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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Russia and China could revive barter trade to counter Western sanctions, Reuters reported.</li><li>Other countries that have looked at barter trade with Russia include Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, and India.</li></ul>Russia and China are planning to revive the age-old practice of barter trade to get around Western sanctions, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/first-russia-china-barter-trade-may-come-this-autumn-sources-say-2024-08-08/">Reuters</a> reported on Thursday.The deals could involve agriculture and could come as soon as this fall, the news agency reported, citing anonymous trade and payments sources. One source at a Russian industrial firm told the news agency that Russian firms were also talking about the exchange of metals for Chinese machinery imports.Such arrangements are being discussed as trade between the two countries has become increasingly difficult amid tightening Western sanctions against Russia over its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.Recently, about 80% of bank transfers made in the Chinese yuan were <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-economy-china-yuan-payments-delay-months-bounce-back-sanctions-2024-7">bouncing back</a> with no explanation after being stalled for weeks while banks decide whether they could transact, Russian media outlet Kommersant reported last month.Before this year, Russia and its trade partners skirted sanctions by using smaller banks and other payment modes or non-US dollar currencies to circumvent the West's ban of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="c-link" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-eu-announce-some-russian-banks-removed-from-swift-2022-2">some Russian banks</a> from the widely used SWIFT messaging system.However, this strategy has been hitting snags since the US approved <a target="_blank" rel=" nofollow" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-takes-aim-financial-institutions-with-new-russia-sanctions-authority-2023-12-22/">secondary sanctions</a> targeting financial institutions that were helping Russia. These restrictions prompted <a target="_blank" rel="" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-economy-financial-system-us-sanctions-oil-trade-foreign-banks-2024-3">global banks</a> from <a target="_blank" rel="" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-biggest-banks-stop-russia-payments-icbc-ccb-boc-2024-2">China </a>to the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and Austria to reduce transactions with Russia.Since barter trade doesn't require monetary payments, it would allow Russia and China to skirt such issues.<h2 id="4ef98aff-cc26-4454-855d-f1ccddf1c7c0">Russia has used barter trade before</h2>It would not be Russia's first time using barter trade.It was practiced during the <a target="_blank" rel=" nofollow" href="https://www.joc.com/maritime-news/soviet-union-allows-return-barter-some-trading-deals-partners-former-e-bloc_19910708.html">Soviet era</a> and <a target="_blank" rel=" nofollow" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/06/world/as-ruble-withers-russians-survive-on-barter.html">in the years following the bloc's collapse.</a> At the time, China was a key trading partner.In August 2022, the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/taliban-import-russia-oil-barter-exchange-afghanistan-raisin-minerals-medicine-2022-8">Taliban regime in Afghanistan</a> also discussed barter trade with Russia that could involve trading Russian crude oil products in exchange for raisins, minerals, and medicinal herbs, according to RIA Novosti, a Russian state-owned news agency.Heavily-sanctioned <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russia-iran-discuss-swapping-supplies-oil-gas-goods-logistics-2022-05-25/">Iran</a> and the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-plans-barter-for-russian-fertiliser/articleshow/91750978.cms">Indian government</a> were also in talks with Russia to practice barter trade in the early months of the Ukraine war.Last year, cash-strapped <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.voanews.com/a/pakistan-allows-barter-trade-with-iran-afghanistan-russia-/7120806.html">Pakistan</a> authorized the barter trade of specific goods with Russia.It's unclear if any of the parties eventually entered into any barter deal with Russia.Major economy India, for one, has managed to work around payment issues to become one of Russia's <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-economy-divert-oil-exports-europe-india-china-circumvent-sanctions-2023-12">key trading partners.</a><h2 id="a4ac3f71-bfea-4e2c-bbc1-8c442e62804f">Problems with barter trade</h2>Even so, barter trade isn't widely practiced in modern society."Exchanging goods for other goods would have to be manually accounted for, which would create major difficulties for any large or technologically advanced businesses using automated accounting systems," wrote Alexandra Prokopenko, a fellow at <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia/politika/2022/09/bartering-cryptocurrencies-and-yuan-russia-seeks-alternatives-to-trading-in-dollars">the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center,</a> in a September 2022 blog post.Barter trade also makes it difficult for tax collection, she added.Russian authorities are working on other ways to skirt Western payment sanctions.The country is rushing to set up <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-economy-moscow-cryptocurrency-bill-digital-ruble-trade-payments-sanctions-2024-7">alternative payment systems, </a>including crypto, to facilitate trade.

