#Research
Cheap Heartburn remedy might provide a cheap alternative against the Wuhan Virus
Most news headlines on Wuhan Virus treatment have focused on remdesivir, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine. However, such early coverage has drawn premature popularity for those drugs. For instance, Donald Trump has promoted the use of chloroquine before the completion of clinical trials, and some patients suffered from side effects after taking chloroquine without medical supervision (https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-touts-chloroquine-for-covid-19-but-dismisses-risks-2020-4). Moreover, drug candidates tend to have higher demand from the public and hospitals after gaining public popularity. As a result, there is insufficient stockpile left for clinical trials and treatments for other diseases.
In contrast to the aforementioned drug candidates, clinical trails are quietly conducted for a cheap heartburn remedy called famotidine. Researches on famotidine have been kept in low profile to avoid drawing premature attention and reserving sufficient stockpile for clinical trials.
Infectious disease doctor named Michael Callahan and doctors from Wuhan first noticed the potential clinical effect of famotidine. Callahan and colleagues noticed poor peasants seem to have a higher survival rate. After further investigation of patient's records, Callahan and colleagues realised the higher survival rate coincides with stomach illness treatment by famotidine, a cheap medicine taken by poorer people.
The initial observation of famotidine was reported to Robert Malone, a chief medical officer of Florida-based Alchem Laboratories. Malone and computational chemist Joshua Pottel later computationally predicted that famotidine can target a protein the Wuhan Virus, which is a sign that famotidine may prevent Wuhan Virus from replicating. Adding to that, later observations have seen infected hospital staffs showing improved recovery after taking famotidine.
While famotidine may provide a low-cost and safe alternative against the Wuhan Virus, it is still too early to assign famotidine as a routine treatment against the Wuhan Virus. The potential of famotidine requires further examinations with an ongoing clinical trial involving 1174 participants.
Source: ScienceMag
#Coronavirus #WuhanVirus #Trump #Treatment #famotidine
Cheap Heartburn remedy might provide a cheap alternative against the Wuhan Virus
Most news headlines on Wuhan Virus treatment have focused on remdesivir, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine. However, such early coverage has drawn premature popularity for those drugs. For instance, Donald Trump has promoted the use of chloroquine before the completion of clinical trials, and some patients suffered from side effects after taking chloroquine without medical supervision (https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-touts-chloroquine-for-covid-19-but-dismisses-risks-2020-4). Moreover, drug candidates tend to have higher demand from the public and hospitals after gaining public popularity. As a result, there is insufficient stockpile left for clinical trials and treatments for other diseases.
In contrast to the aforementioned drug candidates, clinical trails are quietly conducted for a cheap heartburn remedy called famotidine. Researches on famotidine have been kept in low profile to avoid drawing premature attention and reserving sufficient stockpile for clinical trials.
Infectious disease doctor named Michael Callahan and doctors from Wuhan first noticed the potential clinical effect of famotidine. Callahan and colleagues noticed poor peasants seem to have a higher survival rate. After further investigation of patient's records, Callahan and colleagues realised the higher survival rate coincides with stomach illness treatment by famotidine, a cheap medicine taken by poorer people.
The initial observation of famotidine was reported to Robert Malone, a chief medical officer of Florida-based Alchem Laboratories. Malone and computational chemist Joshua Pottel later computationally predicted that famotidine can target a protein the Wuhan Virus, which is a sign that famotidine may prevent Wuhan Virus from replicating. Adding to that, later observations have seen infected hospital staffs showing improved recovery after taking famotidine.
While famotidine may provide a low-cost and safe alternative against the Wuhan Virus, it is still too early to assign famotidine as a routine treatment against the Wuhan Virus. The potential of famotidine requires further examinations with an ongoing clinical trial involving 1174 participants.
Source: ScienceMag
#Coronavirus #WuhanVirus #Trump #Treatment #famotidine
Business Insider
Trump is touting experimental drugs for COVID-19, saying they're 'not going to hurt' people. But the drugs have severe side effects…
"It can help them, but it's not going to hurt them," President Donald Trump argued Sunday. But as with most drugs, there are side effects.
#OneCountryOneSystem
#Article23
Trump: If China imposes National Security Law in Hong Kong, US will respond vigorously
US President Donald Trump expresses that if China imposes National Security Law over Hong Kong as a response to last year's anti-extradition bill conflict, America will have a strong response.
According to Stand News in Hong Kong, the Chinese government believes with the appearance of terrorism, foreign interference, independence ideals, and governance crisis in Hong Kong, China's unity, economic security, and the internationalization of the RMB are being adversely affected. Beijing will make clear that despite international clamor, it will not back down from enacting the National Security Law in Hong Kong.
The PRC's Ministry of Foreign Affairs also has written to many nations' embassies, expressing the law's necessity and stressing stability in Hong Kong will benefit foreign interests in the city.
Source: RTHK; Apple Daily; Stand News; Reuters #May21 #Trump #US #China
#Article23
Trump: If China imposes National Security Law in Hong Kong, US will respond vigorously
US President Donald Trump expresses that if China imposes National Security Law over Hong Kong as a response to last year's anti-extradition bill conflict, America will have a strong response.
According to Stand News in Hong Kong, the Chinese government believes with the appearance of terrorism, foreign interference, independence ideals, and governance crisis in Hong Kong, China's unity, economic security, and the internationalization of the RMB are being adversely affected. Beijing will make clear that despite international clamor, it will not back down from enacting the National Security Law in Hong Kong.
The PRC's Ministry of Foreign Affairs also has written to many nations' embassies, expressing the law's necessity and stressing stability in Hong Kong will benefit foreign interests in the city.
