Tag: Global Expansion

Huawei Lobbyist Gives Thousands to Democrats’ Midterm Campaigns

A lobbyist for a Chinese company deemed a national security threat has donated thousands of dollars to at least eight Democratic congressional campaigns. Thomas Green, senior counsel at multinational law firm Sidley Austin and top lobbyist for Chinese telecom giant Huawei, personally contributed more than $10,000 across eight Democratic campaigns in the last month, according…


Netherlands Orders Closure of Two Illegal Chinese Police Stations

The Netherlands demanded the closure of two illegal Chinese police “service stations” in the country. On Nov. 2, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wopke Hoekstra, posted on Twitter that the ministry has informed the Chinese ambassador that the stations must close immediately. Human rights NGO, Safeguard Defenders, revealed in its September report that China had set up…


Netherlands Orders Closure of 2 Illegal Chinese Police Stations

The Netherlands demanded the closure of two illegal Chinese police “service stations” in the country. On Nov. 2, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wopke Hoekstra, posted on Twitter that the ministry has informed the Chinese ambassador that the stations must close immediately. Human rights NGO, Safeguard Defenders, revealed in its September report that China had set up…


Australia Pledges Extra $103 Million in Aid to the Solomons Despite Its Pro-Beijing Ties

Australia’s diplomatic representative to the Solomon Islands has announced an extra $US103 million in aid to the Pacific country as part of an ongoing diplomatic offensive against Beijing’s influence with the Sogavare government. Australian High Commissioner Lachlan Strahan said the package will include support for health, education, governance, elections among several other initiatives, reported RNZ on Oct. 31….


Indictment of 7 Chinese Nationals for ‘Forced Repatriation’ of US Resident to China Shows Similar Operations in Canada

A federal court in New York has charged seven Chinese nationals for harassing and coercing a U.S. resident to return to China as part of Beijing’s international extralegal repatriation campaign known as Operation Fox Hunt. The indictment, recently unsealed by a Brooklyn, N.Y. court, shows that similar operations were carried out on Canadian soil. In…


China Moves to Buy German Semiconductor Factory After New US Chip Ban

The German government intends to approve a China-based company’s acquisition of a chip production factory belonging to the Dortmund-based semiconductor company Elmos, despite the German intelligence agency warning against the move, according to German business daily Handelsblatt. Swedish company Silex Microsystems AB, which is a subsidiary of China’s Sai Microelectronics Group, is planning to acquire…


US to Deploy Nuclear-Capable B-52 Bombers to Australia Amid Increasing Beijing Tensions: Report

The U.S. Air Force is preparing to deploy six B-52 bombers to northern Australia amid a steady build-up of U.S. military strength in the region in response to Beijing’s ongoing aggression. Works are underway on facilities at the Tindal air base located three-and-a-half hours south of Australia’s northern-most city of Darwin. According to the Australian…


Gov. Whitmer Defends Offering $715 Million to CCP-Linked Company

The governor of Michigan did not contest an accusation by her challenger that she cemented business ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as part of her effort to develop Michigan’s economy and defended the move as an effort to increase economic development. The exchange between Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republican challenger Tudor Dixon…


Chinese Regime Will Face Hostile America If Critical Mineral Trade Cut

Beijing has been warned if it tries to cut critical mineral exports to the United States, it will face a hostile reception. Speaking at a private forum in Melbourne hosted by Hamilton Wealth Partners, former Australian ambassador to the U.S. and former federal treasurer, Joe Hockey, said that there had been discussions in the U.S….


US Charges 10 CCP Agents Over Plots to Recruit US Spies for China, Obstruct a Criminal Prosecution, Forcibly Repatriate Dissidents

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Oct. 25 unveiled charges on 10 Chinese intelligence officers and officials over their alleged involvement in conducting espionage campaigns in the United States to further communist China’s strategic interests. The charges across three separate cases accuse agents of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of conspiring to forcibly repatriate Chinese…