Western sanctions are so tight that Russia and China could soon use an ancient trading system. It's worked before.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A former top aide to New York's governor has been accused of secretly working for China.</li><li>Prosecutors say Linda Sun carried out tasks for Beijing like blocking Taiwan's access to authorities.</li></ul>Federal prosecutors have accused a former high-level aide to New York's governor of secretly working for China in exchange for perks like orchestra tickets, millions in cash, and over a dozen Nanjing-style salted ducks.Linda Sun, who worked for Gov. Kathy Hochul and her predecessor, Andrew Cuomo, was <a target="_blank" href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/former-high-ranking-new-york-state-government-employee-charged-acting-undisclosed">charged on Tuesday</a> with over 10 criminal counts, including visa fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act.Sun, 40, is accused of blocking Taiwanese officials' access to the New York governor's office and changing public messages from both governors to boost China's talking points, among other acts.According to the Justice Department, she also sent messages informing the Chinese consulate about Taiwan's requests to the governor's office."It's all been taken of satisfactorily," she is alleged to written in a message to a Chinese official in 2016."Just an FYI, I already blocked it," she also wrote in 2019 when the office of Taiwan's president invited Cuomo to a banquet, per prosecutors.Court filings unsealed on Tuesday said that Sun held several high-level positions while working for over a decade in the New York government, including as director for Asian-American affairs and Queens regional representative under Cuomo.She was promoted to deputy chief of staff under Hochul in September 2021, and went on to become deputy commissioner for strategic business development in the New York Labor Department from September 2022 to 2023.Prosecutors said that during this time, Sun would use bogus invitation letters to set up meetings for Chinese officials with New York authorities. At one point, she also tried to organize a trip to China for Hochul, per court filings."Sun wielded her position of influence among executives to covertly promote PRC and CCP agendas, directly threatening our country's national security," said FBI Acting Assistant Director Curtis, referring to China's official name and the Chinese Communist Party.<h2 id="052df450-e07a-4818-9140-f6359655ee18">Ducks, VIP suite access, and a condo in Honolulu</h2>In return, Sun received a slew of undeclared gifts, including ballet and orchestra tickets, VIP suite access at sporting events, promotion for a friend's company, and millions of dollars to the China-based business of her husband, Chris Hu, per court filings.Investigators said Sun also received salted ducks prepared by the personal chef of an official at the Chinese consulate, receiving them on four occasions from 2021 to 2022. Court documents say she got up to six ducks at a time.Federal prosecutors added that Sun was also rewarded with a job for her cousin in China and received benefits from local officials when traveling with a colleague for a work trip to Jiangsu province.Per the Justice Department, Sun and Hu used the money they received from Chinese officials to buy at least two properties — one in Manhasset, New York, that's now worth $4.1 million, and a condominium in Honolulu, worth $2.1 million.They also bought luxury cars like a 2024 Ferrari, the officials added.Hu has been charged by the Justice Department too, and is accused of laundering money and opening bank accounts with a relative's driver's license photo.A spokesperson for Hochul told Business Insider that the New York governor's office hired Sun more than 10 years ago."We terminated her employment in March 2023 after discovering evidence of misconduct, immediately reported her actions to law enforcement, and have assisted law enforcement throughout this process," they said.When Hochul was asked on Tuesday about Sun by <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://soundcloud.com/govkathyhochul/governor-hochul-is-a-guest-on-wnycs-all-things-considered?si=6d175bc91f1f4c99ad6237bcfc46801e&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing">WNYC's radio podcast "All Things Considered,"</a> the governor said that the aide was fired "the second we discovered some levels of misconduct."She declined to say which of Sun's behaviors were flagged by her office.Liu Pengyu, a spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Washington, told BI he was unaware of the specific details of Sun's case."But in recent years, the US government and media have frequently hyped up the so-called 'Chinese agents' narratives, many of which have later been proven untrue," he said in a statement, adding that the embassy opposed "the groundlessly slandering and smearing targeting China."Jarrod Schaeffer, Sun's lawyer, told the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://apnews.com/article/former-hochul-aide-arrested-new-york-c588a95e87b853ca3d23b36aae4c87cd">Associated Press</a> on Tuesday: "We're looking forward to addressing these charges in court. Our client is understandably upset that these charges have been brought."Schaeffer and a spokesperson for Cuomo did not immediately respond to requests for comment sent outside regular business hours by BI.

A top New York official was paid off by China with salted ducks, a job for her cousin, and millions to her husband's business: DOJ

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Joe Biden exited the presidential race, endorsing Kamala Harris as his successor.</li><li>Analysts say leaders like Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping could interpret it as a sign of US decline.</li></ul>In a dramatic but increasingly expected turn of events, Joe Biden <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-dropping-out-presidential-race-2024-7">exited the presidential race</a> on Sunday via a letter posted on social media.Biden stepped aside less than a month before the Democratic National Convention after <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/schumer-jeffries-conversations-biden-staying-in-race-hurts-democrats-2024-7">mounting pressure in his party to give way</a>.He <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-endorses-kamala-harris-after-dropping-out-2024-7">endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris</a>, who has no serious rivals to succeed him as the nominee.Analysts have told BI that this peaceful — albeit reluctant — changing of the guard could be awkward for autocratic leaders like Vladimir Putin of Russia, Xi Jinping of China, and Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia."For all three, public order is the supreme goal," said Mathew Burrows, a leading analyst at the Stimson Center think tank.Biden's sudden and unexpected departure — delivered by tweet — looks like a "palace coup in which the liberal media played a large part," Burrows told BI.Increasingly blunt coverage of the challenge presented by Biden's old age helped shift the narrative against him.The starkest moment was the June 27 debate, hosted by CNN, was a turning point from which Biden's candidacy never recovered.Autocrats tend to tightly control their domestic media, leaving little opportunity of unsanctioned narratives like that of Biden's old age to take root.Per Burrows, witnessing Biden's exit would likely further convince autocrats that they can't tolerate a free press in their societies."Putin and Xi will see all of it as a further indication of US decline and the whole Western system," Burrows argued.The expert Fawaz Gerges agreed with Burrows, saying that a Middle Eastern ruler like that Middle Eastern rulers like Crown Prince Mohammed would be unlikely to yield power while still alive."Their motto is till death do us part," said Gerges, a Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics.Ann Marie Dailey, a political researcher at the RAND Corporation, shared similar sentiments about Putin's Russia."A leader stepping down and saying that it's better for democracy is clearly not a message that the Kremlin wants to be circulated widely in Russia," she told BI."That would lead people to ask why their own leaders aren't stepping down willingly when they are aging."Putin, 71, has ruled Russia more or less continuously since 2000.Dailey said that Russia may present to its own people a narrative that Biden's exit underscores that "democracy is messy and unstable."Back in the US, Biden's Democratic colleagues mostly praised him for leaving in the way he did.Former President Barack Obama — reported to be one of those lobbying him to step down — <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://barackobama.medium.com/my-statement-on-president-bidens-announcement-1eb78b3ba3fc">issued a public statement</a> praising a "historic example of a genuine public servant once again putting the interests of the American people ahead of his own".

