Torbjørn Færøvik's Blog, page 208

Kina-advarsel: - Norsk ekspert på trusseletterretning advarer mot å gjøre seg avhengig av Kina

- Det er vel sånn at Russland er som en tornado, mens Kina er tsunamien som kommer sakte, men slår til med full kraft, sier Cathrine Lagerberg til Børsen. Hun er ekspert på trusseletterretning, strategiske sikkerhets- og risikovurderinger, skribent og fagprofil Strategem og UTSYN, og har tidligere jobbet i olje- og gassindustrien og i Forsvaret.Tidligere denne uka gikk hun ut på det sosiale

Torbjørn Færøvik: Krigsprofitøren Kina er ikke interessert i fred i Ukraina

I dag begynner fredskonferansen om Ukraina i Sveits. Nitti land og organisasjoner deltar, men ikke Kina, som er mer opptatt av å tjene penger på krigen og pleie sitt «ubrytelige vennskap» med Russland. Hva annet kunne vi vente?Siden det russiske overfallet på Ukraina for to år siden, er den kinesisk-russiske samhandelen fordoblet - fra 125 milliarder amerikanske dollar til 250 milliarder.

Professor Arne Jon Isachsen: Fattigdom i Kina

Det er slutt på fattigdom i Kina. Ikke fordi det faktisk er slik, men fordi kommunistpartiet har bestemt det.Les mer

Alexander Gabuev: Why China Is Sabotaging Ukraine. Beijing Has No Interest in a Peace Agreement It Can’t Help Broker

For a moment last August, it seemed that Beijing was finally ready to distance itself from its “no limits partnership” with Moscow. That month, Chinese leader Xi Jinping sent his special envoy for the war in Ukraine, Li Hui, to discuss Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s peace formula with diplomats from several countries, including Ukraine and the United States. The formula calls for Russia

Professor Odd Arne Westad: Sleepwalking Toward War. Will America and China Heed the Warnings of Twentieth-Century Catastrophe?

China today shows many of the same signs of hubris and fear that Germany exhibited after the 1890s. Leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took immense pride in navigating their country through the 2008 global financial crisis and its aftermath more adeptly than did their Western counterparts. Many Chinese officials saw the global recession of that era not only as a calamity made in the

Dan's the man: Why Chinese women are looking to ChatGPT for love

Dan has been described as the “perfect man” who has “no flaws”. He is successful, kind, provides emotional support, always knows just what to say and is available 24/7.The only catch? He’s not real. Dan – which stands for Do Anything Now - is a “jailbreak” version of ChatGPT. This means it can bypass some of the basic safeguards put in place by its maker, OpenAI, such as not using sexually

China #MeToo journalist sentenced to five years in prison, supporters say

A leading #MeToo journalist in China has been sentenced to five years in prison on subversion charges, according to supporters, as the ruling Communist Party ramps up its effort to dismantle what remains of the country’s civil society. Huang Xueqin, an independent journalist, was found guilty by the Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court Friday for “inciting subversion of state power,” supporters

The Communist Party of China — Where Are the Women?

At the Twentieth National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), not a single woman was elected to the Politburo. Women’s participation in Chinese elite politics has stalled as men continue to dominate political power. The systemic underrepresentation of women in China’s elite politics clashes with the Party’s propaganda about increasing ‘the proportion of female cadres in the leading

The Committee that Ended the Age of Engagement?

The U.S. Congress’ special China committee has a packed agenda for the few months left this term. But its most consequential work may be done: a more confrontational U.S. policy towards China.Set up at the start of last year in the House of Representatives, the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party has racked up notable successes

Chinese military harassed Dutch warship enforcing UN sanctions on North Korea, Netherlands says

A Dutch warship was harassed by Chinese military aircraft in the East China Sea on Friday, the Netherlands said, becoming the latest country to accuse Beijing’s forces of initiating potentially unsafe encounters in international waters.In a statement Friday, the Dutch Defense Ministry said two Chinese fighter jets circled the frigate HNLMS Tromp several times, while its marine patrol helicopter