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A former UN secretary general has called for an overhaul of the United Nations to better confront global challenges as “some powerful nations” seek to undermine the institution. Ban Ki-moon, who was secretary general of the United Nations from 2007 to 2016, said in Hong Kong on Tuesday that the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza…
In June 2020, India and China were engaged in a skirmish along their 3,488-km border. Just four months later, around 10 in the morning on October 12, power went off in Mumbai. It was a Monday, and the outage crippled India’s city of dreams—millions were affected as mobile networks and public transport, including local trains,…
TL;DR: White House technology adviser David Sacks has raised concerns that China is rapidly narrowing the gap with the United States in semiconductor design, estimating the difference is now just one and a half to two years. In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Sacks said Chinese companies, especially Huawei, have become adept at finding ways…
Canada’s cybersecurity agency said Chinese-backed hackers were likely behind recent malicious activity targeting domestic telecommunications infrastructure, warning that three network devices registered to a Canadian company were compromised in the attacks. Source link
National security adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval is planning a China trip next week, his second to the northern neighbour since December, with an eye on delivering a tough message on terror and discussing measures on stabilising bilateral ties. While the occasion will be a meeting of NSAs in preparation for the early September Shanghai Cooperation…
Transport and Internal Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland sent a scathing letter on the subject to her B.C. counterpart Federal Transport and Internal Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland said she does not want any federal money to be used for the four BC Ferries contracted to be built in China, in a letter to B.C. Transportation and Transit Minister Mike…
Helen Bushby Culture reporter at Sheffield Documentary Festival Fish+Bear Pictures Li (left) is posed for a photograph by Hao, during his week-long course in how to attract women To say China’s women are outnumbered would be an understatement. With a staggering 30 million more men than women, one of the world’s most populous countries has…
SINGAPORE – The world is in a state of flux, and countries big and small have to do their part to manage geopolitical tensions and rivalry carefully so as to minimise the risk of conflict and war, said Prime Minister Lawrence Wong. In an interview with Chinese state broadcaster CCTV ahead of his first visit…
A U.S. official told top global semiconductor makers he wanted to revoke waivers they have used to access American technology in China, people familiar with the matter said, a move that could inflame trade tensions. Currently, South Korea’s Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix as well as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing enjoy blanket waivers that allow them to…
With so much attention focused on U.S.-China trade tensions and the threat by the State Department to “aggressively revoke” the visas of students from China, the publication in April of the updated the U.S.-China Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement (STA) has largely gone unnoticed. The Biden administration finished its tenure by expanding technology restrictions along…