China accused of cyber-attack on Microsoft Exchange servers
"The EU was the first to put out a statement saying the attack came from "the territory of China", while the UK said Chinese state-backed actors were responsible. The US is expected to follow suit."
--- Note, how the EU is again rather careful not to blame China directly. Not that it will help much. The CCP will lash out at the EU just as much as against the UK & US.
"The countries have also said the Chinese Ministry of State Security was responsible for other espionage activity
[...] Western intelligence officials say the behaviour by China was markedly more serious than anything they have seen before."
--- China? Espionage? What a dastardly accusation. China would never ever take part in such a sinister activity.
US blames China for hacks, opening new front in cyber offensive
"a dramatic escalation in the increasingly urgent attempt by the Biden administration to stave off further breaches
[...] The public disclosure of the Chinese efforts amounts to a new front in an ongoing offensive by the Biden administration to bat away cyberthreats"
--- Oh my, CNN seems really fearful now. How is this a 'new front' or 'dramatic escalation'? The only new thing here is that this particular attack is openly attributed to the Chinese government. But it has long been known that the CCP is behind a number of cyber espionage groups, & attacks have been attributed to these groups a number of times in recent years.
"On Monday, the Justice Department announced that four Chinese nationals and residents were indicted by a federal grand jury in San Diego for "a campaign to hack into the computer systems of dozens of victim companies universities and government entities" in the US and abroad between 2011 and 2018"
--- Now, that may be the really new part in this article, if those 4 are not the same that have been already investigated for quite a while now. (My memory sucks, but I mean to remember this investigation from the news some months ago.)
"On Monday, the United States will also publish more than 50 "tactics and procedures" Chinese state-sponsored cyber hackers utilize when targeting US networks in the hopes of making vulnerable entities more prepared"
--- Could be useful, but in general, the people working in government agencies should already be aware of this stuff.
"In addition to the United States, the other countries included in the Five Eyes intelligence sharing collective — the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada — will make similar announcements
[...] Japan and the European Union will also join the announcement, as will NATO"
--- Huh? The UK & the EU actually published their accusations first (& surely that had already happened when CNN put up this article).
Norway also joined: Norway Says Cyber Attack on Parliament Carried Out From China
& here is Australia's 'dramatic escalation': Australia joins allies in accusing China of ‘malicious cyber activities’
China, meanwhile, didn't wait long with its inevitable tantrum:
China Threatens U.S., Allies Following Claims of Cyber Hacks
"Beijing called the claims "a huge lie," "slander" and "ridiculous," and it threatened devastating consequences if Washington proceeds with similar rhetoric or considers punitive action"
--- Oh, the West is shaking in fear. (Well, OK, CNN obviously is. & I'm not sure about the EU Commission.)
"Such a practice cannot be carried out in China's system, and it is completely inexplicable from the perspective of motivation
[...] it is totally unthinkable in socialist China"
--- & what about nationalsocialist China?
"If the US takes aggressive measures, carries out national-level cyber attacks on China, or imposes so-called sanctions on China, we will retaliate."
--- 'So-called.' Favourite expression in Chinese state media it seems. So, if the US imposes actual instead of so-called sanctions, China will do nothing?
c.f.: What is the Hafnium Microsoft hack and why has the UK linked it to China?
Covid: Is China's vaccine success waning in Asia?
"Experts stress that breakthrough infections do not mean vaccines are pointless, as immunisation helps to stop people from getting very sick with Covid-19."
--- Tell that to those Indonesian health workers who died.
After that last article in which the BBC came to the rescue of Chinese vaccines, someone there seems to have felt the need to publish another such piece, but slightly more objective.
"There are also no reports yet of breakthrough infections in China, where more than 630 million have taken at least one shot of a Chinese vaccine. It is not known how many of them are fully vaccinated.
But the virus is thought to be controlled in China, which is reporting low daily infection rates and has moved swiftly to stamp out local outbreaks."
--- Exactly. But even if there were breakthrough infections in China, could we trust in the CCP to be open about it?
A Pacific nation's Covid-19 crisis has become a political power play between China and Australia
"China's 300,000 vaccine donations to the Pacific have failed to meet Australia's nearly 600,000 -- and with Canberra promising to supply another 15 million doses to the region, Beijing is on the backfoot."
--- How dare you donate more than China! We are losing face! Worse, we are losing money!!! By donating so much that pretty much everyone gets vaccinated you destroy our business model of donating a bit & then selling 10x as much (for inflated prices).
"MOFA said it hoped the Australian side would "reflect on its own mistakes, earnestly change its course, and do more to protect the health and well-being of the people of the island countries and promote international cooperation in the fight against the virus.""
--- Well, these evil Australians might actually do a lot for the health & well-being of those people by saving them from taking Chinese vaccines.
China's already spending billions on overseas investments. Does it need to fund security, too?
"The bus was carrying a convoy of Chinese engineers to the construction site of the Dasu hydropower plant in northern Pakistan"
--- How can a bus carry a whole convoy?
