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PHOTO ESSAY: In Texas, a former Chinese official targeted by Beijing’s surveillance finds refuge

Friday, December 12 by SRN News

MIDLAND, Texas (AP) - The Chinese government is using an increasingly powerful tool to control and monitor its own officials: Surveillance technology, much of it originating in the United States, an Associated Press investigation has found. Among its targets is Li Chuanliang, a Chinese former... Read More.

A Chinese whistleblower now living in the US is being hunted by Beijing with help from US tech

Friday, December 12 by SRN News

MIDLAND, Texas (AP) - Retired Chinese official Li Chuanliang was recuperating from cancer on a Korean resort island when he got an urgent call: Don't return to China, a friend warned. You're now a fugitive. Days later, a stranger snapped a photo of Li in... Read More.

Trial of Chinese crime gangs in Italian fashion stalls amid sabotage fears

Thursday, December 11 by SRN News

By Silvia Ognibene and Emilio Parodi PRATO, Italy, Dec 11 (Reuters) - A landmark trial in Italy of Chinese crime gangs has suffered so many mishaps - from the disappearance of documents to the resignation of interpreters - that a senior prosecutor suspects it's... Read More.

Temu’s Dublin office raided by EU regulators on Chinese subsidy concerns

Wednesday, December 10 by SRN News

BRUSSELS, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Temu's European headquarters in Dublin were raided by EU regulators last week on concerns about potential Chinese state subsidies granted to the online retailer, a subsidiary of China's ecommerce giant PDD Holdings, a person familiar with the matter said... Read More.

Another Chinese rare earth producer gets streamlined licence for magnet exports

Wednesday, December 10 by SRN News

BEIJING, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Chinese rare earth producer Ningbo Jintian Copper said on Wednesday it had secured streamlined licences for magnet product exports. The new "general licences" are designed to allow more exports under year-long permits for individual customers following an agreement after a... Read More.

Russian bombers join Chinese air patrol near Japan as Tokyo-Beijing tie strains

Tuesday, December 9 by SRN News

TOKYO/MOSCOW, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Japan has scrambled jets to monitor Russian and Chinese air forces conducting joint patrols around the country, the Japanese defence ministry said late Tuesday, amid rising tensions between Tokyo and Beijing. Two Russian Tu-95 nuclear-capable strategic bombers flew from the... Read More.

US criticises Chinese radar incident, says commitment to Japan unwavering

Tuesday, December 9 by SRN News

WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday for the first time criticised the actions of Chinese fighter jets that aimed their radars at Japanese military aircraft last week, incidents that Tokyo described as "dangerous". The two incidents on Saturday near Japan's... Read More.

UK sanctions Russian and Chinese firms suspected of being ‘malign actors’ in information warfare

Tuesday, December 9 by SRN News

LONDON (AP) - Britain announced sanctions against Russian media and ideas outlets on Tuesday as the U.K's top diplomat warned Western nations must raise their game to combat information warfare from "malign foreign states." Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the U.K. was imposing sanctions on... Read More.

Chinese astronauts install debris protection aboard space station

Tuesday, December 9 by SRN News

By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Chinese astronauts have installed protection against "space junk" aboard the permanently inhabited station Tiangong, according to China's manned spaceflight authorities, a month after a docked vessel was damaged for the first time. Early last month, a tiny piece... Read More.

Nepal charges 55 officials, Chinese firm in airport graft case, officials say

Tuesday, December 9 by SRN News

KATHMANDU, Dec 9 (Reuters) - An anti-graft panel in Nepal has charged 55 officials, including five former ministers and a Chinese contracting company, with corruption in the construction of a Chinese-funded airport in west Nepal, officials said on Tuesday. The Commission for the Investigation of... Read More.

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