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Re:CISA, NSA, FBI Release Advisory Warning of BlackTech, PRC... by achrono on Monday October 02, 2023 @11:04AM (#37739076)
1. What are the 2 Chinas?

2. Re being more careful with negative statements -- they are clearly unable to do so consistently, see below:

[1] Look at the very clear headlines featuring "Iranian Government-Sponsored APT Actors" in https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa... and "Iranian State Actor" in https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa...

[2] Again, look at the very clear headlines featuring "Russian State-Sponsored" in https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa...

Why are they not equally 'careful' here? Why are they not using the country's "official" names such as IRI (Islamic Republic of Iran) or RF (Russian Federation)?

Note that I'm not even going into the rabbit hole of "PRC-Linked" vs "Iranian Government-Sponsored" -- although that is perfectly worth questioning also, because if you go into the actual article on Iran, they weasel out by saying "likely Iranian government-sponsored APT", whereas here it's only "PRC-linked" because we do not know for sure.

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Re:CISA, NSA, FBI Release Advisory Warning of BlackTech, PRC... by eindiran on Monday October 02, 2023 @02:10PM (#37742144)
> 1. What are the 2 Chinas?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan

> Republic of China

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China

> People's Republic of China

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Re:CISA, NSA, FBI Release Advisory Warning of BlackTech, PRC... by irfwashere on Thursday October 05, 2023 @09:09PM (#37786154)
"The United States has a longstanding one China policy, which is guided by the Taiwan Relations Act, the three U.S.-China Joint Communiques, and the Six Assurances."

https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-taiwan/

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