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Senate Blocks China From Buying US Oil Reserves

The Senate is backing a measure to bar sales of U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserves to Beijing. The latest development in a Chinese hacking incident involves the targeting of specific U.S. email accounts. Are Chinese self-driving cars collecting American data? Lawmakers are pressing for answers. Plus, the real story of NTD’s founding. Websites were attacked, advertisers…


Blinken Calls for Engagement With China After State Department Hack

The United States’ top diplomat is calling for increased diplomatic engagement with China’s communist regime following a massive hack of State Department emails by China-linked cybercriminals. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Biden administration would redouble its efforts to engage diplomatically with communist China following the hack of hundreds of thousands of U.S. government…


Government Survey on Canada-China Ties Omits Questions on Foreign Interference: Report

A survey commissioned by Ottawa aimed at studying the views of Chinese-Canadians on the Canada-China relationship did not include questions on Beijing’s foreign interference in Canada, according to documents. The report titled, “Continuous Qualitative Data Collection of Canadians’ Views,” surveyed a group of residents in Vancouver comprised of Chinese-Canadians in regard to the federal government’s…


Retired RCMP Officer Charged With Foreign Interference, Providing Intel to China

A retired RCMP officer has been arrested and charged with foreign interference. The man is accused of providing intelligence to China, according to the federal police service. William Majcher, 60, from Hong Kong, has allegedly “used his knowledge and his extensive network of contacts in Canada to obtain intelligence or services to benefit the People’s Republic…


Chinese Province Saw Cremations Surge 72 Percent Amid Recent COVID Outbreak: Official Report

China’s eastern Zhejiang Province saw a spike in cremations in the first quarter, official data showed. China observers believe the provincial data indicates that the actual COVID-19 death toll in the country could be much higher than what the leadership in Beijing had reported. Due to Chinese authorities’ past record of underreporting infections and covering up information,…


REPLAY: Lessons from Taiwan: Enduring PRC Media Infiltration—A Global Taiwan Institute Event

In a seminar held by Global Taiwan Institute (GTI) on July 20, Shu-ling Ko (National Endowment for Democracy), Amber Lin (Georgetown), Rita Cheng (Radio Free Asia), and Kevin Sheives (National Endowment for Democracy) discussed “the situation, vulnerabilities, and strengths of a Taiwanese media sector facing comprehensive infiltration attempts by the People’s Republic of China(PRC),” as…


Lessons from Taiwan: Enduring PRC Media Infiltration—A Global Taiwan Institute Event

In a seminar held by Global Taiwan Institute (GTI) on July 20, Shu-ling Ko (National Endowment for Democracy), Amber Lin (Georgetown), Rita Cheng (Radio Free Asia), and Kevin Sheives (National Endowment for Democracy) discussed “the situation, vulnerabilities, and strengths of a Taiwanese media sector facing comprehensive infiltration attempts by the People’s Republic of China(PRC),” as…


China, Russia Grow Their Spy Networks in Mexico to Potentially Target the US

As U.S.-China relations remain tense and the war in Ukraine drags on, officials warn that both the China and Russia are rapidly increasing the number of their intelligence agents in Mexico, with the possible goal of causing disruptions in the United States. “In recent months, a Chinese spy balloon crossed the U.S., a CCP [Chinese…


UK Updates Hong Kong Travel Advice, Adds Foreign Nationals Being Wanted by National Security Law

On July 10, the British government updated its travel advice for citizens traveling to Hong Kong after considering the implications of Hong Kong’s National Security Law (NSL,) which took effect on June 30, 2020.  The law includes offences of secession, subversion, organization and perpetration of terrorist activities, and collusion with a foreign country, all of which can…


Vulnerabilities in Solar Panels Could Be Exposed by Chinese Hackers: Senator

The rush to net zero could leave gaping holes for Chinese-backed hackers to disrupt Australia’s energy grid, warns Senator James Paterson. Solar power is a key pillar in the march towards reducing emissions with Australia estimated to need 2.7 billion solar panels to reach net zero by 2050, according to estimates from the University of…