Daniel Andrews begins meetings in Beijing amid claims of Australian media exclusion
Victoria’s opposition accuses premier of snubbing education leaders while union says absence of journalists on China trip is ‘disturbing’
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Daniel Andrews has begun a series of meetings in Beijing as part of a four-day trip to China amid criticism from home over the exclusion of Australian journalists and education leaders, and the limited information provided about the visit.
The Victorian opposition has accused the premier of snubbing industry leaders from the higher education sector by not having them join him on a visit designed to entice Chinese students back to the state.
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Continue reading...Read moreTaiwan caught between superpowers as rival leaders visit China and US
Ma Ying-jeou’s ‘we are all Chinese’ message starkly at odds with vision of Tsai Ing-wen, who seeks support from Washington
Taiwan’s former president Ma Ying-jeou stood in front of the Sun Yat-sen mausoleum in Nanjing on Tuesday and called for people on both sides of the Taiwan strait to work together for peace, because, he said: “We are all Chinese.”
The 73-year-old is in China on a historic visit, the first by a current or former Taiwanese president since 1949. In the decades since, tensions have increased as Beijing vows to annex Taiwan under what it calls “reunification”. Taiwan’s government and people have become increasingly opposed to the prospect of Chinese rule, and few identify themselves as Chinese.
Continue reading...Read moreIt’s the great TikTok panic – and it could accelerate the end of the internet as we know it | Emily Taylor
Democracies should be maturely debating online safety and data, not making kneejerk responses that risk an idea we all cherish
TikTok’s chief executive, Shou Zi Chew, discovered during his five-hour grilling by US Congress what Huawei could have told him all along: being owned by a Chinese company is bad for business.
In fact, the panic over TikTok is a lot like like Huawei and 5G all over again. The security and privacy risks are plausible, but largely without evidence. What this is really about is trust, trade and geopolitics.
Emily Taylor is an associate fellow in the International Security Programme, Chatham House, CEO of Oxford Information Labs and editor of the Journal of Cyber Policy
Continue reading...Read moreThat big Chinese bailout loan paper in full
Sovereign debt restructuring nerds rejoice
Read moreChina’s fake science industry: how ‘paper mills’ threaten progress
The country has become a prolific publisher of academic research but fraudulent studies risk serious real-world consequences
Read moreNorwegian company says TikTok data centre is limiting energy for manufacturing Ukraine ammunition
Head of Norwegian manufacturer Nammo says plans to increase production at its largest factory are affected by demands of nearby data centre
One of Europe’s largest ammunition manufacturers has said efforts to meet surging demand from the war in Ukraine have been stymied by a new TikTok data centre that is monopolising electricity in the region close to its biggest factory.
The chief executive of Nammo, which is co-owned by the Norwegian government, said a planned expansion of its largest factory in central Norway hit a roadblock due to a lack of surplus energy, with the construction of TikTok’s new data centre using up electricity in the local area.
