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France bans TikTok from govt devices amid cybersecurity risks
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In the latest move to tackle the surge in privacy and cybersecurity-related risks, the government of France has banned the Chinese video-sharing application on government devices, NHK World reported.
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China's Xi reasserts claims over Taiwan
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
For the "reunification" of Taiwan, Xi stressed boosting the prowess of the Chinese military in the next five years of his unprecedented 'third' presidential term.
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Xi's Siberia pipeline delay signals limits to his embrace of Putin
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Chinese leader's state visit showed Moscow and Beijing united against the West, but failure to agree on the Siberia Power 2 pipeline suggested that economic ties have limits.
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France to ban Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
French Civil Service Minister Stanislas Guerini on Friday announced that France will ban the use of the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok on the work phones of civil servants.
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China 'firmly opposes' forced sale of TikTok
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
China said it would strongly oppose any forced sale of TikTok, responding for the first time to Biden administration demands that the video app divest itself from its Chinese parent ByteDance or face a US ban, reported CNN.
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Swiss banks may impose sanctions on secret Chinese accounts
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Since Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine, the Switzerland government has moved in to impose sanctions on Moscow and its residents by freezing their Swiss bank accounts and so is monitoring closely Chinese wealth, which could be the next target, Global Watch Analysis re
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TikTok CEO grilled in connection with China, calls India's ban 'hypothetic
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Chew faced hostile questioning from the House Energy and Commerce Committee as he verbally danced to make the case that the social media giant is taking "real action" to address national security concerns from US.
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Canada PM Trudeau bows to pressure, lets top aide testify on Chinese elect
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau bowed to pressure from the opposition and agreed to allow his top aide to testify before a parliamentary committee probing alleged Chinese election interference, reported The Age.
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China interrupts Dolkun Isa at UNHRC on issue of Uyghurs, allowed to speak
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
China at the UNHRC interrupted Uyghur Congress President Dolkun Isa from making his statement about human rights situation of Uyghurs in
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Coronavirus pandemic originated from illegally traded wild animals in Wuha
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A recently released report by Chinese investigators has described in detail for the first time evidence that illegally traded wild animals triggered the coronavirus pandemic, reported The New York Times.
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China inaugurates research center in occupied Tibet to promote "national c
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The "Three Consciousness Campaign" seeks to teach the "national consciousness, citizen consciousness, and rule of law consciousness" to Tibetan religious figures, in an effort to control their thoughts and beliefs.
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China's Strategic Support Force combines elements of cyber, space, psychol
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The SSF, established on the last day of 2015 as part of an armed forces restructuring introduced early in Chinese leader Xi Jinping's rule, has no exact counterpart in any other country, according to Dean Cheng, a senior adviser on China at the US Institute of Peace and longtime observer of
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