China
Three US Airports Will Start Screening For A Dangerous Virus Spreading In China
Travelers from Wuhan, China, will be screened for the new coronavirus — linked to two deaths overseas — at airports in San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles.
Dan Vergano
US Solar Companies Rely On Materials From Xinjiang, Where Forced Labor Is Rampant
“It’s almost impossible to confidently assess the labor conditions in Xinjiang.”
Megha Rajagopalan
Three Scenarios For The Coronavirus
Experts are making wildly different predictions about the future of the coronavirus. "We are at the blind-men-feeling-the-elephant stage of this outbreak.”
Dan Vergano
China Secretly Built A Vast New Infrastructure To Imprison Muslims
China rounded up so many Muslims in Xinjiang that there wasn’t enough space to hold them. Then the government started building.
Megha Rajagopalan
Inside A Xinjiang Detention Camp
In a lush countryside idyll known for its horse farms and fields of yellow flowers, China built a system of total control.
Megha Rajagopalan
What They Saw: Ex-Prisoners Detail The Horrors Of China's Detention Camps
Hundreds of thousands of Muslims have been held inside Xinjiang’s camps, but very little is known about life inside. BuzzFeed News spoke to dozens of ex-detainees.
Alison Killing
Facebook Gets Rich Off Of Ads That Rip Off Its Users
Facebook is on track for record ad revenue this year. That’s partly due to its lax approach to stopping scammers, hackers, and disinformation peddlers who buy ads that rip off and manipulate people, say former and current workers.
Craig Silverman
Facebook Removed A Chinese Propaganda Network Targeting The Philippines, Southeast Asia, And The US
Content targeting Biden and Trump received almost no engagement.
Jane Lytvynenko
John Boyega Will No Longer Be A Jo Malone Ambassador After The Brand Cut Him Out Of The Chinese Version Of An Ad
"I don’t have time for nonsense. We press on and strong."
Ade Onibada
Mark Zuckerberg Said Apple Has A “Stranglehold” On Your iPhone
At a companywide meeting, Facebook's CEO also said President Donald Trump brought up China during an October dinner at the White House.
Pranav Dixit
You'll Be Stunned To Learn Which 2020 Candidate Russian Trolls Are Trying To Bring Down
China, meanwhile, "prefers" that Trump does not win reelection and is "expanding" its own efforts, an intelligence community leader said.
Stephanie K. Baer
TikTok Is “Shocked” By Trump’s Order Threatening To Ban It And Will Fight Back
“We will pursue all remedies available to us in order to ensure that the rule of law is not discarded.”
Pranav Dixit
Trump Just Declared TikTok A "National Emergency" And Has Threatened To Ban It
In his executive order, the president argued the app "automatically captures vast swaths of information from its users" that could be used against American interests.
Jason Wells
Instagram Has Launched Reels, Its TikTok Rip-Off
Reels is just like TikTok — but built right into the Instagram app.
Pranav Dixit
Trump Said He Plans To Ban TikTok From The US
Trump has been threatening to ban the popular Chinese-owned video-sharing app, citing national security concerns that the company could be misusing American consumer information.
Jason Wells
Are These Viral TikToks Of Extremely Fashionable People In China The Answer To Pandemic Fashion Week?
This week's newsletter: Everything I know about those compilation videos sourced from Douyin, China's TikTok, that everyone's going crazy for.
Tanya Chen
Zoom Is Fighting Rumors In India That It's A Chinese Company
Following the Indian government's ban of 59 apps owned by Chinese companies, the video app company is reminding people it's American.
Pranav Dixit
Mike Pompeo Said The US Is Considering Banning TikTok
“I don’t want to get out in front of the president, but it’s something we’re looking at," Pompeo said.
Pranav Dixit
India Just Banned TikTok
The government ordered 59 Chinese-owned apps to be blocked following border clashes with China that left 20 Indian soldiers dead.
Scott Lucas
We Will Never Agree On What Happened During The First Wave Of The Pandemic — And That Will Make It Harder To Survive The Second
The virus isn't just attacking our bodies — it's attacking our brains.
Ryan Broderick
The WeChat Messaging App Has Been Censoring Coronavirus Content Since January
The information clampdown on WeChat and YY likely made the spread of the virus worse.
Ryan Broderick
After The Coronavirus Passes, Your World Will Not Go Back To Normal
Before the pandemic began, the systems that govern our world were brittle. Today, they are broken. When we emerge, the world will be different, and so will we.
Ryan Broderick
They Refused To Censor Their Podcasts. Apple Removed Them From Its Chinese App Store.
Apple made over $13 billion from China in the first three months of 2020 alone.
Pranav Dixit
Wuhan Plans To Test All 11 Million Residents After Six New Coronavirus Cases Were Reported
The new coronavirus cases are the first reported in the city, where the virus emerged, since April 3.
Megha Rajagopalan
The EU Didn't Tell European Governments It Agreed To China Removing Coronavirus References From An Op-Ed Written In Their Name
Correspondence seen by BuzzFeed News shows member states were not consulted. One European diplomat described the EU decision as "weak".
Alberto Nardelli
Wildlife Traffickers Are Setting Up Fake Zoos On Facebook To Sell The Scales Of Endangered Pangolins
The pages are as easy to find as searching the word “pangolin" in Vietnamese.
Ryan Broderick
The EU Was Accused Of Watering Down A Report About Chinese Coronavirus Disinformation. In Response, It Has Attacked Leaks And Whistleblowers.
This is not the first time that the EU foreign policy agency's handling of foreign interference has come under scrutiny.
Alberto Nardelli
The Coronavirus Death Toll Is Rising At Different Rates In Different Countries. These Charts Help Explain Why.
Experts don’t yet have a full explanation, but the age breakdown of countries’ populations and their capacity to deliver care to critically ill people will be crucial in the coming weeks and months.
Peter Aldhous
25 Of The Most Powerful Photos Of This Week
As disagreements about protecting public and economic health escalate, we still find moments of hope amid loss.
Kate Bubacz
A Conservative Journalist Admitted To Taking $100,000 From A Financier Connected To A Controversial Chinese Billionaire
Bill Gertz, who was fired from the Washington Free Beacon late last year, acknowledged the payment in newly unsealed court filings.
Rosie Gray