Continue reading...Read more中方：愿同澳方共同努力 推动双边关系重回正轨
中新网北京3月28日电 (记者 黄钰钦)中国外交部发言人毛宁3月28日主持例行记者会。
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中新网北京3月28日电 (记者 黄钰钦)中国外交部发言人毛宁3月28日主持例行记者会。
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中新网北京3月28日电 (记者 黄钰钦 郭超凯)中国外交部发言人毛宁3月28日主持例行记者会。
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中新网北京3月28日电 (记者 黄钰钦 郭超凯)中国外交部发言人毛宁3月28日主持例行记者会。
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中新网3月28日电 据最高检官方微信消息，检察机关依法分别对辽宁省政协港澳台侨(外事)委员会原副主任韩清(正厅级)；青海省海西州政协原党组成员、副主席程利云；山西省晋中市和顺县原县委书记、二级巡视员孙永胜；湖南省张家界市人大常委会原副主任朱用文(副厅级)提起公诉。
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中新网北京3月28日电 (记者 黄钰钦)中国外交部发言人毛宁3月28日主持例行记者会。
Read more美一高官将TikTok比作“特洛伊木马” 中国外交部回应
中新网北京3月28日电 (记者 黄钰钦)中国外交部发言人毛宁3月28日主持例行记者会。
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中新网北京3月28日电 (记者 黄钰钦 郭超凯)中国外交部发言人毛宁3月28日主持例行记者会。
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中新社南京3月28日电 28日上午，中国国民党前主席马英九一行拜谒了南京中山陵。
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中新网福州3月28日电(叶秋云)28日，《在希望的田野上》新书发布会暨2023年“讲好乡村振兴故事”活动启动仪式在福建省福州市连江县安凯乡同心村举行，向海内外展示福建乡村振兴成果。
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新华社南京3月28日电 中国国民党前主席马英九一行拜谒南京中山陵。南京大学历史系教授、台湾研究所所长刘相平接受记者采访时表示，孙中山先生是伟大的民族英雄、伟大的爱国主义者、中国民主革命的伟大先驱，一生追求国家统一和中华振兴，为全体中华儿女所敬仰。112年前，孙中山先生领导辛亥革命，开启中国前所未有社会变革的丰功伟绩，已经载入历史史册。孙中山先生和辛亥革命先驱振兴中华的宏愿，应当成为两岸同胞的共同追求。
Read more国家智慧教育读书平台正式上线｜全国青少年学生读书行动
2023年3月28日，在国家智慧教育公共服务平台上线一周年之际，国家智慧教育读书平台正式上线。和教育小微一起看——
Read more博鳌亚洲论坛2023年年会今日举行多场分论坛
今天下午，博鳌亚洲论坛2023年年会的多场论坛活动将会陆续展开。
Read more教育部等八部门关于印发《全国青少年学生读书行动实施方案》的通知
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Read more‘It’s way beyond just science’: untangling the hunt for Covid’s origins – podcast
Three years after much of the world was forced into Covid lockdowns, the precise origins of the virus are still hazy, and the hunt is bringing scientists into confrontation with political forces that many are not prepared for
One of the most compelling clues as to the origins of a once-in-a-century pandemic was uploaded without announcement – without being noticed for weeks – on a scientific database. And then, just as suddenly, it vanished from public view.
The genetic data, from swabs taken at the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, China, in the weeks after Covid-19 first emerged, was available online for only a few weeks: just long enough for a Parisian scientist to stumble upon it while working from her couch on a Saturday afternoon earlier this month.
Continue reading...Read more北方地区多轮沙尘天气主要原因是什么？生态环境部回应
中新网3月28日电 28日，生态环境部举行3月例行新闻发布会。会上，针对今年春节以来北方地区出现多轮沙尘天气，生态环境部大气环境司司长刘炳江指出，今年以来，我国共出现了6次沙尘天气，其中4次集中在3月份。今年3月份以来，沙尘天气偏多的原因，有两个条件，一个是下垫面利于沙尘活动，二是气象条件有利于沙尘的传输。
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中新网绍兴3月28日电(项菁)3月28日，浙江官方发布消息称，温暖任中共绍兴市委书记。
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新华社南京3月28日电(记者陈键兴、王承昊、陆华东)28日上午，中国国民党前主席马英九一行拜谒了南京中山陵。
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中新网金边3月28日电 (高毅 汪尚建 余湘珺)3月27日上午，中柬“金龙-2023”联演双方参演官兵联合组织实爆作业，进一步增强了单课目融合训练阶段双方官兵对彼此装备器材的熟悉程度，为下步展开综合演练奠定了坚实基础。
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博鳌亚洲论坛2023年年会召开在即。从“帐篷论坛”成为比肩“达沃斯”的国际交流平台，从中国最大的经济特区成为中国特色自由贸易港，20多年来，海南与博鳌论坛相互支持、配合发展、共同进步，成为中国对外开放的名片，卫星视角记录下了这一发展历程。
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中新网3月28日电 据教育部网站28日消息，为进一步推动青少年学生阅读深入开展，促进全面提升育人水平，教育部等八部门决定开展全国青少年学生读书行动，并印发《全国青少年学生读书行动实施方案》(以下简称《方案》)。《方案》强调，丰富读书活动。学校要组建学生读书社团或兴趣小组，带动学生互助互促开展阅读。
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Read moreChina grants billions in bailouts as Belt and Road Initiative falters
New study attempts to capture total rescue loans from world’s biggest bilateral creditor
Read moreChina to slash foreign researchers’ access to academic database
