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Back in March 2023, Russian president Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping addressed each other as "dear friends". It appears not much has changed. During Putin's visit to China on Thursday, Xi said "the China-Russia relationship today is hard-earned, and the two sides need to cherish and nurture it." The exchange between the two autocratic allies says two things, according to observers. One: the pair are hard at work flaunting their strong relationship to the West, as the US and other Western powers continue to sanction Russia amid the war in Ukraine. Two: China likely contin...
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Businessman Frank McCourt, owner of the Olympique de Marseille football club and former owner of the LA Dodgers, said on Wednesday that his organisation Project Liberty is putting together a consortium to bid for TikTok's US business. McCourt, who is organising the bid in consultation with investment bank Guggenheim Securities, is one of a number of investors hoping to benefit from a new federal law that requires TikTok's China-based parent company to sell the platform or face a ban. US lawmakers passed the bill over concerns that China could access sensitive American data through the app. If ...
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Sales will begin in September for Belgium, France, Italy, Germany, Greece, Netherlands Romania, Spain and Portugal, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares said at a news event in Hangzhou. From Q4, electric vehicles will also be sold to countries in South America, Middle East and Africa, as well as India and the Asia Pacific, Tavares said. Stellantis and Leapmotor, an EV startup, did not provide details on where the electric vehicles would be produced, but that the location must have the “capacity available to support the sales” and meet quality criteria and cost competitiveness. The models launched wi...
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High-level envoys from the US and China are set to discuss the risks and safety of artificial intelligence (AI) on Tuesday in Geneva. They will "exchange views on how the two governments understand and seek to address the risks of advanced AI systems," a statement from the US National Security Council at the White House said. Citing the foreign ministry, China’s official Xinhua news agency said they would discuss issues including the technological risks of AI and global governance. The meeting is the first under an inter-governmental dialogue on AI agreed during a multi-faceted meeting between...
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The United States and China butted heads over several contentious issues when US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other senior Chinese officials on Friday. Talks between the two sides have increased in recent months, despite a widening gap in politics. Both nations have underscored the importance of keeping lines of communication open, while lamenting that divisions were becoming more serious. These divisions were highlighted last week after US President Joe Biden signed a €89 billion foreign aid bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. This bill included...
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TikTok has said it will challenge new US legislation requiring its parent company to sell it under threat of a ban in court. The law signed this week by US President Joe Biden states that TikTok's Chinese-based parent company ByteDance has 270 days with a possible 90-day extension to divest from the app or face a ban. "This unconstitutional law is a TikTok ban, and we will challenge it in court. We believe the facts and the law are clearly on our side, and we will ultimately prevail," TikTok said in a statement earlier this week. Should a legal challenge fail, observers say Chinese authorities...
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The US Senate passed legislation on Tuesday that would force TikTok's parent company to sell the platform or face a ban. Congress has now sent the legislation to be signed by President Joe Biden, who said he would approve the move. The TikTok legislation was part of a larger package that included aid for Ukraine and Israel. The bill gives TikTok owner ByteDance nine months to sell the platform, with a possible three-month extension. But legal challenges could mean it could take longer. The platform is used by 170 million Americans and the bill reflects long-held fears over Chinese threats. Why...
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Chinese-affiliated actors are using social media and AI-generated content in an attempt to influence geopolitics, according to a new report from Microsoft. In a post published on Thursday, Clint Watts, the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center's general manager, said fake social media accounts are being used to "sow division and possibly influence the outcome of the US presidential election". Chinese actors have also used AI-generated content in recent months to influence the perception of certain topics but there is "little evidence" that it has worked, Microsoft continued. Microsoft criticised fo...
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"State-affiliated" Chinese actors have been involved in two cyber attacks in the United Kingdom, according to the country's deputy prime minister. Oliver Dowden said on Monday the two incidents in 2021 and 2022 involved an attack on the Electoral Commission, which oversees elections and political finance, as well as another attack aimed at lawmakers who were outspoken about the China threat. In a speech in the UK parliament, Dowden told British ministers: "The cyber threat posed by China-affiliated actors is real and it is serious, but it is more than equalled by our determination and resolve ...
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China has begun phasing out US microprocessors from government computers and servers, according to a report in the Financial Times. The move will include stopping using those from Intel and AMD, as well as Microsoft's Windows operating system, the report said. From this year onwards, government agencies above local level will have to follow new procurement guidance with criteria requiring "safe and reliable" processors and operating systems. China's semiconductor production challenges could be boon for EuropeDoing business in China getting tougher, European business group saysInstructions were...
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