Tag: DJI

As Delta Bans TikTok, Experts Warn About Beijing’s Data Grab

Delta Airlines has banned TikTok. Delta employees had until Friday afternoon to remove the app from phones, computers, and other smart devices that connect to company systems. The airline is just the latest entity to restrict TikTok’s use in the United States. Concerns about the Chinese app’s use of American data are finally starting to…


Australia’s Foreign Affairs Department Yet to Remove China-Made DJI Drones

Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is still using the controversial Chinese-made Da Jiang Innovations (DJI) drones despite other government departments, such as the Australian Border Force (ABF), ceasing their use in May. DFAT’s chief security officer, Joe Talbot, confirmed the drones’ use during a Senate estimates hearing on June 1. “We do…


National Security Threat: China’s Eyes in America

Originally published by Gatestone Institute Commentary Chinese intelligence gathering in the United States takes many forms and has different purposes. Most Americans are familiar with some of their means and tactics, but not with how widespread and persistent they are. Americans may know about the malware contained in that infernal TikTok app that their children use. They…


Democrats Should Stop Buying China’s DJI Drones With American Taxpayer Money

Commentary China’s DJI is selling drones to U.S. government agencies, including the FBI and DHS, and paying lobbyists in Washington to keep the flow going. The lobbyists are allegedly obstructing bills in Congress that would ban the practice. Instead of supporting American jobs and protecting American privacy, Democrats in the House of Representatives just stripped…


Drone Giant DJI’s Russia Halt Pressures Other China Big-Techs

Russia has quickly become a wasteland for western tech brands, with names like Apple, HP and Dell all suspending local operations after the country’s invasion of Ukraine and a crush of western sanctions that followed. While such a vacuum might look tempting for Chinese companies, the reality is far less clear due to the potential for losing access to more…


China’s DJI Halts Russia, Ukraine Business to Prevent Use of Its Drones in Combat

BEIJING—Drone company DJI Technology Co. has temporarily suspended business activities in Russia and Ukraine to prevent use of its drones in combat, in a rare case of a Chinese company pulling out of Russia because of the war. “DJI is internally reassessing compliance requirements in various jurisdictions. Pending the current review, DJI will temporarily suspend…


US Software Company Drops Chinese Drone Maker DJI Over Russia-Ukraine War

Figma, a fast-growing U.S. provider of vector graphics editing softwares, closed access to its services for the world’s leading drone maker, China’s DJI, on March 12, according to Chinese state-run media China Fund on March 13. The financial newspaper operated by the People’s Daily posted an email that it is was sent by Figma to DJI….


Why Are US Police Officers Using China’s Surveillance Tech?

Commentary The Biden administration imposed restrictions on a number of Chinese drone makers in December 2021. One of the companies targeted was DJI, the world’s leading drone manufacturer based in Shenzhen, China’s answer to Silicon Valley. DJI had allegedly supplied drone technology to Chinese military forces to surveil Uyghur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region. However, as the BBC noted…


Shares in Chinese Healthcare Firms Plummet After Report That US Will Blacklist Biotech, AI firms

Shares of China’s biotechnology firms plunged on Dec.15 amid concerns that the Biden administration would put an investment and export ban on more Chinese companies. The decline was led by WuXi Biologics, which crashed nearly 20 percent on Wednesday, while Sino Biopharmaceutical dropped 5 percent. The Hang Seng Healthcare Index was down 7.6 percent in…


Chinese Health Care Firms’ Shares Slide on Report That US Will Blacklist Biotech, AI Firms

Shares of China’s biotechnology firms plunged on Dec. 15 amid concerns that the Biden administration would put an investment and export ban on more Chinese companies. The decline was led by WuXi Biologics, which tumbled nearly 20 percent, while WuXi AppTec Co. slid 19 percent, and Sino Biopharmaceutical slumped 5 percent. The Hang Seng Healthcare Index…