Lithuania tells its citizens to throw away their Chinese mobile phones after report found devices had built-in censorship capabilities Cybersecurity body report found Xiaomi devices could detect and censor terms ‘Free Tibet’, ‘Long live Taiwan independence’ or ‘democracy movement’ among terms included in the feature, which was turned off for EU region However, it could … Read more
US to offer British soldiers ‘combat cloud’ access should war break out in the future with China after dismal war games showing The Pentagon wants to finish an overhaul of its warfighting strategy by 2030 Part of the plan includes sharing information with the UK during conflicts The change comes after a recent simulation in … Read more
Chinese officials have reposted a video calling on Japan to be relentlessly nuked if it intervenes militarily in Taiwan. The footage – originally created by a military comment channel on Xigua, China‘s equivalent of YouTube – calls for Japan to be bombed into submission if it sends ‘even one troop’ into Taiwan. It was first posted … Read more
McDonald’s becomes latest company to be hit by a data breach on the same day Volkswagen announces hack impacted 3.3 million customers McDonald’s was hit by a data breach on Friday after unauthorized activity on its network exposed personal data of some customers in South Korea and Taiwan The same day, Volkswagen announced a similar … Read more
What are you looking at? Playful Beluga whale lunges forwards every time zoo visitor approaches its tank Huang Chunchun visited the Pingtung Sea Life Museum in southern Taiwan She was standing by the glass of the aquarium when a Beluga whale approached Ms Chunchun described the encounter as the best experience of her entire life By … Read more
Australian minister warns ‘the drums of war are beating’ as it pledges to upgrade military bases and expand drills with US forces to combat China Prime Minister Scott Morrison unveils plans worth half a billion US dollars Australian minister warns ‘the drums of war’ are beating in the Pacific region War between China and Taiwan … Read more
Xi flexes his muscles in the South China Sea by unveiling three new warships amid fresh sabre rattling at Taiwan Chinese President Xi has flexed his military muscles in the South China Sea Three new warships were revealed in a ceremony in Sanya on Friday It comes in a public display of strength amid fresh … Read more
Did Argentina rob art from its own museum to fund the Falklands War? Military junta stole £1.8m of paintings from Buenos Aires gallery to buy arms from Taiwan, new book claims British academic claims art heist was staged by Argentina’s military Government Sixteen masterpieces vanished into thin air from national museum in the 1980s Just three … Read more
The supply of PS5 and XBox consoles as well as electric cars, TVs, laptops, printers and 5G phones could be hit for up to 18 months due to a global shortage of microchips after a Taiwan mega-factory was scuppered by Covid-19, Trump’s trade war and even a natural disaster. Apple, Sony, Samsung, Epson, Microsoft, Ford, Toyota … Read more
Couple marry four times in a month to earn 32 days paid leave under Taiwan laws entitling newlyweds to eight days holiday: Groom’s employers are FINED for trying to stop him An unnamed bank employee claimed 32 days of leave using a loophole in system Over a period of 37 days, he and his wife … Read more