When Apple announced in a 2019blog postthat it had patched a security vulnerability in its iOS operating system, the company sought to reassure its customers. The attack that had exploited the vulnerability, Apple said, was “narrowly focused” on websites featuring content related to the Uyghur community. It has since emergedthat the vulnerability in question was discovered at China’s principal hacking competition, the Tianfu Cup, where a professional hacker won a prize for his work in uncovering it....

Chinese inmates in Jixi labor camp are reportedly forced to slay demons, battle goblins and cast spells in online games to farm credits for prison guards who trade virtual currencies for real money. A former prison guard turned inmate, toldThe Guardianthat the operation was even more lucrative than the physical labor that prisoners were also forced to do. He shares: “There were 300 prisoners forced to play games. We worked 12-hour shifts in the camp....

The U.S. Trade Representative identified Baidu, China’s biggest search engine, and Taobao, China’s biggest e-commerce website, as “notorious markets” linked to sales of pirated and counterfeit goods. According to theBusiness Weekreport, Baidu links to websites that sell items without the copyright holders’ permission. On the other hand, Taobao is being used by outside merchants to sell counterfeit items, with minimal filtering and intervention. The two Chinese companies were among more than 30 Internet and physical markets worldwide identified by the U....

Chinese workers in factories that manufacture and assemble Apple iPads and iPhones are reportedly being forced to sign pledges not to commit suicide, according to UK newspaper the Daily Mail. The paper reportsthat at least 14 workers at Foxconn factories in China have takentheir own livesin the last 16 months, with it believed the working conditions at plants being the catalyst. With reports of attempted suicides at Apple’s supplier plants in Chengdu or Shenzen, new investigations have revealed that new staff entering Foxconn factories in China are now required to sign a ‘no suicide’ pledge....

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA), China’s armed forces, has developed its first online military game calledGlorious Mission“to improve combat skills and technological awareness.” The game was co-developed by Nanjing Military Command and Wuxi Giant Network Technology in Jiangsu province and is pretty much comparable to Counter-Strike, the popular first person shooter by Valve, or America’s Army, a game that has been used as a recruiting tool by the US Army....