向美国媒体提供现金,因涉嫌监视记者而接受调查 TikTok showers US media outlets with cash while under investigation for spying on reporters


更有甚者,据报道TikTok在本周向华盛顿支付了一大批影响力人士,要求他们在三天之内访问华盛顿特区,向立法者求爱,希望能避免禁令的通过。 TikTok的发言人Jamal Brown(h/t Politico)说:”华盛顿的立法者应该从那些生活将直接受其决定影响的人那里听到第一手消息。” “我们期待着欢迎我们的创造者来到我们国家的首都,帮助他们发出自己的声音,并继续为他们的生活和社区带来有意义的影响。” 近几个月来,包括美国联邦和州政府在内的各国政府越来越警惕TikTok,主要是担心推出TikTok应用的中国公司ByteDance所引发的国家安全相关担忧。 与此同时,《福布斯》的一项调查首次报道了TiKTOK母公司内正在寻找泄漏源的员工对记者的监控。 What’s more, TikTok is reportedly paying an army of influencers to descend on Washington DC over three days this week, courting lawmakers in the hopes of staving off a ban. “Lawmakers in Washington debating TikTok should hear firsthand from people whose lives would be directly affected by their […]

无视专家,中国突然退出零新冠病毒,夺走了生命 | 美联社新闻 Ignoring experts, China’s sudden zero-COVID exit cost lives | AP News


一位前中国疾控中心官员说:“即使提前三天通知也不错。”“发生这种情况的方式令人难以置信。” https://apnews.com/article/zero-covid-exit-china-reopening-investigation-05e1bf6d14e3b77ade26b719093ac43b 很快,病人占领了急诊病房,病人分散在地板上。新冠肺炎抗病毒药物在黑市上以每盒数千美元的价格出售。 中国疾控中心后来估计,在短短六周内,该国约80%的人被感染——超过10亿人。但根据一名前官方媒体记者获得并在网上发布的泄露指令,即使死亡人数增加,当局也命令官方媒体转移对中国突然重新开放的批评。 “大力宣传,”它命令道。“反驳美国和西方提出的我们‘被迫打开’和‘没有准备的’的虚假主张。”—阅读apnews.com/article/zero-covid-exit-china-reopening-investigation-05e1bf6d14e3b77ade26b719093ac43b     Even three days’ notice would have been good,” said a former China CDC official. “The way this happened was just unbelievable.” Soon, the sick overran emergency wards and patients sprawled on floors. COVID-19 antivirals sold for thousands of dollars a box on the black market. In just six […]

Christian who escaped Chinese persecution warns US descending into ‘communist style of governance’ 逃脱中国迫害的基督徒警告美国陷入“共产主义治理风格”


The similarities are very, very striking between the Chinese Communist way of persecution and the American leftist way of restriction and even discrimination,” Fu told Fox News Digital. Fu said he has observed with concern how the left in the U.S. is increasingly exhibiting “dictatorial” attitudes both culturally and politically by censoring speech, enforcing “woke” […]

习近平是个好领导人吗? 中国聊天机器人是这样回答的 Is Xi Jinping a good leader? Here is what Chinese chatbot answered


https://www.business-standard.com/article/technology/is-xi-jinping-a-good-leader-here-is-what-chinese-chatbot-answered-123031600795_1.html https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-chatbots-run-up-against-chinas-censorship-f7ee1cea For experimenting, WSJ talked to four Chinese chatbots. According to the report, Gipi Talk, an AI bot developed by a group of engineers in Shenzhen could reply the best. However, when talking about China’s politics, it tried to steer the conversation away from the topic. Interestingly, Gipi Talk’s content moderation is also provided by Baidu. Here […]

英国政府禁止使用TikTok手机 UK bans TikTok from government mobile phones


https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/16/uk-bans-tiktok-from-government-mobile-phones Britain is to ban the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from ministers’ and civil servants’ mobile phones, bringing the UK in line with the US and the European Commission and reflecting deteriorating relations with Beijing. The decision marks a sharp U-turn from the UK’s previous position and came a few hours after TikTok said its owner, ByteDance, […]

香港:两名涉嫌藏有「煽动」儿童读物被捕Hong Kong: two arrested for possessing ‘seditious’ children’s book


