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…
Chinese Tech Giant Huawei Attacked Aussie and US Networks in 2012
Huawei Bypassing US Sanctions by Collaborating With Chinese Smartphone Partners
Chinese telecom firm Huawei has turned to partnerships with Chinese companies to bypass U.S. sanctions that have crippled Huawei’s smartphone business. Once briefly the top smartphone maker in the world, Huawei has been in survival mode since Washington slapped sanctions on the company more than two years ago. The Trump administration said the firm posed…
Liberals’ Decision on Huawei Still Pending, While Reports Mount on Telecom Giant’s Alleged Spying Activities
News Analysis It’s been more than two months since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government will announce “in the coming weeks” its decision on whether to ban Chinese telecom giant Huawei from Canada’s 5G network. But as Ottawa drags its feet on a decision, reports on Huawei’s alleged espionage activities continue to mount. Margaret McCuaig-Johnston,…
US Blacklist Dozens of Chinese Biotech Firms That Aid Military, Including for ‘Brain-Control Weaponry’
The U.S. Commerce Department has slapped trade restrictions on dozens of Chinese entities over their role in weaponizing biotechnology and other U.S. innovations to bolster the Chinese military and further its human rights abuses. Among the 34 Chinese entities targeted is the Academy of Military Medical Sciences, China’s top medical research institute run by the…
US Blacklists Dozens of Chinese Biotech Firms That Aid Military, Including for ‘Brain-Control Weaponry’
The United States on Dec. 16 slapped trade and investment restrictions on dozens of Chinese entities over their role in weaponizing biotechnology and other U.S. innovations to bolster the Chinese military and to further its human rights abuses. Among the 34 Chinese entities targeted was the Academy of Military Medical Sciences—China’s top medical research institute…
New Evidence: Huawei’s Spy Role for China; Evaluating Biden’s Summit for Democracy With Bill Stanton
We take a look with Bill Stanton, director of the Center for Asia Policy at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan, at the Summit for Democracy hosted by President Joe Biden. Did it achieve the intended purpose? China is angry over the invitation of Taiwan and is trying to discredit the United States’ democratic systems. And…
Liberal MPs Push Back Against Tory Motion Calling for Huawei Decision
Liberal MPs pushed back against a motion calling on the public safety minister to set a date before the Christmas break for the government to announce its long-delayed decision on whether to ban Huawei from Canada’s 5G infrastructure. The motion was introduced by Tory MP Raquel Dancho during a meeting of the Liberal-dominated Standing Committee…
Perhaps It’s Time to Send China’s Envoys in Canada Packing
Commentary In 2012, Stephen Harper’s Conservative government closed the Iranian embassy and sent its diplomats home. The decision came about due to the government realizing the hopelessness of pursuing any sort of productive relationship with the regime in Tehran. Calling Iran the “most significant threat to world peace,” the government cited the regime’s support for…
It’s Time to Send China’s Envoys in Canada Packing
Commentary In 2012, Stephen Harper’s Conservative government closed the Iranian embassy and sent its diplomats home. The decision came about due to the government realizing the hopelessness of pursuing any sort of productive relationship with the regime in Tehran. Calling Iran the “most significant threat to world peace,” the government cited the regime’s support for…
China the ‘Greatest Threat’ to Democracy: New US Ambassador
It’s crucial that Ottawa and Washington present a united front to challenge Beijing’s global push to expand its military, economic, and authoritarian influence, says David Cohen, the newly appointed U.S. ambassador to Canada. “I think for both Canada and the United States, and you could argue for every democracy in the world, China is our…
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