Source: RTHK; Apple Daily; Stand News; Reuters #May21 #Trump #US #China
#Trump #HongKongPolicyAct
US President Trump Condemns China for “Absolutely smothering Hong Kong's freedom" and Announces Review of "Full Range" of Policies Towards Hong Kong
A Summary of Trump's press conference:
1. Termination of the United States' relationship with the World Health Organization.
2. Sanctions on Chinese and HKSAR officials responsible for eroding the autonomy of Hong Kong.
3. Revoke Hong Kong's preferential treatment as a separate customs and travel territory from the rest of the People's Republic of China.
4. Suspend people from China deemed as "security risks" from being allowed to enter the United States, including perhaps the expulsion of Chinese students in the US considered to pose potential security threats
5. Investigate Chinese companies listed in the US and their practices to protect American investors
Trump also added, "China has replaced the promised formula of One Country Two Systems with One Country One System."
Source: White House #May29
#OneCountryOneSystem
US President Trump Condemns China for “Absolutely smothering Hong Kong's freedom" and Announces Review of "Full Range" of Policies Towards Hong Kong
A Summary of Trump's press conference:
1. Termination of the United States' relationship with the World Health Organization.
2. Sanctions on Chinese and HKSAR officials responsible for eroding the autonomy of Hong Kong.
3. Revoke Hong Kong's preferential treatment as a separate customs and travel territory from the rest of the People's Republic of China.
4. Suspend people from China deemed as "security risks" from being allowed to enter the United States, including perhaps the expulsion of Chinese students in the US considered to pose potential security threats
5. Investigate Chinese companies listed in the US and their practices to protect American investors
Trump also added, "China has replaced the promised formula of One Country Two Systems with One Country One System."
Source: White House #May29
#OneCountryOneSystem
#Newspaper
Trump ‘has a point’ about WHO flaws, says Germany’s health minister
//Jens Spahn tells FT that while the UN body needs reforming, now is not the time to destabilise it
//‘In the middle of a crisis, when you’re putting out fires, you can’t talk about reforming the fire brigade’
//Germany’s health minister has urged the US to stay in the World Health Organization, while acknowledging that the UN body was too dependent on some of its member states and needed an overhaul.
//the organisation was susceptible to “influence by individual members” and “must become less dependent on [those] countries”. “But it’s a different thing entirely to say we don’t need the WHO any more,” he added.
//The German minister was speaking days after US president Donald Trump threatened to withdraw from the WHO unless it demonstrated independence from China.
//The president has repeatedly sought to blame China for the spread of Covid-19... and accused the WHO of helping Beijing hide the truth about the outbreak.
//Without mentioning China, Mr Spahn said that the US “does have a point — the WHO needs to reform its governance and accountability”.
//a recent spate of outbreaks in German care homes and slaughterhouses has triggered fears that Covid-19 could start spreading again.
Full article: Financial Times, (24-May)
#Coronavirus #Trump #Germany #WHO
Trump ‘has a point’ about WHO flaws, says Germany’s health minister
//Jens Spahn tells FT that while the UN body needs reforming, now is not the time to destabilise it
//‘In the middle of a crisis, when you’re putting out fires, you can’t talk about reforming the fire brigade’
//Germany’s health minister has urged the US to stay in the World Health Organization, while acknowledging that the UN body was too dependent on some of its member states and needed an overhaul.
//the organisation was susceptible to “influence by individual members” and “must become less dependent on [those] countries”. “But it’s a different thing entirely to say we don’t need the WHO any more,” he added.
//The German minister was speaking days after US president Donald Trump threatened to withdraw from the WHO unless it demonstrated independence from China.
//The president has repeatedly sought to blame China for the spread of Covid-19... and accused the WHO of helping Beijing hide the truth about the outbreak.
//Without mentioning China, Mr Spahn said that the US “does have a point — the WHO needs to reform its governance and accountability”.
//a recent spate of outbreaks in German care homes and slaughterhouses has triggered fears that Covid-19 could start spreading again.
Full article: Financial Times, (24-May)
#Coronavirus #Trump #Germany #WHO
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China, Iran targeting presidential campaigns with hacking attempts, Google announces
//Chinese and Iranian government hackers have targeted the Gmail accounts of staffers working on the presidential campaigns of Joe Biden and President Trump, respectively
//They may do so in search of insights into the thinking of the next American leader, or as the Russians did in 2016, to obtain material that might be disclosed publicly or used to interfere in the election.
//The hackers used a common technique called “phishing,”... enabling the hacker to gain access to the target’s credentials.
//Some analysts say the greater threat is the prospect of hacking, dumping and altering information that can embarrass or disparage a candidate or damage a campaign. The hacking and leaking of Democratic emails in 2016 led to the resignations of party officials and disrupted the party convention.
//Google threat analyst Shane Huntley said on Twitter that the hacker groups involved are APT31, which is linked to the Chinese government, and APT35, which is linked to the Iranian government.
//In 2008, Chinese government hackers compromised the computer networks of then- Sens. and presidential rivals Barack Obama (Ill.) and John McCain (Ariz.). In 2012, foreign and domestic hackers tried to gain access to the campaign networks of Obama and Mitt Romney (R).
//Iran has a history of weaponizing information... after seeing the political divisions Russia exploited in 2016 through both hacking and social media operations, it might be tempted to try something similar
Full article: Washington Post, (05-Jun)
#China #Iran #PresidentialCampaign #Election #Hacking #Google #Gmail #Biden #Trump
China, Iran targeting presidential campaigns with hacking attempts, Google announces
//Chinese and Iranian government hackers have targeted the Gmail accounts of staffers working on the presidential campaigns of Joe Biden and President Trump, respectively
//They may do so in search of insights into the thinking of the next American leader, or as the Russians did in 2016, to obtain material that might be disclosed publicly or used to interfere in the election.
//The hackers used a common technique called “phishing,”... enabling the hacker to gain access to the target’s credentials.
//Some analysts say the greater threat is the prospect of hacking, dumping and altering information that can embarrass or disparage a candidate or damage a campaign. The hacking and leaking of Democratic emails in 2016 led to the resignations of party officials and disrupted the party convention.
