China's “internet police” force, which had 1,200 officers in 2016, has ramped up questioning of those who criticize the government's coronavirus response
Paul Mozur / New York Times : Tweets: @newportwonk and @telltaleatheist Tweets: @newportwonk : “Officers arrive with an unexpected rap at the door of online critics. They drag off offenders for hours...
Sources: China summoned US and global tech giants to warn of dire consequences if they cooperate with Trump bans, hinting US companies should lobby against bans
SAN FRANCISCO — The Chinese government this past week summoned major tech companies from the United States and elsewhere to warn … Tweets: @paulmozur , @hawleymo , @kateconger , @mdudas , and @matthew...
Investigation finds Huawei has received ~$1.6B in Chinese government grants over past ten years, heavily subsidized land, and favorable export financing terms
and the benefits of state aid.” https://twitter.com/... Dr Arvind Virmani / @dravirmani : #Professor🤡Phd: “ Communist Party's definition of lies, subsidies, theft, forced, stealing and many other word...
Investigation finds Huawei has received ~$1.6B in Chinese government grants over past ten years, heavily subsidized land, and favorable export financing terms
Huawei has been a major beneficiary of Chinese state subsidies and grants — A replica of the Palace of Versailles … Tweets: @rwmcmorrow , @akannampilly , @dravirmani , and @paulmozur Tweets: Ryan Mc...
Facebook's revenue from China-based advertisers reached an estimated $5B in 2018, or about 10% of its total sales, helped by its local advertising resellers
SHENZHEN — Facebook's apps and websites have been blocked in China for years. The company has no office in the country that supports its social networking services. Tweets: @paulmozur and @dorianelau...
Some Twitter users in China, of which there are 3.2M, face detention and threats in Beijing's broad and punitive new censorship push
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How China-based Bytedance, worth ~$75B, has crossed borders with relative ease by focusing on apps with light, affirming fare aimed toward young people
BEIJING — A Chinese internet company that serves up homemade break-dancing videos, dishy news bites and goofy hashtag challenges … Tweets: @zhonggg , @nytimesbusiness , @nytimes , @paulmozur , and @ny...
Sources: Chinese spies inserted tiny chips onto products from US-based motherboard giant Supermicro to infiltrate ~30 US companies including Amazon and Apple
There's recent news about some really interesting hardware implants. Nicholas Weaver / Lawfare : The China SuperMicro Hack: About That Bloomberg Report Andrew Marino / The Verge : Vergecast: Chinese s...
How the Chinese government, long suspicious of internet companies, is now keen on harnessing tech companies' capital and knowledge to realize its goals
The government in China, long suspicious of internet companies, now sees ambitious titans like Tencent and Alibaba as useful partners. Tweets: @scs_disputes , @nytimes , @sophiehrw , and @paulmozur Tw...
China is prosecuting a citizen who shared a critical message on WhatsApp; message was likely obtained by hacking a phone or via spy in a WhatsApp group
which is more than 700 million strong, many of whom are part of a booming middle class — offers both a tempting carrot and a blunt stick http://www.nytimes.com/... @dgtam86 : Mei Jianming, a Chinese a...