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#1 Rogue Communication Devices Found in Chinese Solar Power Inverters

May 16 2025 // U.S. energy officials are reassessing the risk posed by Chinese-made devices that play a critical role in renewable energy infrastructure after unexplained communication equipment was found inside some of them, two people...

#2 TikTok Fined €530 Million for Illegally Sending EU Data to China

May 5 2025 // TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd. was fined €530 million ($600 million) by the European Union for illegally sending user data to China, and warned that it didn’t do enough to keep that information out of reach from...

#3 UK Cyber Security Chief Names China as Dominant Hacking Threat

May 8 2025 // The UK has named China as the dominant threat to national cybersecurity after a series of hacks and breaches involving British government departments and critical infrastructure. “China remains the pacing threat in...

#4 Chinese Hacking Competitions Fuel the Country’s Broad Cyber Ambitions

May 1 2025 // Dustin Childs can still describe the best demonstration of a winning hack at an international tournament he’s ever seen. It happened almost a decade ago. The participants had to find a way to break into a Windows...

#5 Chinese Exporters Elated by Reprieve in US-China Trade War

May 12 2025 // The US-China deal temporarily lowering tariffs comes as a relief for Chinese exporters in limbo since the onset of a trade war between the world’s two largest economies. The Trump administration’s 145% duties...

#6 Thai-Chinese Firm Denies Flouting Safety Measures in Probe of Skyscraper Collapse

Apr 23 2025 // A Thai-Chinese company denied Monday allegations its steel rods did not pass safety standard tests after nationwide criticism prompted an investigation into the collapse of a high-rise building under construction after an...