Joe Biden's exit could be a tricky subject for authoritarian leaders in Russia, China, and Saudi Arabia, analysts say

<ul class="summary-list"><li>India is trying to modernize its military of 1.5 million people with lessons from Ukraine.</li><li>Until recent years, Russia supplied India with many weapons such as tanks and jets.</li></ul>As India boosts defense spending amid tensions with China and Pakistan, it is closely studying the Ukraine conflict for clues to the future of warfare and how to thwart its neighbors.Some lessons that Indian experts have already drawn: India needs lots of artillery, drones and cyberwarfare capabilities.Comparing Ukraine to India is tricky. Ukraine faces one major enemy — Russia — while India must contend with its old enemy Pakistan to the west, and an increasingly powerful China on its northwest frontier. The Russo-Ukraine war is mostly being fought over an Eastern European landscape of plains and forest, with a moderately good road network suitable for mechanized warfare. India must prepare for combat in a variety of terrain and climate conditions, including desert, jungle and some of the tallest mountains on Earth.India is also trying to modernize and standardize equipment for its armed forces, which comprise about 1.5 million personnel armed with a potpourri of equipment from several nations, as well as indigenous Indian gear. Until recent years, Russia supplied many weapons such as tanks and jets, but India is increasingly acquiring arms from Western nations, including American howitzers, French jet fighters, and Israeli drones.The Indian Army's artillery, for example, includes more than 3,000 weapons and multiple rocket launchers, including Russian, American, Swedish and South Korean designs. Indian observers believe Ukraine shows the importance of having plentiful and modern artillery. Artillery has arguably become the decisive combat arm in that war, with Russian firing <a target="_blank" href="https://www.politico.eu/article/ukrainian-army-suffers-from-artillery-shell-hunger/">10,000 shells per day</a> and advancing, while a munitions shortage has limited Ukraine to around 2,000 shells per day. This deluge of firepower has forced both armies to dig in, and turned the conflict into trench warfare."Looking at the demonstration of artillery fire in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, two lessons are available to the Indian Army," wrote Amrita Jash, an assistant professor at the Manipal Academy of Higher Education, in a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.orfonline.org/public/uploads/upload/20240118114645.pdf">report</a> for the Observer Research Foundation, an Indian think tank. "First, that firepower can be a 'battle-winning factor,' and second, that the time between acquiring the target to shooting has drastically reduced: where it once took five to 10 minutes, it now takes only a minute or two."Indeed, India already planning to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/army-draws-lessons-from-ukraine-war-revises-its-artillery-requirements/article67315823.ece">modernize</a> its artillery arsenal, including switching to 155-mm howitzers — the standard NATO caliber — and developing longer-range shells and rockets.<div type="image" title="Ukrainian servicemen fire an artillery in the direction of Siversk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on April 01, 2024." height="3000" width="4500" msid="109704222" hostid="261" sizebytes="757078"></div>The air war over Ukraine has proven to be a surprise, especially given Russian superiority in numbers of aircraft and technology. Anti-aircraft missiles have deterred the air forces of both sides from venturing into enemy airspace, with Russian aircraft limited to firing stand-off missiles at Ukrainian cities rather than providing air support for its ground troops. <a target="_blank">Drones</a> have become the stars and workhorses of the air war, with both sides deploying — and losing — drones in the hundreds of thousands.There are lessons here for Indian airpower, according to Arjun Subramaniam, a retired Indian Air Force air vice marshal who helped write the ORF report. India must prepare for "gaining control of the air in limited time and space conditions in a short, high-intensity limited conflict as well as in a longer, protracted conflict." The Air Force must also ensure that its plans are synchronized with ground and naval forces. India should also continue to focus on suppressing enemy air defenses, "particularly against an adversary that is more interested in denying rather than controlling the airspace."Not surprisingly, Subramaniam wants the Indian military to increase drone development and production. But he is also concerned about the possibility of a mass drone attack on India. "Of greater importance is the need to rapidly develop counter-drone capabilities that would be essential in responding to large-scale surprise attacks and retain effective second-strike capabilities," he wrote.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/03/20/the-cyberwar-in-ukraine-is-as-crucial-as-the-battle-in-the-trenches">Cyberwarfare</a> has also emerged in Ukraine as a crucial tool in everything from hacking into military computers and critical infrastructure to purveying propaganda and deepfakes in global media. ORF researcher Shimona Mohan noted "the increasing role of largely civilian organizations like big tech in conflict situations and the deepening interplay of civil-military partnerships around dual-use technologies like AI."Mohan recommends that India invest in cyberwarfare, as other nations are doing. "However, if this is not feasible for socio-political or economic reasons, it should be a priority for countries to ensure that their strategic geopolitical allies are formidable tech powers—for instance in this war, Ukraine received much support from its more tech-savvy partners like the US and private tech companies."Michael Peck is a defense writer whose work has appeared in Forbes, Defense News, Foreign Policy magazine, and other publications. He holds an MA in political science from Rutgers Univ. Follow him on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.twitter.com/@mipeck1">Twitter</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mipeck/">LinkedIn</a>.

