Tag: International Relations

CCP Seeks to Use TikTok Data Against Americans: Former Pentagon Official

China’s communist regime is in a cold war with the United States and seeks to use data gathered by companies like TikTok against American interests, according to a former Pentagon official. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will use apps like TikTok as weapons of mass manipulation and misinformation, according to Nicolas Chaillan, former chief software…


EU Leaders Harden Position on China, Move to Break Technology Dependency

Leaders from the European Union jointly expressed trepidation this week about Europe’s increasing economic dependence on China. The foreign policy service of the EU said in a prepared statement that China’s communist leadership should be considered a competitor promoting “an alternative vision of the world order.” The hardening stance of European leaders against China comes…


US Admiral Warns Beijing Pacific Conflict Could Happen This Year

A senior U.S. naval commander has warned that Beijing could start a military conflict as soon as this year and that the Indo-pacific needs to be prepared to experience conflict in the near future. Speaking at an event hosted on Oct. 20 by the Atlantic Council in Washington, Admiral Mike Gilday, chief of U.S. naval…


Australian Film Premiere Unsilences the Voices of Human Rights Activists in China

An award-winning film that tells the story of Chinese human rights activists fighting to make the international community aware of the Chinese regime’s brutal persecution of believers of the Falun Gong spiritual practice has won over Australians at its premiere in Sydney on Oct. 19. The latest work of Chinese Canadian director Leon Lee, Unsilenced, is…


Australia and Fiji Sign New Security Deal to Counter ‘Challenges’ in Pacific

A new security deal between Australia and Fiji will provide both countries with a framework to counter and respond to “common security challenges” in the Pacific. While no explicit reference to China was mentioned, both The Australian and Fijian Defence ministers—who signed the “Status of Forces Agreement” on Oct. 20—said the new deal marked an…


Beijing Headhunting Military Forces for PLA Training Instigates Defence Inquiry

The Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles has requested the Australian Defence Forces (ADF) launch an investigation into allegations Beijing has been headhunting former and serving members. This comes after the BBC reported that up to 30 former UK military pilots were believed to have been recruited by the Chinese regime to train members of the…


7 Indicted in Alleged CCP Plot to Force US Resident to China

Seven people, including two New York residents, have been indicted in connection with an alleged plot by the Chinese regime to coerce a dissident in the United States to return to China, the Justice Department (DOJ) announced on Oct. 20. An Quanzhong, 55, and his daughter An Guangyang, 34, of Roslyn, New York, were arrested on…


China Again Ranks as ‘The World’s Worst Environment for Internet Freedom’: Report

China has again been ranked as the world’s worst abuser of internet freedom by a rights advocacy group, which also reported the communist regime has long sought to push its repressive model abroad. “For the eighth consecutive year, China remained the world’s worst environment for internet freedom,” Freedom House said in its latest report published…


Majority of Americans Consider China’s Military a Problem, Want Better Relations With Taiwan: Survey

Most Americans consider China’s military to be a serious problem for the United States and believe that the nation should continue relations with Taiwan regardless of China’s objections, according to a new poll. Some 86 percent of Americans said that they consider China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), to be a problem, with 50…


CCP States It Will Continue Opening Up During Party Congress, But Experts Skeptical

Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities stated during the party congress that China would open up more in the future. However, experts have expressed skepticism. On Oct. 17, Zhao Chenxin, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of the regime, said at a press conference that it’s a misconception that China would be…