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We have long known that the Chinese government has targeted American carbon composite technology. Carbon composites are extremely useful in aircraft frames because they are lightweight. And they are critically important in jet engines because of their ability to withstand high temperatures. It was General Electric’s carbon composite technology that Yanjun Xu, an official of […]…

Here’s the latest broadside from Reuters: Amazon has curried favor in China by promoting books extolling the leadership of President Xi Jinping and his version of “socialism with Chinese characteristics.” This comes at the same time that the New York Times is describing how China’s government is spending massive amounts of money on Facebook and […]…

The Chinese government is using sophisticated automated bot systems to “like” and promote social media posts that confuse Western audiences about the treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang Province and about the origins of COVID, according to a breakthrough article in the New York Times online today. Our social media platforms are making billions by helping […]…

U.S. universities keep ties to Chinese schools that support China’s military buildup, report says Dan De Luce Fri, December 10, 2021, 9:00 AM   Dozens of U.S. universities maintain ties to Chinese universities that conduct defense research in support of Beijing’s military buildup, including work related to the country’s nuclear weapons program, according to a […]…

Ben Smith, writing his media column in today’s New York Times, has obtained an internal TikTok document describing how algorithms written in Beijing are fueling its explosive growth and its ability to essentially addict viewers. Much of that is already well-understood. But he also reveals just how deeply TikTok is intertwined with its Chinese parent […]…