Tag: International Relations

UK Minister Promises ‘Diplomatic Consequences’ If Chinese Consulate Doesn’t Waive Immunity

October 20, 2022
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Chinese Diplomats at the Consulate General in Manchester will be prosecuted or face “diplomatic consequences” if police find they have committed crimes when beating a protester, a British minister said on Thursday. During an urgent question session in Parliament on Thursday, some lawmakers urged the government to immediately declare Consul General Zheng Xiyuan persona non…

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Australian Federal Police’s Relationship With Beijing ‘Must Be Re-Assessed’: Expert

October 20, 2022
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Concerns have been raised about the close relationship between the Australian Federal Police and Chinese law enforcement after reports revealed a secret Beijing-backed overseas police station was located in Sydney, Australia. The police “service station” was established in 2018 by the Public Security Bureau of Wenzhou City in China, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) reported on…

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Chinese Diplomat Admits to Pulling Protester’s Hair in UK

October 19, 2022
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A senior Chinese diplomat on Wednesday admitted that he had pulled the hair of a protester who was then beaten at the Consulate General in Manchester. Consul General Zheng Xiyuan told Sky News that it was his “duty” because the protester had insulted his country and his leader. He also claimed that a man had…

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Chinese Diplomat Admits to Pulling Protester’s Hair

October 19, 2022
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A senior Chinese diplomat on Wednesday admitted that he had pulled the hair of a protester who was then beaten at the Consulate General in Manchester. Consul General Zheng Xiyuan told Sky News that it was his “duty” because the protester had insulted his country and his leader. He also claimed that a man had…

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German Foreign Minister Urges Caution Toward Communist China

October 19, 2022
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Germany must avoid repeating with China the mistakes that it made in its relationship with Russia over recent years, the German foreign minister said on Oct. 18. “We must first of all learn from the mistakes of our Russia policy of recent decades,” Annalena Baerbock said at a foreign policy forum in Berlin organized by…

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Biden Administration’s Semiconductor Export Controls Face Mounting Hurdles

October 19, 2022
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The Biden administration’s recent move to limit semiconductor exports to China is facing several hurdles that could negatively impact the effort and place additional strain on international supply chains. The administration issued sweeping new export controls on Oct. 7 in an effort to hamstring the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) military modernization. Among those rules is a…

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China’s Military Advantage Over US in Indo-Pacific Is ‘Alarming’: Defense Expert

October 19, 2022
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China’s military maintains a sizeable advantage over the United States in the Indo-Pacific theater, according to one defense expert. Dakota Wood, a senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation, said that China’s military dwarfed that of the United States and would have the advantage of numerous land-based systems in a conflict. “Numerically, it’s very concerning,”…

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CCP Views US as Enemy, Not Competitor: Former Telecom Executive

October 18, 2022
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China’s ruling communist regime considers the United States to be more of an outright enemy than an economic competitor, according to one former telecommunications executive. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its leader Xi Jinping believe that the United States is an adversary of China and are pursuing policies accordingly, said Jon Pelson, former chief…

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UK Extends 2 Deadlines for Huawei 5G Kit Removal to Avoid Network Instability

October 18, 2022
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The UK government has extended two deadlines for the removal of Huawei equipment from Britain’s 5G networks to avoid disruptions to telecommunications services. The requirement to remove the Chinese firm’s products from the network core has been pushed back to Dec. 31, 2023, 11 months later than originally stipulated. Also, British telecom operators must limit…

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Soros, Thornton, Hawke: New Book Details How Beijing Manipulated Western Elites

October 18, 2022
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Beijing’s highly secretive Ministry of State Security (MSS) leveraged and manipulated leading Western political and business elites to deepen the Chinese Communist Party’s influence around the world, according to a new book by Alex Joske, an expert on Chinese foreign interference. The early pages of “Spies and Lies: How China’s Greatest Covert Operations Fooled the World”…

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