Tag: International Relations

Chinese Firm Blocked From Accessing Key Information About UK’s Power Grid

The UK government has blocked a Chinese firm from accessing sensitive information about Britain’s power grid, as concerns grow about Beijing’s involvement in critical infrastructure in the West. Redrock Investment Limited, a subsidiary of China’s state-owned State Development & Investment Corporation (SDIC), is set to obtain a 35 percent stake in Electricity North West (ENW),…


UK Groups Jointly Urge Liz Truss to Hark Human Rights Concerns, Sanction CCP Officials and Publicly Stand Against CCP

On the eve of the 73rd anniversary National Day in Communist China, a total of nine British human rights organizations, including Hongkongers in Britain, Global Alliance for Tibet and Persecuted Minorities, and Stop Uyghur Genocide, wrote to the new British Prime Minister Liz Truss. The organizations urged the British government to pay heed to the threats…


TikTok Is ‘Everything That You Do Not Want in a Modern Democracy’: Tech Expert

Social media giant TikTok and its nebulous connections to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) present a threat to U.S. national security, according to one expert. Geoffrey Cain, an independent investigative journalist and author of a book on the CCP’s efforts to build a totalitarian surveillance state, believes that TikTok’s troubled emergence, shadowy corporate structure, and…


Republicans Probe Whether China Quarantined US Diplomats to Steal Intelligence, Demand Investigation

Two Republican Congressmen requested that the State Department preserve documents linked to the forced quarantine of more than a dozen U.S. diplomats in China, citing concerns that the communist regime may have pressured them into surrendering intelligence. The Sep. 29 letter (pdf), which was addressed to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and signed by Reps….


Australians View the Chinese Regime Negatively but Not the Chinese People: Survey

According to Pew Research Center, despite the worsening relations between Australia and China, most Australians hold negative views toward the Chinese regime rather than its people. The survey report released on Sept. 26 asked Australians to describe—in their own words—the first thing that comes to mind when they think of China. The researchers analyzed the…


China Investing in Military Capabilities to Topple US Defenses: Air Force Secretary

China’s communist regime is the leading threat to the United States and is operating with the intent of displacing the United States as a global superpower, according to a senior Pentagon official. “The reason I came back into government, more than any other by far, is my concern about China’s military modernization program,” said Secretary…


Biden Administration Announces New Strategy for Pacific Islands Amid Rising Chinese Influence

The Biden administration on Sept. 29 released a strategic framework for the Pacific Islands, the first-ever document of its kind. The move came amid heightened actions by the Chinese regime to bring the region under its influence. The White House said in a statement that the Pacific Partnership Strategy (pdf) would help to increase engagement…


Chinese State-Run Media Disapproves of Italy’s Newly Elected Meloni

The coalition led by the Brothers of Italy won Italy’s general election on Sept. 25. The party’s leader Giorgia Meloni will become the country’s first female prime minister. The Chinese communist regime and its official media reacted to Meloni’s victory with a warning and negative prediction, as Meloni has expressed strong support for Taiwan and…


Advanced Economies Have ‘No Confidence’ in China’s Xi Jinping: Global Survey

Public opinion of China has plummeted among the world’s most advanced economies under the reign of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping. A new global survey by the Pew Research Center found that the opinions of large majorities in the world’s developed nations had turned “precipitously more negative” regarding China due to the leadership…


Former Fox VP Blasts China Metaverse: CCP ‘Is Not Our Friend’

A former Fox News executive has condemned the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) efforts to steal American technologies and warned that the regime seeks to use the metaverse to further its authoritarian control of society. Former Fox News Executive Vice President John Moody said that the United States and the CCP are in a bitter race…