//Google threat analyst Shane Huntley said on Twitter that the hacker groups involved are APT31, which is linked to the Chinese government, and APT35, which is linked to the Iranian government.
//In 2008, Chinese government hackers compromised the computer networks of then- Sens. and presidential rivals Barack Obama (Ill.) and John McCain (Ariz.). In 2012, foreign and domestic hackers tried to gain access to the campaign networks of Obama and Mitt Romney (R).
//Iran has a history of weaponizing information... after seeing the political divisions Russia exploited in 2016 through both hacking and social media operations, it might be tempted to try something similar
Full article: Washington Post, (05-Jun)
#China #Iran #PresidentialCampaign #Election #Hacking #Google #Gmail #Biden #Trump
#Newspaper
Australia’s trust in China and confidence in Donald Trump have hit new lows
//Australians are more distrustful of the world… this year has captured historic lows in trust in its closest trading partner China and even its closest strategic ally, the United States.
//Only 23 per cent of Australians surveyed trusted China ‘a great deal’ or ‘somewhat’ to act responsibly in the world, down from 52 per cent in 2018.
//22 per cent of Australians said they had confidence in Chinese President Xi Jinping to do the right thing in world affairs, almost half of the 43 per cent backing he got in 2018.
//The poll... taking into account some of the impact of coronavirus, but not the recent Australia-China trade stoush and China’s warning to students to reconsider travel to Australia.
//Many Australians will have lived their lives differently if China had acted more quickly and with more transparency
//Sixty-eight per cent of people said they now feel ‘less favourable towards China’s system of government’ when thinking about China’s handling of the pandemic.
//confidence in President Xi had already been sliding in last year’s survey results and the Hong Kong protests, as well as human rights abuses in Xinjiang province against Uyghurs, may also have been a factor.
Confidence in Trump
//While 78 per cent of Australians said its alliance with the United States is very or fairly important to Australia’s security, 51 per cent said they trust the country to act responsibly in the world, down 30 per cent from a 2009 high point.
//Thirty per cent of Australians said they had confidence in US President Donald Trump to do the right thing in world affairs.
//his America First policies aren’t good for Australia...“He puts his interests above his allies and cuddles up to autocrats, such as photo-ops with Kim Jong Un. This sort of embrace of autocracy doesn’t go down too well in Australia,”
//Seventy-three per cent of Australians said they would prefer democratic nominee Joe Biden to be president over Mr Trump.
Decoupling from China
//A huge 94 per cent of Australians said they wanted the government to look for other markets to reduce its economic dependence on China.
//a shift in the public eye of China as the source of economic prosperity to Australia to being a risk because of what is seen as economic dependency
//half of Australians still thought China should be an economic partner.
COVID-19 response
//One in ten Australians thought the US had handled it well, while 31 per cent said China had.
Full Article: NewsColony, (23-Jun)
Further reading:
Trump's campaign was trolled by TikTok users in Tulsa
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/21/politics/tiktok-trump-tulsa-rally/index.html
Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor: China charges Canadians with spying
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53104303
Singapore PM says China can’t take America’s security role in Southeast Asia
https://theprint.in/world/singapore-pm-says-china-cant-take-americas-security-role-in-southeast-asia/435799/%3Famp
#Australia #Trump #China #Xi #Trust #Decoupling #Economy #Coronavirus #AmericaFirst
Australia’s trust in China and confidence in Donald Trump have hit new lows
//Australians are more distrustful of the world… this year has captured historic lows in trust in its closest trading partner China and even its closest strategic ally, the United States.
//Only 23 per cent of Australians surveyed trusted China ‘a great deal’ or ‘somewhat’ to act responsibly in the world, down from 52 per cent in 2018.
//22 per cent of Australians said they had confidence in Chinese President Xi Jinping to do the right thing in world affairs, almost half of the 43 per cent backing he got in 2018.
//The poll... taking into account some of the impact of coronavirus, but not the recent Australia-China trade stoush and China’s warning to students to reconsider travel to Australia.
//Many Australians will have lived their lives differently if China had acted more quickly and with more transparency
//Sixty-eight per cent of people said they now feel ‘less favourable towards China’s system of government’ when thinking about China’s handling of the pandemic.
//confidence in President Xi had already been sliding in last year’s survey results and the Hong Kong protests, as well as human rights abuses in Xinjiang province against Uyghurs, may also have been a factor.
Confidence in Trump
//While 78 per cent of Australians said its alliance with the United States is very or fairly important to Australia’s security, 51 per cent said they trust the country to act responsibly in the world, down 30 per cent from a 2009 high point.
//Thirty per cent of Australians said they had confidence in US President Donald Trump to do the right thing in world affairs.
//his America First policies aren’t good for Australia...“He puts his interests above his allies and cuddles up to autocrats, such as photo-ops with Kim Jong Un. This sort of embrace of autocracy doesn’t go down too well in Australia,”
//Seventy-three per cent of Australians said they would prefer democratic nominee Joe Biden to be president over Mr Trump.
Decoupling from China
//A huge 94 per cent of Australians said they wanted the government to look for other markets to reduce its economic dependence on China.
//a shift in the public eye of China as the source of economic prosperity to Australia to being a risk because of what is seen as economic dependency
//half of Australians still thought China should be an economic partner.
COVID-19 response
//One in ten Australians thought the US had handled it well, while 31 per cent said China had.
Full Article: NewsColony, (23-Jun)
Further reading:
Trump's campaign was trolled by TikTok users in Tulsa
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/21/politics/tiktok-trump-tulsa-rally/index.html
Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor: China charges Canadians with spying
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53104303
Singapore PM says China can’t take America’s security role in Southeast Asia
https://theprint.in/world/singapore-pm-says-china-cant-take-americas-security-role-in-southeast-asia/435799/%3Famp
#Australia #Trump #China #Xi #Trust #Decoupling #Economy #Coronavirus #AmericaFirst
#OpinionArticle #Analysis
What are Beijing’s calculations?
