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when the USA does the same shit, if not worse, and just as blatantly, no one cares.

This is outright false. Just the most recent post in this community is about the NSA spying on air-gapped networks. And there is an awful lot more news on Lemmy criticizing the US, EU, or other Western democracies. (However, there's no whataboutism in these cases. Why?)

As I asked already in this thread: Why is it that whenever one posts something critical of China here on Lemmy, there is some commentary arguing that the US is doing the same? I don't understand that.

That's whataboutery back and forth.

... criticised the practice of sharing vulnerability discoveries internationally, arguing that such strategic assets should stay within China.

A 2018 rule mandates participants of the Tianfu Cup to hand over their findings to the government, instead of the tech companies.

Which countries do have something similar to a 'Tianfu Cup?'

Not that I think wiretapping is a good thing (it's very bad, no matter who does it), but why is it that whenever one posts something critical of China here on Lemmy, there is some commentary arguing that the US is doing the same? I don't understand that. US wiretapping doesn't make this Chinese policy better.

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Quick remainder that the AfD is supported by foreign countries like Russia and China (and Trump and Musk).

A former aide to an AfD politician is being charged of espionage for China

Germany's federal prosecutor's office on Tuesday pressed espionage charges against the former aide of Maximilian Krah, a far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) politician, and a Chinese national, both of whom are accused of working for Chinese intelligence agencies.

Simultaneously, three more people were arrested in the western city of Düsseldorf and the town of Bad Homburg, near Frankfurt, also on suspicion of spying for Beijing.

Canada should move towards integration with Europe instead of the U.S.

Trump’s chaotic global tariff war, which has upended the international order, shows no sign of letting up. Presidents of the U.S. have long used trade as an instrument of power to assert economic and military dominance over the global economy. Trump however, does so against Canada and other allies—a vision driven by his pathological narcissistic view of the world, unrestrained by his sycophantic entourage.

Canada is seeking to reduce dependence on the U.S. by strengthening domestic production and defence capacity, and by forging economic diversification and security partnerships with allies—including with the 27-member European Union, Canada’s second-largest trading partner.

Canadians and Europeans have much in common. A large majority support retaliatory tariffs against the U.S.. Canadian and European citizens have boycotted U.S. goods and services, travel to the U.S., and Tesla products ...

Tihis is somehow related regarding 'sanitising:'

Uyghur Genocide: Activists slam Disney for filming Mulan in Xinjiang

Activists and netizens have been outraged after Disney shot several portions of the action movie Mulan in parts of China where it is believed that authorities have placed countless people, mostly Uyghur Muslims, in concentration camps, subjecting them to human rights abuses. Campaign for Uyghurs Executive Director Rushan Abbas in a video message said she was horrified by the choice of Disney to shoot there ignoring the genocide of people by communist China.

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"Triggering more controversies and objections from the netizens, the final credits of the movie thanked a government security agency in Xinjiang province."

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Social media users noticed that in the credits Disney thanked a number of government entities in Xinjiang, including the public security bureau in the city of Turpan and the "publicity department of CPC Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomy Region Committee", reports BBC.

The public security bureau in Turpan is tasked with running China's "re-education" camps where Uighurs are held in detention.

Walt Disney Co. Chief Financial Officer Christine McCarthy said the company’s decision to shoot some scenes of 'Mulan' in a controversial region of China has 'generated a lot of issues for us', reports Bloomberg.

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Campaign for Uyghurs Executive Director Rushan Abbas said the issues raised by Disney’s choice to film in a land stained by China’s genocide has serious implications for the entire global community, and especially for the Muslim ummah worldwide ...

There are also articles about this. Feel free to apply the whataboutery also there. (s/ just to be safe, it would indeed be better to stop whataboutering and stay on topic.)

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... indicating that [China's] BGI units’ “collection and analysis of genetic data poses a significant risk of contributing to monitoring and surveillance by the government of China, which has been utilised in the repression of ethnic minorities in China”. It also claimed “the actions of these entities concerning the collection and analysis of genetic data present a significant risk of diversion to China’s military programs”.

One of the more elaborated news on that topic:

Chinese officials have implicitly acknowledged responsibility for a series of sophisticated cyber intrusions targeting critical U.S. infrastructure.

During a high-level meeting in Geneva with American officials, representatives from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs indirectly linked years of computer network breaches at U.S. ports, water utilities, airports, and other critical targets to increasing U.S. policy support for Taiwan [...]

Wang Lei, a top cyber official with China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made the comments after U.S. representatives emphasized that China appeared not to understand how dangerous prepositioning in civilian critical infrastructure was, and how such actions could be viewed as an act of war [...]

The admission is considered extraordinary, as Chinese officials have typically denied involvement in cyber operations, blamed criminal entities, or accused the U.S. of fabricating allegations.

Dakota Cary, a China expert at cybersecurity firm SentinelOne, noted that such an acknowledgment, even indirectly, likely required instructions from the highest levels of President Xi Jinping’s government.

Source

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I don't know where you got this, but do yourself a favor a stay away from whatever it is.

Canadian Coalition on Human Rights in China Calls for Stronger Action Against Foreign Interference -- Open Letter

Members of several of the organizations involved in our coalition have long been the focus of Chinese state-sponsored menace and harassment. In fact, we documented those serious concerns, along with a number of recommended actions, in comprehensive reports provided to your government in 2017 and 2020 [...]

It is important that the Government of Canada cease to tolerate such activities of Chinese diplomats in Canada, which are clearly inconsistent with their legitimate function as defined by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Similarly, the Chinese state’s use of proxies to spread toxic disinformation and intimidate diaspora members in Canada must be much more actively addressed through legal prosecution and other measures.

We are pleased that Canada will be raising concerns that transnational repression undermines sovereignty and democratic values at the upcoming G-7.

As an addition: Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and the UK also announced new sanctions against Russia at the start of this week.

As an addition: The UK stands here with Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan in a rare show of global solidarity as these countries also announced new sanctions against Russia.

‘So what?’: Privacy warnings about DeepSeek fall on deaf ears

Privacy activists are warning about the invasive nature of DeepSeek, which collects a trove of personal user information that could be handed over to the Chinese government

People, however, just don’t care.

Luke de Pulford, co-founder of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), shared screenshots from the Chinese AI chatbot’s privacy policy, which stated data it collects is stored in “secure servers located in the People’s Republic of China.”

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“Just fyi, @deepseek_ai collects your IP, keystroke patterns, device info, etc etc, and stores it in China, where all that data is vulnerable to arbitrary requisition from the [Chinese] State,” said de Pulford, leader of IPAC, a global group of lawmakers who seek to hold China accountable for democratic abuses.

“Anticipating tedious whataboutery: the difference between this and free-world social media apps is that you can enforce your data rights in rule of law countries. This is not the case in China,” said de Pulford. >