Category: Analysis

Chinese Tech Giant Huawei Attacked Aussie and US Networks in 2012

December 20, 2021
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News Analysis Australia discovered Huawei’s cyber spying in about 2012 and informed the United States, according to a new Bloomberg News investigation. The Aussie discovery started a long process of investigating and finding Huawei hacks in other countries. The result: a too-quiet information campaign against the company’s attempts to monopolize the world’s wireless networks, from…

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Hong Kong’s Slide Into Darkness

December 19, 2021
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Commentary Hong Kong tastes the bitter fruit of China’s “whole-process people’s democracy.” The transition of Hong Kong’s democracy into a Chinese-run nightmare is painful to watch. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) is in the midst of being completely absorbed into communist China’s political system—despite the promises made by Beijing in 1997 that the…

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China’s Chip Sector Meets Headwinds While CCP Is Mistrustful of Executives From Taiwan

December 19, 2021
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News Analysis The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) would not have likely secured its self-reliance in chipmaking without support from Taiwanese professionals, amid U.S.–China tech tensions. However, the recent exit of three influential Taiwanese executives from China’s largest chipmaker or its board of directors highlights a reality—that Beijing does not trust them and deems them as…

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The Real Reason China Wants Tibet

December 16, 2021
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Commentary As I write this, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is committing cultural genocide in Tibet. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has demanded a “new modern socialist” Tibet, as well as the “sinicization” of the Tibetan people. To ensure mass compliance, the CCP has implemented a string of new policies in the supposedly autonomous region. In Tibet,…

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Defense Diplomacy: Beijing’s New Weapon for Expanding Its Influence in Latin America

December 16, 2021
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News Analysis Defense diplomacy is Beijing’s stealthy move to expand its soft power through arms sales and military education—for both autocratic states and democratic allies of the United States—in the Americas. The Chinese regime is giving arms, loans, and investment to Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), in exchange for mineral resources and political allegiance….

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China’s Olympic ‘Glory’ Slips on Diplomatic Boycotts

December 15, 2021
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News Analysis The Winter Olympic Games in Beijing is fast approaching. The issue of Beijing’s triple genocide, mixed with diplomatic snubs and corporate omerta, are the order of the day. In response to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) atrocious human rights abuse, the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, and now Japan, are imposing…

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US Funds and Technology Fuel China’s Advanced Weapons Systems

December 15, 2021
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News Analysis China has been able to accelerate the technological capabilities of its military, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), by stealing U.S. technology, accessing U.S. capital markets, and courting American investors. The U.S. defense community has been very concerned over the PLA’s recent test of hypersonic missiles. These technologically advanced weapons have capabilities, making them…

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Taiwanese Lab Leak Sharpens Debate on Pandemic Origin

December 14, 2021
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News Analysis On Dec 9, 2021, Taiwan announced that a researcher working in a Biosafety-level 3 (BSL-3) laboratory in Taipei had tested positive for the Delta variant of COVID-19 “while experimenting on the virus in the lab.” Chen Shih-chung, the head of Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) confirmed that the female researcher had tested…

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China Expands Its Influence in South Asia

December 14, 2021
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News Analysis China’s main adversary in South Asia is India. Beijing is focused like a laser beam on reducing New Delhi’s influence in the region. The two countries have fought several recent military skirmishes and also a border war in 1962 over disputed territory in the Himalayan Mountains and the Seven Sister States of northeast…

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Chinese Synthetic Narcotics Networks in Post-NATO Afghanistan

December 14, 2021
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News Analysis In recent years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has directly supported, facilitated, and has exerted strategic control over the development of the Chinese pharmaceutical industry, a substantial portion of which is centered in Wuhan city. The CCP has had the overt intention for China to become “the pharmacy of the world” with leading…

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