Category: International Relations

UK Bans TikTok From Government Phones

The UK on Thursday became the latest to ban the Chinese social media app TikTok on government devices, following similar moves by Belgium, the EU, Canada, and the United States. It also comes after TikTok said it’s facing a total ban in the United States unless the company’s Beijing-based parent ByteDance sells its stake. Announcing the ban…


Beijing Attacks Australia Every Single Night: Former Defence Minister

Every day Beijing launches cyberattacks against Australian businesses and government departments, former Labor Senator Stephen Conroy has revealed. The ex-defence minister made the comments after Labor elder and former Prime Minister Paul Keating claimed the Chinese Communist Party posed no military threat to Australia. Keating’s remarks formed part of a stinging and extensive critique of…


Trudeau Appoints Former GG Johnston As ‘Independent Special Rapporteur’ on Foreign Interference

Former governor general David Johnston will serve as the Liberal government’s “independent special rapporteur” on foreign interference, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on March 15. “As Independent Special Rapporteur, David Johnston brings integrity and a wealth of experience and skills, and I am confident that he will conduct an impartial review to ensure all necessary…


Trudeau Appoints Former GG Johnston as Special Rapporteur on Foreign Interference

Former governor general David Johnston will serve as the Liberal government’s “independent special rapporteur” on foreign interference, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on March 15. “As Independent Special Rapporteur, David Johnston brings integrity and a wealth of experience and skills, and I am confident that he will conduct an impartial review to ensure all necessary…


‘Subordinate to the US’: Former PM Savages Labor Government Over AUKUS Deal

Former Prime Minister Paul Keating has savaged senior Labor Party ministers for continuing with the AUKUS deal while claiming it will make the country “subordinate to the United States.” The former leader of the nation launched multiple salvos during an address to the National Press Club just a day after details of AUKUS were unveiled…


Taiwan Asks Honduras to ‘Carefully Consider’ Decision to Establish China Ties

Taiwan on Wednesday asked Honduras to “carefully consider” its decision to establish diplomatic ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), urging its Central American ally “not to fall into China’s snare.” Honduran President Xiomara Castro de Zelaya said she had asked Foreign Minister Eduardo Reina “to manage the opening of official relations with the People’s Republic…


Police Charges Against Anti-CCP Activist Drew Pavlou Dropped

SYDNEY, Australia—A local court in Sydney has thrown out all charges brought by the NSW Police against a 23-year-old China activist, dismissing two charges in two days. NSW Police accused activist Drew Pavlou of failure to obey a move-on order from officers last May when scuffles broke out at a protest he had organised. Police…


Police Charges Against Anti-CCP Activist Drew Pavlou Dropped After Court Throws Out Case

SYDNEY, Australia—A local court in Sydney has thrown out all charges brought by the NSW Police against a 23-year-old China activist, dismissing two charges in two days. NSW Police accused activist Drew Pavlou of failure to obey a move-on order from officers last May when scuffles broke out at a protest he had organised. Police…


Poilievre Says It’s an ‘Accepted Fact’ That Beijing Helped Elect Trudeau

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre said on March 14 that the national security leaks in the media have established that the Liberals were helped by the Chinese regime to get elected. “I think Justin Trudeau has inspired a lot of suspicion by his refusal to … answer questions about his knowledge of Beijing’s interference to…


Australia Says Nuclear Subs Needed to Counter Militarization

CANBERRA, Australia—Australia’s defense minister said Tuesday a deal to buy nuclear-powered attack submarines from the United States was necessary to counter the biggest conventional military buildup in the region since World War II. Australian officials said the deal will cost up to $245 billion over the next three decades and create 20,000 jobs. It comes…