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Florida to ‘curb’ diversity efforts at universities, Lt. Gov. Nunez says

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Sen. Josh Hawley will introduce legislation to ban TikTok nationwide

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley said Tuesday he will introduce a bill to ban the app TikTok in the United States.

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Some Asian Americans fear House China panel will fuel bigotry

The newly established bipartisan House select committee tasked with studying strategic challenges coming from the Chinese government has aroused concerns in the Asian American community that lawmakers may wind up fueling anti-Chinese bigotry and broader anti-Asian discrimination in the United States.

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Some Asian Americans fear House China panel will fuel bigotry - Roll Call

A new House China panel is raising concerns that lawmakers may wind up fueling anti-Chinese bigotry and broader anti-Asian discrimination.

Roll Call

Actually, the CCP Is the Worst Co-Parent Imaginable

An op-ed in The New York Times tries to make the case that the Chinese Communist Party is a worthy partner in raising children.

Reason

Why China’s shrinking population is a big deal -- counting the social, economic and political costs of an aging, smaller society

Throughout much of recorded human history, China has boasted the largest population in the world – and until recently, by some margin.

The Conversation

Beijing seen shifting stance over control over major IT companies

BEIJING -- The Chinese Communist Party and the government is increasingly believed to be loosening its tight controls on the country's major IT firms, such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

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Mississippi governor bans TikTok from government devices

TikTok will be banned from all Mississippi-issued government devices and the state’s network

The Independent UK

Congress tightens screws on Chinese tech purchases, collaboration

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers added new restrictions and limitations late last year on Chinese entities trying to buy U.S. high-tech companies as well as a ban on collaboration between American and Chinese government agencies in several technology sectors.

Tribune News Service

House finds bipartisan agreement on a China-focused committee - Roll Call

Republicans and Democrats were in bipartisan agreement Tuesday about establishing a special House committee that would focus on China.

Roll Call

Inside Tesla’s terrible year, and what comes next for the electric car giant

Elon Musk made Tesla what it was, but he could also be its undoing, Richard Hall reports.

The Independent UK

Congress tightens screws on Chinese tech purchases, collaboration - Roll Call

Lawmakers directed the Federal Trade Commission to give closer scrutiny to Chinese acquisitions of US tech companies.

Roll Call

In Australia, Pro-Democracy Students Aren’t Safe From China’s Reach

To evade surveillance and reporting by nationalist members of the diaspora, anti-CCP protesters get creative.

Foreign Policy

Kelly signs executive order banning TikTok from some Kansas government devices

WASHINGTON — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Wednesday signed an executive order to ban the social media app TikTok from state-issued devices in the executive branch, citing growing concerns about the security of data on the app, which is owned by a Chinese company.

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'Overwhelmed': China's stretched health system grapples with soaring Covid cases

Over the past few days, the emergency rooms of Shanghai hospitals have been overwhelmed as coronavirus cases soar after the Chinese Communist Party reversed its restrictive "zero-Covid" policy. Official estimates indicate that some 250 million people, almost a fifth of the Chinese population, caught Covid in the first 20 days…

The Independent UK

Beijing human rights activist immobilized by COVID-19 app

Wang Yu has already been arrested, imprisoned and harassed by the Chinese Communist Party for her work as a human rights lawyer representing activists, Uyghur scholars and Falun Gong practitioners

The Independent UK

Youngkin executive order bans TikTok from state computers

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has banned the use of several Chinese-owned apps including TikTok and WeChat on state government devices and wireless networks

Reuters

The painter who shared China's COVID protests with the world

When China's historic protests against COVID curbs erupted in late November, a 30-year-old Chinese man in a flat in northern Italy became one of the most important conduits of information on the unfolding drama via a lone Twitter account.

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China's loosened COVID-19 policies – following years of aggressive lockdowns and quarantines – have left the country vulnerable

After nearly three years of aiming to eliminate COVID-19 through mass lockdowns, robust contact tracing programs and international travel bans, the Chinese government has announced it is rolling back the “zero-COVID” policies that helped suppress the spread of the coronavirus in the country. The Chinese Communist Party announced these changes…

The Independent UK

Dissident artist Weiwei says China unrest won't alter regime

Dissident Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei is taking heart from recent public protests in China over the authorities’ strict COVID-19 policy

WEKU

Perspective: Jiang Zemin's passing marks the end of an era for China

As China holds a memorial service for its late leader Jiang Zemin, an NPR correspondent who met Jiang reflects on the figure and his transforming country.

Radio France Internationale

'Colonial' China accused of depriving Tibetans of their own language, education

Much of Western criticism of China focuses on the vast collection of "re-education" centers in Xinjiang. Predominantly focused on Muslim minorities, these centres have resulted in the incarceration of thousands of Uyghurs who are forced to study Chinese language and culture. The system, however, was first tested in Tibet.

The Conversation

Protests in China are not rare -- but the current unrest is significant

Street protests across China have evoked memories of the Tiananmen Square demonstrations that were brutally quashed in 1989. Indeed, foreign media have suggested the current unrest sweeping cities across China is unlike anything seen in the country since that time.

The Independent UK

South Dakota governor bans TikTok from state agencies over ‘intelligence gathering’ concerns

TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a Beijing-based privated tech giant

Los Angeles Times

Jiang Zemin, former president who guided China's rise, dies at 96

Jiang Zemin, the unlikely former leader who stewarded China through groundbreaking economic reforms and served as a bridge between the country's strongman era and a more consensus-driven government, has died. He was 96.

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