A pro-Beijing online influence campaign, known as Dragonbridge, has targeted major Australian, U.S., and Canadian rare earth miners who pose a threat to China’s dominance of supply chains for the precious resource. U.S. cybersecurity firm Mandiant has been tracking Dragonbridge since June 2019, revealing that the group comprised a network of “thousands of inauthentic accounts”…
Pro-Beijing Disinformation Operation Targets Western Mining Firms
Pro-Beijing Disinformation Operation Targets Western Rare Earth Mining Firms
A pro-Beijing online influence campaign, known as Dragonbridge, has targeted major Australian, U.S., and Canadian rare earth miners who pose a threat to China’s dominance of supply chains for the precious resource. U.S. cybersecurity firm Mandiant has been tracking Dragonbridge since June 2019, revealing that the group comprised a network of “thousands of inauthentic accounts”…
Experts’ Report Saying Omicron Didn’t Cause Severe Symptoms in Shanghai Quickly Deleted
China’s top medical experts recently published a research report showing that people in Shanghai who were infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19 only had mild symptoms. The report was later deleted as it goes against the regime’s “zero-COVID” policy and harsh lockdown measures. Experts believe it also reflects intensified CCP infighting. A team, led…
CCP Bans Officials and Their Families From Business Activities
China’s ruling communist party (CCP) has issued a new regulation in the name of anti-corruption banning high-ranking officials and their families from big business activities. Experts pointed out that it’s related to the CCP’s factional infighting and economic problems. According to the Chinese regime’s official media Xinhua, on June 19, the Central Committee of the CCP…
China Names New Chief of Religious Affairs Bureau Who Envisions the ‘Obliteration of Religion’
The Chinese regime has announced a new director of religious affairs. Cui Maohu was named on June 7 to take over from Wang Zuoan, who had been director since September 2009. Prior to that, Wang served as deputy director under former director Ye Xiaowen, who was in charge of the bureau from March 1998 to September 2009….
An Interim Provision Could Stop Xi Jinping From Being Re-elected
China’s rubber-stamp legislature is scheduled to hold its once every five-year meeting this fall. The re-election of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping is the main focus of this year’s meeting. As the meeting approaches, Chinese social platforms and media have been releasing various signals that show Xi’s political opponents have continued to…
Fall of High-Level Party Official Who Faked Economic Data Triggers Concern Over China’s Economy
China’s top disciplinary watchdog announced on May 31 that it has removed a former top official in eastern Jiangsu Province from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the regime’s public office. Zhang Jinghua, former deputy CCP chief of Jiangsu, was accused of “faking economic figures for personal promotion and meddling in market activities in violation…
Challenges Mount as China’s Xi Makes Bid For Third Term in Power This Fall: Author
As Chinese leader Xi Jinping seeks to secure an unprecedented third term in power at this fall’s 20th National Party Congress, his opponents within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will be leveraging the country’s internal troubles to undermine him, according to former diplomat and author Roger Garside. “There are tipping points … looming up in…
What Is the 20th Communist Party Congress? With Roger Garside
What is the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th national congress? And why is it important that Xi Jinping secure a third term? We explore the key Communist Party event and talk about what happens when the totalitarian leader retains power or is removed from power. I speak with Roger Garside, author of “China Coup,” about these…
Xi Jinping’s Deal With Li Keqiang and Xi’s Major Crises: China Expert
Chinese regime leader Xi Jinping mysteriously vanished from the front pages of China’s official media on May 17 and 18, while Prime Minister Li Keqiang appeared in the official headlines on May 17. It is noteworthy that three days earlier, on May 14, two CCP major mouthpieces published the full text of a speech delivered…
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