Tag: China espionage

ANALYSIS: CCP Poised to Expand Security Footprint in Latin America With New Port in Argentina

China’s rapidly expanding military and surveillance initiatives across Latin America have become more than just a thorn in the side of Washington. In Argentina’s southern tip, Tierra del Fuego, on June 5, Governor Gustavo Melella greenlit a”multi-purpose” Chinese-operated port facility through decree  3312/22, which entered the provincial legislature the same day. The country currently houses a Chinese…


Doing Business in China Is Now That Little Bit More Risky

Commentary Changes to espionage laws and imposing bans on people leaving China pose increased risks for visitors, including professionals, business executives, and scholars. The Xinhua news agency reported that Chinese lawmakers voted a week ago to adopt a revised Counter-Espionage Law, which will take effect on July 1, 2023. The revised law was passed at…


State-Sponsored Programs the ‘Greatest Strategic Cyber Threat to Canada,’ Says Cybersecurity Centre

The federal cybersecurity centre warns that state-sponsored cyber threat activity from China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea “pose the greatest strategic cyber threats to Canada.” This activity is among five threat narratives considered “the most dynamic and impactful” by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre), part of Canada’s Communications Security Establishment, in its…


Fed Ups Interest Rate Amid Inflation; China Tried to Infiltrate Federal Reserve: Rpt | NTD Business

The Federal Reserve unleashes another big rate hike to try to tame inflation. We have analysis. China reportedly tried to recruit informants in the Federal Reserve. A congressional report says Beijing was trying to build a network of influence. Update on the Twitter-Elon Musk saga: Twitter set the date for a shareholder vote. It’s one of…


LIVE: Fed Ups Interest Rate Amid Inflation; China Tried to Infiltrate Federal Reserve: Rpt | NTD Business

The Federal Reserve unleashes another big rate hike to try to tame inflation. We have analysis. China reportedly tried to recruit informants in the Federal Reserve. A congressional report says Beijing was trying to build a network of influence. Update on the Twitter-Elon Musk saga: Twitter set the date for a shareholder vote. It’s one of…


LIVE: Fed Ups Interest Rate Amid Inflation; China Tried to Infiltrate Federal Reserve: Report | NTD Business

The Federal Reserve unleashes another big rate hike to try to tame inflation. China reportedly tried to recruit informants in the Federal Reserve. A congressional report says Beijing was trying to build a network of influence. An update on the Twitter-Elon Musk saga: Twitter has set the date for a shareholder vote. It’s one of the…


Fed Ups Interest Rate Amid Inflation; China Tried to Infiltrate Federal Reserve: Report | NTD Business

The Federal Reserve unleashes another big rate hike to try to tame inflation. China reportedly tried to recruit informants in the Federal Reserve. A congressional report says Beijing was trying to build a network of influence. An update on the Twitter-Elon Musk saga: Twitter has set the date for a shareholder vote. It’s one of the…


Canada’s Spy Agency Warns Parliamentarians of China’s Influence Operations

For the first time, Canada’s intelligence agency is briefing individual parliamentarians who could be targeted by the clandestine influence operations conducted by China and other authoritarian regimes. John Townsend, a spokesperson for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), told The Globe and Mail that the agency is increasingly alarmed by efforts by Beijing and its…


Chinese Researcher Tang Juan’s Trial Reveals Beijing’s Espionage Strategy

Commentary On July 26, Chinese national Tang Juan will face trial in U.S. Federal Court for lying about her ties to the Chinese military in order to gain access to American universities such as the University of California at Davis. According to a federal criminal complaint filed on June 26, 2020, in the Eastern District of California,…


Commerce Department’s Security Unit Went ‘Rogue’ With Probes, Committed ‘Gross Abuses of Power’: Senate Report

A Senate report on a security unit within the Commerce Department alleged that poor management and weak oversight drove the unit to morph into a “rogue, unaccountable police force” and what whistleblowers described as a “gestapo.” The report (pdf), released by Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), the top Republican on the Senate Commerce Committee, accused the Investigations…