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SPQR<p>“They want glory, greatness and empire; they want security not just for their nations, but for themselves,” he writes. “This is where the conflict emerged. By maintaining, even expanding, its sphere of influence, Washington was preventing Moscow and Beijing from creating their own.”<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hegemony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hegemony</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternationalRelations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalRelations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookReview</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Asia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foreignaffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foreignaffairs</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/books/review/foreign-policy-realism-idealism-russia-ukraine-books.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/26/books/r</span><span class="invisible">eview/foreign-policy-realism-idealism-russia-ukraine-books.html</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> Retaliation Will Hit <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Voters Hardest</p><p>As Trump imposes <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> on products from countries around the world, foreign govts are answering back w/tariffs of their own.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> has targeted corn farmers &amp; carmakers. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> has put tariffs on poultry plants &amp; A/C manufacturers, while <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> will hit American steel mills &amp; slaughter houses.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/15/business/economy/tariffs-trump-maps-voters.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=8B150285-9181-4370-B044-3C628C7B26D9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/interactive/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">3/15/business/economy/tariffs-trump-maps-voters.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=8B150285-9181-4370-B044-3C628C7B26D9</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>" <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> was established to advance our national interests as well as our values, &amp; its demolition means that the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> loses soft power &amp; <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> gains...</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> spends just 0.24% of gross national income on humanitarian aid. We properly honor a firefighter who saves a single child, but three cheers for us as taxpayers for rescuing millions of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> around the world from AIDS, starvation &amp; disease.</p><p>That is, until January."<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/15/opinion/foreign-aid-cuts-impact.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4E4.H8Lx.GD39rucUfloD&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/interactive/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">3/15/opinion/foreign-aid-cuts-impact.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4E4.H8Lx.GD39rucUfloD&amp;smid=url-share</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Doge</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Russia, China, and North Korea plotting to hack UK economy and ‘grind country to a halt’ | World | News <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/835686/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/835686/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Conflicts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conflicts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/cyberattacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cyberattacks</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NorthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthKorea</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a></p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/tourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourism</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/GreatWall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatWall</span></a> </p><p>' ....the pair traveled to the Great Wall of China, the famous 4,000-year-old structure that draws millions to see and walk part of its 13,170 mile length.</p><p>The man and woman, however, planned to do more than walking. According to the report, the man dropped his pants while his female companion recorded his posterior for posterity on her smartphone.'</p><p><a href="https://unseen-japan.com/japanese-tourists-great-wall-arrested/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">unseen-japan.com/japanese-tour</span><span class="invisible">ists-great-wall-arrested/</span></a></p>
Yogthos<p>According to the Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders 7 out of 10 institutions for these contributions are based in China. Even in disciplines where China produces a lower volume of research, contribution to high impact publishing (based on citations) is on par with other research-intensive nations.</p><p><a href="https://www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/the-source/blog/blogposts-for-editors/china-growing-influence-global-research-nature-index-2024/27731198" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">springernature.com/gp/research</span><span class="invisible">ers/the-source/blog/blogposts-for-editors/china-growing-influence-global-research-nature-index-2024/27731198</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>
R. Scott Pert<p>China's Baidu launches 2 new free AI models to compete with DeepSeek as industry competition heats up</p><p>&gt; Chinese AI startup <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/DeepSeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeek</span></a>'s roll-out of AI models which it says is on par with, or even better than, industry-leading models in the United States at a fraction of the cost, has roiled the industry and re-energised the global <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> race</p><p>&gt; "ERNIE X1 delivers performance on par with DeepSeek R1 at only half the price," <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Baidu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Baidu</span></a> said of one of the new models<br> <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/chinas-baidu-launches-2-new-free-ai-models-compete-deepseek-industry-competition-heats-up-5003541" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/</span><span class="invisible">chinas-baidu-launches-2-new-free-ai-models-compete-deepseek-industry-competition-heats-up-5003541</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> </p><p>'China's securities watchdog will step up monitoring fake information in the stock market and work with the police and cyberspace regulators to crack down on those who disseminate false news, which is being made easier by AI, official media reported on Saturday.'</p><p><a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-crack-down-stock-market-105825380.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">finance.yahoo.com/news/china-c</span><span class="invisible">rack-down-stock-market-105825380.html</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>The Diplomat: Tibetan Language, Epic, and the Bards Safeguarding Heritage. “Set against the background of global pressures of homogenization and tightening of the spaces for acceptable public expression in the Xi Jinping era, this support for Tibetan heritage seems particularly important. Recently, government promotion of the concept ‘minzu gongtongti yishi 民族?</p><p>?同体意识’ – […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/16/the-diplomat-tibetan-language-epic-and-the-bards-safeguarding-heritage/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/16/the-diplomat-tibetan-language-epic-and-the-bards-safeguarding-heritage/</a></p>
David on Formosa<p>The President of Radio Free Asia posted this statement on the RFA website, presumably before the staff were locked out</p><p>"The termination of RFA’s grant is a reward to dictators and despots, including the Chinese Communist Party, who would like nothing better than to have their influence go unchecked in the information space."</p><p><a href="https://www.rfa.org/english/about/releases/2025/03/15/rfa-cancellation-a-boon-to-the-chinese-communist-party/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rfa.org/english/about/releases</span><span class="invisible">/2025/03/15/rfa-cancellation-a-boon-to-the-chinese-communist-party/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VoiceofAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceofAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CCP</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a></p>
