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Lithuanian PM admits "strategic mistake" over Taiwan question; attracts wi
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
In a recent interview with Baltic News Service (BNS), Simonyte addressed Lithuania's controversial 2021 decision to allow what was termed a "Taiwanese representative office" to open in Vilnius. Reflecting on that diplomatic move, she stated that it was akin to having "jumped in front of a tr
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China's online censorship faces growing public pushback
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
In its latest Quarterly Report on the Situation in China, the council said that China's "digital authoritarian model" has reached a breaking point and is now caught in a self-perpetuating loop of suppression and speculation, as reported by The Taipei Times.
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Taiwan warns of growing Chinese digital espionage threat through popular a
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Taiwan's Ministry of Digital Affairs has sounded an alarm over the rising risks of Chinese surveillance through several popular apps, officially identifying Douyin, Xiaohongshu (known internationally as RedNote), Sina Weibo, Weixin, and Baidu Cloud as potential threats to Taiwan's informatio
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Taiwan's intelligence agency warns of major security risks in Chinese apps
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The inspections carried out by Taiwan's primary intelligence agency on five Chinese social media platforms, including Weibo, WeChat, and Baidu Cloud, revealed significant breaches of users' communication security across various criteria.
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Chinese authorities force Weibo account to change name, spark outrage over
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Chinese authorities forced a popular Weibo account to change its name from "Voice of Comrade" due to its association with homosexuality, sparking outrage among LGBTQ advocates and raising concerns over increased censorship, Radio Free Asia reported.
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Taiwan cracks down on CCP's propaganda push using Taiwanese entertainers
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Numerous Taiwanese entertainers have taken to the social media platform Sina Weibo to assert that Taiwan "must be returned" to China and have shared articles from Chinese state media, as noted by the Taipei Times.
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China's social media under fire over xenophobic content after stabbings
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Following a series of stabbings of foreign nationals in China, the country's social media platforms face heightened scrutiny over the proliferation of xenophobic and nationalistic content. Despite pledges from tech firms to address hate speech, such content remains rampant, prompting concern
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Taiwan warns of China's growing censorship after textbook seizures
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The Chinese General Administration of Customs posted on Sina Weibo that its Fuzhou branch had confiscated three books imported from Taiwan, claiming they contained "problematic maps" that depicted Taiwan as a separate country and did not acknowledge Beijing's territorial claims in the South
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Transgender celebrity's play rejected in China's Guangzhou, sparking outcr
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
According to a report by Radio Free Asia, Jin, a renowned choreographer and dancer, planned to direct and star in an adaptation of the classic play "Sunrise." After her application was turned down, she took to Chinese social media platform Weibo, questioning the decision and suggesting it wa
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China proposes to create cyber IDs, faces criticism from netizens
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Following the Chinese government's decision to come up with a proposal to create a virtual ID system, portrayed as a step to protect their personal information, many people are fearing that the plan would do the opposite, reported Voice of America (VOA).
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Trump's conviction sparks interest, schadenfreude in China
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
As an authoritarian superpower on the rise, China has long sought to portray its political system as superior to American democracy.
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Chinese State media faces harassment from authorities amid Hebei blast cov
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
The actions of local authorities prompted a swift response from the All-China Journalists Association, which issued a statement defending journalists' professional role in Chinese society.
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