Pushkar Sinha

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Regulated Algorithms: Why XI Jinping’s dream of ruling Internet could backfire

<p> In another crackdown on free speech and freedom of expression, Chinese-state bodies together with China’s cyberspace watchdog have announced…

3 years ago

Venture capital firms flocking to India after China’s Tech Crackdown

<p> China’s much-vaunted tech industry, which contributes  nearly 40 percent of its GDP, is being kneecapped by Chinese President Xi…

3 years ago

Why China’s engagement with Taliban is a Threat rather than an Opportunity

<p> <strong>Chinese officials have highlighted America’s diminished standing on the world stage over Washington’s embarrassing public exit from Afghanistan.  But…

3 years ago

Dragon Dreams: How China is Trying to Take Advantage of Taliban’s Takeover of Afghanistan

<p> <strong>A report by Brookings, a think tank is predicting  how <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/08/18/how-will-china-seek-to-profit-from-the-talibans-takeover-in-afghanistan/">America’s withdrawal</a> from Afghanistan will impact China’s regional…

3 years ago

Is China building nuclear missile silos under the guise of windmills?

<p> Until last year, China had only 16 known silos for its latest-generation inter-continental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and scarcely 200…

3 years ago

How China’s influencers are promoting a culture of online lynching

<p> <strong>Chinese internet users had called for a boycott of H&M, Nike, Burberry, Adidas and a few other western fashion…

3 years ago

Fox Hunt: How China is nabbing fugitives through a massive covert operation

<p> One of the pillars of President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign, called Operation Fox Hunt is a shadowy fugitive-apprehension program…

3 years ago

China Steps up extra-judicial detentions targeting foreigners during Xi Jinping’s “new era”

<p> <strong>China is increasing the use of an unfamiliar method of extra-judicial imprisonment that authorizes police to prohibit access to…

3 years ago

China extends its soft-power by forcing Hollywood to fall in line

<p> With John Cena, a wrestler turned actor apologising to the Chinese for calling Taiwan a ‘country’, the world has…

3 years ago

How China matured into a full -fledged Surveillance State during the Covid-19 pandemic

<p> Under the garb of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has leveraged its social credit system to…

3 years ago

Why China’s Wolf Warrior Diplomacy has begun to backfire

<p> <strong>A Foreign Policy magazine report has recently spotlighted that Chinese President Xi Jinping appreciates the confrontational style of rhetoric…

4 years ago

Chinese VPNs may be spying on nearly 20 per cent of the world’s population

<p> A report by Strike source, a non-partisan news source has revealed that the Chinese government is collecting all of…

4 years ago

China steps up cyber-attacks after disengagement from Pangong lake

<p> Indian government Organisations such as Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN) and National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) have…

4 years ago

China is stealing intellectual property on an industrial scale to stay competitive

<p> <strong>In trying to maintain its economic competitiveness and fulfil its political ambitions, China is stealing R and D secrets,…

4 years ago

The LinkedIn espionage connection: How China recruits spies from abroad

<p> In a recent report, <em>The Times </em>from UK has detailed how Chinese Intelligence agents have zeroed in on LinkedIn…

4 years ago

Chinese Fintech Apps and the rise of a global surveillance state

<p> <strong>In China, there has been an explosion of shady Fintech apps, some of which have come under heavy scrutiny…

4 years ago

Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, complicit in turning China into an Orwellian state

<p> A report by Foreign Policy Magazine has revealed that Chinese Tech Titans are assisting the Communist Party of China…

4 years ago

Is China preparing for bio-warfare under cover of fighting Covid-19?

<p> <strong>Known for its technology theft, China could now be accumulating genome data across the globe using its Covid-19 testing…

4 years ago

Twitter mounts robust fightback against Chinese propaganda outlets

<p> <strong>Pushkar Sinha</strong></p> <p> Twitter, the social media giant, has stunned the Chinese propaganda machine. Recently, it has gone the…

4 years ago