Tag: Infiltrating the West

New Book Illuminates Beijing’s Global Media Influence Operations

Several cybersecurity and analytics firms sounded the same alarm a month before the midterm elections: the Chinese communist regime sought to influence U.S. voters to inflame partisan infighting and promote China as an example of dictatorship’s superiority over democracy. Among these firms, Mandiant, a cybersecurity company recently acquired by Google, said they had been tracking…


UK Bans New Chinese Security Cameras on Sensitive Government Estates Over Security Concerns

The UK’s government departments has been told to stop installing surveillance cameras made by Chinese companies and advised to replace existing ones, a Cabinet minister said on Thursday. In a written statement to Parliament, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Oliver Dowden, who oversees Cabinet Office policies, said the decision was made “in light of the…


Virginia Attorney General Tackles Threats from Communist China

When Jason Miyares set out to run for attorney general (AG) in Virginia, he said he wanted to give back to the country that gave his family a second chance from communist Cuba. Ten months into his new job as the AG, he has taken on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—the world’s largest communist regime—for…


Bloomberg Apologizes for Boris Johnson Speech Criticizing Communist China

Michael Bloomberg, chair of the Pentagon’s advisory panel, apologized to attendees at an economic forum hosted by his company after former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s speech that singled out the communist Chinese regime. Bloomberg issued the apology on Nov. 17 at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum hosted by his corporation in partnership with the…


Autocracies Helping Western Societies ‘Tear Themselves Apart’: Retired US General

Ongoing racial tensions and economic instability will leave Western democracies too weak to defend themselves against mass disinformation and cyber attacks from autocratic regimes, warns retired U.S. Army Major General John Davis. The former major general named China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea as some of the key aggressors waging information and cyber warfare on…


China’s Secret Police Station ‘Violates Sovereignty’ of US: FBI Director

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is violating the sovereignty of the United States through the creation of secret police stations on U.S. soil, according to FBI Director Christopher Wray. “I’m very concerned about this,” Wray said during a Nov. 17 hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. “We are aware of the…


China’s Secret Police Station in NYC ‘Violates Sovereignty’ of US: FBI Director

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is violating the sovereignty of the United States through the creation of secret police stations on U.S. soil, according to FBI Director Christopher Wray. “I’m very concerned about this,” Wray said during a Nov. 17 hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. “We are aware of the…


UK Government Orders Chinese Firm to Sell Acquired Welsh Semiconductor Plant

The UK government on Wednesday ordered a Chinese company to sell most of a Welsh semiconductor plant it had acquired, ruling the takeover breached national security laws. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) issued a notice of final order (pdf) telling Nexperia BV to sell at least 86 percent of Nexperia Newport Limited…


CCP Spy Sentenced to 20 Years for Stealing Aviation Secrets

The first Chinese communist intelligence officer to ever be extradited to the United States was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Nov. 16. Yanjun Xu received the sentence after being found guilty earlier this month of leading a ring of Chinese agents that targeted U.S. aviation companies, recruiting their employees to travel to China,…


At Least 11 UK Police Forces Use Chinese Hikvision Cameras for Public Surveillance: Survey

At least 11 British police forces are using surveillance cameras made by Chinese state-controlled company Hikvision, a survey has found. Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Fraser Sampson on Monday published the initial analysis of a police survey, saying that almost a third of respondents confirmed they were using Hikvision cameras. Conor Healy, director of government research at security…