India is drawing lessons from Ukraine to counter China's military might 

<ul class="summary-list"><li>"We will not stop at that (three carriers)," India's defense minister recently said.</li><li>Five or six aircraft carriers would give India a force equal to that of China.</li></ul>India may build a fleet of five to six new aircraft carriers, according to a comment from the country's defense minister that's been widely debated about whether that's a good strategy or if the offhand remark was even serious.The Indian Navy operates two small aircraft carriers. Four more would give India a carrier force on par with China's growing one. And it would not be much smaller — at least in number of vessels — than the US Navy's 11 supercarriers.But whether this ambitious shipbuilding project will happen is another matter. Many Indian experts are convinced it's a bad idea.Exactly what the Indian government is thinking isn't clear. During an <a target="_blank" href="https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/india/work-on-third-aircraft-carrier-to-start-soon-more-to-follow-says-rajnath-621319">interview</a> with an Indian newspaper regarding plans to construct a third aircraft carrier, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said India would build yet more. "We will not stop at that (three carriers)," he said. "We will make five, six more."Some Indian experts aren't sure the government is even serious about this. The defense minister "seemingly made an off-the-cuff remark that was picked up by the media," Abhijit Singh, a former Indian naval officer and now an analyst at the Observer Research Foundation think tank in New Delhi, told Business Insider. "He was only trying to dispel suggestions that the government is resistant to a proposal for a third aircraft carrier."Nonetheless, there are compelling reasons why India might want a large carrier fleet. India's rival China now has three carriers, including the newly launched 80,000-ton <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chinas-newest-aircraft-carrier-seen-with-aircraft-mock-ups-images-2024-4">Fujian</a>, and may aim for a fleet of six carriers by 2035. China — which <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-troops-beat-indian-soldiers-batons-wrapped-in-barbed-wire-2020-6">fought</a> border clashes with India in the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/after-himalayan-clash-india-prepares-navy-to-take-on-china-2021-6">Himalayas</a> in 2020 — is beginning to project its power into the <a target="_blank" href="https://warontherocks.com/2024/05/its-still-the-indian-ocean-parsing-sino-indian-naval-competition-where-it-counts/">Indian Ocean</a>, which is India's maritime backyard."It is expected that the Chinese will permanently station one of its CBGs [carrier battle groups] in the Indian Ocean, supported by its various bases in Djibouti (on the western edge of the Indian Ocean), <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/rapid-construction-at-cambodia-base-amid-concern-about-china-presence-2021-6">Ream in Cambodia</a> (on the eastern edge of the Indian Ocean), and Gwadar in Pakistan, Hambantota in Sri Lanka, and Kyaukpyu in Myanmar," warned India's <a target="_blank" href="https://swarajyamag.com/defence/countering-chinas-expansion-india-to-build-five-to-six-more-aircraft-carriers-in-future-defence-minister-rajnath-singh">Swarajya</a> magazine.Interestingly, Swarajya magazine also suggested that carriers could project Indian power into the South China Sea, which is China's maritime backyard. Indian warships have periodically sailed in those waters.<div type="image" title="A view from the sloped bow of the INS Vikrant that carries MiG-29K fighter jets." height="1333" width="2000" msid="110619274" hostid="261" sizebytes="239670"></div>India has two carriers of around 45,000 tons each: the Vikramaditya (a refurbished former Soviet vessel) and the Vikrant, India's first home-built carrier. Both are <a target="_blank" href="https://interestingengineering.com/lists/ski-jumps-catapults-aircraft-carrier">ski-jump</a> designs that launch the troubled Soviet-era MiG-29K under its own power because it lacks catapults. Despite early speculation that the proposed third carrier would be a 65,000-ton ski-jump design similar to Britain's <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/uks-flagship-carrier-embarrassing-setback-pulls-out-big-nato-exercise-2024-2">Queen Elizabeth-class</a>, the Indian government appears to be opting for a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.newsweek.com/india-third-aircraft-carrier-china-indian-pacific-ocean-region-1847935">45,000-ton vessel</a> similar to the Vikrant, and carrying French-made <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/frances-rafale-fighter-jet-popular-dassault-cant-keep-up-2024-3">Rafale fighters</a>.This means that Indian carriers would continue to be less than half the size of the 100,000-ton, nuclear-powered US Nimitz- and Ford-class behemoths, which are equipped with steam or electromagnetic catapults that can launch heavier planes, especially airborne early warning aircraft; China's Fujian also uses an advanced electromagnetic catapult. They would also be less expensive, with the third Indian carrier estimated at around $5 billion, compared to $13 billion for a Ford-class carrier.In fact, some Indian naval experts would prefer a larger carrier equipped with catapults. "Small aircraft carriers, like those India possesses, are increasingly vulnerable and unlikely to play a significant role in future conflicts," Singh, the defense analyst, said. "Unfortunately, the country lacks the funding for a large carrier and can only afford another small flattop. This presents a predicament with no easy solutions."On the other hand, there is a reason why America builds enormously expensive aircraft carriers. Its global interests arguably require the ability to dispatch and maintain floating airfields around the world, often in distant places where airbases aren't available. For India and China, which have a more regional focus, smaller vessels may suffice.For India, carriers are more than floating airfields. They are symbols of national power. Thus regardless of their military utility against a powerful adversary like China, carriers would enable India support other operations, such as humanitarian, peacekeeping and anti-piracy missions."The consensus among India's maritime observers is that the aircraft carrier remains central to maritime strategy, not just for its ability to dominate the littoral but also for its crucial peacetime role," said Abhijit Singh. "In less-than-war situations, the flattop can shift the psychological balance in ways no other naval platform can. Despite its drawbacks, the aircraft carrier's aura and impact in peacetime operations are unmatched."Michael Peck is a defense writer whose work has appeared in Forbes, Defense News, Foreign Policy magazine, and other publications. He holds an MA in political science from Rutgers Univ. Follow him on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.twitter.com/@mipeck1">Twitter</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mipeck/">LinkedIn</a>.

