Tag: Cyberspace Administration Of China

China Bans Some Chip Sales of Micron, the US Company

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Beijing on Sunday told Chinese companies that deal with critical information to stop purchasing products from Micron Technology, the U.S.-based manufacturer of memory chips used in phones, computers and other electronics. Many analysts viewed the move as retaliation for Washington’s efforts to cut off China’s access to high-end chips. In a statement on its official social media site, the Cyberspace Administration of China said that in a cybersecurity review it had found that the chip maker’s products posed “relatively serious cybersecurity problems.” The problems could “seriously endanger the supply chain…

Why China Is Tightening Its Oversight of Banking and Tech

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A real estate market that is threatening the financial system and holding back the economy. A tech industry that is being targeted by aggressive U.S. efforts to cut it off from the world. Tech companies that are trying to keep pace with fast-moving developments in artificial intelligence. As its trade and economic rivalry with the West has intensified, China has launched a government overhaul intended to address some of its biggest stated priorities. A series of changes handed down from the highest reaches of the government were approved Friday at…

China’s Celebrity Culture Is Raucous. The Authorities Want to Change That.

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China’s online censors have for years relentlessly silenced political dissidents, #MeToo activists, liberal intellectuals, satirists and anybody else who has threatened to disturb the digital peace. Now, its internet minders have turned their attention to “stan” culture. The Chinese government has taken a series of steps in recent days to rein in celebrity worship and fan clubs, amid growing concerns among officials that the relentless quest for online attention is poisoning the minds of the country’s youth. On Friday, the Cyberspace Administration of China banned the ranking of celebrities by…

Did this 2015 blog post from Didi contain Chinese state secrets? – TLD by MW

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We know that Didi, China’s ride hailing giant that went on US IPO on 30 June, is now under pressure from the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC). We do not know exactly what type of information is considered risky by the CAC, but a blog post Didi did in July 2015 probably offered a glimpse of what it could be. The entire government  The post, jointly developed by Xinhua News Agency and Didi Research Institute, contained information about travel patterns of key government ministries and agencies in Beijing over two…