In a move that could rankle Beijing, the Biden administration is planning to issue new restrictions on American investments in certain advanced industries in China to protect ‘national security threats’, New York Times reported on Wednesday citing people familiar with the deliberations.
America’s national security experts made a compelling case against the popular social media application TikTok owned in part by the Chinese government, stating that it constitutes a national security threat, according to The Hill.
Accusing the UK government of “failing to recognise the issues involved”, the report stated that China has penetrated "every sector" of the UK's economy.
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.
the Canadian government ordered three China-originated foreign companies to divest investments in Canadian critical mineral firms due to national security concerns.
Canada's Science and Industry minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said the decision was made after reviewing a number of investments in Canadian companies engaged in the critical minerals sector, including lithium.
China continues to dominate the rare earth elements around the world, while the west is pushing towards self-reliance in the procurement of scarce metals and minerals. However, China does not produce a lot of the minerals, and has instead invested heavily in overseas mines in places like Can
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 16 (ANI): The existing financial distress in Punjab is providing space for corruption and extremism, said an expert while hinting at a rising national security threat due to the state having an international border with Pakistan.
Beijing [China], June 8 (ANI): China has tightened its grip over its dissenting citizens by rewarding those who report their behaviour to the security agency giving rise to online policing.
Washington [US], May 14 (ANI): US-China Commission (USCC) criticized China for using promises of economic assistance investment to help secure its strategic interests in countries and noted that there is a growing awareness that trade and investment with Beijing are not only economic issues
Washington [US], March 28 (ANI): The US on Friday added China Telecom (Americans) Corp and China Mobile International USA to its list of communications equipment and service providers as posing a threat to national security under a 2019 law aimed at protecting US communications networks.
Washington [US], March 26 (ANI): The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Friday (local time) that it is putting AO Kaspersky Lab and two Chinese companies on the list of equipment and services that have been deemed as a threat to national security.