Jul 08 Watch 2:38 China’s stock markets plunge despite efforts to curb selling By PBS News Hour Since mid-June, China’s two main stock markets have seen drastic drops, falling by more than 30 percent. In the past year, reforms toward greater liberalization had helped the markets skyrocket, but this recent free fall has spurred some panic among… Continue watching
Jul 03 China Ministry posted bootleg ‘Liar’s Poker’ By Erika Kinetz, Raphael Satter, Associated Press SHANGHAI — A complete bootlegged copy of Michael Lewis' bestselling book about Wall Street, "Liar's Poker," was hosted on the official website of the Chinese Commerce Ministry, the agency responsible for intellectual property protection in China, The Associated Press has… Continue reading
Jun 28 In face of Chinese opposition, Dalai Lama speaks at U.K. festival By Carey Reed The Dalai Lama spoke of love, tolerance and forgiveness on Sunday at the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Arts in South West England, defying objections expressed by the Chinese government in the days leading up to the event. Continue reading
Jun 24 Watch 4:36 China, U.S. wrap up talks amid growing distrust By PBS News Hour This week, high-level delegations from China and the U.S. met in Washington for their annual talks. Evan Osnos of The New Yorker joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the meeting and the tension between the two nations on issues like cyber… Continue watching
Jun 24 Officials blame each other over recent hack into U.S. government personnel records By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press Finger-pointing burst into the open on Capitol Hill Wednesday over blame for hacking into the U.S. government's personnel records, which the chairman of a House oversight committee said might affect as many as 32 million current and former employees and… Continue reading
Jun 13 Deeply personal information exposed in security clearance hack By Ted Bridis and Ken Dilanian, Associated Press Deeply personal information submitted by U.S. intelligence and military personnel for security clearances - mental illnesses, drug and alcohol use, past arrests, bankruptcies and more - is in the hands of hackers linked to China, officials say. Continue reading
Jun 06 Photos: Death toll from Chinese cruise ship disaster jumps to 431 By Cathy Zhao As of Friday, only 97 bodies had been found, with 14 of those found survivors. To quicken the rescue process, the capsized ship was successfully overturned late Friday evening, allowing the water to drain out from its cabins so the… Continue reading
Jun 05 Watch 6:01 Cyber thieves breach ‘gold mine’ of federal employee data By PBS News Hour The FBI is investigating a massive cybersecurity breach at the Office of Personnel Management’s files containing personal information on millions of government employees, including those with high-level security clearances. Jeffrey Brown talks to Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder and CTO of Crowdstrike,… Continue watching
Jun 04 Massive data breach could affect every federal agency By Ken Dilanian and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press China-based hackers are suspected once again of breaking into U.S. government computer networks, and the entire federal workforce could be at risk this time. Continue reading
Jun 03 Watch 11:41 Opposite parties, same goal: change U.S.-China relations By PBS News Hour China is on track to eclipse the U.S. as the world's largest economy by 2016, and it hasn’t been shy about flexing military muscle. Henry Paulson and Bob Rubin, former treasury secretaries from different parties, say the U.S. and China… Continue watching