China National Knowledge Infrastructure is critical tool for scholars seeking to study the country
Read moreSaudi Aramco strengthens China ties with two refinery deals
Huge supply contracts come as Russia eats into Saudi Arabia’s share of world’s largest oil import market
Read morePenny Wong advised to pressure China over Russian invasion of Ukraine, documents reveal
Briefing notes also suggest Australia’s foreign minister raised issue of human rights with her counterpart during visit to China in December last year
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Penny Wong was advised to warn her Chinese counterpart that Russia was responsible for “dangerous nuclear rhetoric” and must be put under pressure to end the war with Ukraine, documents reveal.
Briefing notes obtained by Guardian Australia give an insight into the key points that were expected to be raised by Wong during the first visit to China by an Australian minister in three years, including on human rights.
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Continue reading...Read moreChina, Japan and the Ukraine war
The merging of geopolitical rivalries in Asia and Europe has disturbing echoes of the 1930s
Read moreHow China may keep subverting sovereign debt workouts
Beijing’s reluctance to restructure complicates Sri Lanka’s IMF rescue, plus the EU’s plan to save the Amazon through trade
Read moreJapan demands China release Astellas Pharma employee accused of spying
Beijing has detained more than a dozen Japanese nationals on suspicion of spying in the past decade.
Read moreAlibaba founder Jack Ma seen in China after months of absence
Billionaire is thought to have remained outside country after state crackdown on tech sector
The Alibaba founder, Jack Ma, has visited a school in mainland China after months during which he made no public appearances in the country because of a government crackdown on the powerful tech sector.
He is thought to have remained outside China for more than a year from late 2021 after regulators in the country tightened oversight of his businesses due to outspoken criticism from the tech entrepreneur.
Continue reading...Read moreJack Ma returns to China as Beijing seeks to lift confidence in tech sector
Alibaba founder makes rare public visit that country hopes will reinvigorate entrepreneurial class
Read moreDeloitte told to ‘learn lesson’ as China vows tougher scrutiny of auditors
Vice-minister tells Big Four firm that Beijing will step up oversight after record fine
Read moreDaniel Andrews to begin trade trip to China amid criticism over transparency
Coalition MPs say exclusion of Australian journalists from Victorian premier’s trip will force public to rely on coverage by China’s state-run media
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Daniel Andrews will embark on a four-day trade mission to China on Monday evening amid criticism over the lack of transparency and detail about who the Victorian premier will meet during the visit.
The announcement of the trip – which will be the first visit to China by an Australian leader since the Aukus defence pact was signed earlier this month – sparked outrage among the federal Coalition, with MPs arguing the exclusion of Australia media meant the public would be forced to rely on state-run media coverage.
Continue reading...Read moreAnger in Taiwan, boasting in China in wake of Honduras switch
China’s state media celebrates the change of allegiance with extensive coverage while Taiwanese media accuse Beijing of ‘exploiting’ Latin America
Honduras’ decision to switch diplomatic ties from Taiwan to China has left Taiwan reeling, with accusations of “dollar diplomacy” being levelled at Beijing.
