A staggering figure: 60,000 U.S. State Department emails were stolen by Chinese hackers. GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley clashed with Vivek Ramaswamy over TikTok during Wednesday’s debate. Meanwhile, TikTok ads tried to woo Republicans tuning in to Fox News. President Joe Biden’s brother is telling the FBI about the family’s alleged efforts to help a Chinese company. China will “backfire,” according to Taiwan’s foreign minister, who warned Beijing against threats to influence the island’s elections. Topics in this episode: 60,000 State Dept. Emails Stolen by Chinese Hackers Fox News Cuts to TikTok Ad as Debaters Critique China Surrogates, Campaign Advisers Weigh in on GOP Debate James Biden Tried to Help CCP Official Buy a U.S. Factory: Memo U.S. to Lift Subsidies for EVs Using Chinese Materials Taiwan Unveils First Homegrown Submarine China Knows It Will ‘Backfire’: Taiwan Minister on Alleged Election Interference Evergrande: Authorities Suspect Chairman of Crimes 32 Contestants Selected for Miss NTD Beauty Pageant ‘We’re Headed to Another Axis Alignment:’ Noronha on China’s World Influence Spheres ...Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/60000-us-state-department-emails-stolen-by-chinese-hackers-5500599
A total of 60,000 emails from the State Department got into Chinese hackers’ hands during a cyber campaign targeting Microsoft uncovered in July, according to Senate staff briefed on the matter on Sept. 27. These emails belong to 10 State Department accounts, a staffer for Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) told The Epoch Times. The hackers had their focus on Indo-Pacific diplomatic efforts—nine of the victims work on East Asia and Pacific affairs, with one other working on Europe. The hackers also accessed officials’ travel itineraries and captured a list of every State Department email address. Kelly Fletcher, chief information officer for the State Department, told briefing attendees that less than 10 social security numbers were also in hackers’ reach....
A recent report by leading credit firm Fitch Ratings says that although the Chinese communist regime has relaxed some restrictions on home transactions in cities, the policy is likely to have little effect on sales of new homes. Fitch Ratings said on Sept. 25 that in response to the real estate crisis, authorities in China’s first-tier cities recently relaxed mortgage regulations for first-time home buyers, driving a short sales surge in the policy’s first week of implementation. The report noted that in Beijing, home sales peaked in the first week after the definition of first-time home buyers was expanded on Sept. 1. According to data from leading Chinese real estate broker Centaline, 3,500 new homes and 5,000 second-hand homes were sold that week—about half of all August sales....
Japanese car giant Mitsubishi Motors is looking to pull out of China entirely amid tough competition from domestic rivals and after a months-long production stoppage of its sport utility vehicle (SUV) lineup after years of falling sales, according to reports. Mitsubishi is in talks with local joint-venture partner Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) on exiting auto-making operations in China, according to the Japanese news outlet Nikkei. The Nikkei report said that GAC will probably convert their joint-production plant, located in Hunan province, into a production base for electric vehicles (EVs). The Japanese automaker did not immediately respond to an Epoch Times request for confirmation of its exit plan, but a spokesperson told Bloomberg that the company is “discussing future plans among shareholders and nothing is finalized yet.”...