The Chinese government has intensified its crackdown on private educational institutions that promote Tibetan language and culture, as part of a broader effort to suppress the fundamental rights of Tibetans. According to a report by Human Rights Watch, the Jigme Gyaltsen Vocational High School, linked to Ragya Monastery in...
US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast and East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee Chairwoman Young Kim have urged the Thai government to reevaluate its decision to deport 48 Uyghur refugees who are currently in Thai detention. The politicians voiced their grave worry over the impending deportation in a letter to Suriya Chindawongse, the...
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) detected 21 Chinese aircraft 7 naval vessels, and 1 official ship operating around the island as of 6 am (UTC+8) on Monday. Among them, 14 aircraft crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s southwestern Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). Sharing a post on X, MND...
The South Korean finance ministry announced plans to block access to the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) service DeepSeek, citing concerns over data collection “Due to multiple technical concerns raised about DeepSeek from home and abroad, we plan to block access for the service on PCs connected to external networks,” the...
Australia has banned DeepSeek AI services from all government systems and devices, becoming one of the first countries to take direct action against a Chinese artificial intelligence startup that shook Silicon Valley and global markets this year.  Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said in a statement Tuesday that all DeepSeek...
A group that opposes forced labour in China has challenged fast fashion retailer SHEIN’s plans to list in London. The organisation has said that if Britain’s regulator approves the float, it will seek a judicial review of the IPO. According to the organisation Stop Uyghur Genocide, cotton made using Uyghur...
Taiwan on Monday banned government departments from using Chinese startup DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence (AI) service as it was a security risk, toughening language from last week which said it should not be used. Democratically governed Taiwan has long been wary of Chinese technology given Beijing’s sovereignty claims over the island...
Suspected Chinese spies posing as Taiwanese tourists were arrested in the Philippines after allegedly taking photographs of Philippine Coast Guard ships The two suspects had been staying at a resort in Palawan, where they discreetly used their phones from a secluded location to record the comings and goings of coast...
After causing shockwaves with an AI model with capabilities rivalling the creations of Google and OpenAI, China’s DeepSeek is facing questions about whether its bold claims stand up to scrutiny. The Hangzhou-based startup’s announcement that it developed R1 at a fraction of the cost of Silicon Valley’s latest models immediately called into...
China is reportedly imposing its legal system on American soil through a network of nonprofit organizations in the United States linked to a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intelligence agency The network, comprising over a dozen organizations across California, the greater Washington, DC area, Hawaii, and New York, shares information with...