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TikTok is to be banned from government devices over security fears. How big is the threat and could it soon be banned for everyone?

It's been announced TikTok is to be banned on government-issued devices. But what's the fuss about and what happens next?

ABC News

Rand Paul Is Right: Banning TikTok Would Be Idiotic

Three reasons not to ban the popular social media app

Reason

Peng Shuai’s Condition Is Still Unknown. And the WTA Will Soon Have to Choose: Principle or Profit?

The tour has effectively boycotted China since she went missing 17 months ago—but key decisions on the future schedule loom.

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Axios Investigates: Chinese activists' names used in bomb threats across U.S. and EU

The journalist and two activists targeted by the harassment campaign believe it is backed by Beijing.

Axios

Banning TikTok Is a Power the Federal Government Doesn't Deserve

Today, TikTok. Tomorrow, who knows?

Reason

Obernolte, Johnson use tech backgrounds to question TikTok CEO

WASHINGTON — Two lawmakers questioning TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew before a House panel last week flashed their tech credentials, challenging Chew’s reassurances about the safety of the video sharing app for U.S. users.

Tribune News Service

Obernolte, Johnson use tech backgrounds to question TikTok CEO - Roll Call

Two lawmakers use their tech experience to go beneath the surface of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew's reassurances about the safety of the app.

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‘Greater democracy’: China and Russia sketch out vision for a new world order

The recent Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin meeting marked a turning point in their plans for ‘a multipolar world’.

Crikey

New allegations and a resignation strain already fraught China-Canada relations

Han Dong’s departure escalates row over allegations that Beijing meddled in Canada’s elections as friction between countries grows

The Guardian - US

How the TikTok hearing went bad

Sure, TikTok is problematic — but social media delivers a withering verdict on GOP’s racist scare-mongering

Salon

Commentary: TikTok CEO: Pay no attention to the people who sign my paycheck

TikTok’s CEO is asking America to trust him to stand up to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Let’s not.

Tribune News Service

‘Like a war zone’: Congress hears of China’s abuses in Xinjiang ‘re-education camps’

Pair tell of witnessing or experiencing torture and brainwashing, as Republicans and Democrats vow to document ‘genocide’

The Guardian - US

Congress Asks Is TikTok Really 'An Extension of' the Chinese Communist Party?

TikTok's CEO served as little more than a punching bag for lawmakers with a dizzying array of big tech grievances.

Reason

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew faces off with US legislators in hearing

Bipartisan support to ban the app has grown over concerns of Chinese government influence, spread of ‘harmful content’.

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The Guardian - US

TikTok hearing: CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies before US Congress amid looming ban – as it happened

App’s future in doubt as Biden administration threatens to ban it entirely in the country – follow all the latest

The Conversation

Taoist rituals via video call and Tarot readings over WeChat: China’s spiritual market is going digital

Since its inception in 1921, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has officially promoted an atheist and materialist ideology. But belief systems in China are making a comeback – and this comeback is largely happening online.

Crikey

The global semiconductors race is tightening, and China is racing to catch up

China is focused on technology, aiming for self-reliance after being buffeted by international restrictions on importing computer chips.

ABC News

New Zealand to ban TikTok on parliamentary devices, as researchers warn Australian politicians of 'proven' ties to China's government

New Zealand is effectively banning Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from the phones of MPs over cybersecurity concerns.

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Foreign Policy

China Is Tweaking Its Propaganda for African Audiences

A concerted media campaign has not done much for Beijing’s image.

The News Lens

The Changing Face of Chinese Governance

During his first two terms in office, Xi sent signals that created a range of mixed incentives that will guide Chinese governance over the next five years.

Al Jazeera

Chinese tycoon and Bannon ally Guo Wengui charged with $1bn fraud

Chinese billionaire and CCP critic is accused of pocketing investment funds from his thousands of followers online.

Crikey

‘Great wall of steel’: Xi Jinping promises security and stability

Defence, the economy and Taiwan were among the issues addressed by China’s supreme leader as the CPPCC concluded.

Reason

Want To Beat China? Let in More Chinese!

More immigration from China would both hobble a geopolitical rival and make America richer and better.

Crikey

‘They’re trying to kill us one by one’: CCP blocks hormone medication

The Chinese government’s ‘crack down’ on ‘illegal transgender people’ has led to a spate of suicides and widespread despair in the community.

Crikey

‘If a Chinese official invites you to tea, don’t go’: the censorship of LGBTQIA+ citizens

Chinese censorship of queer content has become increasingly draconian in recent years, with the government using COVID-19 as an ‘excuse to justify extensive surveillance and police monitoring’.

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