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A Plan to Turn Military Bases Into ‘Sandboxes’ for 5GThe U.S. government thinks the military could help whip the country’s 5G industry into shape. Michael Kratsios, the acting undersecretary of defense for research and engineeri...
By Elsa B. Kania
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The White House Announces a Plan to Speed the Rollout of 5GSuperfast 5G wireless isn’t exactly spreading across the US at superfast speeds. The White House and Defense Department on Monday announced a plan to accelerate the process by...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
Leaked Documents Reveal What TikTok Shares With Authorities — in the U.S.President Donald Trump's executive order banning Americans from using TikTok is driven by concerns that the company might hand over user data to Chinese authorities. Recently ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Pompeo calls on 'free nations' to stand up to China in major speech
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Chinese people and "free nations of the world" to change the behaviour of the Chinese Communist Party, in a major policy speech on Thu...
By Elsa B. Kania
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The US, China and the AI arms race: Cutting through the hypeArtificial intelligence -- which encompasses everything from service robots to medical diagnostic tools to your Alexa speaker -- is a fast-growing field that is increasingly p...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
How a Chinese AI Giant Made Chatting—and Surveillance—EasyIn 1937, the year that George Orwell was shot in the neck while fighting fascists in Spain, Julian Chen was born in Shanghai. His parents, a music teacher and a chemist, enrol...
By Elsa B. Kania
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China’s Disinformation Campaign Targets Virus, Researcher SaysAn army of bot accounts linked to an alleged Chinese government-backed propaganda campaign is spreading disinformation on social media about coronavirus and other topics, incl...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Power is ‘up for grabs’: Behind China’s plan to shape the future of next-generation techChina is set to release an ambitious 15-year blueprint that will lay out its plans to set the global standards for the next-generation of technologies. The move could have wid...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
The U.S. vs. China: Who Is Winning the Key Technology Battles?In a world where geopolitical power is increasingly linked to technological advancement, the U.S. has long led its rivals. American companies make some of the world’s fastest ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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America does not want China to dominate 5G mobile networksIn the 1990s America’s telecoms industry was split between two rival factions. On one side were the “bellheads”, named after the former telephone monopolist, Bell, and represe...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
The Newest US Sanctions on China's Huawei Could BackfireWorsening relations between Washington and Beijing could trigger punishing new US restrictions on Huawei’s supply of cutting-edge microchips. But some experts believe this wou...
By Elsa B. Kania
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How the 5G revolution could increase mobile security—and opportunities for hackersAs 5G becomes a bigger part of our lives, security experts warn telecoms deploying 5G networks, companies making products that connect to 5G networks, and end users need to th...
By Elsa B. Kania
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US warns China about using Singapore air show as ‘platform for exploitation and theft’Even as China battles the coronavirus, it should not use this week’s Singapore air show as an opportunity to strong-arm US partners or steal intelligence or technological secr...
By Elsa B. Kania
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China’s Lavish Scientific Funds Fall Into Prosecutors’ SpotlightMore than a decade into his career as an organic chemist, Jon Antilla found a solution to the grinding task of fund-raising that, increasingly, was squeezing out his time in t...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Experts debunk fringe theory linking China’s coronavirus to weapons researchAs China attempts to contain the spread of a new coronavirus that has left more than 100 people dead, rumors and disinformation have spread amid the scramble for answers. Som...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
This Is What War Looks Like in 2029The U.S. House of Representatives on Dec. 11 passed its version of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, clearing the way for the U.S. Senate to approve the measure. If...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Shunned in the US, Huawei looks to Russia to invent an AI futureOne by one the doors closed. Over the past 18 months, top US universities including Princeton, Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley have rethought their researc...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Russia and China's High-Tech BetAs the United States increases its geopolitical and economic pressure on China and Russia, the two countries are expanding not just their military cooperation but increasing t...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
Trump administration proposes new powers to block business deals involving foreign technologyFollowing a White House executive order highlighting the “unusual and extraordinary threat” posed by foreign-made information and communications technology, the Department of ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Security Trumps Speed For 5G Networks: CNASThe US government must play a much more active — and more expensive — role in rolling out 5G networks, working with the private sector and foreign allies to develop a more sec...
By Elsa B. Kania