(24 Jun) The series of iron-fisted moves last month in Hong Kong may seem sudden to international observers: Hong Kong government’s earlier reinterpretation of the China-Hong Kong relationship, the election of a pro-Beijing legislator to be a Legislative Council chair through a controversial mechanism, and Beijing’s recent decision to impose a national security law on Hong Kong. The desire to bring Hong Kong under the banner of “one country, one system” is not impulsive. Quite the contrary, it’s a calculated campaign to initiate a so-called “second reunification with Hong Kong” — since the first reunification after the handover, using a lenient soft-power approach, has supposedly failed.
What are Beijing’s calculations that motivate this bold campaign now? And more important, will the campaign work?
Continue reading:
https://www.facebook.com/223783954322429/posts/3355220164512110/?d=n
Source: Simon Shen’s Glos World
#NationalSecurityLaw #Coronavirus #CCP #OneCountryTwoSystems #UK #US #Trump #Election #DivideAndConquer
What are Beijing’s calculations?
(24 Jun) The series of iron-fisted moves last month in Hong Kong may seem sudden to international observers: Hong Kong government’s earlier reinterpretation of the China-Hong Kong relationship, the election of a pro-Beijing legislator to be a Legislative Council chair through a controversial mechanism, and Beijing’s recent decision to impose a national security law on Hong Kong. The desire to bring Hong Kong under the banner of “one country, one system” is not impulsive. Quite the contrary, it’s a calculated campaign to initiate a so-called “second reunification with Hong Kong” — since the first reunification after the handover, using a lenient soft-power approach, has supposedly failed.
What are Beijing’s calculations that motivate this bold campaign now? And more important, will the campaign work?
Continue reading:
https://www.facebook.com/223783954322429/posts/3355220164512110/?d=n
Source: Simon Shen’s Glos World
#NationalSecurityLaw #Coronavirus #CCP #OneCountryTwoSystems #UK #US #Trump #Election #DivideAndConquer
#Economy #Audit #Finance #ChinaPolicy #ChineseCompanies #US
#Trump Administration Advisors: Chinese Companies Must Comply with US Audit Requirements by 2022 or Risk Getting Delisted
Source: Stand News #Aug07
#TreasurySecretary #Mnuchin
#PublicCompanyAccountingOversightBoard #PresidentWorkingGroups
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#Trump Administration Advisors: Chinese Companies Must Comply with US Audit Requirements by 2022 or Risk Getting Delisted
Source: Stand News #Aug07
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#PublicCompanyAccountingOversightBoard #PresidentWorkingGroups
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#Trump Administration Advisors: Chinese Companies Must Comply with US Audit Requirements by 2022 or Risk Getting Delisted
The Trump administration advisers have proposed to President Trump that Chinese companies shall lose their listings on the US stock markets if they do not comply with US audit requirements by 2022.
The US Senate has already passed a bill in May 2020 requiring the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (#PCAOB) to audit foreign listed companies. If the relevant companies fail to comply for three consecutive years, the companies will be forced to give up their listings. The Wall Street Journal has reported that the President’s Working Group (#PWG) on Financial Markets, chaired by Treasury Secretary Mnuchin, has announced at a briefing on August 6th that they have completed a report on how to protect American investors. At the briefing, the officials from the treasury department stated that Chinese companies currently listed on the US exchanges must disclose their accounts to the PCAOB, and that Chinese companies will be delisted from US stock markets if they fail to meet these audit requirements by 2022. In other words, Chinese companies currently listed in the US still have more than a year to prepare their audits.
According to a Reuters report, Chinese companies preparing to go public on the US exchanges must comply with the new audit regulations. The report also states that Chinese firms can opt for a “co-audit” through U.S. accounting firms with China-based affiliates.
Source: Stand News #Aug07
#TreasurySecretary #Mnuchin
#PublicCompanyAccountingOversightBoard #PresidentWorkingGroups
https://thestandnews.com/finance/%E8%8F%AF%E5%BA%9C%E9%A1%A7%E5%95%8F-%E5%88%B0-2022-%E5%B9%B4%E4%BB%8D%E6%9C%AA%E7%AC%A6%E7%BE%8E%E5%AF%A9%E8%A8%88%E8%A6%81%E6%B1%82%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%AD%E8%B3%87%E4%BC%81%E6%A5%AD%E8%A6%81%E9%99%A4%E7%89%8C/
#Trump Administration Advisors: Chinese Companies Must Comply with US Audit Requirements by 2022 or Risk Getting Delisted
The Trump administration advisers have proposed to President Trump that Chinese companies shall lose their listings on the US stock markets if they do not comply with US audit requirements by 2022.
The US Senate has already passed a bill in May 2020 requiring the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (#PCAOB) to audit foreign listed companies. If the relevant companies fail to comply for three consecutive years, the companies will be forced to give up their listings. The Wall Street Journal has reported that the President’s Working Group (#PWG) on Financial Markets, chaired by Treasury Secretary Mnuchin, has announced at a briefing on August 6th that they have completed a report on how to protect American investors. At the briefing, the officials from the treasury department stated that Chinese companies currently listed on the US exchanges must disclose their accounts to the PCAOB, and that Chinese companies will be delisted from US stock markets if they fail to meet these audit requirements by 2022. In other words, Chinese companies currently listed in the US still have more than a year to prepare their audits.
According to a Reuters report, Chinese companies preparing to go public on the US exchanges must comply with the new audit regulations. The report also states that Chinese firms can opt for a “co-audit” through U.S. accounting firms with China-based affiliates.
