The Chinese Communist Party Is Setting Up Cells at Universities Across America
on April 19, 2018
It’s a strategy to tighten ideological control. And it’s happening around the world.
China’s Children Are Its Secret Weapon in the Global AI Arms Race
on April 19, 2018
China wants to be the world leader in artificial intelligence by 2030. To get there, it’s reinventing the way children are taught.
China Quietly Rolled Out a Very Big Bang
on April 19, 2018
In 1984, I came to China as a grumpy, uninquisitive backpacker, dragged from crowded bus to uncomfortable hostel to inedible meal by two student friends who spoke Mandarin.
China Wages War on Apps Offering News and Jokes
on April 19, 2018
At the end of last year Bytedance, one of China’s most talked-about technology firms, seemed to have the world at its feet.
Exclusive: China Looks to Speed up Chip Plans as U.S. Trade Tensions Boil - Sources
on April 19, 2018
China is looking to accelerate plans to develop its domestic semiconductor market amid a fierce trade stand-off with the United States and a U.S. ban on sales to Chinese phone maker ZTE that has underscored the country’s reliance on imported chips.
Government Cartoon Portrays ‘Foreign NGOs’ as National Security Concern
on April 18, 2018
As part of the third annual “National Security Education Day” on April 15, several Chinese government institutions released a cartoon warning citizens to be on alert for attempts at foreign political infiltration. The cartoon shows a foreign NGO employee meeting with a Chinese workers’ organization, paying for worker trainings abroad, organizing protests, and providing extra money to his contact at the Chinese organization. Following the cartoon panels is an article describing how foreign spies—often dressed as travelers, diplomats, journalists, or researchers—will try to casually strike up a conversation as a means of initial contact, and then use other means to develop relationships with individuals they discover have access to key government agencies.
NGO cartoon 07
on April 18, 2018
NGO cartoon 07
on April 18, 2018
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on April 18, 2018
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on April 18, 2018