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/17/hong-kong-two-arrested-for-possessing-seditious-childrens-book 据《明报》报道,这些出版物是从英国寄往香港的,是2019年动乱时香港人像羊一样试图保护自己的村庄免受狼的侵害的连环画儿童书籍的几本。 明报周三援引警方的话说,两人已被保释,但下个月必须向警方报案。 2022年,五名语言治疗师因涉嫌”策划出版、发行、展示三本具有煽动性意图的书”,被判处有期徒刑19个月,被法院判决为煽动性。 警方当时警告家长销毁这些书,因为他们”太激进,灌输给孩子们思想,使他们无法对抗和反对政府”。 The Chinese-language Mingpao newspaper reported that the publications were sent from Britain to Hong Kong and were several copies of illustrated children’s books in a series that portrayed Hongkongers during the 2019 unrest as sheep trying to defend their village from wolves, an apparent reference to the mainland Chinese authorities. […]

俄罗斯、中国制造“危险、混乱、分裂”的世界 Al Jazeera English: Russia, China creating world of ‘danger, disorder, division’: UK


https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/14/russia-china-creating-world-of-danger-disorder-division-uk “俄罗斯非法入侵乌克兰、将能源和食品供应武器化以及不负责任的核言论,再加上中国在南海和台湾海峡采取更具侵略性的立场,有可能创造一个充满危险、混乱和分裂的世界,”英国 总理 Rishi Sunak 在评论的前言中写道。 “Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, weaponisation of energy and food supplies and irresponsible nuclear rhetoric, combined with China’s more aggressive stance in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, are threatening to create a world defined by danger, disorder and division,” UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wrote in […]

The Washington Post: TikTok’s data security plan is ‘deeply flawed,’ whistleblower claims 一名前 TikTok 员工告诉国会,该应用程序在中国间谍活动中撒谎


https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/03/10/tiktok-data-whistleblower-congress-investigators/ TikTok 的一位前风险经理会见了国会调查人员,表达了他对该公司保护美国用户数据的计划存在严重缺陷的担忧,并指出在许多人考虑在全国范围内实施该应用程序的时刻,有证据可能会激起立法者对该应用程序的怀疑 禁止 A former risk manager at TikTok has met with congressional investigators to share his concerns that the company’s plan for protecting United States user data is deeply flawed, pointing to evidence that could inflame lawmakers’ suspicion of the app at a moment when many are considering a nationwide ban TikTok 可以收集大量用户数据,包括视频观看历史、电子邮件地址和联系人,不过 […]

历史上的残暴统治者之一——毛泽东 One of Brutal Ruler on a History, Mao zhedong


https://short-history.com/from-genghis-khan-to-pol-pot-the-10-most-brutal-rulers-in-history-cb598ef6a962 4. Mao Zedong —Dictator of China 毛泽东——中国的独裁者 Death toll: 80 million 死亡人数:8 000万 毛泽东(1893年至1976年执政)把中国从半殖民地带到了世界领先地位。 然而,毛的政策造成了大量饥荒、监狱劳动和大规模处决的死亡。 20世纪50年代,毛泽东发动了大跃进,适得其反,导致了历史上最严重的饥荒。 1959年至1961年期间,超过5 500万人死于饥饿。 毛泽东的文化大革命(1966年至1976年)造成了多达700万人的死亡。 “当食物不够时,人们就会饿死。 最好让一半的人死去,让另一半的人吃饱。” — 毛泽东 Mao Zedong (reigned 1893–1976) took China from a semi-colony to the world’s leading power. However, Mao’s policies caused an enormous number of deaths through famine, prison labor, and mass executions. In […]

Three organisers jailed over Hong Kong vigil for Tiananmen Square victims 三名组织者因香港为天安门广场受害者守夜而入狱


Chow Hang-tung, Tang Ngok-kwan and Tsui Hon-kwong were jailed for failing to comply with a national security law. — Read on www.newschainonline.com/news/world-news/three-organisers-jailed-over-hong-kong-vigil-for-tiananmen-square-victims-325159 The three were arrested in 2021 during a crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement following massive protests more than three years ago. They were leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic […]

中国、缅甸、朝鲜在自由报告中被列为“最糟糕的” China, Myanmar, North Korea listed as ‘worst of worst’ in freedom report


This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. The Chinese Communist Party plays “a leading role in promoting — Read on americanmilitarynews.com/2023/03/china-myanmar-north-korea-listed-as-worst-of-worst-in-freedom-report/ 在全球被列为“不自由”的56个国家中,朝鲜、中国和缅甸被列为“最糟糕的国家之一”。此外,在亚太地区的39个国家中,有9个国家被列为“不自由”,13个国家仅被视为“部分自由”。 Among the 56 countries listed as “Not Free” around the world, North Korea, China and Myanmar were listed as among “the worst of the worst.” Additionally, […]