Honduras has for the last 82 years recognised the government in Taipei rather than Beijing. But after more than a week of negotiations, its foreign ministry on Sunday brought that to an end, announcing it had cut ties with the Republic of China (Taiwan’s formal name) and signed on with the People’s Republic of China.
Continue reading...Read moreThe cloud over China’s entrepreneurs raises capital flight risk
If investors had hoped Beijing crackdown was over, the disappearance of a dealmaker has fuelled worries over the contrary
Read moreChina’s economic rebound weaker than expected, warns Maersk
One of world’s largest shipping groups says country’s consumers are still ‘stunned’ by Covid disruptions
Read moreCrypto groups expand in Hong Kong in bid to tap mainland China demand
Asia’s financial hub is working to lure exchanges moving out of Singapore
Read moreOnline trolls are taking a toll in China
A collectivist culture and the lack of pressure on social media companies have made online abuse rampant.
Read moreThe Guardian view on how Covid began: look to the future | Editorial
The row over whether the pandemic started with a lab leak is growing. But the most important question is what we do now
We may never know for certain how a disease that brought the world to a standstill and has killed almost 7 million people emerged. While many experts believe that Covid-19 arose through human contact with infected animals, most likely via a wet market in Wuhan, China, a significant number believe it probably escaped from the city’s Institute of Virology. Others retain an open mind. But politics has turbocharged a scientific question. Donald Trump hyped the lab leak theory without evidence; yet some scientists fear that, in the haste to challenge xenophobic buck-passing that was fuelling anti-Asian hate crime, others may have been too quick to dismiss entirely a genuine possibility.
The simmering, rancorous debate began heating up again late last month when it emerged that the US Department of Energy had concluded, though with “low confidence”, that a lab escape was probably to blame. The FBI agrees, while four other US agencies blame natural spillover and two – including the CIA – remain undecided. Then, a new analysis of gene sequences taken from swabs from the market showed that some Covid-positive samples were rich in DNA from raccoon dogs, bolstering the case that it began through infected animals sold at the site. As the row gathers pace, Joe Biden has ordered the release of intelligence on the pandemic’s origins.
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Continue reading...Read morePolice monitor first Hong Kong protest since 2020
Participants were given number tags and their banners were vetted by police ahead of the march.
Read moreNew allegations and a resignation strain already fraught China-Canada relations
Han Dong’s departure escalates row over allegations that Beijing meddled in Canada’s elections as friction between countries grows
The abrupt resignation of a Canadian lawmaker over allegations he secretly met with a Chinese diplomat has escalated a row over allegations that Beijing meddled in Canadian elections – and highlighted the complex and often fraught relationship between the two countries.
Han Dong, a member of the governing Liberal party, was reported to have met with Han Tao, China’s consul general in February 2021, to suggest that Chinese authorities delay freeing Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, two Canadians who were detained in China at the time.
Continue reading...Read moreYes, it’s crazy to have TikTok on official phones. But it’s not good for any of us | John Naughton
Fears for data security lie behind recent government bans on the Chinese-owned app, but zombie scrolling has health dangers too
As of this moment, government officials in 11 countries are forbidden to run TikTok on their government-issued phones. The countries include the US, Canada, Denmark, Belgium, the UK, New Zealand, Norway, France, the Netherlands and Poland. In addition, European Commission and European parliament staff were required to delete the app. This raises two questions.
First, why were politicians and senior officials in democracies scrolling like zombies through dance crazes, daft pet videos, feeling “bonita” and things you can do with smudged lipstick?
Continue reading...Read moreAll UK honey tested in EU fraud investigation fails authenticity test
Ten samples from Britain were suspected of containing cheap sugar syrup
Adulteration of honey with cheap sugar syrup has been exposed in a new investigation by the European Commission, which found 46% of sampled products were suspected to be fraudulent. Ten honey samples from the UK all failed the tests. They may have been blended or packaged in Britain, but the honey probably originated overseas.
This is not the first time tests have suggested that UK shoppers may be being cheated on their honey, though supermarkets say they regularly test honey and audit supply lines.
