Apple has removed Meta’s WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China on orders from the country’s internet regulator, US media reported Friday. Mainland China has some of the world’s most extensive internet censorship, with web users unable to access everything from Google to many foreign apps without workarounds such as a virtual private […]
Apple removed Meta Platforms' WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China on Friday after the iPhone maker was ordered by the Chinese government. The Cyberspace Administration of China ordered the removal of these apps from the China storefront based on their national security concerns, Apple said in an emailed statement to Reuters. We are obligated to follow the laws in the countries where we operate, even when we disagree. The iPhone maker said the apps remain available for download...
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) The best-selling new book by Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario, realistically describes what a nuclear war between America and Russia would be like, though her “scenario” for it is wildly unrealistic. It starts with a North Korean missile that does exist, dropping onto the Pentagon a North Korean 1-megaton […]
The four apps are some of the many Western services and products already blocked by China's Great Firewall, but users can bypass these restrictions using VPNs. Reuters writes that other Meta apps, including Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger, were still available on the App Store in China, as were other WesternRead Entire Article
The removal of these foreign platforms—which were already largely inaccessible in China—will make it more difficult for users to circumvent existing restrictions, such as by using VPNs.
By Philip Heijmans (Bloomberg) — This was supposed to be the year that Vietnam reaped the benefits from one of its largest natural gas discoveries. An estimated 150 billion cubic meters
A parliamentary researcher from Edinburgh has been charged with spying for China along with another man. Christopher Cash, 29, who attended George Watson’s College, was director of a policy group on Beijing co-founded by security minister Tom Tugendhat. He was also employed as a researcher by Alicia Kearns, chairwoman of the Commons foreign affairs committee. Cash, whose address is listed on official documents as Whitechapel, London, was arrested in Edinburgh last year and has now been charged...
By Laurie Chen QINGDAO, China, April 21 (Reuters) – The Chinese Navy on Sunday kicked off a biennial meeting of top foreign naval officials in the port city of Qingdao, in a
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency confirmed this week that the recent Microsoft attack from Russian hackers stole emails between the company and the US government.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Sok Chenda Sophea, has discussed strengthening the ASEAN-China partnership with Hou Yanqi, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to ASEAN.
The China Coast Guard said on Friday it patrolled the "territorial waters" of Diaoyu Islands, also known in Japan as the Senkaku Islands, in the East China Sea. Japan Coast Guard said in a separate bulletin that its patrol boats had asked four Chinese coast guard vessels to leave "our
Japan, the Philippines and the United States voiced “serious concern” Thursday over China’s actions in the South China Sea, the nations’ leaders said, amid a territorial dispute that has become increasingly tense. “We express our serious concerns about the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) dangerous and aggressive behavior in the South China Sea,” according to […]