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Australia PM to legislate disposal of Belt and Road Initiative agreement between Victoria and China
Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, will be legislating next week to ban multiple deals with foreign governments which are found not to be in line with national interest, one of which is the multi-million-dollar Belt and Road Initiative agreement between Victoria and Beijing.
The Australian has reported that this is an unprecedented move against Chinese interference and the protection of state secrets.
Source: Sky News #Aug26
https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6184681606001
#Australia #Victoria #ScottMorrison #BeltandRoadInitiative
Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, will be legislating next week to ban multiple deals with foreign governments which are found not to be in line with national interest, one of which is the multi-million-dollar Belt and Road Initiative agreement between Victoria and Beijing.
The Australian has reported that this is an unprecedented move against Chinese interference and the protection of state secrets.
Source: Sky News #Aug26
https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6184681606001
#Australia #Victoria #ScottMorrison #BeltandRoadInitiative
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Huawei releases source code for own operating system
Chinese telecom giant Huawei on Thursday said its nascent homegrown operating system could be available on smartphones early next year, as it pushes to build an alternative app ecosystem after the US barred it from using Google's Android.The source code for HarmonyOS will be made available beginning in December to software developers who create apps for smartphones, said Yu Chengdong, CEO of Huawei's consumer products division.HarmonyOS is so far used only with certain products including smart TVs, in-car entertainment systems and wearable devices, not the company's smartphones.Huawei is the number-two smartphone producer in the world after Samsung, but tech market analysis firm Canalys said Huawei surpassed the South Korean company in the virus-affected second quarter. Huawei is facing an intense campaign by the United States to isolate the firm, saying it poses a cybersecurity threat. Both Huawei and China's government deny the accusation.The US has been pushing allies to shun products made by Huawei, which is also the global market leader for 5G and other telecom-network equipment.The Trump administration has essentially barred Huawei from the US market and introduced a series of steadily escalating moves to cut off its access to the computer chips and other technology the company needs to survive. (AFP)
2020-09-10 18:16:27
Chinese telecom giant Huawei on Thursday said its nascent homegrown operating system could be available on smartphones early next year, as it pushes to build an alternative app ecosystem after the US barred it from using Google's Android.The source code for HarmonyOS will be made available beginning in December to software developers who create apps for smartphones, said Yu Chengdong, CEO of Huawei's consumer products division.HarmonyOS is so far used only with certain products including smart TVs, in-car entertainment systems and wearable devices, not the company's smartphones.Huawei is the number-two smartphone producer in the world after Samsung, but tech market analysis firm Canalys said Huawei surpassed the South Korean company in the virus-affected second quarter. Huawei is facing an intense campaign by the United States to isolate the firm, saying it poses a cybersecurity threat. Both Huawei and China's government deny the accusation.The US has been pushing allies to shun products made by Huawei, which is also the global market leader for 5G and other telecom-network equipment.The Trump administration has essentially barred Huawei from the US market and introduced a series of steadily escalating moves to cut off its access to the computer chips and other technology the company needs to survive. (AFP)
2020-09-10 18:16:27
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'It's racial discrimination to revoke student visas'
A move by the United States to revoke the visas of about 1,000 Chinese students amounts to “outright political persecution and racial discrimination,” China's foreign ministry said on Thursday.The statement from spokesperson Zhao Lijian came a day after Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said his department was blocking visas for “certain Chinese graduate students and researchers with ties to China’s military fusion strategy to prevent them from stealing and otherwise appropriating sensitive research.”China was “abusing student visas to exploit American academia," Wolf said, offering a long list of alleged Chinese bad behavior but few details.A State Department spokesperson later put the number of visas to be revoked at 1,000.Zhao said the move damaged the “legitimate rights and interests of Chinese students studying in the US.”“It is outright political persecution and racial discrimination, and seriously violated the human rights of Chinese students studying there," Zhao said. “China reserves the right to make further responses to this matter."China-US relations have hit their lowest ebb in decades amid frictions over trade, technology, intellectual property and a myriad of other issues.Along with graduate students, the Trump administration has accused some journalists working for Chinese state media outlets in the US of spreading pro-regime propaganda or outright spying.Chinese students make up the largest group of foreign students at American colleges and universities, with about 370,000 enrolled. New visa restrictions and the global coronavirus pandemic have already created considerable uncertainty about their academic future in the US. (AP)
2020-09-10 19:29:58
A move by the United States to revoke the visas of about 1,000 Chinese students amounts to “outright political persecution and racial discrimination,” China's foreign ministry said on Thursday.The statement from spokesperson Zhao Lijian came a day after Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said his department was blocking visas for “certain Chinese graduate students and researchers with ties to China’s military fusion strategy to prevent them from stealing and otherwise appropriating sensitive research.”China was “abusing student visas to exploit American academia," Wolf said, offering a long list of alleged Chinese bad behavior but few details.A State Department spokesperson later put the number of visas to be revoked at 1,000.Zhao said the move damaged the “legitimate rights and interests of Chinese students studying in the US.”“It is outright political persecution and racial discrimination, and seriously violated the human rights of Chinese students studying there," Zhao said. “China reserves the right to make further responses to this matter."China-US relations have hit their lowest ebb in decades amid frictions over trade, technology, intellectual property and a myriad of other issues.Along with graduate students, the Trump administration has accused some journalists working for Chinese state media outlets in the US of spreading pro-regime propaganda or outright spying.Chinese students make up the largest group of foreign students at American colleges and universities, with about 370,000 enrolled. New visa restrictions and the global coronavirus pandemic have already created considerable uncertainty about their academic future in the US. (AP)
2020-09-10 19:29:58