Ukraine hits Chinese firms with sanctions after accusing Beijing of arming Russia
The [sanctions] list […] named Beijing Aviation And Aerospace Xianghui Technology Co. Ltd, Rui Jin Machinery Co. Ltd, and Zhongfu Shenying Carbon Fiber Xining Co. Ltd, all described as registered in China.
It did not give details of why they had been added to the sanctions list, which bans companies from doing business in Ukraine and freezes their assets there.
Ukraine exported $8 billion of goods to China in 2021, mostly raw materials and agricultural products, while it imported from China just under $11 billion, mainly in manufactured goods, according to the Ukrainian government.
Accusing people of bad faith without reason just because they disagree with you is one of the most disingenuous things you can do.
I fully agree. Just read many of the comments about the linked article. They do exactly what you portray.
Yeah, and if you buy a product that is shipped around the globe for the price of a dollar or two, you can be absolutely sure that the workers who make it receive a fair pay, right? (s/, just to be safe).
The 50 cent warriors are somewhere else.
Amazing how this thread illustrates how many tankie alt accounts are here on Beehaw already.
Just read the article before you (intentionally?) misinterpret the content:
The admission of Chinese responsibility came during a secret meeting between outgoing Biden administration officials and Chinese representatives on the sidelines of a summit in Geneva in December 2024. […] The Chinese attendants referred indirectly to the activity as being a warning for the US to stay away from any attempts to support or defend Taiwan.
A study from EnkryptAI (pdf) confirms that DeepSeek is prone to delivering misinformation and harmful content. It claims that the model is:
It’s still censored even if you run it locally.
No, it’s not open source. Only the model weights are open, the datasets and code used to train the model are not.
@Onno
No, it’s not entirely open source as the datasets and code used to train the model are not.
Spain probes cyber weaknesses at small power plants after blackout (archived Financial Times article)