[Please note this OpEd does not reflect the opinion of Hidden Harmonies, or even the author. It is a summarized survey of media coverage and netter comments in America.] After getting their communist hands caught in the cookie jar with cyber espionage and covert theft of our technology and IP, the sneaky Communist Chinese are shifting tactics and resorting to overt … [Read more...] about Opinion: China’s Acquisition of Smithfield Is A National Security Threat To America
[Unit] 61398, The New Number of The Beast
Earlier Black Phoenix wrote about the problem with Mandiant attributing the Comment Crew hacking to the Chinese military. The recent media frenzy around yet another "China hacking" story focused on a supposedly shadowy PLA military unit in Shanghai, Unit 61398, as the "state actor" behind the cyber attacks. Their primary source, Mandiant APT1 report, even cited the address of … [Read more...] about [Unit] 61398, The New Number of The Beast
Netters Speak Up Against Media Narrative On “Chinese iPhone Shopper Tasered” Story
[This is a follow-up to DeWang's Chinese iPhone shopper tasered and tackled story] So being a repeat customer of Apple, or going to Apple Store to pick up products you already paid for online, may be dangerous to your health? Perhaps only if you are Chinese like Ms. Li, and don't expect to receive much sympathy from the media. The news coverage this poor woman received so … [Read more...] about Netters Speak Up Against Media Narrative On “Chinese iPhone Shopper Tasered” Story
The Retraction of Mike Daisey’s one-man show “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs” from ‘This American Life’
[Editor: this piece was co-written by Charles Liu and Allen] To the credit of "This American Life" - a popular program on Public Radio International - its producers over the weekend officially retracted its January airing of a version of Mike Daisy's popular monologue titled “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,” in which Daisy described first-hand terrible work … [Read more...] about The Retraction of Mike Daisey’s one-man show “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs” from ‘This American Life’
Examining The Non-Existent “Rich Chinese Hunting Polar Bear” Story
Recently a story by Peter Simpson of Daily Mail UK made waves in the conservationist circle, that wealthy Chinese businessmen, as many as 100, are paying upwards of $80,000US to hunt endangered polar bears into extinction with this headline, "Rich Chinese Thrill Seekers Paying £50,000 for ‘trip of a lifetime…’ to kill endangered polar bears." The Daily Mail then followed up … [Read more...] about Examining The Non-Existent “Rich Chinese Hunting Polar Bear” Story