It was the worst way to start a year for China. On the New Year’s eve of 2020, Chinese social media were full of rumors about re-emergence of SARS virus from 2003. Chinese New Year was about to begin in three weeks, which would involve hundreds of millions of people traveling all over the country. Xi Jinping had already warned Chinese officials a month earlier that the US-China trade war and sanctions would make 2020 a very challenging year. Now an unknown virus was about to decimate the economy and shred the China dream into pieces.
From Terrified to Triumphant — How China Flipped 2020
Tag: 5G
Yes, Bill Gates Said That. Here’s the Proof.
Yes, Bill Gates Said That. Here’s the Proof.
Some chiseler altered Bill Gates’ June 2020 TED Talk to edit out his revealing prediction that we will all soon need digital vaccine passports (slide 1). But after considerable effort, we tracked down the original video (slide 2).
Defense officials lukewarm on 5G spectrum-leasing plan pushed by the White House
Defense officials lukewarm on 5G spectrum-leasing plan pushed by the White House
Under federal law, the military cannot use the spectrum to turn a profit. And Defense officials are wary of whether leasing spectrum would run afoul of those restrictions.
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Defense Department ‘5G Nationalization’ Charge Is Cover For A Wireless Industry War
The Defense department sought ideas for making even more frequencies available, in a recent Request for Information. One question it posed was whether the department could operate a domestic 5G network and make its capacity available to for-profit firms and others. “They know the answer is no, [the Defense department] should not own and operate a commercial 5G network and they have no notion of doing so,” said Ganley, whose Rivada Networks has unique dual-use technology for sharing 5G networks that would allow the Pentagon, in seconds, to take back the spectrum in a national emergency. Rivada would profit from a spectrum-sharing arrangement. “Sharing raw spectrum, they’ve been every much open to that and they’ve been open to that for some time now,” Ganley said.
U.S. ends 5 cultural programs with China
U.S. ends 5 cultural programs with China
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Ratcliffe’s long-term China play
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe told Axios in an interview Thursday that “China and China alone is the only country that has the ability to compete with the U.S.”
US In Discussions With Huawei On Meng Wanzhou’s Return To China
US In Discussions With Huawei On Meng Wanzhou’s Return To China
Under a “deferred prosecution agreement” with the US Department of Justice, Meng would admit to some of the fraud and conspiracy charges related to the alleged violations by Huawei, the Journal said Thursday.
China – A Cold Shower and US vs China in 5G
EU proposes fresh alliance with US in face of China challenge
EU proposes fresh alliance with US in face of China challenge
The paper says: “As open democratic societies and market economies, the EU and the US agree on the strategic challenge presented by China’s growing international assertiveness, even if we do not always agree on the best way to address this.”
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The draft paper’s remark that the EU and the US “do not always agree” on how to deal with China is an acknowledgment of how the European bloc’s official three-pronged strategy of co-operation, competition and rivalry with Beijing is less hawkish than bipartisan policy in Washington.
A Short Comment on a Big Danger — “Internet of Things”
A Short Comment on a Big Danger
The US Air Force’s Research Lab (yes, it has its own lab) has recently signed a contract to test new software of a company called SignalFrame, a Washington DC wireless tech company. The company’s new software is able to access smartphones, and from your phone jump off to access any other wireless or bluetooth device in the near vicinity. To quote from the article today in the Wall St. Journal, the smartphone is used “as a window onto usage of hundreds of millions of computers, routers, fitness trackers, modern automobiles and other networked devices, known collectively as the ‘Internet of Things’.”
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Next Step in Government Data Tracking Is the Internet of Things
U. S. government agencies from the military to law enforcement have been buying up mobile-phone data from the private sector to use in gathering intelligence, monitoring adversaries and apprehending criminals.
H/T: The New Dark Age
US hands Brazil $1-bn deal to avoid Hwawei in 5G
US hands Brazil $1-bn deal to avoid Hwawei in 5G
Financing toward US imports adds a carrot to campaign to convince the country not to use China’s Huawei
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