Category: ccp threat

Beijing’s Recruitment of Western Military Pilots Prompts National Security Concerns For Canada, UK

Citing national security concerns, both Canada and the UK have started to examine possible breaches of confidentiality agreements among current and former military personnel following reports that the Chinese regime has been recruiting British military pilots. The Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) told The Epoch Times on Oct. 27 that it is looking into…


Australia’s Defense Budget Hits 20-year High

In its first budget in nearly a decade, Australia’s Labor government has announced it will follow through with the previous government’s pledge to spend $270 billion (US$174billion) in military capability upgrades by 2030. Under the new budget, defence spending will rise to $48.7 billion this year and eventually reach over two percent of GDP, a…


German Chancellor’s China Visit Motivated by Eagerness to Strengthen Economic Ties

News Analysis German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has confirmed that he will lead a German business delegation to visit China in early November. The visit comes after EU leaders shared their concerns about Europe’s economic dependence on China under the leadership of the Chinese Communist regime. However, Scholz stated repeatedly that Germany must continue trade with…


CCP ‘Suppress the Truth and Spread Lies’ in Solomon Islands: Australian Think Tank

A new report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has revealed that Beijing is spreading false information in the Solomon Islands in an attempt to undermine its partnerships with Australia and the United States. The report entitled “Suppressing the Truth and Spreading Lies: How the CCP is influencing Solomon Islands’ information environment,” published on Oct. 5, examined…


Kevin Roberts: The Chinese Communist Party Is the Clarifying Battle of Our Generation

Kevin Roberts is the president of the Heritage Foundation and a historian by trade on American history. Roberts uses his extensive knowledge of America to highlight the present danger: China. Through a comparative lens, we examined together what the United States needs to do to revitalize a multi-faceted threat from communist China—including his personal reasons…


Rapid Change Is the Norm in Great Power Competition

Commentary How rapidly do great powers expand their military and economic capabilities? Faster than you think. There are numerous empirical examples from diplomatic and military history that capture how quickly things change for the great powers. The United States is a great case in point. The U.S. Navy had never commissioned a battleship by 1895….