Two events that took place almost simultaneously in Washington on March 23 local time and Beijing on March 24 had completely opposite implications. In Washington, an aggressive grueling congressional hearing that lasted more than five hours was held for TikTok, going through the process...
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Under intense scrutiny from Washington that could lead to a potential ban, the top attorney for TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance defended the social media platform’s plan to safeguard U.S. user data from China. “The basic approach that we’re following is...
Beijing has raised concerns about a proposed security agreement between Papua New Guinea and Australia, the Pacific island country’s foreign minister said Monday as he returned home from an official visit to China seeking development assistance for his nation. The prime ministers of Papua...
Guidelines on the handling of seafarer abandonment cases, which were initiated by Indonesia, China, and the Philippines in 2020, have been adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) at its 110th Legal Committee Session. The meeting took place on March 27–31, 2023, at the IMO...
China has launched a cybersecurity probe into Micron Technology, one of America’s largest memory chip makers, in apparent retaliation after US allies in Asia and Europe announced new restrictions on the sale of key technology to Beijing. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) will...