60 dead in China after severe flooding
"Thirty-one people died at a nursing home in Miyun’s Taishitun, a town sitting immediately upstream from the Miyun reservoir and about a 90-minute drive from central Beijing."
--- Interesting, one of the very few times that Chinese authorities gave an update with an increased number of victims. I guess, dozens of deaths in one nursing home alone was just too much to cover up. Doesn't mean that any of these numbers should be trusted, though.
Attacker wounds Japanese national in China with rock: Tokyo embassy
"Media reports about the latest attack in Suzhou were censored on the Chinese messaging app WeChat."
--- Meanwhile, in Japan, 2 Chinese citizens were attacked by 4 people: Attacks in China and Japan raise concerns about xenophobia in both countries Now you could assume - like the AP does - that it's Japanese nationalists acting in a similar way to their Chinese brethren in mind, but that might be a bit premature. It would be not at all surprising if the attack was perpetrated by fellow Chinese over some minor issue (or even criminal activities).
Microsoft Used China-Based Engineers to Support Product Recently Hacked by China
"Last month, Microsoft announced that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had exploited vulnerabilities in SharePoint, the company’s widely used collaboration software
[...] The company did not include in its announcement, however, that support for SharePoint is handled by a China-based engineering team that has been responsible for maintaining the software for years."
--- When you put the fox in charge of the henhouse ...
Parliamentary committee labels China ‘flagrant’ perpetrator of transnational repression on UK soil
"In a report released this week, the parliamentary committee said it had reviewed evidence showing that the Chinese government uses a “broad range” of tactics to target its critics overseas and that — alongside Russia and other authoritarian regimes — it exploits the U.K.’s lack of strategy to address the threats."
--- Yep. & just like in many other countries, it is about time that Western governments wake up & do something against it.
"Without commenting on ICIJ’s findings, Liu Pengyu, a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., said in a statement that “the Chinese government strictly abides by international law and the sovereignty of other countries.”"
China-backed centres at UK universities under threat from new free speech laws
"Jacqui Smith, the skills minister, said the government wanted to ensure that universities were “places of rigorous debate” for all views.
Smith said: “Any attempt by a foreign state to intimidate, harass or harm individuals in the UK will not be tolerated. The government has robust measures in place to prevent this activity, including updated powers and offences through the National Security Act.
“We are also working directly with the Office for Students to support universities in safeguarding free speech and tackling any form of harassment on campus.”
China’s embassy in London did not respond to a request for comment.
The new guidance is likely to force the universities to rewrite agreements with the institutes or face sanctions for breaching the OfS’s free speech regulations in England, particularly new rules that punish universities involved with “a foreign-funded institute [that] imposes an ideological test” as a condition of employment."
--- The title (by the Guardian) somehow implies that forcing universities to uphold freedom of speech was a bad thing.
Nvidia urged to provide security guarantees amid Chinese concerns
"A commentary in China's state-run media, People's Daily, insists that Nvidia must produce "convincing security proofs" to dispel concerns about security risks in its chips and to regain trust in the market."
--- Translation: 'Give us all the technical data, so we can give it to our chip producers.'
Macau democrat arrested for colluding with foreign 'anti-China' forces
FBI director says a new office in New Zealand will counter China's sway, provoking Beijing's ire
U.S. bill targets Chinese repression of Uyghurs
--- China Uncensored features the usual weekend news variety:
Zahl der Unwetteropfer nahe Peking steigt auf 60
"In einem Altenheim im Pekinger Außenbezirk Miyun seien durch die Überflutung 31 Menschen ums Leben gekommen."
--- Das dürfte der Grund dafür sein, daß man ausnahmsweise mal Opferzahlen nach oben korrigierte. Ließ sich anscheinend nicht weiter verbergen...
Sorge vor Datenklau: China befragt Nvidia zu Sicherheit bei KI‑Chips
"Die Internet-Aufsichtsbehörde teilte mit, sie sei besorgt über einen US-Vorschlag, wonach im Ausland verkaufte Hochleistungschips mit Ortungsfunktionen ausgestattet werden sollen."
--- & nimmt das als billigen Vorwand, an technische Daten des Chips zu kommen.