A bizarre comment stirred speculation India may try to match China's carrier fleet 

<ul><li>The Indian <keyword id="6374106" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="ministry-of-external-affairs">Ministry of External Affairs</keyword> (MEA) spokesperson hit back at the <keyword id="159857" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Chinese-embassy">Chinese Embassy</keyword> for its open letter asking Indian media to refrain from covering Taiwan’s National Day celebration. </li><li>“There's free media in India that reports on issues as it sees fit," said spokesperson <keyword id="916281" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Anurag-Srivastava">Anurag Srivastava</keyword>.</li><li>The open letter asked Indian media to honour the ‘One China’ narrative.</li></ul>After the Chinese Embassy issued a notice to Indian media to refrain from covering Taiwan’s National Day celebrations, India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has hit back. “There's free media in India that reports on issues as it sees fit," said spokesperson Anurag Srivastava during the press briefing today evening on October 8. In its open letter, the Chinese Embassy told the Indian media not to recognise Taiwan’s National Day (October 10) and called for them to honour the commitment to ‘One-China’ policy. “The Chinese Embassy would like to remind our media friends that there is only one China in the world… Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory,” it wrote. The letter even irked the Taiwanese authorities. The country’s Foreign Ministry hit back on Twitter, asking China to ‘<a href="https://twitter.com/MOFA_Taiwan/status/1313838337875079169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1313838337875079169%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiatoday.in%2Findia%2Fstory%2Fget-lost-says-taiwan-after-china-asks-indian-media-to-follow-one-china-policy-1729418-2020-10-08">get lost</a>.’ The Chinese government’s diktat came in after two Delhi-based newspapers carried full-page advertisements issued by the Taiwanese government featuring the slogan, “Taiwan and India are natural partners.” What some are calling an ‘<a href="https://twitter.com/AdityaRajKaul/status/1313814773830578176">indirect threat</a>’ by the Chinese Embassy comes amid India-China border tensions in Ladakh. The eighth round of military-level talks between the two sides is scheduled on October 12. Even as both the countries agree not to escalate the border impasse any further, disengagement is yet to occur. The standoff has been in place for nearly six months now, with the Asian giants sending in supplies for troops as they prepare for sub-zero winters of the Himalayas. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/defense/news/indias-defence-ministry-removes-three-years-worth-of-monthly-reports-from-website/articleshow/78552916.cms">India’s Defence Ministry removes three-years worth of monthly reports from website</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/infosys-to-acquire-us-based-data-analytics-company-for-125-million-deal-expected-to-close-in-third-quarter/articleshow/78551010.cms">Infosys to acquire US-based data analytics company for $125 million — deal expected to close in third quarter</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/defense/news/iaf-displays-its-might-with-rafale-apache-tejas-and-others-during-the-annual-air-force-day-airshow/slidelist/78549506.cms">IN PICS: IAF displays its might with Rafale, Apache, Tejas, and others during the annual Air Force Day airshow</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/tcs-and-wipro-lead-rally-in-it-stocks-after-tcs-ceo-announces-multi-year-technology-transformation-cycle-in-the-works/articleshow/78547893.cms">TCS and Wipro lead rally in IT stocks after TCS CEO announces multi-year 'technology transformation' cycle in the works</a>

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Around 62 per cent of Indians who were surveyed are planning to use the AI chatbot <keyword id="15681942" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="chatgpt" source="Orion">ChatGPT</keyword> to help write their love letters this <keyword id="6426726" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="valentine" source="Orion">Valentine</keyword>'s Day, the highest out of all the countries surveyed, with 73 per cent also using AI to boost their dating profiles, a report showed on Thursday. With ChatGPT starting to infiltrate every aspect of our daily lives, 78 per cent of Indians surveyed were also unable to spot the difference between a love letter written by the AI chatbot and one written by a human, according to the report by cyber-security company McAfee. The vast majority (60 per cent) of Indian respondents preferred a machine-generated love note. The most popular reason given for using AI as a ghost-writer was that it would make the sender feel more confident (59 per cent), others cited lack of time (32 per cent) or lack of inspiration (26 per cent), while 14 per cent said it would just be quicker and easier, believing they would not be found out. However, 57 per cent of respondents said they would be offended if they found out the note they had received was produced by a machine. "With Valentine's Day around the corner, it's important to stay vigilant and use security solutions that can help safeguard your privacy and identity and protect you from clicking on malicious links a scammer might send," said <keyword id="3541923" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="steve-grobman" source="Orion">Steve Grobman</keyword>, <keyword id="16450720" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="mcafee-chief-technology-officer" source="Orion">McAfee Chief Technology Officer</keyword>. "It is easy to drop your guard when chatting to a potential partner but it's important to be on alert if you're asked suspicious requests for money or personal information," Grobman added. With the rise in popularity of artificial intelligence, particularly tools such as ChatGPT that anybody with a web browser can access, the chances of receiving machine-generated information are on the rise. In fact, 76 per cent of Indians admit to being catfished -- which is when somebody pretends to be someone they're not online -- or knowing somebody who has. Additionally, 89 per cent of Indian respondents have engaged in direct conversations with strangers on social media across platforms, compared to 66 per cent globally. "Those looking for love are often more vulnerable to scams, and cyber criminals use that to their advantage, engaging in long, sophisticated attempts to steal from their victims," said the report. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/reliance-capital-case-battling-for-higher-value-to-stakeholders-says-iihl/articleshow/97776304.cms">Reliance Capital case: Battling for higher value to stakeholders says IIHL</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/banks/news/rate-hikes-will-not-impact-collections-efficiency-of-nbfcs-icra/articleshow/97776942.cms">Rate hikes will not impact collections efficiency of NBFCs: ICRA</a>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Top Chinese historians and university alumni have spoken up against <keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword>'s invasion of <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword>.