Commentary With growing evidence of communist China’s expanding intelligence operations against the United States, this may be a good time to learn something about Beijing’s military intelligence agency that is planning and directing those activities—the People’s Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLASSF). Established in December 2015 as one of the first steps in Chinese leader…
China’s Expanding Web of Overseas Bases
Commentary In the early 2010s, China started building a constellation of artificial islands in the Spratly Islands. At the time, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership promised not to militarize these islands. That turned out to be a lie, and several islands were subsequently constructed with airstrips and harbors capable of accepting military aircraft and…
Biden Spokesman Calls Chinese Land Buys Near Military Bases ‘Homeownership Issue’
White House spokesman John Kirby dismissed questions about foreign land buys close to U.S. military bases and potentially tied to the Chinese Communist Party, calling it a “homeownership issue.” Kirby, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications, came to the question during a daily briefing Tuesday, about Chinese entities “buying up U.S. real estate” including…
China Buys American Land Near Military Base
The Chinese Communist Party is buying up farmland in North Dakota. But there’s a problem: the land is near a military base. And lawmakers are voicing concerns. Huawei is reportedly caught sniffing around U.S. nuclear sites. The Chinese telecom giant has been installing its gear close to the facilities. With it, the FBI says the…
China Revives African Belt and Road Initiative Story, Acts as ‘Colonial Empire’
State media in China republished a story from 2 years ago about a Chinese man who was given the title of a tribal chief in one African country. The story sparked concerns over the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)—the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) global infrastructure development strategy—being applied as a part of its expansion into…
Person Shot and Killed by US Military Base Guards in San Diego
A person who was suspected of being armed with a knife was shot and killed on Friday at the entrance to San Diego’s Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) by military base personnel, according to local reports. The San Diego Police Department said it was called just after midday notifying that a military base guard opened fire…
Rockets Hit Iraqi Military Base, Security Officials Say
TIKRIT, Iraq—At least five rockets hit the Iraqi military air base of Balad north of Baghdad on Monday, without causing casualties, Iraqi security officials said. The officials said two more rockets fell outside the base at a rural area without causing casualties. No group immediately claimed the attack, but armed groups that some Iraqi officials…
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