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USA/Japan/Taiwan. The Taiwan factor in US–Japan alliance relations (Editorial Board, ANU – East Asia Forum)

With the rise of China and the intensification of strategic rivalry between China and the United States, the US–Japan alliance continues to serve as...

Japan/China/Taiwan. Japan leans forward on China–Taiwan tensions (Sheila A Smith, East Asia Forum)

Today Beijing has far greater military resources to bring to bear on its relations with its neighbours and increasing pressure on Taiwan’s defences by...

Cybersecurity. Pacific City Bank hit by AVOS Locker Ransomware (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Pacific City Bank was hit by AVOS Locker Ransomware operators, the gang claims to have stolen sensitive file from the company and threatens to...

Cybersecurity. WhatsApp fined €225M over GDPR issues (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

The Irish Data Protection Commission has fined WhatsApp €225 million over data sharing transparency for European Union users’ data with Facebook WhatsApp fined €225M over GDPR issues...

Cybersecurity. Major IPS in New Zealand hit by massive DDoS, Internet outages reported (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

A massive DDoS hit New Zealand ‘s third-largest internet operator isolating parts of the country from the Internet Major IPS in New Zealand hit by...

Cybersecurity. SEC warns of investment scams related to Hurricane Ida (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

The US Securities and Exchange Commission warns investors of potential investment scams that leverages Hurricane Ida as a bait SEC warns of investment scams related to Hurricane...

Cybersecurity. Apple will delay the rollout of new child pornography protection tools (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Apple will delay the introduction of its new child pornography protection tools due to a heated debate raised by privacy advocates Apple will delay the...

Education/Conflict Areas. Improving Access to Education for Marginalised Girls in Conflict Areas (Gauthier Marchais, Sweta Gupta, Cyril Brandt, IDS)

To remove barriers to education for marginalised girls in those contexts, a key challenge is to understand the multiple and intersecting forms of marginalisation...

China. Less Cash, Less Theft? Evidence from Fintech Development in the People’s Republic of China (Jiang Hongze, Liang Pinghan, ADBI)

We investigate the impact of fintech development on an important type of crime: theft. Based on Becker’s rational criminal theory, we suggest that fintech...

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