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President Biden has issued an executive order that prohibits certain entities from investing in US organizations if it will give the investor access to certain information technologies and/or US data.

It's catchily titled the Order on Ensuring Robust Consideration of Evolving National Security Risks by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. Or OERCENSRCFIUS for short, if you want to work it into song lyrics.

The Committee (CFIUS) is already required to consider whether inbound investments come from a nation "that has a demonstrated or declared strategic goal of acquiring a type of critical technology or critical infrastructure that would affect United States leadership in areas related to national security."

The executive order adds a requirement to consider investments in "microelectronics, artificial intelligence, biotechnology and biomanufacturing, quantum computing, advanced clean energy, and climate adaptation technologies" to make sure they don't threaten national security.

US bans some foreign investments in chips, AI, quantum tech

Not aimed specifically at China … just nations that behave a lot like China

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Biden says U.S. forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion

Asked to clarify if he meant that, unlike in Ukraine, U.S. forces, men and women, would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion, Biden replied: "Yes."

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Biden ilmoitti että US puolustaisi Taiwania Kiinan hyökkäykseltä. Nyt meni kiinalaisen sotakääpiön suunnitelmat uusiksi.

 

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Anger has flared among social media users in China after 27 people died when a bus carrying them to a Covid-19 quarantine facility crashed in the south-west province of Guizhou.

With millions of Chinese still under tight restrictions thanks to Beijing’s strict zero-Covid strategy, the deaths in the early hours of Sunday quickly became a lightning rod for criticism of the government. Only two people have died from Covid in Guizhou in the entire pandemic.

“What proof do you have that you won’t be on that bus at night someday?” read one popular post on the Twitter-like Weibo site.

The top-rated reply read: “Who said we’re not on that bus late at night, we’re clearly all there. We’re all on this terrifying, dark bus.”

Anger in China after 27 people killed in Covid quarantine bus crash

Tragedy in Guizhou province became a lightning rod for social media criticism of zero-Covid policy before posts were shut down

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Western powers are weighing the risk of a potential defeat if they table a resolution at the UN Human Rights Council calling for an independent commission to investigate alleged human rights abuses by China in Xinjiang.

The issue is a litmus case for Chinese influence at the UN, as well as the willingness of the UN to endorse a worldview that protects individual rights from authoritarian states.

The outgoing UN human rights commissioner, Michelle Bachelet, issued a report on her last day in office – 31 August – claiming there was clear evidence of crimes against humanity committed by China during its suppression of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang province. It was the first time the UN made such a serious allegation against China.

The report found evidence of systemic discrimination, mass arbitrary detention, torture, and sexual and gender-based violence.

Western leaders, in uncharted waters, are hesitating whether to table a resolution setting up an investigatory mechanism into China at the Human Rights Council (HRC), which started meeting in Geneva last week and runs to 7 October.

West weighs calling for China Uyghur abuses inquiry at UN

Battle over influence at Human Rights Council, with Beijing warning of ‘politicisation of human rights’

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The head of Hong Kong’s journalist union was charged with obstructing police on Monday, 10 days before he was set to leave the city and begin an overseas fellowship at Oxford University.

Ronson Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), was arrested on 7 September over a dispute with two officers who asked to see his identification while he was covering a residents’ meeting at a public housing estate.

The police say Chan refused to provide his ID card and behaved in an “uncooperative” way despite multiple warnings.

Hong Kong journalist charged days before leaving for Oxford fellowship

Ronson Chan was due to travel to the UK when he was arrested for ‘obstructing police’

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Alkuperäinen juttu ei ole ihan yhtä dramaattinen kuin twitteröinti antaa ymmärtää.

Xi kai ajattelee, että Taiwanin valtaus olisi hänen poliittisen perintönsä jalokivi. Putlerin tautia siis ilmassa. Jees-miesten ympäröimänä voi tietysti diktaattorin ymmärrys häipyä, kun samaan aikaan ikä alkaa tulla vastaan, jotta pystyis johtamaan loistavia voittoja. Toivottavasti Taiwan pistää kunnolla rahaa aseistukseen ja modernisoi armeijansa koulutuksen...

China May Draw Lessons From Russian Failures in Ukraine

While China is very interested in expanding its sphere of political and military influence in the Indo-Pacific region, it's likely going to be more cautious when it comes to a move as aggressive as an

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This is the first time USS Zumwalt has pulled into Guam and marks the farthest it’s ever been from its home port of Naval Base San Diego since its commissioning.

“This port call is a testament to the crew’s hard work and the resiliency of the ship. I’m grateful to preside over a crew that conducts themselves with the utmost professionalism and I’m glad we were afforded this time to rest and recharge.”

Capt. Amy McInnis, Commanding Officer of Zumwalt

While this was a working port visit, Sailors had a number of opportunities to rest and unwind on and off base. In conjunction with Naval Base Guam’s own Morale, Welfare, Recreation (MWR) program, Sailors were granted opportunities and transportation to visit popular local establishments such as restaurants, gyms and beaches all around Guam.

USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) deploys to 7th Fleet - Naval News

The U.S. Navy's Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) departed Guam after a scheduled port call, on Sept. 19.

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One day after President Joe Biden said the U.S. would defend Taiwan militarily, his Air Force secretary issued a stern warning to Beijing: Don’t do it.

Frank Kendall said Chinese leaders should look no further than Russia’s botched attempt to take over Ukraine to see why an invasion of Taiwan would not be easy and would have severe consequences.

“China would be making an enormous mistake to invade Taiwan,” Kendall told reporters Monday at the Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space & Cyber conference.

Kendall, has been sounding the alarm about China’s efforts to modernize since his time as the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer during the Obama administration, said there is “no evidence that there's an imminent invasion of Taiwan intended by anybody.”

Kendall pointed to three miscalculations Russia made by invading Ukraine:

• “The economic consequences of an act of aggression like that can be very significant,”
• “What your military is telling you about how good it is, may not be true,” and
• "The short war you imagine may not be the war you get.”

Air Force Secretary: ‘China Would be Making an Enormous Mistake to Invade Taiwan’

Frank Kendall said Russia’s botched invasion should give Beijing pause.

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A Chinese envoy to the United Nations has warned western nations and allies that Beijing is ready for a “fight” amid growing pressure for global action against China over its human rights abuses in Xinjiang.

The threat follows the release of a report by the UN office of the high commissioner for human rights which found the government was likely committing crimes against humanity with its abuses of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang.

A Xinjiang government spokesperson, Xu Guixiang, is leading a Chinese delegation to Geneva, where the council of 47 member states – including China and the US – will meet, under pressure to take substantive action on the report. Beijing has strongly denied the accusations and rejected any plans for what it terms “external interference”.

China ready for ‘fight’ over international action on Xinjiang human rights abuses

Threat comes as UN member states meet in Geneva amid pressure to take action on a damning report on abuse of Uyghurs

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A 90-year-old Hong Kong cardinal has gone on trial alongside five fellow democracy supporters over their role in running a fund to help defend people arrested in anti-government protests.

Cardinal Joseph Zen, one of Asia’s highest-ranking Catholic clerics, was first detained earlier this year under a national security law that Beijing imposed on Hong Kong to quell dissent.

His arrest for “colluding with foreign forces” shocked the city’s Catholic community and renewed criticism of the Vatican’s warming ties with Beijing, including from fellow senior clerics.

Police have not yet charged Zen with a national security offence, which can carry a sentence of up to life in jail.

Instead, he and his fellow defendants, including the activist and singer Denise Ho and the veteran human rights barrister Margaret Ng, are being prosecuted for the less serious offence of failing to properly register their defence fund as a society.

If convicted, they face a fine of up to HK$10,000 (£1,192) but no jail time. All have pleaded not guilty.

Hong Kong’s Cardinal Zen goes on trial over fund defending protesters

Vatican muted on senior Catholic cleric’s case alongside fellow activists while German cardinal says ‘we abandoned him’

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Five rescuers have died in the Philippines after Super Typhoon Noru slammed into the north of the country, causing floods and power outages and forcing officials to suspend classes and government work in the capital and outlying provinces.

The most powerful typhoon to hit the country this year hit the coast in Burdeos town in Quezon province before nightfall on Sunday then weakened as it barrelled overnight across the main Luzon region. Thousands of people were moved to emergency shelters, some forcibly.

Five rescuers killed after Super Typhoon Noru hits the Philippines

Storm records sustained winds of 170km/h, causing flooding and power outages and forcing the evacuation of thousands of people

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Pictures recently emerged on social media of an interesting Chinese barge covered in various radar reflectors and antennas, and also equipped with a pair of Type 726-series defensive launchers that are used on various People's Liberation Army Navy warships. By all indications, the barge's main purpose is to support countermeasure and electronic warfare and related test and training activities, which could also support the development of new and improved weapons, sensors, and countermeasures. In some ways, it looks similar to decoy target barges that were used by Russia in efforts to protect the Kerch Strait Bridge in Crimea earlier this year.

It's unclear where or when the pictures were taken, but they show the catamaran-hulled barge fitted with more than 30 masts topped with radar reflectors of various shapes and sizes. Mesh screens, the purpose of which is not immediately clear but could be used to segregate certain RF frequencies, are seen hanging between a separate arrays of poles on the deck.

Chinese Countermeasure Barge Covered In Radar Reflectors Emerges

The barge, which is festooned with radar reflectors, antennas, defensive launchers, and other gear, first appeared in model form a year ago.

