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HKT says US order ‘ceased’ as firm reportedly agrees to exit American market

A leading Hong Kong telecommunications carrier has confirmed that an order requiring it to justify its operation in the United States has ceased, after the company reportedly agreed to wind down its business under pressure from a US regulatory agency over national security concerns. A spokeswoman...

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China places former Sinopec and CNOOC boss Fu Chengyu, 75, under corruption probe

Fu Chengyu, the former chairman of leading oil giants Sinopec and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), is under investigation for corruption by the country’s top watchdogs. The Communist Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) was investigating Fu for alleged...

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Beijing blasts US ban on device testing in China, warns of supply chain disruptions

China’s Ministry of Commerce has voiced firm opposition to a decision by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to bar device testing in China by 2028. “This has seriously harmed the interests of China and other trading partners, seriously undermined the stability of China-US economic and...

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China helps dismantle major meth trafficking network in Southeast Asia

China has broken up a major transnational drug trafficking network in cooperation with Indonesia and Malaysia, seizing around 1.2 tonnes of liquid methamphetamine, China’s Ministry of Public Security said on Friday. The operation was carried out on October 21 by Indonesia’s National Narcotics...

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Chinese telecoms giants in Washington’s crosshairs as FCC weighs fresh curbs

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is proposing a ban on Chinese telecommunications companies obtaining American telephone numbers, citing national security concerns and the need to protect domestic networks. The proposed rules could prevent China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom...

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Hong Kong telecom company agrees to halt US operations under pressure

The Federal Communications Commission has previously barred China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom from providing international telecommunications services to the United States, citing broad national security concerns.

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