Linknation<p>well yes <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/donaltrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donaltrump</span></a> just as his predecessor mostly care about <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> </p><p>so when <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/globalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>globalization</span></a> (u know selling companies off to foreign countries mostly <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> dismantling whole factories shipping them to <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>) was good <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economic</span></a> policy of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> was <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/globalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>globalization</span></a> </p><p>now <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> won that game</p><p>so now <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TheWest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheWest</span></a> realizes: this game SUCKS (ok told u 30 years ago but whatever)</p><p>and try to turn back the wheel to the 1960s if they turn too far we might end up in 1933</p><p>nothing get's build anymore in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> except sometimes a great song like this <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/song" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>song</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/lol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAGM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAGM</span></a> also terminated funding for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioFreeEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioFreeEurope</span></a> / <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioLiberty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioLiberty</span></a>, which broadcasts to countries in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EasternEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EasternEurope</span></a>, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>, as well as for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioFreeAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioFreeAsia</span></a>, which broadcasts to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NorthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthKorea</span></a>, acc/to letters seen by Reuters.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpaganda</span></a></p>
Mal<p>I mean, it's alright not to know what's diplomatically best to do with <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> right now. Nobody really knows. <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a> is in good company. But surely that's the whole thing.</p><p>Go to <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> (quietly), all the nations of <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> ESPECIALLY, and figure it out. Get onside with everybody and be a good, interested, flexible neighbour.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/CyrilRamaphosa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyrilRamaphosa</span></a> meeting <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/VolodymyrZelenskyy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VolodymyrZelenskyy</span></a> was a good start, let's have more of that.</p><p>No more grandstanding. It should not be 'This is what I think', it should be 'What s/he said'.</p>
Susi Arnott<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@RichardJMurphy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RichardJMurphy</span></a></span> <br>Meanwhile, in another part of the forest... <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Milliband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Milliband</span></a> <br>"Frankly, I consider it to be negligence towards today’s and future generations not to engage China on this topic.”<br><a href="https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/milibands-china-trip-welcomed-for-potential-co-operation-on-climate-change" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">morningstaronline.co.uk/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/milibands-china-trip-welcomed-for-potential-co-operation-on-climate-change</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>German</span></a> foreign intelligence service in 2020 put at 80%-90% the likelihood that <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/coronavirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coronavirus</span></a> behind <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pandemic</span></a> was accidentally released from <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>'s Wuhan Institute of Virology, two German newspapers reported<br>According to report by Die Zeit and Sueddeutscher Zeitung, Germany's spying agency <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BND" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BND</span></a> had indications that the institute had conducted gain-of-function experiments, whereby <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/viruses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>viruses</span></a> are modified to become more transmissible to humans for research purposes<br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/german-spy-agency-concluded-covid-virus-likely-leaked-lab-papers-say-2025-03-12/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/healthcar</span><span class="invisible">e-pharmaceuticals/german-spy-agency-concluded-covid-virus-likely-leaked-lab-papers-say-2025-03-12/</span></a></p>
The New Oil<p>Chinese Hackers Sat Undetected in Small <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Massachusetts</span></a> Power Utility for Months</p><p><a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/chinese-hackers-sat-undetected-in-small-massachusetts-power-utility-for" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pcmag.com/news/chinese-hackers</span><span class="invisible">-sat-undetected-in-small-massachusetts-power-utility-for</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/utilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>utilities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a></p>
The New Oil<p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Juniper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Juniper</span></a> patches bug that let Chinese cyberspies backdoor routers</p><p><a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/juniper-patches-bug-that-let-chinese-cyberspies-backdoor-routers-since-mid-2024/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu</span><span class="invisible">rity/juniper-patches-bug-that-let-chinese-cyberspies-backdoor-routers-since-mid-2024/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a></p>
Flipboard Tech Desk<p>Some DeepSeek employees have been prevented from traveling abroad and the Chinese government is now playing a role in screening potential investors. Read more at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@Techcrunch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Techcrunch</span></a></span>. <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DeepSeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeek</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a></p>
Yogthos<p>China's Targeted Poverty Alleviation program aims to raise people out of poverty by addressing multidimensional poverty, not just income.</p><p>The program involves the deployment of millions of cadres to collect data and verify information in impoverished areas.</p><p>The use of cybernetics in China's poverty alleviation program involves the collection and analysis of extensive data to identify and address the root causes of poverty.</p><p><a href="https://peoplesworld.org/article/cybernetics-with-chinese-characteristics-how-big-data-is-eliminating-poverty-and-building-socialism/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">peoplesworld.org/article/cyber</span><span class="invisible">netics-with-chinese-characteristics-how-big-data-is-eliminating-poverty-and-building-socialism/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a></p>
Yogthos<p>China's state sector continues to play a dominant role in the economy, with social objectives taking precedence over profit.</p><p>China's annual 'two sessions' are ongoing, where economic policy is being outlined for the coming year. China has met or exceeded 86% of the targets set in its 'Made in China 2025' and 14th five-year plan.</p><p>China's economy is now driven by technological investments, and labor productivity is higher than in the US and Japan.</p><p><a href="https://socialistchina.org/2025/03/12/in-china-profit-does-not-rule-social-objectives-do/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">socialistchina.org/2025/03/12/</span><span class="invisible">in-china-profit-does-not-rule-social-objectives-do/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a></p>