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Chinese tech giants Tencent, CATL protest US listings as army-linked cos

The US Defence Department has added dozens of Chinese companies, including games and technology company Tencent, artificial intelligence firm SenseTime and the world's biggest battery maker CATL, to a list of companies it says have ties to China's military, prompting some to protest and say they will seek to have the decision reversed. The US has in recent years sought to restrict sharing of advanced technology, including semiconductors and artificial intelligence, deeming it to be a threat to national security. The Defence Department updates its list of Chinese Military Companies, or CMC list, annually. With the latest revision it includes 134 companies. The National Defence Authorisation Act of 2024 bans the Department of Defence from dealing with the designated companies beginning in June 2026. Tencent's Hong Kong-traded shares fell 7.3 per cent on Tuesday and the company said it would initiate a reconsideration process to correct this mistake, seek talks with the Defence ...

Have been talking with Xi Jinping through aides, says President-elect Trump

Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, described Xi as a strong and powerful man who he said was revered in China

Yellen raises issue of China's non-market policies, warns of strain on ties

She underscored the significant consequences that companies, including those in China, would face if they provide material support for Russia's war against Ukraine

China's biggest shipping line Cosco added to US military blacklist

Federal Register filing named it as qualifying as a Chinese military company as determined by the Pentagon, along with Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd

Ban on TikTok thrusts Apple, Google into US-China geopolitical fray

With less than two weeks to go before the ban kicks in, many influencers are recommending that users change their smartphone settings or get "virtual private networks"

Trump's foreign policy focus to be on China challenge: Lisa Curtis

A major focus of President-elect Donald Trumps foreign policy will likely be on the China challenge; and will likely involve building stronger strategic ties with India, an influential American expert has said, adding that Quad will also likely remain an important forum for engagement for the incoming administration. Trump, 78, will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States on January 20, making him the second president in American history after Grover Cleveland in 1892 to be elected to a non-consecutive second term. Trump served as the 45th President of the United States from 2017-2021. A major focus of the Trump Two foreign policy will likely be on the China challenge, whether in the form of economic and military competition, the technology race, or countering China's strategy to dominate the Indo-Pacific, Lisa Curtis, who was deputy assistant to the president and NSC senior director for South and Central Asia from 2017 to 2021, told PTI in an interview. We can expect

US imposes sanctions on China's Integrity Tech for hacking critical infra

China-based hackers working for Integrity Tech, known to the private sector as Flax Typhoon, were working at the direction of the the China government, targeting critical infrastructure in the US

US Defence Bill includes measures to address Uyghur repression in China

Bill includes provisions that mandate the US government to monitor human rights abuses in Xinjiang

Chinese Salt Typhoon hackers target AT&T, Verizon but networks secure

An independent and highly respected cyber security firm has confirmed the containment, Verizon said

9th telecom firm hit by massive Chinese espionage campaign: White House

A ninth US telecom firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans, a top White House official has said. Biden administration officials said this month that at least eight telecommunications companies, as well as dozens of nations, had been affected by the Chinese hacking blitz known as Salt Typhoon. But deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger told reporters Friday that a ninth victim had been identified after the administration released guidance to companies about how to hunt for Chinese culprits in their networks. The update from Neuberger is the latest development in a massive hacking operation that has alarmed national security officials, exposed cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the private sector and laid bare China's hacking sophistication. The hackers compromised the networks of telecommunications companies to

US plans more action against China over telecom hack and cyber threats

As the Biden administration learns about the scope and scale of the so-called Salt Typhoon breach which it attributed to China, officials are laying the blame on companies

Decoded: Why Donald Trump wants to retake control of Panama Canal

Donald Trump's said that the US 'foolishly' ceded the canal to Panama, blaming the 'ridiculous' fee charged to American ships to pass through the channel

Many Americans rely on Chinese-made drones, lawmakers want to ban them

Russell Hedrick, a North Carolina farmer, flies drones to spray fertilisers on his corn, soybean and wheat fields at a fraction of what it would cost him to use a conventional ground spreader. As a volunteer rescuer, Hedrick uses thermal drones to search for people trapped by mudslides and cargo drones to send water and baby formula to those who are stranded something he did after Hurricane Helene. Now he is fretting that one day he will have to ground his drone fleet. Most commercial drones sold in the United States, including those used by Hedrick, are made in China. They have become a target of US lawmakers, who see the dominance of Chinese drones not only as an espionage threat but as a commercial threat because they make it nearly impossible for American manufacturers to compete. It's another front in the US-China economic and technological competition that's likely to intensify with the return to the White House in January of Republican Donald Trump, who has promised to get .

US nuclear expansion unlikely to deter China, finds CSIS-MIT study

Three scenarios culminated in mutual annihilation, with both the US and China engaging in a nuclear exchange that decimated cities and resulted in millions of casualties

US effort to curb China, Russia's access to new chips 'inadequate': Report

The Commerce Department's efforts to curb China's and Russia's access to American-made advanced computer chips have been inadequate and will need more funding to stymie their ability to manufacture advanced weapons, according to a report published Wednesday by the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. The Biden administration imposed export controls to limit the ability of China and Russia to access US-made chips after Russia's invasion of Ukraine nearly three years ago. The agency's Bureau of Industry and Security, according to the report, does not have the resources to enforce export controls and has been too reliant on US chip makers voluntarily complying with the rules. But the push for bolstering Commerce's export control enforcement comes as the incoming Trump administration says it is looking to dramatically reduce the size and scope of federal government. President-elect Donald Trump has tapped entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a new Department

China has taken efforts consistent with 'transnational repression': US

FBI and the US's CISA on November 13 issued a warning that the breach, initially discovered late last month, has since uncovered a wide-reaching and serious cyber espionage operation

US Senate passes bill to raise troop pay, aims to counter China's power

The Senate passed a defence bill on Wednesday that authorises significant pay raises for junior enlisted service members, aims to counter China's growing power and boosts overall military spending to USD 895 billion while also stripping coverage of transgender medical treatments for children of military members. The annual defence authorisation bill usually gains strong bipartisan support and has not failed to pass Congress in nearly six decades, but the Pentagon policy measure in recent years has become a battleground for cultural issues. Republicans this year sought to tack on to the legislation priorities for social conservatives, contributing to a months-long negotiation over the bill and a falloff in support from Democrats. Still, the bill passed comfortably 85-14, sending it to President Joe Biden. Eleven senators who caucus with Democrats, as well as three Republicans, voted against the legislation. The bill "isn't perfect, but it still includes some very good things that ...

For Waltz, advising isolationist Donald Trump is Taiwan-sized challenge

And in an interview with Bloomberg News last year, Waltz, 50, argued that the biggest deterrent for Xi Jinping would be for the US and its allies to clearly state that they would come to island's aid

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have a chance to improve relations in 2025

A face-to-face meeting, sooner rather than later, is essential to set the tone of the bilateral relationship over the next four year

US lawmakers demand to scrap China science agreement renewal deal for 5 yrs

Extension comes despite repeated requests from Congress to either suspend the agreement or implement stronger safeguards to protect US national security, human rights, and intellectual property