Continue reading...Read moreThe world still needs a policeman. Let’s hope the US doesn’t quit the job | Simon Tisdall
America’s record at keeping global order is deeply flawed, but the only winners from its drift towards isolationism will be Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin
American global leadership took a serious kicking last week. Politicians and pundits on both sides of the Atlantic queued up to condemn George W Bush’s and Tony Blair’s disastrous invasion of Iraq 20 years ago this month. At the same time, Congress moved to repeal the war powers act that enables a US president to launch military interventions abroad.
In Moscow, meanwhile, Xi Jinping, stringing along his Russian puppet, Vladimir Putin, proposed a new global order to replace the post-1945 US-led model. China’s de facto dictator is generously offering to “stand guard” over the planet. In Xi’s brave new world, subservience and surveillance replace shock and awe. Democracy takes a back seat.
Continue reading...Read moreHonduras says there is ‘only one China’ as it officially cuts ties with Taiwan
Honduras becomes the ninth diplomatic ally that Taipei has lost to Beijing since pro-independence president Tsai Ing-wen first took office
Honduras has cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan, the Latin American country announced on Saturday, saying it recognises “only one China in the world”.
Honduras is the ninth diplomatic ally that Taipei has lost to Beijing since pro-independence president Tsai Ing-wen first took office in May 2016. The move leaves Taiwan recognised by only 13 sovereign states.
Continue reading...Read moreRussia embraces China’s renminbi in face of western sanctions
Shift away from using ‘toxic currencies’ for trade and reserves accompanies increase in yuan-denominated bank accounts
Read moreDaniel Andrews to travel to China this week to discuss education, trade and cultural issues
The Victorian premier will leave on Monday night for the first visit to China by an Australian state or national leader since the pandemic began
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The Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, will travel to China to meet with senior officials on education, trade and cultural issues.
The premier will leave on Monday night, visiting Beijing and the Jiangsu and Sichuan provinces before returning to Melbourne on Saturday morning.
Continue reading...Read moreChina’s richest county suffers export slump as US tension hits factories
Taiwanese manufacturers in Kunshan are cutting staff and wages and pushing orders abroad over geopolitical risk
Read moreTechnology has become the double-edged sword of Asia's protests
The same tools that are empowering dissent are also hobbling protests.
Read moreTim Cook praises Apple’s ‘symbiotic’ relationship with China
Chief executive’s visit comes despite rising trade and geopolitical tensions between Beijing and US
Read moreTikTok banned on London City Hall devices over security concerns
Move by Greater London authority comes after Chinese-owned app was blocked on UK parliamentary devices
London City Hall staff will no longer have TikTok on their devices in the latest ban imposed on the Chinese-owned social media app over security concerns.
The Greater London authority (GLA) said the rule was implemented as it takes information security “extremely seriously”.
Continue reading...Read moreTikTok is part of China’s cognitive warfare campaign | Nita Farahany
Militaries are racing to develop weapons that could one day directly assault or disable human minds. We ignore this broader context at our peril
Translated Chinese military reports suggest that warfare is shifting from destroying bodies to paralyzing and controlling the opponent’s mind. Making the Biden administration’s call for TikTok’s Chinese owners to sell their stakes in the app or face a US ban just the start of a protracted Whac-A-Mole game in a broader strategy to combat cognitive warfare – with the human mind as the battlefield.
While a TikTok ban may take out the first and fattest mole, it fails to contend with the wider shift to cognitive warfare as the sixth domain of military operations under way, which includes China’s influence campaigns on TikTok, a mass collection of personal and biometric data from American citizens and their race to develop weapons that could one day directly assault or disable human minds. We ignore this broader context at our peril.
Nita Farahany is the author of The Battle for Your Brain: Defending Your Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology (St Martin’s Press 2023) and the Robinson O Everett professor of law and philosophy at Duke University
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