Chinese companies switch auditors to avoid U.S. delisting risk
Posted 19/05/2023 | No Comment
American, Singapore companies gain business as accountant inspections begin Some China-listed companies have switched to auditors in the U.S. and Singapore amid pressure to open their books to American regulators. © Getty Images ECHO WONG AND KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei staff writersMay 16, 2023 12:14 JST HONG KONG -- More than a dozen U.S.-listed Chinese companies have switched ...
US charges ex-Apple engineer with stealing trade secrets, then fleeing to China
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Justice department announces charges involving company’s self-driving car technology Aerial photo of Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California. Photograph: Brandon Williams/Getty Images/iStockphoto Reuters Tue 16 May 2023 20.36 BST The US has charged a former Apple engineer accused of stealing the company’s technology on autonomous systems, including self-driving cars, and then fleeing to China.The Department of Justice on Tuesday announced charges in ...
Exclusive: Reps. Tom Tiffany, Lance Gooden Propose Bill to Shutter Chinese NYC Consulate After Illegal Police Station Scandal
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FRANCES MARTEL 24 Apr 2023 Spencer Platt/Getty Images Congressmen Tom Tiffany (R-WI) and Lance Gooden (R-TX) will introduce legislation on Tuesday tasking leftist President Joe Biden with shutting down the Chinese Consulate General and Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in New York, a move meant to counter transnational repression and espionage by Beijing. The bill, as obtained by ...
Smith introduces bipartisan legislation to hold Vietnamese officials accountable for gross human rights violations
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Washington, May 11, 2023 | Michael Finan (202-225-3765) Marking Vietnam Human Rights Day, a bipartisan group of House members led by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) have introduced the Vietnam Human Rights Act (HR 3172) to hold Vietnamese officials accountable for gross human rights abuses and help prioritize the protection of freedoms and the development of the rule of law in the country. Authored ...
Blinken remarks on mass DNA collection in Tibet, Xinjiang spark backlash from China
Posted 19/05/2023 | No Comment
The US Secretary of State says the effort is a form of control and surveillance.By Tsewang Ngodup and Tashi Wangchuk for RFA Tibetan 2023.05.11 Campaigners have spent over 50 years calling for an end to the Chinese occupation of Tibet (https://www.independent.co.uk)UPDATED at 11:33 A.M. EDT on 05-12-2023U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has expressed concern over the collection of ...
Doing business in Hong Kong is 'risky,' Jimmy Lai's son warns investors, companies
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Sebastien Lai says arbitrary arrests, sentences and raids will likely continueBy Hoi Man Wu for RFA Cantonese 2023.05.11"Hong Kong is a litmus test for how China views the world," said Sebastien Lai, son of jailed Hong Kong media magnate Jimmy Lai, during a visit to Washington, D.C., this week. The suppression of Hong Kong's promised freedoms under Chinese rule should ...
China targets foreign-linked consultancy firm for ‘endangering national security’
Posted 11/05/2023 | No Comment
The raids come as lawmakers widen the definition of ‘espionage’ to include sharing data on ‘national interests.’By Gu Ting for RFA Mandarin 2023.05.10 Chinese police conduct work during a raid at the Capvision office in Shanghai in this undated photo China state security police raided the offices of Suzhou-based Capvision as part of an investigation into alleged “espionage” at the ...
Struggling with debt, local governments across China call for help from Beijing
Posted 11/05/2023 | No Comment
Analysts say there is a risk that regional governments could start declaring bankruptcy, one after the other.By Cheryl Tung for RFA Cantonese 2023.05.10 China Cinda Asset Management Co Ltd Chairman Hou Jianhang arrives for a news conference in Hong Kong on March 30, 2016 Authorities in the southwestern province of Guizhou have hired a state-owned debt management company, as analysts ...
China audits littered with deficiencies, US accounting watchdog finds
Posted 11/05/2023 | No Comment
May 11, 2023 5:40 AM GMT+7 By Chris Prentice and Michelle Price The logo of accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is seen on a board at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia, June 6, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov WASHINGTON, May 10 (Reuters) - A U.S. accounting watchdog found unacceptable deficiencies in audits of U.S.-listed Chinese companies performed by KPMG in China and PricewaterhouseCoopers ...
Zelenskiy, Von Der Leyen Discuss Ukraine's EU Integration, More Russia Sanctions, Faster Ammo Deliveries
Posted 09/05/2023 | No Comment
May 09, 2023By RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrive for a joint press conference in Kyiv on May 9 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he and visiting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen discussed Ukraine's progress toward integration into the European Union, European ammunition deliveries for the Ukrainian military, and ...
Tajikistan Calls For 'Security Belt' Around Afghanistan Over Drug Smuggling
Posted 09/05/2023 | No Comment
May 09, 2023By RFE/RL's Tajik Service A watchtower in Tajikistan near the border with Afghanistan Tajikistan has asked member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to establish an independent agency to combat drug trafficking from Afghanistan. Foreign Affairs Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin says he also told a high-level meeting of officials from the SCO last week in India that it was ...
China’s Revised Anti-Spy Law ‘Frightening Prospect’ for Foreign Firms There: Expert
Posted 09/05/2023 | No Comment
BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 25: (L-R) Yu Bin, Vice President Development Research Center of the State Council, Han Wenxiu, Executive Deputy Director of the General Office of the Central Financial, Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates LP, looks on during China Development Forum (CDF) 2023 at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on March 25, 2023 in Beijing, China. CDF 2023 ...
Prize-winning AP team served as world’s eyes in Mariupol
Posted 09/05/2023 | No Comment
By DAVID BAUDER May 9th, 2023 NEW YORK (AP) — Instincts about the strategic significance of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol led a team of Associated Press journalists there just as Russians were about to lay siege. It proved to be a fateful decision. For nearly three weeks last year, Mstyslav Chernov, Evgeniy Maloletka and Vasilisa Stepanenko were the only ...
Australia to boost Pacific, defence spending in budget
Posted 09/05/2023 | No Comment
May 9, 20234:45 PM GMT+7 By Praveen Menon FILE PHOTO-Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese participates in a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden (not pictured) at Navy Gateway Inns and Suites, in San Diego, California U.S., March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis SYDNEY, May 9 (Reuters) - Australia said on Tuesday that it would spend billions of dollars to improve ...
Canada hopes to join Aukus defence pact, says report
Posted 09/05/2023 | No Comment
Ottawa ‘highly interested’ in joining group amid fears country could be shut out of intelligence and tech sharing The defence minister, Anita Anand, in the House of Commons in Ottawa in April. Photograph: Canadian Press/ShutterstockLeyland Cecco in Toronto Mon 8 May 2023 19.16 BST Canada’s defence minister has said the country is “highly interested” working closer on defence technology with Australia, ...
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