Tag: United Front Work Department

Hongkongers in UK Concerned Over CCP ‘Sympathisers’ in Welcoming Groups

A civil society group helping Hongkongers settle down in the UK has expressed concerns that the UK government’s welcoming fund for new Hong Kong arrivals has gone to groups with alleged links to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Hongkongers in Britain (HKB), an ex-pat group founded by Hong Kong activist Simon Cheng, called on the government to “reach…


‘Amateur’ Placed in Top Communist Secret Service

Since Xi Jinping became Party leader in 2012, one of his goals has been to reorganize and take direct control of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) secret service system. This includes the Ministry of State Security, the military intelligence system, and the United Front Work Department (UFWD). Xi’s reorganizing efforts have been repeatedly stalled by…


Ex-Labor MP Tried to Cover-Up $100,000 Donation From Chinese Billionaire: Corruption Body

Former state Labor MP, Ernest Wong, engaged in “serious corrupt conduct” by trying to hide the source of an AU$100,000 (US$71,830) donation to the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in 2015, according to the chief anti-corruption body of the country’s most populated state, New South Wales (NSW). The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) also found that…


Propaganda, ‘United Front Tactics’ Are CCP’s ‘Magic Weapons’ Against US: Steven Mosher

The three magic weapons in possession by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are propaganda, “United Front tactics,” and the Chinese military—ranked in this order, according to Steven Mosher, president of the Population Research Institute. “United front tactics, propaganda efforts always proceed military action, and in some cases, they make military action unnecessary,” Mosher told EpochTV’s…


Australian Shadow Home Affairs Minister Meets With United Front-Linked Organisation

Australia’s Shadow Home Affairs Minister has met with an organisation linked to the United Front Work Department (UFWD), the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) main foreign influence body. In mid-September, Kristina Keneally, the Australian Labor Party’s home affairs spokesperson, was nominated to run in the multicultural federal electorate of Fowler in Sydney’s southwest. On Oct. 19, she…


Western Australia Govt Criticized for Appointing CCP Affiliates to Advisory Council

The Western Australian government has been accused of ignoring the state’s non-Mainland Chinese (NMC) community after the McGowan government appointed two allegedly pro-Beijing community leaders to a taxpayer-funded policy advisory council. Western Australian CCP influence expert Tshung Chang called out the WA Government for choosing CCP-linked individuals Ting Chen and Edward Zhang over other leaders in…


Playing the Race Card for China

Commentary The concept of racism is being Shanghaied as soft-on-China individuals, from Canada’s Prime Minister to a young influencer on TikTok, deploy the idea against critics of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). These politicians, a professor, and an influencer, all acting in an ideological capacity, tend not to use actual examples of real individuals who…


Communist Ideology Delivered in China’s Christian Churches

Pastors in China’s Christian churches are preaching the Chinese Communist Party’s ideology after Bible apps and major Christian social media accounts were taken down, aiming to communize religious organizations on CCP-controlled land. On May 8, the two state-sanctioned Protestant organizations in Beijing, the Beijing Municipal Three-Self Patriotic Movement Committee and the China Christian Council, held…


Beijing’s ‘Vaccine Diplomacy’ Part of Long Term Influence Campaign Against US and Its Neighbors

Internal documents reveal that China’s recent “vaccine diplomacy” amid the COVID-19 pandemic is consistent with its past influence tactics, as about 80 countries and 3 international organizations will receive China-made vaccines, according to Chinese authorities. Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivered a video speech to the Colombian people at the invitation of Colombian President Ivan Duque,…


Beijing’s ‘Vaccine Diplomacy’ Part of Long Term Influence Campaign Against US and Its Neighbors: Experts

The Chinese regime has stepped up its “vaccine diplomacy” push around the world, with about 80 countries and three international organizations signing up to receive China-made vaccines, according to Chinese authorities. These efforts are an extension of a long-running campaign by Beijing to increase its influence around the globe, experts say. Internal documents obtained by The…