Source: Stand News #Aug07
#TreasurySecretary #Mnuchin
#PublicCompanyAccountingOversightBoard #PresidentWorkingGroups
https://thestandnews.com/finance/%E8%8F%AF%E5%BA%9C%E9%A1%A7%E5%95%8F-%E5%88%B0-2022-%E5%B9%B4%E4%BB%8D%E6%9C%AA%E7%AC%A6%E7%BE%8E%E5%AF%A9%E8%A8%88%E8%A6%81%E6%B1%82%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%AD%E8%B3%87%E4%BC%81%E6%A5%AD%E8%A6%81%E9%99%A4%E7%89%8C/
Trump Signed Executive Order Forcing TikTok to be sold in 90 days
US President Donald Trump signed a new executive order requesting TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to sell or to withdraw its U.S. business within 90 days.
Trump signed the executive order on the 14th and said that there was credible evidence showing ByteDance may take actions to imperil the national security of the U.S. The order required ByteDance to destroy all TikTok data attached to U.S. users after selling its U.S. business in 90 days, then to inform the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (#CFIUS) when it had destroyed all that data.
ByteDance did not respond to this order directly but stated that 100 million Americans loved TikTok because they can get opportunities for entertainment, self-expression, as well as social connections, and would continue to bring joy to the users.
#DonaldTrump #Trump #TikTok #ByteDance #US
Source: Stand News #Aug15
US President Donald Trump signed a new executive order requesting TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to sell or to withdraw its U.S. business within 90 days.
Trump signed the executive order on the 14th and said that there was credible evidence showing ByteDance may take actions to imperil the national security of the U.S. The order required ByteDance to destroy all TikTok data attached to U.S. users after selling its U.S. business in 90 days, then to inform the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (#CFIUS) when it had destroyed all that data.
ByteDance did not respond to this order directly but stated that 100 million Americans loved TikTok because they can get opportunities for entertainment, self-expression, as well as social connections, and would continue to bring joy to the users.
#DonaldTrump #Trump #TikTok #ByteDance #US
Source: Stand News #Aug15
#FakeIdentity #WaterArmy #5Cents #ChineseNetizens
Chinese netizens go after Trump with AI-generated fake accounts
Source: Stand News #Aug15
#Trump #China #AI #USElection #SocialMedia #FakeAccounts #GenerativeAdversarialNetwork
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Chinese netizens go after Trump with AI-generated fake accounts
Source: Stand News #Aug15
#Trump #China #AI #USElection #SocialMedia #FakeAccounts #GenerativeAdversarialNetwork
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Chinese netizens go after Trump with AI-generated fake accounts
In recent months, a network of fake Chinese accounts with artificially generated followers has been criticizing US President Donald Trump on various social media channels, US media reported.
According to a research report by Graphika, a company cited by the Washington Post and other US media, these AI generated fake accounts have been bashing the Trump administration on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube since June. At first glance, it doesn't look like there's anything strange about those account profile pictures, but after careful observations, Graphika discovered that they seem to be produced by an AI program that creates fake faces. Pro-China groups then use these synthetic images to create accounts to share and post comments to attract more views.
Graphika says the common features of the account avatars are the blurred background and the position of the eyeballs in the photo. These strange photos are most likely the work of the Generative Adversarial Network (#GAN), a machine learning technology that specializes in creating seemingly real but fake faces. By studying real people and learning how to recreate facial features, GAN generates synthetic faces. The results aren't always perfect, and AI programs often have trouble showing accessories and other objects around facial features. The backgrounds are often left blurred as well.
Source: Stand News #Aug15
#Trump #China #AI #USElection #SocialMedia #FakeAccounts #GenerativeAdversarialNetwork
Chinese netizens go after Trump with AI-generated fake accounts
In recent months, a network of fake Chinese accounts with artificially generated followers has been criticizing US President Donald Trump on various social media channels, US media reported.
According to a research report by Graphika, a company cited by the Washington Post and other US media, these AI generated fake accounts have been bashing the Trump administration on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube since June. At first glance, it doesn't look like there's anything strange about those account profile pictures, but after careful observations, Graphika discovered that they seem to be produced by an AI program that creates fake faces. Pro-China groups then use these synthetic images to create accounts to share and post comments to attract more views.
Graphika says the common features of the account avatars are the blurred background and the position of the eyeballs in the photo. These strange photos are most likely the work of the Generative Adversarial Network (#GAN), a machine learning technology that specializes in creating seemingly real but fake faces. By studying real people and learning how to recreate facial features, GAN generates synthetic faces. The results aren't always perfect, and AI programs often have trouble showing accessories and other objects around facial features. The backgrounds are often left blurred as well.
Source: Stand News #Aug15
#Trump #China #AI #USElection #SocialMedia #FakeAccounts #GenerativeAdversarialNetwork
Trump hints at banning more Chinese firms, Alibaba included
US President Donald Trump considers more Chinese companies sanctions and Alibaba could be the next target.
Asked at a press conference whether other Chinese companies such as Alibaba would be banned after targeting TikTok, President Trump replied, “Well, we're looking at other things, yes.”
According to a recent CNN analysis, Trump called Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba, a friend of his after Ma said he would donate supplies to the US for fighting the pandemic. Still, Alibaba might become the next target. In a statement made earlier this month, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the expansion of the Clean Network programme. He called on US allies around the world to prevent intellectual property, including COVID-19 vaccine research, from being stored and accessed on Chinese cloud-based service providers as such as Alibaba, Baidu, China Mobile, China Telecom and Tencent.
Source: Stand News #Aug16
#Alibaba #JackMa #CleanNetwork #Pompeo #US #Trump #Sanctions
US President Donald Trump considers more Chinese companies sanctions and Alibaba could be the next target.
Asked at a press conference whether other Chinese companies such as Alibaba would be banned after targeting TikTok, President Trump replied, “Well, we're looking at other things, yes.”
