South East Asia

China’s Road to ‘Cyber Superpower’ Status

n late November, Daniel Zhang, the chairman and CEO of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, gave a speech at the Chinese government-sponsored World Internet Conference. The event was taking place in Wuzhen, a historic town in eastern Zhejiang province, but Zhang’s intended audience was hundreds of miles away, in Beijing. Just …

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Genuine Nationalism calls for Peace and Friendship with China and Giving up subservience to Imperialists

After reading Bharat Dogra’s article “ For De-Escalation on India-China Border, Government Needs Wider Support of the Opposition”- February 14, 2021 in counter currents, I would like to share my views on this issue. The 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and India in 2020 has …

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Three North Korean Military Hackers Indicted in Wide-Ranging Scheme to Commit Cyberattacks and Financial Crimes Across the Globe

Indictment Expands 2018 Case that Detailed Attack on Sony Pictures and Creation of WannaCry Ransomware by Adding Two New Defendants and Recent Global Schemes to Steal Money and Cryptocurrency from Banks and Businesses while Operating in North Korea, China

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US Government to Stop Buying Chinese-made Drones

In its latest move to address national security threats posed by Chinese-made drones, the U.S. federal government’s purchasing agency no longer will purchase drones from Chinese manufacturers. Citing the inherent threat in using Chinese-made drones, the General Services Administration (GSA) said in a January 12 blog post that it will …

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Standoff Eases After India, China Withdraw Troops From Himalayan Border

India and China are pulling back troops from a disputed border in the Himalayas marking a key breakthrough in easing their worst military standoff in decades. Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh told parliament Thursday that troops would begin disengaging from the strategic Pangong Tso lake in Ladakh that became a …

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Pakistan Army Conducts Successful Test Launch of Surface-to-Surface Babur Cruise Missile

Pakistan Army on Thursday successfully test-fired a short range surface-to-surface ballistic missile capable of hitting land and sea targets with ‘high precision’ up to 450 kilometers away, a press release by the Inter-Services Public Relations said. The Babur cruise missile IA was launched from a “state of the art Multi …

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Tuberville Wants Biden to Retaliate Against China for Sanctions Against Trump Officials

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R., Ala.) is demanding answers from the Biden administration on what is being done in response to China’s sanctions on Trump administration officials, according to a Wednesday letter obtained exclusively by the Washington Free Beacon.

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China’s Sea of Conflict

President Joseph Biden Jr’s.administration faces a host of difficult problems, but in foreign policy its thornist will be its relations with the People’s Republic of China (PRC). How it handles issues of trade, security and human rights will either allow both countries to hammer out a working relationship or pull …

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