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US & China: Mid-Decade Challenges to National Competitiveness
- China: Huawei’s woes set to grow as Ireland mulls ban on telcos in Ireland using Huawei equipment in their infrastructure networks over concerns networks could be accessed by the Chinese state as a result
- China’s TuSimple self-driving truck firm under FBI, SEC, CFI investigation over relationship with China-backed Hydron and suspected breach of intellectual property sharing laws
“They are also trying to find out whether TuSimple shared intellectual property developed in the United States with Hydron and whether that action defrauded TuSimple investors by sending valuable technology to an overseas adversary, the newspaper said.”
- China pushes ambitious 5-Ministry plan to deliver 25M VR headsets by 2026, aiming to cultivate 100 domestic companies in its own VR industry
- China: Tencent’s WeChat app giant launches mini-program enabling payments using palm prints, opening a new front in biometric data collection
- China’s supposed crypto trading & mining crackdown: “…China recorded more than US$220 billion in total transactions between June 2021 and July 2022 to remain East Asia’s top cryptocurrency market…”
China Retail Digitalization Whitepaper / McKinsey & Co (pdf download)
- China’s app data: “The number of apps that operated in China last year decreased by 930,000, which is equivalent to about 2,500 apps disappearing each day, according to the [Ministry].”
- China: Alibaba Cloud launches open-source Model-as-a-Service platform with over 300 ready-to-use AI models, looking to developer and researcher adoption as a corporate services door-opening move
- China: Microsoft raises concerns of state-backed hackers using new vulnerability disclosure requirements for military purposes including exploiting zero-day issues before reporting them
“But in a 114-page security report released on Friday, Microsoft openly accused the Chinese government of abusing the new rules and outlines how state-aligned groups have increasingly exploited vulnerabilities globally since they were implemented.”
- China: Nvidia offers alternative GPU chip tailored for Chinese market, maintaining compliance with US export regulations with lower-powered processor
- The Guardian on TikTok: “Harvesting data is the norm for social media apps, but the question that many have is where it goes and who has access to it…”
Frontier influencers: the new face of China’s propaganda
- ICYMI: German gov’t blocks sale of semiconductor firm to Chinese-owned firm, tightening protection of its domestic technology and easing supply chain dependence on China
- China: Activision Blizzard and NetEase end 14-year deal, with China’s gamers to no longer be able to play titles including World of Warcraft, Hearthstone and Overwatch
- ICYMI: ‘Digital currencies, monetary sovereignty, and US–China power competition’
- China’s Tencent and Alibaba lead $40M investment in Sweden’s Yahaha and drag-and-drop metaverse creation tools, and existing userbase of over 100,000 games content creators
- State-level hacking: “…defenders will have to contend with masses of nameless civil servants, each specializing in any one particular skillset, managed by a bureaucracy that has matured over the last decade.”
Chinese Cybercrime in Neighboring Countries / Report
- China’s SinoSynergy hydrogen fuel cell firm makes IPO listing application to Hong Kong Stock Exchange, building on lead position in production and national standards development
- China: Tiangong space station reportedly to join 1km-wide space-based project to collect solar power from space and send it to Earth in a high-energy microwave beam
“Operating in the geostationary orbit, the space power station could direct the beam to almost any location, making it an ideal candidate to power military equipment or remote outposts, the team said. However, some researchers have also speculated that the beam could be used as a weapon.”
- UK gov’t departments advised not to connect China-made camera equipment to core networks, and to consider removal ahead of scheduled replacement time frames; and including from non-sensitive locations
- China: State-run television edits out maskless fans from World Cup coverage in bid to prevent comparisons of China’s zero-COVID policy with the outside world’s pandemic response
Shen Yun: 5000 Years of Chinese Civilization
- “A comprehensive supply chain strategy would look not only at new, leading-edge chips but also at legacy, trailing-edge chips, which are still used widely.”
- ICYMI: A deep dive into September’s microchip and semiconductor startup funding, spanning chips, facilities, and end-use focus areas
- ICYMI: October’s month-end round-up of microchip and semiconductor news headlines
- The election that saved the internet: “Open-internet advocates are breathing a sigh of relief after a recent election for the International Telecommunications Union’s top leadership.”
- ICYMI: TikTok ban in the US edges nearer with proposed legislation from Marco Rubio
Taiwan’s Role in the U.S. Semiconductor Supply Chain Network
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