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According to Brig. Gen. Clearfield, the USMC always had the Harpoon anti-ship missile, but in August 2019, the Marines demonstrated the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) from 60 miles out for a land-based anti-ship missile using the unmanned JLTV Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS). The USMC also has two other munitions, the U.S. Army’s AGM-179 JAGM (Joint Air-to-Ground Munition) and the U.S. Air Force’s Quicksink super-cavitating JDAM. Combined, that gives the USMC four anti-ship munitions, three more to complement the USMC’s Harpoon missile. Two munitions are delivered from tactical aircraft (Harpoon and QUICKSINK), one via rotorcraft (JAGM), and one is vehicle land-based (NMESIS NSM). This does not include the potential USMC land-based fielding of the Maritime Tomahawk on a Mark 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) derivative trailer or the DARPA hypersonic OpFires.

“Basically, we went from just a few years ago from demonstrating one lethal munition to now we feel very comfortable that we got four that we can deploy from different platforms. The JAGM, we didn’t get a chance to actually employ that. We know it works; we’ve exercised it before, but that comes from our H1 [USMC AH-1 and UH-1 helicopter] variant. So really what we got, we got a ground system that can sink a ship. We got a tactical air, fixed wing, we got two that can sink a ship. And then our H1 helicopters now, we demonstrated that we got a munition that can destroy a ship. They were probably the big takeaways. Last thing is the form factors through which we communicate: HF [high frequency], UHF [ultra-high frequency], VHF [Very High Frequency], SATCOM [satellite communication]…all these form factors, even our data transmissions, the ones and zeroes, the form factors keep getting smaller and smaller. And we were able to experiment with that out here during RIMPAC 2022.”

Brig. Gen. Joseph Clearfield, Deputy Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific

USMC Adds More Anti-Ship Munitions to Its Arsenal - Naval News

USMC) stated in their Defense One webinar that they now possess four different anti-ship munitions in their arsenal.

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The number of vulnerability reports provided by Chinese information security researchers has fallen sharply, according to research by think tank The Atlantic Council, which also found a strangely commensurate increase in bug reports from unknown sources.

The Council explored the state of Chinese infosec research in the context of the 2021 introduction of "Regulations on the Management of Security Vulnerabilities of Network Products" (RMSV) that require local researchers to report any vulns they find to local authorities. As The Register has reported, the purpose of the regulations may be to allow China's government to stockpile vulnerabilities that could be used for strategic or offensive operations. A ban on Chinese researchers participating in international infosec competitions is thought to have been imposed for similar reasons.

In a paper on the matter titled "Dragon tails: Preserving international cybersecurity research", the Council notes that China's infosec researchers are prolific and capable, with Alibaba's detection of the Log4J bug being a prime example of their sterling work.

China’s infosec researchers may have dodged vuln report ban`

Report finds increase in anonymous vuln reports

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28-vuotias nuorisotyöntekijä Candy siirtää aseen pois lattialla makaavan miehen rinnalta. Hän saapui taisteluensiapukurssille Taipeissa, koska ajatus katutaisteluun joutumisesta Taiwanissa alkoi tuntua todennäköiseltä.

Venäjän hyökkäys Ukrainaan sai taiwanilaiset huolestumaan.

– Kukaan ei uskonut, että Ukrainan sota alkaisi. Kuinka sota voi ylipäänsä tapahtua sivistyksen aikakaudella? Mutta niin se vain alkoi, ja miksei se tapahtuisi myös Taiwanissa, Candy mietti.

Ukrainan sota järkyttää taiwanilaisia, mutta heillä on yksi etu, joka huojentaa ison naapurin uhatessa

Taiwanilaiset seuraavat tarkasti Ukrainan tapahtumia. Suuri osa kansasta uskoo, että pikkuinen Taiwan voi pitää pintansa, jos Kiina päättäisi hyökätä sinne.

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A popular Chinese film depicting a love story amid the hardships of life in rural China has been removed from all streaming services just weeks after its release, and discussion of it censored on social media.

Return to Dust had been widely praised by audiences for its realistic and moving depiction of rural life in China. For the same reason it had also drawn criticism from nationalistic voices accusing it of portraying China in a negative light.

The sudden disappearance of the film, which premiered at the Berlin international film festival, prompted widespread accusations the film was censored amid heightened sensitivity in China ahead of its most important political meeting, the party congress.

Return to Dust, Chinese hit film about rural hardships, disappears from streaming platforms

Film’s sudden disappearance in China prompts censorship accusations amid heightened sensitivity ahead of key Communist party meeting

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After a delayed release in national cinemas, the arthouse film became a hit, topping box office takings in its ninth weekend. But then in mid September it reportedly began screening with an amended ending, in line with edits of other films at odds with Communist party ideology, before being dropped entirely from cinema listings.

It remained available on multiple streaming sites until this week.

 

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The Republic of China (ROC) Army Command Headquarters has agreed to purchase 5,000 Kestrel close-range anti-armor missiles worth NT$400 million (US$12.63 million) from the Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology, according to the military’s latest arms purchase bid notice echoed by Lo Tien-pin and Jake Chung in Taipei Times on September 24. The army asked the institute to complete the order within 13 months.

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Taiwan army to get 5 000 additional Kestrel anti-armor missiles

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