gene act, genomics data, genomics data security act, marco rubio
Marco Rubio, the U.S. Senator for Florida has come forward and introduced two new bills for countering various efforts by China for collecting U.S. genomics data in illegal as well as legal ways. Genomics data science is a field of study that enables researchers to use powerful computational and statistical methods to decode the functional information ...
Republican Senator Marco Rubio is pressing management consulting firm McKinsey & Company to reveal their dealings with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In a letter sent to the company on November 13, the senator also raises the question of whether or not the United States government should continue working with the firm. McKinsey is headquartered ...
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a bill called the Tibetan Policy and Support Act (TPSA) in support of the spiritual and cultural values of Tibet. The bill, introduced by Democrat Jim McGovern, was passed with an overwhelming majority of 392 votes. Only 22 votes were registered against the bill. It encourages the U.S. ...
The Director-General of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) of New Zealand has rejected a proposal from telecom carrier Spark to use Huawei tech in providing 5G services due to security concerns. In August, neighbor Australia also blocked Huawei from rolling out 5G technology in the country for the same reason. Banning Huawei 5G in ...
Three U.S. lawmakers have introduced a law aimed at pressuring Chinese state-run Confucius Institutes operating in American education institutions over concerns that they’re pushing propaganda. U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Tom Cotton, along with Congressman Joe Wilson, who are all Republican, introduced the Foreign Influence Transparency Act on March 22. In a statement, the GOP ...
A decision by a Hong Kong appeals court to jail three young democracy activists has been met with a barrage of criticism from around the world. The court’s re-sentencing of Alex Chow, 26, Joshua Wong, 20, and Nathan Law, 24, on August 17 to 6-8 months for unlawful assembly has been widely condemned, especially considering they ...