What China Expects From Businesses: Total Surrender
"unlike the antitrust campaigns that European and American officials are pursuing in their regions, China is using the guise of antitrust to cement the Communist Party’s monopoly of power, with private enterprises likely to lose what’s left of their independence and become a mere appendage of the state"
--- Free market with emperor Xi's characteristics.
"the tech companies are increasingly being blamed for the wealth gap, with their founders criticized as villains who take advantage of consumers and force their employees to work long hours"
--- Good one. The wealth gap has been growing for much longer than we have these tech companies. But, hey, it can't be the fault of the CCP, therefore it must be these successful entrepreneurs.
"Beijing was not happy last year when some big internet companies invested heavily in apps that sell vegetables to local residents. That’s because the apps could replace the mom-and-pop vegetable stands where many lower-income people make a living."
--- Dubious. If that were the case, why would the CCP go after all those small food stalls? In the last 5 years or so, they have largely disappeared from inner cities, driven out by hordes of chengguan.
Pro-Beijing lawmaker claims hit Hong Kong TV show featuring same-sex romance violates China’s national security law
"Pro-Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho has slammed the new hit TV series Ossan’s Love for featuring same-sex romance, claiming that promoting homosexuality is against China’s three-child policy and its national security law"
--- Homosexuality is a matter of national security? (& I'm pretty sure that most homosexual couples won't have more than 3 children.)
"Neither China’s national security law nor its three-child policy apply to Hong Kong, although the city has its own Beijing-imposed security law"
--- Insignificant details.
'Military fanboys' shared a video threatening nuclear war. This is why China allowed it
US Congress takes aim at China’s recruitment of scientists
Dams collapse in China's Inner Mongolia amid heavy rain
Chinese Unesco official defends plan to list Great Barrier Reef as ‘in danger’
--- China Uncensored: "Jackie Chan Wants to Join the Chinese Communist Party!"
--- BBC News: "China accused of cyber-attack on Microsoft"
--- Sky News (AUS): "There's been a 'reminder' that war is becoming 'more and more likely every single day'"
USA und EU-Staaten werfen China Attacke auf Microsoft-Server vor
"Die Mitgliedstaaten der EU und die Vereinigten Staaten haben am Montag China für einen großangelegten Hackerangriff verantwortlich gemacht, der Anfang März aufgeflogen war.
[...] Sie kündigte an, die USA, die EU, Großbritannien, Kanada, Neuseeland, Japan und die Nato würden noch am Montag gemeinsam die „bösartigen Cyberaktivitäten“ Chinas öffentlich anprangern."
--- Was inzwischen wohl auch geschehen ist. Wobei die EU sich mal wieder in Weicheierei übte & die Hacker lieber nicht direkt mit dem chinesischen Staat in Verbindung bringen wollte.
"am Montag würden amerikanische Sicherheitsbehörden wie die Bundespolizei FBI „mehr als 50 Taktiken, Techniken und Prozeduren offenlegen, die staatlich geförderte chinesische Hacker bei Angriffen auf Netzwerke in den USA und bei Verbündeten einsetzten"."
--- Welche bei Behörden vermutlich eigentlich schon lange bekannt sein sollten.
„Ich würde meinem Minister raten: Fahren Sie nicht hin!“
"Wenn ich beim Auswärtigen Amt noch in Amt und Würden wäre, würde ich meinem Minister oder Bundeskanzler raten: Fahren Sie da am liebsten nicht hin!"
--- Mal sehen, was die nächste Bundesregierung macht. Es darf befürchtet werden, daß es beim Appeasement bleibt.
"Wir sind in dieser Situation mit China nur, weil die Organisationen des Sports keine funktionierende Menschenrechtsstrategie haben. Man muss sie im Grunde behandeln wie Unternehmen, die Lieferketten haben. Und innerhalb dieser Lieferkette dürfen sie nicht in Verbindung stehen mit Menschenrechtsverletzungen"
--- Aber, aber ... Sport dient doch der Völkerfreundschaft. Sowas darf man nicht mit Politik belasten. Nur, weil in einem Land ein Genozid stattfindet, kann man den Sportlern doch nicht ihren Spaß nehmen. Das wäre doch echt fies.
"Was machen denn deutsche Sportfunktionäre in solchen Gremien?"
--- Dasselbe wie deutsche Politiker: Appeasement im Namen des Geldes.
Die Kommunistische Partei spielt mit
"China versucht seit Jahren, eine eigene Fußballkultur zu entwickeln.
[...] An der Basis wurden in den vergangenen fünf Jahren mehr als 70.000 Fußballplätze gebaut. In den Schulen sollen Kinder und Jugendliche mindestens einmal pro Woche Fußball spielen."
--- Was ist besser, um die Freude am Fußball zu wecken, als die Kinder dazu zu zwingen, es zu spielen?
"2019 erhielten die chinesischen Fußballerinnen vor der WM Unterricht mit dem Titel „Mutterland in meinem Herzen“"
--- Echte Fußballkultur.
Dope aus China
"Cannabis wurde einer Studie zufolge vor grob 12.000 Jahren in Ostasien domestiziert und zählt damit zu den frühesten Kulturpflanzen"
--- In englischen Artikeln ist vom heutigen Westchina die Rede. & das ist nicht Ost-, sondern Zentralasien.