They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but in the case of the U.S. and China, the blatant imitation has often seemed much more sinister. Among the many things China has ripped off wholesale from the U.S., including the interstate system and a booming industry of cheap knockoffs of American products, one […]
BEIJING — As auto giant Volkswagen AG races to catch up with upstart Chinese competitors, it has drivers like 26-year-old Ren Yiling in mind. She is young and wants to play video games in her car. The digital features of her Zeekr 001, a European-designed electric car from China‘s Geely Holding Group, appeal to her. […]
China’s military is conducting research on sea-based neurotoxins, raising new fears among U.S. officials and analysts that Beijing is secretly developing deadly biological weapons for use in a future conflict. Concerns about the marine toxin research were aired for the first time by the U.S. government earlier this month in the annual State Department arms […]
The Associated Press published a lengthy story yesterday looking at the long history of China lying about the origins of COVID-19. Some of this will be familiar territory for people who followed this story closely but other aspects were new to me (and also to the WHO), including the possibility that China inspected the Wuhan […]
Over the weekend we learned that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance just 7 months before the 2021 Olympics. But China came up with an excuse, claiming the hearth drug TMZ had been ingested by the athletes unwittingly because it was present in the kitchen of a hotel they were staying at. […]
A new report claims 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance — trimetazidine — were still allowed to compete in the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games. The report in The New York Times said the incident was hidden from the public after a deal was struck between Chinese officials and the group that […]
Last Sunday a Chinese runner named He Jie won a gold medal in the Beijing half-marathon. But yesterday He and three athletes who finished just behind him were stripped of their medals after video of the finish suggested the other three runners let him win. Here’s video of the finish. 4月14日，北京半程马拉松比赛现场疑似出现假赛，引发大众质疑。视频中，比赛最后几百米，中国选手何杰原本落后，但3位外籍运动员中有人回头摆手疑似示意何杰反超，又示意队友减速。最终，何杰在默契中完成反超，以一秒优势夺冠。这一戏剧性画面引发大众质疑。… pic.twitter.com/dRWxbBcIhB — 李老师不是你老师 (@whyyoutouzhele) […]
Tech giant Apple is so vested in communist China that it is actually helping that government oppress its people, and this month the company took yet another step down that path by acquiescing to the Chinese state and removing more apps from its App Store in China. Last week, Apple agreed to remove Meta’s WhatsApp […]
The announced first-place winner and the three men tied for second place behind him in April 14th’s Beijing Half-Marathon have been stripped of their medals and prize money after an investigation showed that three of them had been registered as competing in the race but were actually there to support the “winner.” Chinese runner He […]
In the latest warning underscoring the danger to U.S. critical infrastructure from Chinese hackers, FBI Director Christopher Wray told a conference in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday that Beijing is poised “for just the right moment” to unleash chaos upon the American grid. The remarks were made at a security forum at Vanderbilt University, in which […]
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