Category: Infiltrating the West

CCP Seeks to ‘Replace’ US With ‘Tech-Powered Dystopia’: Select Committee Testimony

China’s communist regime is engaged in a concerted effort to undermine and replace the United States by weaponizing Americans against one another, according to testimony received by a new congressional committee focused on competition with the regime. The House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held…


Trudeau Skirts Questions as to Whether He was Warned About MP’s Alleged Beijing Ties

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Feb. 27 addressed questions about whether he could confirm if he was warned about a Liberal Party MP being linked to a Beijing foreign interference network by making points about racism. Trudeau said during a press conference in Mississauga, Ont., that Chinese-Canadians “should always be welcomed as full Canadians, and…


Defence Committee Chair Calls for Inquiry After Chinese-Made Security Cameras Found at British Army Bases

Chair of Defence Committee Tobias Ellwood called for an inquiry on Saturday after an investigation found that surveillance cameras from China’s Hikvision and Dahua are still in use at British Army bases. It comes months after the UK government banned the installation of new surveillance equipment from China on sensitive government sites and more than a year…


UK Defence Committee Chair Calls for Inquiry After Chinese-Made Security Cameras Found at Army Bases

Tobias Ellwood, chairman of the UK Defence Select Committee, has called for an inquiry after an investigation found that surveillance cameras from Chinese technology companies Hikvision and Dahua are still in use at British army bases, months after they should have been replaced over security concerns. In November 2022, the UK government banned the installation of…


Tories Pressing for Trudeau’s Top Adviser to Testify on Beijing Interference

The Conservative Party says it will make another attempt to have the prime minister’s chief of staff testify on Beijing foreign interference before a House of Commons committee, after the NDP helped the Liberals defeat two recent attempts. “It would be beyond outrageous if the Prime Minister of our country was made aware that one…


Republicans Alarmed by Beijing’s Efforts to Spread Propaganda on Western Outlets

Republican lawmakers are expressing alarm over Beijing’s persistent efforts to use Western outlets to spread its narratives, including claims that Washington had overreacted to a “wandering balloon” and damaged the bilateral relationship. In an op-ed recently published in the Washington Post, Xu Xueyuan, the chargé d’affaires at the Chinese regime’s embassy in Washington, repeated Beijing’s…


Republicans Sound Alarm on Beijing’s Efforts to Spread Propaganda in Western Outlets

Republican lawmakers are expressing alarm over Beijing’s persistent efforts to use Western outlets to spread its narratives, including claims that Washington had overreacted to a “wandering balloon” and damaged the bilateral relationship. In an op-ed recently published in the Washington Post, Xu Xueyuan, the chargé d’affaires at the Chinese regime’s embassy in Washington, repeated Beijing’s…


US to Target Chinese Companies in Upcoming Sanctions on Russia: State Department

U.S. under secretary of state for political affairs Victoria Nuland revealed that an upcoming sanctions package targeting Russia on the one-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine will also target China-linked entities that are violating export bans against Moscow. The Biden administration has identified that China-linked firms—some Europe-based—are evading existing sanctions against Russia intended to weaken…


US to Target Chinese Companies in Upcoming Sanctions on Russia

U.S. Sanctions targeting Russia on the one-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine will also hit China-linked entities that are violating export bans against Moscow, according to the State Department. The Biden administration has identified that China-linked firms—some Europe-based—are evading existing sanctions against Russia intended to weaken Moscow’s ability to finance and supply its military offensive…


Confucius Institutes Are ‘Propaganda Centres,’ Says Former PM, Foreign Minister Urged to Shut Centres Down

Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has described the controversial CCP-run Confucius Institutes as “propaganda centres” while calling on Australia to exercise more caution when engaging with Beijing. This follows Victorian Senator Sarah Henderson’s comments at the Universities Australia conference on Feb. 23 where she called on Foreign Minister Penny Wong to use legislative powers…