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16 Aug

Top Chinese Chip Gear Maker Sues Pentagon to Void Sanctions

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One of China’s most prominent chip gear makers is suing the Pentagon for linking it to the People’s Liberation Army, seeking to get off a blacklist that bars business with American firms.Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. alleged that the defense agency harmed the company’s business and reputation by adding the Shanghainese entity to the so-called Section 1260H list of firms linked to China’s military. Pentagon officials took months to respond to a request for additional information, then justified their decision with evidence of an award from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, AMEC said in its lawsuit. Source link lol

China Adds Metal Used in Ammo to List of Restricted Exports

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China is tightening its grip over global critical-mineral supplies by placing export controls on antimony, a metal used widely in ammunition and other military applications that’s seen a surge in prices this year. The country will apply the restrictions to antimony and antimony-related materials from Sept. 15 in order to safeguard national security, according to a statement from the Ministry of Commerce on Thursday. That adds to earlier controls on other critical minerals including gallium and germanium, which have set off alarm bells in Washington. Source link lol

TikTok Shows Less ‘Anti-China’ Content Than Rivals, Study Finds

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Videos condemning or negatively depicting China’s human rights abuses are more difficult to find on TikTok than other rival networks, a new study finds, suggesting that US users may be getting an incomplete picture of the country’s history when searching for key terms or phrases. US TikTok users who search for terms like “Tiananmen,” “Tibet,” and “Uyghur” — words commonly used in Chinese Communist Party propaganda — see less “anti-China” content than those same searches produce on Instagram and YouTube, according to a new study from the Network Contagion Research Institute at Rutgers University. Source link lol