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    US Needs Trillions To Stay Ahead of China in AI Race — Blackrock CEO Points to Pensions and Retirement Savings

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  • ... Blackrock CEO Points to Pensions and Retirement Savings

    So he wants to copy China's playbook?

  • Chinese propaganda is rampant on the fediverse

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  • @Cowbee@lemmygrad.ml

    Lemmygrad. ml is explicitly ML.

    Exploring Left-Wing Extremism on the Decentralized Web: An Analysis of Lemmygrad. ml

    ... findings reveal a substantial increase in user activity and toxicity levels following the migration of these subreddits to Lemmygrad. ml. We also identify posts that support authoritarian regimes, endorse the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and feature anti-Zionist and antisemitic content ... Moreover, their support can extend beyond backing these authoritarian regimes, even cheering on their violent actions, as evidenced by their posts on the Russian invasion of Ukraine ...

    The whole study makes a good read.

  • Chinese propaganda is rampant on the fediverse

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  • never anything that paints China (let alone its government) in the slightest positive light

    Feel free to change that. Just use quite sensible and well-sourced articles.

  • Opensource @programming.dev
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    Microsoft alternative: German social insurers trial OpenDesk for emergencies

    www.heise.de /en/news/Microsoft-alternative-Social-insurers-trial-OpenDesk-for-emergencies-11149607.html
  • World News @lemmy.world
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    and Forcibly Drafts Individuals with Disabilities and Serious Medical Conditions

    Russia Forces Children from Occupied Ukraine into Military Camps

    www.dagens.com /war/russia-forces-children-from-occupied-ukraine-into-military-camps
  • World News @lemmy.world
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    China’s fiscal winter is freezing out local businesses: As officials scour every corner for cash, small and medium-sized businesses are taking the hit – in unpaid contracts

    thediplomat.com /2025/12/chinas-fiscal-winter-is-freezing-out-local-businesses/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    China: Major solar manufacturers report steep losses amid continued price declines and high inventory levels, raising concerns about overcapacity across the PV supply chain

    www.pv-magazine-australia.com /2025/11/10/chinese-pv-industry-brief-major-solar-manufacturers-report-steep-q3-losses/
  • Solarpunk technology @slrpnk.net
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    China: Major solar manufacturers report steep losses amid continued price declines and high inventory levels, raising concerns about overcapacity across the PV supply chain

    www.pv-magazine-australia.com /2025/11/10/chinese-pv-industry-brief-major-solar-manufacturers-report-steep-q3-losses/

  • The Great Firewall: Massive data leak reveals the inner workings of China's censorship regime

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  • This is the first part, as the article says.

  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    The Great Firewall: Massive data leak reveals the inner workings of China's censorship regime

    dti.domaintools.com /inside-the-great-firewall-part-1-the-dump
  • China @sopuli.xyz
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    The Great Firewall: Massive data leak reveals the inner workings of China's censorship regime

    dti.domaintools.com /inside-the-great-firewall-part-1-the-dump
  • World News @lemmy.world
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    China: From beaches to ski slopes, photos show how cameras keep watch all over the country

    apnews.com /photo-gallery/china-surveillance-security-cameras-photo-gallery-c68debcc6d750b36985b99132df4f784
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    Japan PM says raised 'serious concerns' with China's Xi on South China Sea, Xinjiang

    www.channelnewsasia.com /east-asia/japan-china-sanae-takaichi-xi-jinping-talks-apec-5438106
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    Europe’s Blind Spot: China’s Transnational Repression - Beijing and other authoritarian regimes often target dissidents and minorities living abroad

    thediplomat.com /2025/11/europes-blind-spot-chinas-transnational-repression/

  • "It’s not about security, it’s about control" – How EU governments want to encrypt their own comms, but break our private chats

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  • It's not only about control but also a big threat for democracy and a stable society as a whole. Last year, for example, Chinese state-backed hacking group Salt Typhoon breached the U.S. telecom networks' wiretap system (a backdoor legally required for law enforcement to access people's private communication), forcing the authorities to urge U.S. citizens using encrypted messaging. So there is no such thing as a backdoor only for the good guys.

    Breaking encryption opens the door not just for control but also for malign actors within the borders and from abroad. Where such democratic decline ends can be seen in China, for example, where total control and surveillance is suppressing any form of dissent.

    (There is a very good documentary about the devastating consequences of surveillance for those interested: https://total-trust.org/.)

    [Edit typo.]

  • Dutch government intervenes at Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia

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  • China requires not only Chinese leadership, you can't even found a subsidiary in China that you would own. You always need a Chinese partner company that would then control the majority stake of the Joint Venture (btw, the only non-Chinese company that is exempted from this rule is Tesla).

  • Dutch government intervenes at Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia

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  • The Chinese government will certainly understand the Dutch move as they eliminate all Western technology firms such as Nokia and Ericsson from its domestic networks. So what's the issue?

  • Digital vassals? French Government 'exposes citizens' data to US'

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  • 'Brussels signal' is a far-right medium, it mixes factual reporting (by agencies like Reuters, Bloomberg, others) with in-house opinionated editorials which basically all adopt a strong nationalistic, Eurosceptic stance.

    Far-Right Times - The Emergence of Brussels Signal -- (May 2024)

    An English-language news platform with a rightwing mandate, Michael Mosbacher founded Brussels Signal with the backing of American political strategist Patrick Egan [...]

    A savvy media entrepreneur, Mosbacher previously helped found right-wing magazines such as Standpoint and The Critic. He served as editor of both projects before moving on to his next big idea.

    At the Brussels Signal launch in October, conservative feminist Louise Perry gave a speech on ‘woke ideology’ in which she characterised it as a “second Reformation” and a “war on Christianity itself” [...] Perry spoke alongside anti-woke podcaster Konstantin Kissin. The duet represent the cultural parameters for the news start-up: against what used to be called political correctness, in favour of conservative ideas and values.

    So far, Brussels Signal has set clear areas of focus for its news agenda: EU migration policy, the Ukraine war, freedom of speech, and the Green New Deal.

    The European Commission is criticised on all fronts, while its challengers are cheered on [...]

    Remedia Corp, the publisher behind Brussels Signal, was founded by Patrick Egan in November 2022. He set up Remedia Europe with €275,000 in funding from an undisclosed source [...] It’s not his first media project. Another was Remix News, which was set up to provide coverage of Central and Eastern Europe with messaging sympathetic to Viktor Orbán. This includes articles bashing liberal billionaire George Soros.

    Hungarian investigative media group Atlatszo has claimed Remix News is partly financed by the Orbán government. Egan has ties to the Fidesz Party going back more than a decade, according to Atlatszo [...] Brussels Signal has recruited commentators from across Europe. This includes Greek nationalist politician Konstantinos Bogdanos and Polish conservative Krzyzstof Mularczyk [...]

    But a much bigger catch is from Canada: former media kingpin Conrad Black. Once a rival to Rupert Murdoch, Lord Black’s company Hollinger International went bankrupt amid a financial scandal in which he was convicted for fraud. [U.S.] President Donald Trump pardoned his old friend Black before he was shunted from office by over 70 million voters. Naturally, Black is a defender of the Trump years and hopes for a Republican victory come November.

    'Brussels signal' earns revenue from ads, subscriptions, and events. However, it does not disclose detailed financials or donor lists. You'll easily find more across the web.