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


https://bgr.com/business/tiktok-showers-us-media-outlets-with-cash-while-under-investigation-for-spying-on-reporters/ https://youtu.be/s4Pr_nL45qA 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…

新冠病毒起源于武汉市场出售的浣熊狗 COVID Origins Tied to Raccoon Dogs Sold at Wuhan Market


A new theory about the start of the COVID-19 virus points to illegally traded raccoon dogs at a market in Wuhan, China. — Read on www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-03-17/covid-origins-tied-to-raccoon-dogs-sold-at-wuhan-market 关于新冠病毒开始的新理论表明,在中国武汉的一个市场上非法交易浣熊犬。 A new theory…

世卫组织指责中国隐瞒冠状病毒来源数据 WHO accuses China of hiding data on coronavirus’ origin


https://theprint.in/world/who-accuses-china-of-hiding-data-on-coronavirus-origin/1453130/ 世界卫生组织(WHO)周五(当地时间)也向中国官员询问了3年前没有公开这些数据的原因,以及今年1月在网上公布后为什么现在找不到这些数据。 在数据消失在互联网空间之前,一个国际病毒专家小组下载并开始分析这项研究。 研究组表示,该数据支持了在中国武汉华南海鲜批发市场感染人类的非法交易的浣熊犬有可能引发大流行。 但据《纽约时报》报道,一旦专家提出与中国同行合作,基因序列就被从科学数据库中删除,该研究小组未能取得最终结果。 世卫组织总干事Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus博士说:"这些数据本来可以——也应该——在三年前共享的。 他说,目前失踪的证据"需要立即与国际社会分享"。 The WHO, on Friday (Local time) also asked the Chinese official about the reasons behind not revealing the data three years…

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,…

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…

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…

What did Xi Jinping know about the coronavirus, and when did he know it? 习近平对新型冠状病毒了解多少,什么时候知道的?


https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/what-did-xi-jinping-know-about-the-coronavirus-and-when-did-he-know-it/2020/02/19/35482fe2-5340-11ea-b119-4faabac6674f_story.html 中国冠状病毒暴发初期阶段仍然是一个重要且仍然鲜为人知的空白。 迅速、及早采取行动本来可以挽救生命,避免巨大的破坏。 相反,在疫情爆发的头几周,中国人民面临危险,尽管他们知道有些事情正在发生,但他们的官员没有发出警报。 THE EARLY phase of the coronavirus outbreak in China remains an important and still poorly understood lacuna. Prompt, early action could have saved lives and averted…

中国需要支付新冠肺炎(实验室泄漏与否) China Must Pay for COVID-19 (Lab Leak Or Not) – 19FortyFive


https://www.19fortyfive.com/2023/03/china-must-pay-for-covid-19-lab-leak-or-not/ 事实上,中国政府鼓励往返中国的航空旅行照常进行——即使北京下令实施严格的内部封锁并将武汉置于“战时控制”之下。 如果北京的任何人早于他们正式承认这种疾病,世界可能已经减缓甚至遏制了这种传播。 China’s regime encouraged air travel to and from China to occur as normal—even as Beijing was ordering strict internal lockdowns and placing Wuhan under “wartime controls.” Had anyone in Beijing officially…

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…

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…

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…

Why a group of Chinese women became human rights activists 为什么一群中国妇女成为人权活动家


https://www.dw.com/en/why-a-group-of-chinese-women-became-human-rights-activists/a-64895679 After their husbands became targets of a Chinese crackdown, these women began speaking out against Beijing's abuses. They tell DW how their experiences have helped them grow and broadened…