Business Big Tech: "If the USA enforces antitrust laws against us, it means China will win!" Cory Doctorow

politics Donald Trump's super PAC promised a Chinese millionaire access, influence in exchange for a secret $2 million donation Cory Doctorow

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Business TikTok owner ByteDance launches new deal with Chinese government Xeni Jardin

trumpism Wisconsin commissioned an independent report on how to fix the Foxconn deal. Result: it can't be done. Cory Doctorow

Business Foxconn promised it would do something with the empty buildings it bought in Wisconsin, but they're still empty (still no factory, either) Cory Doctorow

trumpism Foxconn's inconsistent, chaotic behavior in Wisconsin looks awfully grifty Cory Doctorow

Business The Chinese Communist Party's newspaper has spun out an incredibly lucrative censorship business Cory Doctorow

Business Signs that China's real-estate bubble will burst and take the economy with it Cory Doctorow

trumpism Delayed, not saved: Foxconn's Wisconsin "factory" announcement is a bid to help Trump save face Cory Doctorow

trump Nicaragua sprints deeper into fascism Seamus Bellamy

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News SEC fines Yahoo (now Altaba) $35 million over massive data breach Xeni Jardin

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