According to a recent CNN analysis, Trump called Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba, a friend of his after Ma said he would donate supplies to the US for fighting the pandemic. Still, Alibaba might become the next target. In a statement made earlier this month, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the expansion of the Clean Network programme. He called on US allies around the world to prevent intellectual property, including COVID-19 vaccine research, from being stored and accessed on Chinese cloud-based service providers as such as Alibaba, Baidu, China Mobile, China Telecom and Tencent.
Source: Stand News #Aug16
#Alibaba #JackMa #CleanNetwork #Pompeo #US #Trump #Sanctions
#CoronavirusPandemic
Chinese Express "Joy" Over Trump's Covid-19 Infection in TV Interviews
US President Trump announced on Twitter on Oct 2, 2020 that he has been infected with COVID19.
A Taiwan TV channel compiled a video with footages obtained from US and Australia channels where Chinese, when interviewed, expressed "joy" to Trump's latest condition.
Watch the video:
https://www.facebook.com/news.ebc/videos/774038203166799
Source: EBC News, Taiwan #Oct2
#Trump #China #COVID19
Chinese Express "Joy" Over Trump's Covid-19 Infection in TV Interviews
US President Trump announced on Twitter on Oct 2, 2020 that he has been infected with COVID19.
A Taiwan TV channel compiled a video with footages obtained from US and Australia channels where Chinese, when interviewed, expressed "joy" to Trump's latest condition.
Watch the video:
https://www.facebook.com/news.ebc/videos/774038203166799
Source: EBC News, Taiwan #Oct2
#Trump #China #COVID19
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Canadian Consulate allowed to Visit Two China-Detained Canadian Citizens Online, Trudeau to discuss with Trump, Seeking for their Release
After detention of Meng Wenzhou, the daughter of Huawei founder, by Canada in December 2018. China arrested and prosecuted two Canadian citizens, a former diplomat Michael Kovrig and a businessman Michael Spavor. The Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs said today (October 11) that the ambassador to China, Dominic Barton, was granted virtual consular access to the two men on Friday and Saturday respectively, for the first time since January. Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discussed this matter with the US President Donald Trump on a phone call and thanked Trump for U.S. support in seeking the immediate release of the two Canadian citizen.
The Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada issued a statement, deeply concerned by the arbitrary detention by Chinese authorities, saying that the last consular access was on January 13 and 14, and calling on China for the immediate release of two persons. The minister also said although it has no direct access to them, it would keep on assisting them and their families. Due to privacy concerns, it cannot not provide further information.
Source: Stand News #Oct11
https://bit.ly/3lHrWXH
#China #Canada #ArbitraryDetention #MichaelKovrig #MichaelSpavor #DominicBarton #JustinTrudeau #Trump #ConsularAccess
After detention of Meng Wenzhou, the daughter of Huawei founder, by Canada in December 2018. China arrested and prosecuted two Canadian citizens, a former diplomat Michael Kovrig and a businessman Michael Spavor. The Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs said today (October 11) that the ambassador to China, Dominic Barton, was granted virtual consular access to the two men on Friday and Saturday respectively, for the first time since January. Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discussed this matter with the US President Donald Trump on a phone call and thanked Trump for U.S. support in seeking the immediate release of the two Canadian citizen.
The Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada issued a statement, deeply concerned by the arbitrary detention by Chinese authorities, saying that the last consular access was on January 13 and 14, and calling on China for the immediate release of two persons. The minister also said although it has no direct access to them, it would keep on assisting them and their families. Due to privacy concerns, it cannot not provide further information.
Source: Stand News #Oct11
https://bit.ly/3lHrWXH
#China #Canada #ArbitraryDetention #MichaelKovrig #MichaelSpavor #DominicBarton #JustinTrudeau #Trump #ConsularAccess
The U.S. is Entering a Very Unusual Transition Period, said China state-owned media editor
The editor-in-chief of the China state-owned media Global Times, Hu Xijin, believes that the United States will enter a very unusual transition period and that China needs to develop ties with Biden's team, while not provoking Trump.
Hu said in a social media post that the U.S. is going into the most turbulent and uncertain transition period, and China must have bottom-line thinking, preparing for uncertainties. He added that China must develop contacts with Biden's team to explore the possibility of getting rid of the U.S.-China relation of extreme turmoil.
He further said that since Trump does not accept the election results, it is easier for him to vent all of the anger outside the U.S. than internally. The Chinese government should be conscious to avoid directing resentments over the defeat of the election in the Sino-U.S. relation. He suggested Chinese people should respect Trump himself, and there is no need to step on him or mock him.
Source: RTHK #Nov08
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1558941-20201108.htm
#USPresidentialElection #Trump #Biden #HuXijin #USChinaRelation #US #China #SinoUSrelation #GlobalTimes
The editor-in-chief of the China state-owned media Global Times, Hu Xijin, believes that the United States will enter a very unusual transition period and that China needs to develop ties with Biden's team, while not provoking Trump.
Hu said in a social media post that the U.S. is going into the most turbulent and uncertain transition period, and China must have bottom-line thinking, preparing for uncertainties. He added that China must develop contacts with Biden's team to explore the possibility of getting rid of the U.S.-China relation of extreme turmoil.
He further said that since Trump does not accept the election results, it is easier for him to vent all of the anger outside the U.S. than internally. The Chinese government should be conscious to avoid directing resentments over the defeat of the election in the Sino-U.S. relation. He suggested Chinese people should respect Trump himself, and there is no need to step on him or mock him.
