How Russians and Chinese worked together on propaganda scenarios

A leaked email from a Russian media giant reveals partnerships between the Russian and Chinese governments to jointly broadcast political content. The leak had gone almost unnoticed. The American investigative media The Intercept recovered hacked emails from the Russian audiovisual group VGTRK and details their content in an article published on December 30, 2022. We discover many exchanges … Continue reading How Russians and Chinese worked together on propaganda scenarios →

Bitkom: Distrust of Russian and Chinese IT providers has grown

The values were never good, but the trust values for handling personal data are now devastating for Russian and Chinese IT companies. Confidence in IT companies with headquarters in Russia and China and in their handling of personal data has fallen rapidly among German users compared to 2021. This is the result of a representative survey … Continue reading Bitkom: Distrust of Russian and Chinese IT providers has grown →

US sanctions against semiconductor manufacturers: the mood of crisis in China

China has no short-term response to US semiconductor manufacturing restrictions. It seems to be boiling in the background. (Image: HomeArt/Shutterstock.com) The Chinese government seems paralyzed by the new US sanctions against the local semiconductor industry. There is no official reaction and it seems that there is no answer. In the background, the Ministry for Industry and Information Technology … Continue reading US sanctions against semiconductor manufacturers: the mood of crisis in China →

China sells partially defective chips to Russia

Some Chinese suppliers are said to sell junk chips to Russia and thus circumvent embargoes. The global response to Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine in the form of embargoes has largely cut off the country from supplies covered by the relevant sales bans. Accordingly, Russia can no longer simply order new processors from Intel or … Continue reading China sells partially defective chips to Russia →

China is now spying on schoolchildren with their pens

China has found an amazing method to spy on students and push them to work more seriously: the government distributes connected pens to better punish them if they don't work hard enough! © Unsplash/Antoine Dautry How do improve academic success? China has found an idea that we hope, will not necessarily be emulated too much. Rather than … Continue reading China is now spying on schoolchildren with their pens →