</li><li>Their anti-war messages contradict the Chinese government's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-news-outlet-ukraine-coverage-instructions-weibo-horizon-russia-2022-2">ban on criticisms of Russia.</a></li></ul>"In the midst of all the noise, we felt the need to make our voices heard."That's what a group of five Chinese historians wrote in an open letter condemning the invasion of Ukraine. They number among the growing anti-war voices in <keyword id="11892748" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="china" source="Orion">China</keyword> breaking ranks with their government's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-news-outlet-ukraine-coverage-instructions-weibo-horizon-russia-2022-2">ban on criticisms of Russia</a>. The letter was signed by five history professors from top Chinese universities: Nanjing University's Sun Jiang, Peking University's Wang Lixin, Hong Kong University's Xu Guoqi, Tsinghua University's Zhong Weimin, and Fudan University's Chen Yan."As a country that was once also ravaged by war ... we sympathize with the suffering of the Ukrainian people," their letter read, per US-funded nonprofit outlet <a href="https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/historians-02282022102049.html">Radio Free Asia (RFA)</a>. Calling for an immediate end to the fighting, the letter warned the invasion could spark a "massive, global war."The historians did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.The letter was censored hours after it was posted on <keyword id="11895013" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="social-media" source="Orion">social media</keyword> platform WeChat on Saturday, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/world-60567095">according to BBC Chinese</a>, although copies of it can still be <a href="https://chinadigitaltimes.net/chinese/677443.html">found online</a>.Separately on Monday, more than 130 university alumni from China's top institutions signed <a href="https://yibaochina.com/?p=245143">a petition</a> to condemn the invasion, calling on Beijing to honour commitments it made under <a href="http://unscr.com/en/resolutions/984">UN Resolution 984</a>. In the joint security pact signed in 1994, China committed to providing security assurance to countries without nuclear weapons, in the event that they are the subject of foreign aggression.It is unclear where the petition was originally posted, but it has been widely shared online. Lu Nan, a Renmin University journalism graduate, was one of those who signed the petition. "We all have a common purpose, which is to oppose war and maintain peace," <a href="https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/ukraine-scholars-03012022125137.html">Lu told RFA.</a> "Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a fundamental challenge to human conscience.""Ukraine didn't invade Russia. It's a sovereign country and its people are peace-loving," he added.Such anti-war messages contradict the Chinese government's messaging. China <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-avoids-calling-russia-attack-on-ukraine-invasion-2022-2">has avoided calling Russia's attack on Ukraine an invasion.</a>On Chinese social media, online opinion has also been mostly pro-Russian, pro-war, and pro-Putin, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/27/business/china-russia-ukraine-invasion.html">the New York Times reported</a>.Last week, Horizon <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">News</keyword>, which is owned by the Chinese Communist Party, <a href="https://twitter.com/gerryshih/status/1496133191127687180">accidentally published editorial instructions</a> to cover Russia in a good light. The post on Twitter-like Weibo was later deleted, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/22/china-russia-ukraine-reaction/">The Washington Post reported.</a>A top <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-editor-says-must-support-russia-ukraine-taiwan-future-2022-2">Chinese state-media editor later said</a> Beijing needs to back Russia over Ukraine because it needs Moscow's support to assert dominance over Taiwan.

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<ul><li>Indian authorities prevented Chinese smartphone maker Vivo from exporting 27,000 smartphones worth $15 million for more than a week.</li><li>Chinese state-run publication <keyword id="107898" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="global-times" source="Orion">Global Times</keyword> has said that Indian officials should ensure compliance with laws and regulations, increase transparency, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of the Chinese mobile phone maker.</li></ul>Amid reports that Indian authorities prevented Chinese smartphone maker Vivo from exporting 27,000 smartphones worth $15 million for more than a week, Chinese state-run publication Global Times has said that Indian officials should ensure compliance with laws and regulations, increase transparency, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of the Chinese mobile phone maker. Whether this Vivo incident can be well resolved will have a strong demonstration effect on a vast number of other foreign companies, said a commentary in the publication, adding that the issue has once again raised eyebrows among Chinese companies about the <keyword id="3658" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="india" source="Orion">India</keyword>n market, given India's growing restrictions and investigations targeting Chinese companies this year. "Relevant departments in India need to further investigate and make clarifications in a timely manner to dispel anxiety among the business community," said the publication. "Vivo, on the other hand, should actively cooperate with relevant departments in India to clarify the actual situation. If the company has received unfair treatment, it should not hesitate to take effective measures to defend its legitimate interests," it added. According to the report, Chinese companies such as Vivo have long contributed to the Indian economy and operate legally. "India's economic growth needs foreign investment. If India uses more unfair practices to aggravate foreign companies' concerns, it will not only hurt the interests of Chinese companies, but the reputation of India's business environment may be irreversibly damaged," claimed the report. According to technology analysts, it will be difficult for India to rid its dependence on <keyword id="1334" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="china" source="Orion">China</keyword>'s relatively cost-effective mobile phones. India has stepped up its crackdown on Chinese firms over the years. The Indian government is looking into cases of alleged tax evasion by three Chinese mobile companies -- OPPO, <keyword id="2829414" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="vivo-india" source="Orion">Vivo India</keyword>, and Xiaomi. The companies were served notices by the <keyword id="58154" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="directorate-of-revenue-intelligence" source="Orion">Directorate of Revenue Intelligence</keyword> (DRI) for duty evasion. India has also banned more than 300 Chinese apps, including Tencent's WeChat and <keyword id="3749909" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="bytedance" source="Orion">ByteDance</keyword>'s TikTok. The country is now bolstering its domestic smartphone and chip manufacturing sector. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/apple-expands-end-to-end-encryption-to-icloud-in-a-bid-to-make-it-safer-for-vulnerable-profiles-like-celebrities-activists-or-journalists/articleshow/96080515.cms">Apple expands end-to-end encryption to iCloud in a bid to make it safer for vulnerable profiles like celebrities, activists, or journalists</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/best-ai-powered-apps-and-websites-that-will-increase-your-work-experience/articleshow/96051415.cms">Here are some free AI-powered apps and tools to try right now</a>

