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The Five Eyes countries’ intelligence chiefs came together on Tuesday to accuse China of intellectual property theft and using artificial intelligence for hacking and spying against the nations, in a rare joint statement by the allies. The officials from the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand – known...
Russia has delivered some 1,700 tons of state-of-art nuclear equipment to China, including a reactor hull and four steam generators for the Tianwan nuclear power plant. The facility already has four older VVER-1000 water-water energetic reactors among its six operational units and is set to receive two more VVER-1200...
More Australians are reporting being targeted by cyber criminals, as the nation's digital spy agency points the finger at China as the major backer of serious hacking of Australian companies and critical infrastructure. The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has released its cyber threat report for the past financial year, a...
NEW DELHI: Nepal's very expensive Pokhara international airport is shaping up to be an economic albatross for the cash-strapped nation and has saddled it with debt to creditors in Beijing for years to come. The fate of the airport strongly parallels that of Gwadar Port in Pakistan which was built under China's Belt and...
BEIJING: China Renaissance Holdings said in an exchange filing on Sunday that its missing chairman and star dealmaker Bao Fan was currently cooperating with relevant Chinese authorities conducting an investigation. This is the first time the mainland China-based boutique bank has given a reason for the disappearance of its founder - who was...
Taiwan is gearing up to strengthen its diplomatic presence in India by opening the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center (TECC) in Mumbai during the fourth quarter of this year.   In an official statement, Taiwan's foreign ministry expressed its intention to establish the TECC in order to deepen exchanges and cooperation...
Tibetans who want to get public sector jobs must comply with a harsh Chinese rule requiring them to denounce the Dalai Lama, the leader of Tibetan Buddhism. The move would seem to violate China’s constitution, which officially protects the freedom of religion. An official directive from Beijing released this month advertised...
Japan’s National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity or NISC, the agency tasked with safeguarding Japan’s national defenses against cyber threats has itself fallen victim to hackers, potentially exposing sensitive information for a period of up to nine months, a report by the Financial Times has revealed. According...
BEIJING: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', currently on an 8-day visit to China, has apparently declined to endorse President Xi Jinping's security doctrine even as the two countries agreed to undertake a "joint inspection" of their boundary. A joint statement issued after Prachanda's talks with Xi and Chinese Premier Li Qiang only referred...
Hackers affiliated with China’s Ministry of State Security targeted a range of government, telecommunications and research organizations across at least 17 countries since 2021, according to a new report. Researchers from Recorded Future’s Insikt Group have spent months tracking RedHotel – a state-sponsored hacking group using a range of malware in espionage...