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Business is declining amid growing awareness of animal abuse, but bans on fur farming in Europe could restore fortunes
“Now it’s a bad time to get into the fur business,” says a farm worker in Hebei province, northern China. The worker, who has been farming foxes for more than 30 years, says they have stopped after operating at a loss for several years in a row.
China is the world’s biggest producer of animal fur, but here in Suning county, its “capital of fur”, business appears quiet. “The whole industry chain – raw fur and garment production – is struggling,” says the farm worker.An average of more than 4,000 fur enterprises deregistered their business licences each year between 2017 and 2019, according to , with an estimated 52% having quit the industry as of January 2022.

It also employ state-sanctioned cyber-attacks and intellectual property theft to weaken American competitors. But most worrying is China’s saber-rattling about Taiwan, the tiny island nation about 100 ...

The U.S. secretary of state’s diplomatic mission is part of a broader Biden administration effort to strengthen support for Ukraine, or at least push neutral nations to refrain from aiding Russia.

Its stock was rising 1.2% in premarket trading. The American depositary receipts of Alibaba, JD.com and NetEase rose premarket, tracking the Hong Kong rally. Forex: The dollar fell as strong Chinese ...

An independent review found that China, Russia and Iran tried to interfere in the 2019 and 2021 votes, but that the elections’ integrity was not compromised.

Chinese apps are dominating US app stores right now, but they could get caught in still-expanding efforts to ban TikTok.

Beijing – which itself blocks access to Facebook, Twitter and many others – hits out at ban on Chinese-owned software on US government devices
US government bans on Chinese-owned video sharing app TikTok reveal Washington’s own insecurities and are an abuse of state power, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson has said.
China, though, has itself long blocked a large list of foreign social media platforms and messaging apps, including YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Also, China’s attempt to erase “zero Covid” and Nigeria’s contested election.

Beijing propaganda includes messaging aligned with Moscow on Ukraine war, says James Rubin
The west has been slow to respond to China spending billions globally to spread poisonous disinformation, including messaging that is completely aligned with Russia on Ukraine, a US special envoy has claimed.
James Rubin, a coordinator for the Global Engagement Center, a US state department body set up to “expose and counter” foreign propaganda and disinformation, made the remarks during a European tour this week.

Republicans have called for the release of intelligence related to the origins of COVID coming from a possible lab leak following the FBI Director Wray confirming it was the "most likely" origin.