#China-based
NEW: Microsoft announced that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had exploited vulnerabilities in its popular SharePoint software.

But the company didn’t mention that it has long used China-based engineers to maintain the product.

By @reneedudley.bsky.social
Microsoft Used China-Based Engineers to Support Product Recently Hacked by China
Microsoft announced that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had exploited vulnerabilities in its popular SharePoint software but didn’t mention that it has long used China-based engineers to maintain the...
www.propublica.org
August 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
NEW: Microsoft says it will no longer use China-based engineers to support the Pentagon.

But ProPublica found that the tech giant has relied on its global workforce for years to support other federal clients, including the Justice Department.

By @reneedudley.bsky.social
Microsoft Used China-Based Support for Multiple U.S. Agencies, Potentially Exposing Sensitive Data
Microsoft says it will no longer use China-based engineers to support the Pentagon. But ProPublica found that the tech giant has relied on its global workforce for years to support other federal clien...
www.propublica.org
July 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Murphy: "Let's not pull any punches about why this is happening. Elon Musk makes billions off of his business with China. And China is cheering at this action today. There is no question that the billionaire class trying to take over our govt right now is doing it based on self-interest."
February 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Pretty fitting, though, to center on a Chinese food item that is an American invention based on a misunderstanding of China.
Marsha Blackburn's new ad is so racist that it makes me wonder if mainstream Republicans could have gotten away with something like this back in the 1980s or 90s.
July 9, 2026 at 4:23 PM
NEW: After a ProPublica investigation revealed how Microsoft’s “digital escort” tech support service could expose sensitive government data to cyberattacks, the company says China-based engineers will no longer provide assistance on DOD cloud services.

By @reneedudley.bsky.social
Microsoft Says It Has Stopped Using China-Based Engineers to Support Defense Department Computer Systems
After a ProPublica investigation revealed how Microsoft’s “digital escort” tech support service could expose sensitive government data to cyberattacks, the company says China-based engineers will no l...
www.propublica.org
July 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
When Microsoft revealed that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had exploited vulnerabilities in SharePoint, it did not disclose that China-based engineers handle support for the widely used collaboration software.

By @reneedudley.bsky.social
Microsoft Used China-Based Engineers to Support Product Recently Hacked by China
Microsoft announced that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had exploited vulnerabilities in its popular SharePoint software but didn’t mention that it has long used China-based engineers to maintain…
www.propublica.org
August 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
16-year-old indie animator Deki has officially debuted her first animated short film.

The film is based on “Hualian,” a popular LGBTQ+ pairing from China.
September 6, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Tell me more about the gem-based banking system of prewar rural China.
Some of this is genuinely impressively insane. Where did some of this even come from?
February 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
NEW: The Defense Department has tightened cybersecurity requirements for its cloud services providers. The changes come after ProPublica revealed how Microsoft’s use of China-based engineers left sensitive government data vulnerable to hacking.

By @reneedudley.bsky.social
Pentagon Bans Tech Vendors From Using China-Based Personnel After ProPublica Investigation
The Defense Department has tightened cybersecurity requirements for its cloud services providers. The changes come after ProPublica revealed how Microsoft’s use of China-based engineers left sensitive...
www.propublica.org
September 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The Port of Los Angeles says shipping volume will plummet 35% next week as China tariffs start to bite.

"It's a precipitous drop in volume with a number of major American retailers stopping all shipments from China based on the tariffs," said Gene Seroka,the port’s executive director. #TrumpTariffs
May 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Is China a techno-dystopia? No.

Is China a based socialist utopia? Also no.
December 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
A ordem internacional liberal (rules-based order) sustentada no muque pela China 💪
🐉 OLHA ELE, OLHA ELE

🐲 A China mandou um recado direto pros EUA: "tarifas não são armas de intimidação". A porta-voz Mao Ning afirmou que tarifas não devem ser usadas como forma de coerção ou interferência em assuntos internos. A declaração foi dada nesta sexta (11), em coletiva em Pequim.
July 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Based China
BREAKING: China has officially banned cryptocurrency trading, mining, and related services
August 3, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Showing cool women in palaeoart

子著 based in China, does adorable science communication books
February 5, 2026 at 12:59 PM
* WHITE HOUSE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF MILLER: CHINA MUST SHOW ITS COMMITMENT TO A RULES-BASED INTERNATIONAL ORDER

@reuters.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I love it when Americans point out that social media posts out of China are state propaganda as if everything they think they know about China isn't also based on state propaganda
April 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Following ProPublica’s investigation, Microsoft said it “has made changes to our support for US Government customers to assure that no China-based engineering teams are providing technical assistance for DoD Government cloud and related services.”

By @reneedudley.bsky.social
Microsoft Says It Has Stopped Using China-Based Engineers to Support Defense Department Computer Systems
After a ProPublica investigation revealed how Microsoft’s “digital escort” tech support service could expose sensitive government data to cyberattacks, the company says China-based engineers will no…
www.propublica.org
July 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Um...Microsoft Used China-Based Engineers to Support Product Recently Hacked by China, by @reneedudley.bsky.social
Microsoft Used China-Based Engineers to Support Product Recently Hacked by China
Microsoft announced that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had exploited vulnerabilities in its popular SharePoint software but didn’t mention that it has long used China-based engineers to maintain the...
www.propublica.org
August 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
He's just making it up as he goes
April 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
China is going to eclipse the US based off electricity alone. They have a modern grid and have been increasingly electrifying their economy. They have massive surpluses of electricity and a lot based in renewables. The US has an aging grid and is tied to a future of burning fossil fuel for energy.
August 31, 2025 at 12:13 PM
As Donald Trump blows up the rules-based order, China is pulling ahead in the global battle for ideas.
It’s Xi Jinping’s World, and Trump Is Just Living in It
As Donald Trump blows up the rules-based order, China is pulling ahead in the global battle for ideas.
www.bloomberg.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
also like if you’re judging countries based on their activities decades ago, pretty sure China comes out looking a lot worse
July 25, 2026 at 6:39 PM
cocaine-based economy
October 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM