Leaders from the European Union jointly expressed trepidation this week about Europe’s increasing economic dependence on China. The foreign policy service of the EU said in a prepared statement that China’s communist leadership should be considered a competitor promoting “an alternative vision of the world order.” The hardening stance of European leaders against China comes…
EU Leaders Harden Position on China, Move to Break Technology Dependency
7 Indicted in Alleged CCP Plot to Force US Resident to China
Seven people, including two New York residents, have been indicted in connection with an alleged plot by the Chinese regime to coerce a dissident in the United States to return to China, the Justice Department (DOJ) announced on Oct. 20. An Quanzhong, 55, and his daughter An Guangyang, 34, of Roslyn, New York, were arrested on…
China Again Ranks as ‘The World’s Worst Environment for Internet Freedom’: Report
China has again been ranked as the world’s worst abuser of internet freedom by a rights advocacy group, which also reported the communist regime has long sought to push its repressive model abroad. “For the eighth consecutive year, China remained the world’s worst environment for internet freedom,” Freedom House said in its latest report published…
Australian Federal Police’s Relationship With Beijing ‘Must Be Re-Assessed’: Expert
Concerns have been raised about the close relationship between the Australian Federal Police and Chinese law enforcement after reports revealed a secret Beijing-backed overseas police station was located in Sydney, Australia. The police “service station” was established in 2018 by the Public Security Bureau of Wenzhou City in China, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) reported on…
Nicolas Chaillan: The CCP Is Using TikTok to Manipulate Americans and Gather Data for AI Weapons
TikTok is one of the Chinese regime’s most powerful weapons of mass manipulation and misinformation, argues Nicolas Chaillan, former chief software officer of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force. TikTok was the most downloaded app globally and in the United States in 2021. The Chinese regime is using TikTok to manipulate Americans—particularly the younger…
Soros, Thornton, Hawke: New Book Details How Beijing Manipulated Western Elites
Beijing’s highly secretive Ministry of State Security (MSS) leveraged and manipulated leading Western political and business elites to deepen the Chinese Communist Party’s influence around the world, according to a new book by Alex Joske, an expert on Chinese foreign interference. The early pages of “Spies and Lies: How China’s Greatest Covert Operations Fooled the World”…
New Chip Ban Accelerates US Decoupling From China: Experts
News Analysis The United States expanded its semiconductor ban on China and issued a China-focused “National Security Strategy” five days before the beginning of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) party congress on Oct. 12 Experts believe these unprecedented moves will accelerate the United States’ decoupling from China and that the “new Iron Curtain” may have…
China Conducting Influence Campaigns to Interfere in US Midterm Elections: Report
China’s communist leadership is attempting to interfere in the upcoming U.S. midterm elections by spreading propaganda and disinformation, according to researchers. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is conducting influence campaigns with the apparent intent of increasing political polarization among Americans and damaging the reputations of people running for Congress who have been critical of the…
Confucius Institutes Threaten UK’s Capacity to Understand China: Report Says
Confucius Institutes (CI) in British Universities are damaging the UK’s understanding of China, a report said on Wednesday. The report (pdf), published by foreign policy and national security think tank Henry Jackson Society (HJS), said that out of the 3o CIs in the UK only four were found to be operating within their remit of “language and…
Ireland and Spain Initiate Investigations Into Covert Chinese Overseas Police Stations
Both Ireland and Spain have initiated investigations of Chinese police stationed in their countries after a human rights group report exposed that China has established at least 50 police outposts worldwide. China extended its prosecutor’s tentacles overseas through its police service stations, according to a report by the human rights nongovernmental organization (NGO) Safeguard Defenders….
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