The chinese embassy in australia describes america as the world champion of malicious siber attacks. The question is whether this broad alliance of western countries can stick together when confronting these kind of ciber atacks. We looked a bit at how thinking on china has changed in America since two thousand become much more confrontational. And also we looked a little bit, jason, at how young chinese people perceive america.
The European Union, NATO and the “Five Eyes” intelligence partners have all joined America in accusing China’s government of involvement in hacking campaigns. Now what? Away from the spectacle of billionaires’ race to the heavens, many African countries are establishing space programmes—with serious innovation and investment opportunities on the ground. And why Australia is suffering from a plague of mice.
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