistance technology, Fully Self-Driving (FSD), in China. For years, Tesla has offered FSD functionality (an “upgrade” to the dangerous Autopilot driver assistance feature) in China, but it was a limited version of […]

Chinese scientist, first to publish COVID sequence, protests lab lockout

The first scientist in China to publish the sequence of the new coronavirus staged a sit-in protest outside his lab after being locked out by authorities. Zhang Yongzhen and his team were reportedly given an eviction notice from the laboratory. The Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center said the institute’s closure was for safety reasons and […]