Category: Chinese spy balloon

The PLA’s Futuristic and Hybrid Warfare Unit

Commentary The Chinese spy balloon is just one small example of the threat posed to U.S. national security by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)’s Strategic Support Force (SSF) which specializes in new, innovative, high-tech, and hybrid warfare. In 2015, as part of his push for the modernization of the PLA, Chinese leader Xi Jinping commissioned…


Canada First Became Aware of High-Altitude Balloon in January: Transport Canada

Canada spotted an unidentified high-altitude weather balloon days before the U.S. military shot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon off the coast of the Carolinas in early February, says Transport Canada. “On January 31, 2023, Transport Canada was made aware of the possible presence of a High Altitude Balloon over Western Canada,” a spokesperson from the…


White House Orders TikTok Purge from Government Devices

The White House on Monday ordered the removal of the Chinese-owned TikTok app from all government devices and systems within 30 days in a bid to keep U.S. data safe. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said on Twitter that the Biden administration “has made advancing our nation’s cybersecurity a top priority.” “Today, OMB…


Republicans Alarmed by Beijing’s Efforts to Spread Propaganda on Western Outlets

Republican lawmakers are expressing alarm over Beijing’s persistent efforts to use Western outlets to spread its narratives, including claims that Washington had overreacted to a “wandering balloon” and damaged the bilateral relationship. In an op-ed recently published in the Washington Post, Xu Xueyuan, the chargé d’affaires at the Chinese regime’s embassy in Washington, repeated Beijing’s…


Republicans Sound Alarm on Beijing’s Efforts to Spread Propaganda in Western Outlets

Republican lawmakers are expressing alarm over Beijing’s persistent efforts to use Western outlets to spread its narratives, including claims that Washington had overreacted to a “wandering balloon” and damaged the bilateral relationship. In an op-ed recently published in the Washington Post, Xu Xueyuan, the chargé d’affaires at the Chinese regime’s embassy in Washington, repeated Beijing’s…


$11 Billion Shifts Out of China Within 3 Months: Analysis

China is losing money to the tune of billions. For the first time in two years, more money left China than entered as imports grow and exports fall, and Chinese shipping containers dawdle around empty Chinese ports. What’s driving this trend? Is it all due to China’s draconian zero-COVID policy? Or are other factors at…


Pentagon Releases U-2 Pilot’s Photo of Chinese Spy Balloon Before It Was Shot Down

The Pentagon released a photo of the Chinese spy balloon on Wednesday taken by a U.S. Air Force pilot before it was shot down earlier this month. The photo of the Chinese spy balloon hovering over the central continental United States was captured by a U-2 pilot on Feb. 3. The image depicts the pilot…


GOP Lawmakers React to Chinese Rebuke of US Response to Spy Balloon

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the new chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has said he would give a “very stern warning” to China’s Foreign Minister over its rebuke of the United States’ handling of a Chinese spy balloon that flew across the country in early February. “I would send a very stern warning to…


White Balloon Spotted Flying 600 Miles From Hawaii

A white balloon has reportedly been spotted flying close to Hawaii, which comes after the U.S. military shot down a Chinese spy balloon near South Carolina earlier this month. The Oakland Oceanic Air Traffic Control Center on Sunday allegedly reported seeing a large white balloon over the Pacific Ocean, according to media organization BNO News….


White Balloon Spotted Flying Near US Territory

A white balloon has reportedly been spotted flying close to Hawaii, which comes after the U.S. military shot down a Chinese spy balloon near South Carolina earlier this month. The Oakland Oceanic Air Traffic Control Center on Sunday allegedly reported seeing a large white balloon over the Pacific Ocean, according to media organization BNO News….