Source: RTHK #Nov08
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1558941-20201108.htm
#USPresidentialElection #Trump #Biden #HuXijin #USChinaRelation #US #China #SinoUSrelation #GlobalTimes
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胡錫進：美國將進入極不尋常的過渡期
內地環球時報總編輯胡錫進認為，美國將進入極不尋常的過渡期，中國需要與拜登團隊發展聯繫，同時不要剌激特朗普。 胡錫進在社交網站貼文，認為這個將會是美國最為動盪、不確定因素最多的過渡期，中國一定要有底綫思維，做好應變準備，要與拜登團隊發展聯繫，探尋中美關係擺脫極端動盪的可能性。 胡錫進說，由於特朗普不接受選舉結果，他將這一切向美國外部發洩，比對內發洩更加容易，中方應有意識，避免把特朗普敗選怨氣引向中美關係方向，尤其對特朗普本人保持應有尊重，中國人無必要踩他、挖苦他。
#Sanction #US
#Trump Signs Executive Order to Ban Investment in 31 #PLA related Companies
The US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order prohibiting Americans from investing in 31 Chinese companies allegedly tied with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), including China Mobile, China Telecom, and the China Aviation Industry Corporation, covering industries such as telecommunication technology, aerospace, shipbuilding, and construction.
This executive order will take effect on Jan 11, 2021. All companies listed by the U.S. Department of Defense as owned or controlled by the Chinese military, are banned from US corporate, pension and personal investments.
The executive order covers stocks, funds, and derivatives. U.S. investors who hold these securities are required to sell them before November next year. In addition, investors will have 60 days to clear their holdings for any Chinese companies added to the list in the future.
#US #ChineseCompanies #DonaldTrump #InvestmentBan #ExecutiveOrder
Source: Stand New #Nov13
https://bit.ly/2V57x3v
#Trump Signs Executive Order to Ban Investment in 31 #PLA related Companies
The US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order prohibiting Americans from investing in 31 Chinese companies allegedly tied with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), including China Mobile, China Telecom, and the China Aviation Industry Corporation, covering industries such as telecommunication technology, aerospace, shipbuilding, and construction.
This executive order will take effect on Jan 11, 2021. All companies listed by the U.S. Department of Defense as owned or controlled by the Chinese military, are banned from US corporate, pension and personal investments.
The executive order covers stocks, funds, and derivatives. U.S. investors who hold these securities are required to sell them before November next year. In addition, investors will have 60 days to clear their holdings for any Chinese companies added to the list in the future.
#US #ChineseCompanies #DonaldTrump #InvestmentBan #ExecutiveOrder
Source: Stand New #Nov13
https://bit.ly/2V57x3v
#HumanitarianCrisis #CCP
Wall Street Journal: "Jimmy Lai, China’s Lie: In today’s Hong Kong, promoting democracy makes you a criminal"
The Wall Street Journal (#WSJ) published an article titled "Jimmy Lai, China's Lie" in the name of the newspaper's editorial board. The article describes how advocating democracy makes one a criminal in Hong Kong.
On Dec 2, 2020, the founder of Apple Daily #JimmyLai and two senior executives of Next Digital were charged by the police with fraud. In the hearing on 3 December, Judge Victor So Wai-tak, whk is an appointed Judge for the National Security Law (#NSL), refused Lai's bail application.
Lai is rejected bail for the first time and will be detained in Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre until the trial to take place on April 16, 2021.
"No one is better known across the world for advocating democracy in Hong Kong than Jimmy Lai. So when Hong Kong police picked him up Wednesday on dubious fraud charges, China was sending a clear message: If you oppose us anywhere in the world, we will crush you" wrote WSJ.
"However, the fraud charge is not as serious as some of the others he already faces, especially on national security, its purpose is to dirty him up before he goes to trial on the others."
The WSJ article also mentioned it is no coincidence Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam were sentenced to prison for participating in 2019 protests against a proposed extradition law on the same day. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rightly denounced the sentences as "appalling."
WSJ believes that Beijing is testing the position of Joe Biden, who is on board as the new U.S. President next month, to see if he will be different from Trump Administration.
The article supports the U.S. to consider adding more Chinese officials in the sanctions list and review Hong Kong's legal system. It emphasizes the U.S. has to refuse to accept "Chinese Community Party's (#CCP) Lie".
The article wrote, "We trust Joe Biden is paying attention." However, Biden is not eager to get trouble with China. But Chinese leader Xi Jinping has his own priorities.
WSJ described, "He [Xi] is testing whether a Biden Administration—especially one seeking a climate accord—will look the other way on China's behavior in Hong Kong and elsewhere."
WSJ urges for sanctioninh more Hong Kong officials, following how the Trump administration has voiced for Hong Kong and sanctioned Chief Executive Carrie Lam and ten senior officials in Lam's team since the Hong Kong Autonomy Act effective in August.
WSJ also hopes the U.S. to consider adding more officials the list and evaluate Hong Kong's legal system.
WSJ continues, "If lease disputes can be criminalized to go after political opponents, perhaps the government should advise U.S. courts that contracts in Hong Kong should no longer be presumed reliable. The sooner Mr. Biden makes clear these and other moves enjoy bipartisan support, the better he will be in his own coming dealings with China."
At last, the article believes that "the most powerful message the U.S. can send to China is moral" and quoted Alexander Solzhenitsyn's essay "Live Not By Lies" written in 1974 that "the best way to resist was to refuse to participate in the everyday lies all Communist regimes depend on."
"With regard to Xi Jinping, China's lies is about everything from the origins of the coronavirus to his incarceration of more than a million Uighurs.
China is now claiming that Jimmy Lai, Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam are criminals for taking a stand for democracy. Insisting on the truth may not immediately set them free. But the lack of moral credibility is the regime's biggest vulnerability, and refusing to accept its lies must be the starting point of any U.S. China policy."
Image: Stand News
Source: Wall Street Journal #Dec2
https://www.wsj.com/articles/jimmy-lai-chinas-lie-11606951156
#HongKongProtests
#NextMedia #JimmyLai #JoshuaWong #AgnesChow #IvanLam #Demosisto #Court #Trump #Biden #US #Sanction #Xi
Wall Street Journal: "Jimmy Lai, China’s Lie: In today’s Hong Kong, promoting democracy makes you a criminal"
The Wall Street Journal (#WSJ) published an article titled "Jimmy Lai, China's Lie" in the name of the newspaper's editorial board. The article describes how advocating democracy makes one a criminal in Hong Kong.