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As <keyword id="8764262" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="covid" source="Orion">Covid</keyword> cases in <keyword id="1334" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="china" source="Orion">China</keyword> continue to rise, Beijing will soon start distributing Pfizer's Covid-19 drug <keyword id="12474541" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="paxlovid" source="Orion">Paxlovid</keyword> to the community health centres in the coming days, the CNN reported citing state media. According to the state-run China News Service, after getting trained, community doctors would dispense the medicine to Covid-19 patients and also disseminate information on how to use it. "We have received a notice from officials but it is not clear when the drug will arrive," CNN cited a worker at a local community health centre in Beijing's Xicheng district as saying. Paxlovid remains the only foreign Covid drug that has been approved by China's regulator for nationwide use, but access to the medicine is a challenging process. China's National Health Security Administration informed on Sunday that Pfizer's Paxlovid oral medicine, which is used to deal with Covid-19, couldn't be included in the "register of drugs in the basic medical insurance", as the corporate's citation was too excessive, media reports said. Meanwhile, the demand for Indian generic drugs has shot up in China amid the ongoing Covid surge in the country, with specialists cautioning that dubious variations of those drugs were flooding the market. Due to the large and quick supply of Paxlovid, demand for Indian generic variations via Chinese e-commerce platforms has gone up. "On the Chinese e-commerce platforms... At least four generic Covid drugs produced in India -- Primovir, <keyword id="16008657" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="paxista" source="Orion">Paxista</keyword>, Molnunat, and <keyword id="16008658" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="molnatris" source="Orion">Molnatris</keyword> -- have been listed for sale in recent weeks. Primovir and Paxista are both generic versions of Paxlovid, while the other two are generic versions of Molnipiravir," Chinese media outlet Sixth Tone reported. Following countrywide demonstrations over its 'Zero Covid' policy, China abruptly abandoned it last month after nearly three years of lockdowns, quarantines, and mass testing. The rapid policy change has triggered panic buying of fever and cold medications, resulting in significant shortages at pharmacies and online shopping platforms. Long lineups have become the norm outside fever clinics and hospital wards in the country's capital, Beijing, and elsewhere, according to CNN. After China abandoned its 'Zero Covid' policy about two weeks ago, regional numbers of infected persons with coronavirus point to explosive outbreaks and overstretched healthcare systems, wrote Chang Che, Asia technology correspondent for The New York Times (NYT). However, the intensity and magnitude of the country's first nationwide outbreak have remained a mystery as official figures from the central government remain low. China's healthcare system, catering to 1.4 billion people, is reportedly under tremendous strain because of the steep prices of drugs manufactured by multinational pharmaceutical giants. As things stand, the hospitals are all full, whether government or private, a report said, adding that there is no place for more patients to get admission. Getting a bed is out of the question, while walkways and aisles are full of patients lying on damp floors, the report said. The majority of the patients are left to their fates outside of the government health apparatus, the report said, adding that millions do not have access to medicine, oxygen, respiratory machines or other medical equipment. The only thing they access is a medical drip, it said. Fears of the elderly losing their lives either to the infection or their comorbidities are growing because of these inadequacies, reported The HK Post, adding that most of the elderly patients are developing other health complications, especially lung infections. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/covovax-vaccine-to-get-approval-as-a-booster-in-10-15-days-adar-poonawalla/articleshow/96843527.cms">Covovax vaccine to get approval as a booster in 10-15 days: Adar Poonawalla</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/online-schools-back-in-lucknow-as-cold-wave-intensifies/articleshow/96845569.cms">Online schools back in Lucknow as cold wave intensifies</a>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>New images posted to social media show China's third and newest aircraft carrier hosting aircraft mock-ups.</li><li>It's a notable step before the Fujian's upcoming sea trials, showing what its future air wing might look like.</li></ul>China's newest aircraft carrier appears to be sporting mock-ups of warplanes, according to new images posted to social media by a long-time China watcher.It's a major step for the Fujian, as the People's Liberation Army Navy looks to put its largest, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/dod-chinas-constructing-a-new-more-capable-third-aircraft-carrier-2019-5">most advanced carrier</a> through sea trials and push it closer to being ready for operations.Images of the Fujian, also identified as Type 003, docked in Shanghai were posted on X this week. On Tuesday, Andreas Rupprecht, a China aviation observer and researcher, also shared the images, discussing their significance. The Fujian's mock-ups were <a target="_blank" href="https://www.twz.com/sea/deck-of-chinas-nearly-complete-carrier-now-hosting-multiple-aircraft-mockups">first reported</a> by The War Zone. Closer examination of the flight deck revealed that the Fujian is currently hosting five mock-ups: a KJ-600 airborne early warning and control aircraft, two fourth-generation J-15 carrier-based fighters, a fifth-generation J-35 fighter that is still in some stage of development, and a JL-10J advanced jet trainer and light combat aircraft. The mock-ups appear to simulate where the aircraft would be on the carrier's deck. The pictures also show the Fujian's catapult system, designed to launch aircraft much like the US Navy's aircraft carriers. The Fujian is China's first carrier to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/leaked-photos-show-chinas-new-aircraft-carrier-taking-shape-2021-6">feature this technology</a>, as previous carriers have launched aircraft with ski jumps, upward ramps at the end of the deck. China's two