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  1. 3 hours ago

    Government plagiarism link is here:

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  2. 3 hours ago

    I am so saddened by this. But even China's censors can't censor everything. (See @ AirMovingDevice's last tweet)

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  3. 3 hours ago

    Links to two Google cached threads of AMD's great data analyses on 1) government plagiarism and 2) National People's Congress attendees — save them. You can also try 1) 2)

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  4. Retweeted
    5 hours ago

    I will be deleting all of my tweets and will no longer be tweeting or responding to DMs. All of my tweets were entirely based on my personal analysis using publicly available data, and did not involve other individuals. It is not my intention to subvert state or Party authority.

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  5. 9 hours ago

    On how Huawei is "down but not out", and how it benefits from China's dominance of international tech standard-setting bodies like 3GPP and the UN's ITU - by

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  6. 21 hours ago

    Today's newsletter: a massive Chinese data leak, Huawei sues the US govt, Huawei's legal claims criticised, job cuts at China's tech unicorns

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  7. 21 hours ago

    Tagged the wrong Barney: it's , our legal correspondent in London!

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  8. Mar 4

    4/ My take on this is that Chinese tech & intelligence law is noteworthy as an indication of regulators' desires — and that when companies like Huawei make legal arguments to other govts, and involve foreign law firms in doing so, one should analyse their claims

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  9. Mar 4

    3/ As one lawyer says in the piece, “Regardless of what any law says, if the state asks you to do something, you’ll face consequences if you don’t" - arguing that the Communist Party is above the law, so why even talk about law? Well...

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  10. Mar 4

    2/ Huawei's lawyers @ Zhong Lun -one of whom helped draft China's cybersec law -argue there are “safeguards” built into Chinese law to defend businesses’ “legitimate interests”. But foreign & domestic tech cos are asked to give up data against their business & customer interests

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  11. Mar 4

    Huawei has told the US and UK govts that the answer to this question is "no". Even Clifford Chance, the UK-headquartered law firm, has approved Huawei's legal opinion as "sound". But other lawyers in China disagree. My analysis w

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  12. Mar 4

    It's [mostly Communist] Party Time! - at the opening of the annual National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People

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  13. Mar 4

    4/ Lots of records had web café names and addresses on them Chinese law says all web cafés have to be approved by the local police station & local branch of the ministry of culture. Some local governments even asked web cafés to install monitoring software on their computers

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  14. Mar 4

    3/ Many of the logs appeared to be of everyday conversations between Chinese millennials, revolving around money, love and relationships, and not obviously containing material that Beijing might consider illegal or politically sensitive.

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  15. Mar 4

    2/ That's 364m records openly accessible online, containing social media profiles and chat logs linked to names and identity card numbers, photographs, addresses and locations. All you need is the IP address.

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  16. Mar 4

    How could a leak this massive have have happened? One factor: local govts tell web cafes to install monitoring apps on their computers. Where does all that data go? tells me

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    Mar 3

    I think we would be much better off if we just came out and said it. The issue isn't whether this or that company will spy on you--it is whether *your technological infrastructure is provided by a source that is hostile to things you hold dear* or not.

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  18. Mar 3

    “I heard a joke that 2019 may be the worst in the past 10 years, but it may be the best in the next 10 years.” How China tech's salad days are wilting - by

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  19. Mar 3

    If you want to get the best news coming out of south China, follow👇this👇account👇

    Some personal news: delighted I will soon join the as their South China Correspondent and open a new bureau in Shenzhen. I'm sad to leave after more than four wonderful years but very excited for all the adventures & stories which lie ahead
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    Mar 3

    what marx missed in his analysis of class conflict is that if the workers build up a huge following on social media, they can bully major brands because companies are scared of mean tweets going viral

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