While the villages for the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics opened for pre-Games trials on Sunday, Chinese state media slammed the US on the issue of the Olympic boycott being staged by several countries over rights issues in China. It is to mention that the Winter Olympics is set to begin […]
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3 Tech Industry Trends to Watch in 2022
That a few Big Tech companies dominate our digital consciousness with offerings that haven’t evolved all that much over the past 10 years adds to the urge for novel digital distractions. It is telling that TikTok beat the almighty Google as the most popular web domain when 2021 came to […]
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Can the United States Really Decouple From China?
So far, Biden has built on the Trump administration’s decoupling efforts—albeit with softer rhetoric. Last June, the White House outlined a comprehensive plan for boosting production at home to reduce Washington’s dependence on fragile global supply chains , especially those originating in China. It focused mostly on critical industries like […]
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China Slams UK’s Military Intelligence Report, Says MI6 ‘seeing Too Many James Bond Films’
China on Friday expressed displeasure over UK intelligence that alleged indirect interference of the Chinese government in the UK Parliament. Slamming the intelligence reports published by UK Military Intelligence, Section 5 (MI5) in which it said a British lawyer of Chinese descent is “involved in political interference activities” in the […]
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As Another City Locks Down, China Is on High Alert
If you would like to receive China Brief in your inbox every Wednesday, please sign up here . The highlights this week: The city of Tianjin enters a partial lockdown amid a coronavirus outbreak, why Beijing sympathizes with Moscow in Kazakhstan, and China and India hold their 14th round of […]
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University In Netherlands Hit By Funding Scandal, Stops Accepting Donations From China
A Dutch university in Amsterdam will no longer accept donations from China to support a human rights centre. The university was under the government’s radar for the possibility of espionage for the Chinese government. This comes after media reported that the Vrije Universiteit (Free University) of Amsterdam had received funding […]