Tag: Beijing
Why Beijing is not backing down on tariffs
In response to why Beijing is not backing down to Donald Trump on tariffs, the answer is that it doesn’t have to. China’s leaders would say that they are not inclined to cave in to a bully – something its government has repeatedly labelled the Trump administration as – but it also has a capacity…
Beijing denies involvement in US treasury cyber-attack
The breach was orchestrated via a third-party cybersecurity service provider. Hackers were able to gain access to a key used by the vendor to override certain parts of the system, according to a letter the treasury department sent to lawmakers on Monday that was reviewed by the Guardian. According to the treasury, the incident happened…