Washington’s latest unverified list hits at the most vulnerable parts of China’s technology supply chain

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The United States government set off alarms in Beijing with last week’s addition of Chinese entities to an export watch list, as the move tightened the stranglehold on China’s technological supply chain by hitting at its most vulnerable parts. The US Commerce Department added 33 Chinese entities, mostly hi-tech manufacturers, including those that produce laser … Read more

Inside China’s controversial mission to reinvent the internet

Inside China’s controversial mission to reinvent the internet

On a cool day in late September, half a dozen Chinese engineers entered a conference room in the heart of the United Nations district in Geneva with a radical idea. They had an hour to convince delegates from more than 40 countries of their vision: an alternative form of the Internet, to replace the technological … Read more

Hidden infections challenge China’s claim coronavirus is under control

Hidden infections challenge China’s claim coronavirus is under control

China’s official figures for new cases of coronavirus suggest that transmission has virtually stopped in many regions, but local experts have warned that official figures omit important categories of cases. Hubei, the province of origin of the epidemic, did not report more than one new case per day for more than a week, which allowed … Read more