Neil Campbell
Neil lives in Canada and writes about society and politics.
US Semiconductor Trade Association Urges China Bans to be Reconsidered
A trade group that describes itself as “the voice of the U.S. semiconductor industry” has called on the Biden administration to lay off a series of foreshadowed sanctions against sales from the chip industry to...
Drug Seizures Up 80 Percent At Hong Kong Airport
Hong Kong International Airport is experiencing an 80 percent surge in the volume of illegal narcotics seized from packages and passengers routing through the terminal compared to 2022. 2.3 tonnes worth 970 million HKD ($124...
Musk Warned Beijing That AI May Overthrow Its Government
Tesla CEO and Twitter owner Elon Musk warned the Chinese government that artificial intelligence may be capable of overthrowing it during a recent trip to Beijing and Shanghai. The billionaire revealed the comments in a...
US Navy Buzzes Taiwan Strait With Surveillance Aircraft
The U.S. Navy buzzed the Taiwan Strait with a spy plane on July 13 “amid increased Chinese People’s Liberation Army activities in the area,” South China Morning Post reported. In coverage of the event, Reuters...
Beijing Tightens Chains On Generative AI Served To Chinese Public
The Chinese government has placed formal restrictions on generative artificial intelligence services available to those residing in Mainland China. An array of seven regulatory bodies led by the Cyberspace Administration of China issued the directive...
Chinese ‘Tourist’ Spy Thwarted at UK Parliament Briefing On Hong Kong Dissidents
A purported Chinese Communist Party spy attempting to enter a non-public briefing at the UK House of Commons on the plight of two Hong Kong dissidents was thwarted, the Daily Mail claims in an exclusive...
China-based Hackers Breached Secretary Raimondo’s Email Account: Reports
An “adversary based in China” that Microsoft has given the moniker “Storm-0558” has breached the email servers of “approximately” 25 U.S. organizations, including government agencies, Microsoft alerted the public in a July 11 blog post....
Foxconn, Apple Supplier, Withdraws From $20 Billion India Chip Factory
Taiwan-based Foxconn, most widely known for assembling iPhones and other Apple products at factories in mainland China, has withdrawn from a $20 billion joint venture with India’s Vedanta to build a semiconductor plant in Prime...
Beijing Takes Small Step to Shore Up Property Sector From Credit Default Risks
The Chinese authorities have extended loan relief for property developers until December of 2024, the next step in a recent slew of efforts to bolster an economy plagued by a rapidly devaluing yuan and a...
Zuckerberg Courting Tencent to Export Metaverse Goggles to China: Reports
The brainchild of billionaire Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, which has since rebranded to Meta, has never been approved by the Chinese authorities despite the company’s best efforts to court officials. But as the company attempts to...
CCP Spy Base in Cuba Has Existed for 30 Years, Intelligence Officer Says
Rumors that Communist China is planning to build an intelligence hub in Cuba appear to have been debunked insofar that similar facilities have already existed for 3 decades, according to a new report. This is...
China’s Central Bank to Consolidate Power in Former Deputy Chairman Pan Gongsheng
The Chinese authorities are set to consolidate command of its central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), behind Pan Gongsheng, who has as of time of writing, only been officially promoted to Communist Party...