Wang Ning, founder of Pop Mart, the creative force behind the trendy “Labubu” plush toy, praised China’s manufacturing strength, inclusive culture, and expansive market in an interview published Monday by the Communist Party’s People’s Daily. The feature formed part of a series spotlighting business leaders aligned with President Xi Jinping’s call for “self-improvement in terms of patriotism.”
Microsoft has announced it will no longer allow engineers based in China to support U.S. defense clients using its Azure cloud services. The decision follows an investigation that raised serious national security concerns over Chinese nationals handling Pentagon-linked systems.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed Monday that Wells Fargo executive Mao Chenyue is being prohibited from leaving China pending a criminal investigation. Authorities say Mao is “involved in a criminal case” and is required to cooperate, though no formal charges have been announced.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of the General Counsel (OGC) has opened an investigation into the University of Michigan (UM) after the university was caught accepting, and failing to disclose, sources of foreign funding.
A ProPublica investigation has revealed that Microsoft employs engineers in China to help maintain computer systems for the U.S. Department of Defense, despite minimal oversight by U.S. personnel. The arrangement, which Microsoft uses to support its bid for Pentagon cloud contracts, may expose some of the nation's most sensitive military data to cyber infiltration by China.
Two Chinese nationals have been arrested and charged with acting as unregistered agents of the Chinese Communist Party in a federal case alleging espionage targeting U.S. military personnel and naval facilities. The Justice Department unsealed the complaint earlier this month, revealing an extensive counterintelligence investigation led by the FBI and NCIS.