other carriers, the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chinas-carriers-have-a-boatload-of-weaknesses-but-the-next-one-could-be-big-news-2018-8">Liaoning and Shandong</a>, both feature ski jumps.Back in January, Chinese state media showed aerial footage of the Fujian featuring three catapult tracks and an aircraft mock-up. Catapult launch systems are <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-show-china-aircraft-carrier-progress-reveals-more-about-design-2021-7">much more effective</a> than ski jumps, easing the strain of takeoff on the aircraft and allowing for the launch of larger fixed-wing planes with heavier payloads and more fuel.The Chinese carrier relies on conventional power, as opposed to nuclear like US carriers, and steam turbines, but the ship's catapults are electromagnetic, like those on the US Navy's new Ford-class aircraft carriers.The Fujian's catapults are a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/dod-chinas-constructing-a-new-more-capable-third-aircraft-carrier-2019-5">notable jump in technology</a>. The Department of Defense said in 2019 in its annual China military power report that the carrier's "design will enable it to support additional fighter aircraft, fixed-wing early-warning aircraft, and more rapid flight operations."Before the carrier's launch, experts said that the ship would "<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/satellite-photo-shows-substantial-progress-on-china-new-aircraft-carrier-2021-6">significantly upgrade</a> China's naval capabilities." These features allow the Chinese navy to tap the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-chinas-j-15s-stack-up-against-us-fa-18s-2020-10">full potential</a> of the heavy <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/j15-china-fighter-jet-shenyang-photos-warned-off-us-destroyer-2022-10">J-15</a>, and launch assets like early warning planes for greater situational awareness in combat.<div type="image" title="CHINESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER, JIANGNAN SHIPYARDS, CHINA, JUNE 18, 2022: Maxar satellite imagery close up view of CV 18 Fujian Aircraft Carrier, Shanghai, China." height="5355" width="9336" msid="109409706" hostid="261"></div>The new images of the Fujian come as the aircraft carrier, the Chinese PLAN's third and by far most advanced, is expected to head out on its first sea trials this year. Previous satellite images have documented <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/satellite-photo-shows-substantial-progress-on-china-new-aircraft-carrier-2021-6">extensive progress</a> on the Fujian.The Fujian is a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-moves-closer-to-launching-newest-aircraft-carrier-images-2021-11">major improvement</a> in naval capability for China. Named after China's closest province to Taiwan, the carrier officially <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-fujian-aircraft-carrier-named-after-province-facing-taiwan-2022-6">launched</a> in June 2022. It began construction in 2018. It is still a conventionally powered carrier, but observers suspect the PLAN will develop nuclear-powered carriers in the future. The Fujian is larger than its predecessors — likely the size of the US' old Kitty Hawk-class carriers, Matthew P. Funaiole, Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., and Brian Hart <a target="_blank" href="https://www.csis.org/analysis/chinas-third-aircraft-carrier-takes-shape">wrote</a> for the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank in June 2021."When the Type 003 eventually enters service, it will be a formidable addition to China's navy and allow it to more effectively project power into the Indian and Pacific Oceans," they said at the time.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11894125" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tiktok" source="Orion">TikTok</keyword> confirmed in a letter to Republican senators that China-based employees can access US <keyword id="12080015" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="user-data" source="Orion">user data</keyword>.</li><li>The letter said that the access is "subject to a series of robust cybersecurity controls."</li></ul>TikTok confirmed that China-based employees of its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, have access to US user data under certain circumstances <a href="https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/tik-tok-s-response-to-republican-senators/e5f56d3ef4886b33/full.pdf">in a letter </a>obtained by <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/01/technology/tiktok-tells-republican-senators-how-it-plans-to-keep-american-data-away-from-china.html?smtyp=cur&amp;smid=tw-nytimes">The New York Times</a> responding to nine Republican senators' inquiries about the matter."Employees outside the US, including China-based employees, can have access to TikTok US user data subject to a series of robust cybersecurity controls and authorization approval protocols overseen by our US-based security team," TikTok's CEO Shou Zi Chew wrote in the letter."TikTok has an internal data classification system and approval process in place that assigns levels of access based on the data's classification and requires approvals for access to US user data," Chew added. "The level of approval required is based on the sensitivity of the data according to the classification system."Sal Rodriguez, who is currently a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/25/tiktok-insiders-say-chinese-parent-bytedance-in-control.html">first reported for CNBC</a> last year that ByteDance had access to US data and was closely involved in making decisions for TikTok.A new light was shined on the <keyword id="6355135" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="privacy" source="Orion">privacy</keyword> and security concerns after <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emilybakerwhite/tiktok-tapes-us-user-data-china-bytedance-access">BuzzFeed News</a> recently reported, based on audio of internal meetings it obtained, that ByteDance employees <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-us-user-data-repeatedly-accessed-bytedance-china-report-2022-6">had repeatedly accessed US user data</a> over at least a four-month period, and that US-based employees did not have permission to access it.In a statement to BuzzFeed <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">News</keyword> for its report, a TikTok spokesperson said, in part: "We know we're among the most scrutinized platforms from a security standpoint, and we aim to remove any doubt about the security of US user data."On the same day BuzzFeed News published its story, TikTok announced that "100% of US user traffic is being routed to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure," rather than being stored in its own data centers in the US and Singapore.In the letter, Chew wrote that the BuzzFeed News report "contains allegations and insinuations that are incorrect and are not supported by facts."After BuzzFeed News published its report, FCC commissioner Brendan Carr <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fcc-calls-on-apple-google-remove-tiktok-from-app-stores-2022-6">called on Apple and Google to remove TikTok</a> from their app stores.

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