Scilla Alecci

2 weeks ago | icij.org | Scilla Alecci

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2 weeks ago | icij.org | Scilla Alecci

阅读中文版。On a chilly afternoon in the spring of 2021, while awaiting an extradition hearing in Bordeaux, France, Businessman H. received an unexpected call from an old friend and business partner. Jack Ma was on the line. H. was surprised to hear from Ma, the tech titan and one of China’s richest men, according to a transcript of the call. Ma said he was calling at the behest of Chinese authorities, who were seeking H.’s immediate return to China. “Did they approach you?” H. asked. “Mmh,” Ma acknowledged.

2 weeks ago | icij.org | Scilla Alecci

Digital security researchers at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab say threat actors close to the Chinese government were likely behind an attempt to infiltrate the devices of a group of Uyghur activists with malicious surveillance software hidden in an email, according to a new report. The malware was disguised in an altered version of a Uyghur language word processing and spell check tool, the researchers said.

2 weeks ago | english.elpais.com | Scilla Alecci |Maxime Tellier

ChinaInterviews with more than 100 victims in 23 countries, along with internal government documents, reveal the sinister tactics China uses to silence critics beyond its borders Amid fluttering Chinese and French flags, President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, stepped off their state plane under a rainy Paris sky last May.

2 weeks ago | elpais.com | Scilla Alecci |Maxime Tellier

En mayo del año pasado, en medio de banderas chinas y francesas que ondeaban al viento, el presidente Xi Jinping y su esposa, Peng Liyuan, bajaron del avión presidencial recién aterrizado en París. Era la primera etapa de una gira de cinco días para fortalecer los lazos con Europa; la primera pareja de China se encontró con el cálido recibimiento de una multitud de compatriotas que agitaban la bandera roja de su país. Al otro lado de la ciudad, sonó el teléfono de Jiang Shengda.