Tag: Military-Civil Fusion

Beijing’s Antartica Land Gab: China Continues Constructing 5th Base Near South Pole

April 18, 2023
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Beijing is undergoing the “most significant” expansion of its footprint in Antarctica after new satellite images revealed the communist regime was resuming construction on a fifth polar station. A Washington-based think tank believes the new station, located on Inexpressible Island near the Ross Sea, could double as a spying operation. “While essential for tracking and communicating…

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Beijing’s Antarctic Land Grab: CCP Builds 5th Base Near South Pole

April 18, 2023
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Beijing is undergoing the “most significant” expansion of its footprint in Antarctica after new satellite images revealed the communist regime was resuming construction on a fifth polar station. A Washington-based think tank believes the new station, located on Inexpressible Island near the Ross Sea, could double as a spying operation. “While essential for tracking and communicating…

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The PLA’s Futuristic and Hybrid Warfare Unit

March 5, 2023
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Commentary The Chinese spy balloon is just one small example of the threat posed to U.S. national security by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)’s Strategic Support Force (SSF) which specializes in new, innovative, high-tech, and hybrid warfare. In 2015, as part of his push for the modernization of the PLA, Chinese leader Xi Jinping commissioned…

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US Adds 7 Chinese Aerospace Entities to Export Control List Over Chinese Military Ties

August 23, 2022
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The Commerce Department announced on Aug. 23 that it has added seven Chinese entities to the economic blacklist over their roles in weaponizing U.S. technology to bolster the Chinese military. The targeted entities are state-owned aerospace and technology corporations, including China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 9th Academy 771 and 772 Research Institute, China Academy…

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NZ Intelligence Agency Thwarts Foreign Power Plot To Steal Sensitive Technology

March 15, 2022
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New Zealand’s (NZ) security service has thwarted a scheme by a foreign power to gain access to “sensitive” technology, which would likely be deployed for military use. Rebecca Kitteridge, director-general of the Security Intelligence Service (SIS)—NZ domestic spy agency—made the revelations during a public hearing hosted by the parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee on March…

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Rubio Calls on 22 US Universities to End Ties With Institutions That Support China’s Military

February 10, 2022
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has urged 22 American universities to end their academic and research partnerships with Chinese schools that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has tasked with supporting Beijing’s military modernization. “I remain deeply concerned by the PLA’s [People’s Liberation Army] aggressive campaign to infiltrate America’s research enterprise,” Rubio wrote in letters dated Feb….

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Microsoft, Intel, GE Provide ‘Direct Support’ to Chinese Military, State Security Bodies: Report

February 5, 2022
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Eight major U.S. tech companies have business links to the Chinese military and security apparatus, according to a new report by the Washington-based advocacy group Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VoC), and Horizon Advisory consultant group. “In their endeavor to capture Chinese markets and boost their bottom lines, American corporations have increasingly supported Beijing’s military modernization,…

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Chinese Arms Sellers Expanded in 2020, Second Only to US

December 7, 2021
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Five Chinese companies accounted for roughly 13 percent of all arms sales made by the world’s 100 largest arms producers in 2020, according to a new report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The five companies, NORINCO, AVIC, CETC, CASIC, and CSGC, accounted for roughly $66.8 billion last year, a 1.5 percent increase…

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Chinese Regime Using US Tech to Create Weapons, House Republicans Warn

October 26, 2021
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The Chinese military likely used American technologies in its reported test of a hypersonic weapon earlier in the year, according to a recent letter signed by 17 Republican lawmakers. “It is likely that U.S. software and tools contributed to the creation of this weapons system, because of our country’s permissive export controls and licensing policies…

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US Continues Visa Restrictions for Students From China’s Military-Affiliated Universities

September 16, 2021
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Reports of Chinese citizens from Chinese military-affiliated universities being denied visas to the United States indicate that the Biden administration is continuing a Trump-era policy regarding national security. In September, both Chinese and U.S. media reported that a 23-year-old finance student at Washington University in St. Louis named Wang Ziwei said the United States revoked…

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