On Dec 2, 2020, the founder of Apple Daily #JimmyLai and two senior executives of Next Digital were charged by the police with fraud. In the hearing on 3 December, Judge Victor So Wai-tak, whk is an appointed Judge for the National Security Law (#NSL), refused Lai's bail application.
Lai is rejected bail for the first time and will be detained in Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre until the trial to take place on April 16, 2021.
"No one is better known across the world for advocating democracy in Hong Kong than Jimmy Lai. So when Hong Kong police picked him up Wednesday on dubious fraud charges, China was sending a clear message: If you oppose us anywhere in the world, we will crush you" wrote WSJ.
"However, the fraud charge is not as serious as some of the others he already faces, especially on national security, its purpose is to dirty him up before he goes to trial on the others."
The WSJ article also mentioned it is no coincidence Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam were sentenced to prison for participating in 2019 protests against a proposed extradition law on the same day. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rightly denounced the sentences as "appalling."
WSJ believes that Beijing is testing the position of Joe Biden, who is on board as the new U.S. President next month, to see if he will be different from Trump Administration.
The article supports the U.S. to consider adding more Chinese officials in the sanctions list and review Hong Kong's legal system. It emphasizes the U.S. has to refuse to accept "Chinese Community Party's (#CCP) Lie".
The article wrote, "We trust Joe Biden is paying attention." However, Biden is not eager to get trouble with China. But Chinese leader Xi Jinping has his own priorities.
WSJ described, "He [Xi] is testing whether a Biden Administration—especially one seeking a climate accord—will look the other way on China's behavior in Hong Kong and elsewhere."
WSJ urges for sanctioninh more Hong Kong officials, following how the Trump administration has voiced for Hong Kong and sanctioned Chief Executive Carrie Lam and ten senior officials in Lam's team since the Hong Kong Autonomy Act effective in August.
WSJ also hopes the U.S. to consider adding more officials the list and evaluate Hong Kong's legal system.
WSJ continues, "If lease disputes can be criminalized to go after political opponents, perhaps the government should advise U.S. courts that contracts in Hong Kong should no longer be presumed reliable. The sooner Mr. Biden makes clear these and other moves enjoy bipartisan support, the better he will be in his own coming dealings with China."
At last, the article believes that "the most powerful message the U.S. can send to China is moral" and quoted Alexander Solzhenitsyn's essay "Live Not By Lies" written in 1974 that "the best way to resist was to refuse to participate in the everyday lies all Communist regimes depend on."
"With regard to Xi Jinping, China's lies is about everything from the origins of the coronavirus to his incarceration of more than a million Uighurs.
China is now claiming that Jimmy Lai, Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam are criminals for taking a stand for democracy. Insisting on the truth may not immediately set them free. But the lack of moral credibility is the regime's biggest vulnerability, and refusing to accept its lies must be the starting point of any U.S. China policy."
Image: Stand News
Source: Wall Street Journal #Dec2
https://www.wsj.com/articles/jimmy-lai-chinas-lie-11606951156
#HongKongProtests
#NextMedia #JimmyLai #JoshuaWong #AgnesChow #IvanLam #Demosisto #Court #Trump #Biden #US #Sanction #Xi
Trump Signed an Executive Order to ban 8 Mobile Apps Transactions, Including Alipay and Wechat Pay
Donald Trump signed an executive order on 5 Jan local time banning transactions of 8 Chinese-related mobile apps, including Alipay and Wechat pay. The ban will take effect in 45 days.
The Trump government has not yet announced the contents of the order. However, Steve Herman, a reporter of the Voice of America who stationed in the White House, posted on Twitter that the prohibited transaction mobile apps include Alipay, Wechat pay, CamScanner, QQ wallet, SHAREit, Tencent QQ, VMate and WPS Office.
Donald Trump pointed out that the apps may be able to obtain personal and sensitive information of users via mobile devices, tablets and computers. The collected data may have a chance for the Chinese government to “track the position of Federal Government staff and contract staff and set up personal message files”. According to The Wall Street Journal, the order instructs the Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross to assess whether other software constitutes threats to the US national security. The order also requests the Secretary of Commerce, the Head of Justice Department and the Director of National Intelligence to publish suggestions to prevent US user data being transferred to the hands of the overseas opponents.
Source from: The Stand News #Jan06
https://bit.ly/35BvWDy
#Trump #ExecutiveOrder #Alipay #Wechatpay #China #US #Transactions #SteveHerman #MobileApps #ChineseApps #WallStreetJournal
Donald Trump signed an executive order on 5 Jan local time banning transactions of 8 Chinese-related mobile apps, including Alipay and Wechat pay. The ban will take effect in 45 days.
The Trump government has not yet announced the contents of the order. However, Steve Herman, a reporter of the Voice of America who stationed in the White House, posted on Twitter that the prohibited transaction mobile apps include Alipay, Wechat pay, CamScanner, QQ wallet, SHAREit, Tencent QQ, VMate and WPS Office.
Donald Trump pointed out that the apps may be able to obtain personal and sensitive information of users via mobile devices, tablets and computers. The collected data may have a chance for the Chinese government to “track the position of Federal Government staff and contract staff and set up personal message files”. According to The Wall Street Journal, the order instructs the Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross to assess whether other software constitutes threats to the US national security. The order also requests the Secretary of Commerce, the Head of Justice Department and the Director of National Intelligence to publish suggestions to prevent US user data being transferred to the hands of the overseas opponents.
Source from: The Stand News #Jan06
https://bit.ly/35BvWDy
#Trump #ExecutiveOrder #Alipay #Wechatpay #China #US #Transactions #SteveHerman #MobileApps #ChineseApps #WallStreetJournal