Category: Special Topics

Taiwan Believes China Won’t Shift Australia on Trade Pact

May 31, 2023
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Taiwan’s Trade Minister John Deng has said he does not expect the Australian government, led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, will bow to pressure from Beijing to block Taipei’s bid to enter the newest and largest trading block in the Pacific region. The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is a free trade agreement…

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Foreign Interference Inquiry is Needed, Former Intelligence Execs Tell Committee

May 30, 2023
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Former senior intelligence executives in Canada’s two main collection agencies have come out against the key recommendation of the special rapporteur on foreign interference, telling MPs that a public inquiry needs to be held to restore confidence in the country’s institution. “I wish to see the government, and more particularly and respectfully, the prime minister,…

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The CCP Is Constructing a New World Media Order (Part 3 of 3)

May 30, 2023
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In the United States, it is hard to find Chinese-language media that are not influenced or controlled by the CCP. The growth of the CCP’s media network has been facilitated to a great extent by the widespread use of China’s WeChat messaging service within America’s Chinese language communities. Collectively, through controlling WeChat accounts, the CCP…

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Taiwan May Reactivate Nuclear Plants in Event of China Blockade: Official

May 30, 2023
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Taiwan plans to preserve its idle nuclear power plants in order to ensure their readiness for reactivation in case of an emergency, including a potential naval blockade by China, a lawmaker said on May 28. Vice President Lai Ching-te was responding to a question posed during the National Taiwan University forum about how the self-ruled…

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8 Chinese Firms in Taiwan Suspected of Stealing Technology, Talent Poaching

May 30, 2023
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Eight Chinese tech companies in Taiwan suspected of stealing technology and poaching local workers, particularly those with expertise in high-tech, have been raided by the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB). The MJIB sent 112 officers to conduct raids on the eight companies located in 25 locations from May 22 to May 25 and arrested 49…

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Beijing Exports Religious Suppression by Printing Propaganda in US Textbooks: Report

May 30, 2023
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The Chinese regime has exported its ultra-leftist suppression of religions to U.S. soil through defamatory materials in college textbooks, a new report has found. Titled “Surveillance, Slander, and Censorship,” the report released on May 25 by the New York-based Falun Dafa Information Center surveyed dozens of university campuses across the United States with a presence of Falun…

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AUKUS Subs Deal: Pentagon Seeks Congress Greenlight for Sub Transfer

May 29, 2023
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The Pentagon has requested Congress to greenlight the transfer of up to two nuclear power submarines to Australia. The legislative proposals (pdf), which were first submitted on May 2 and made available online on May 23, come as U.S. defence officials argue that while the transfer may have a short-term effect, the transfer would allow…

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Land-Use Protester Escapes China for Fear of Being ‘Disappeared’

May 29, 2023
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A Chinese agriculturalist escaped his motherland after realizing local authorities could make him “disappear” at any moment after depriving him of his right to reclaim land—and using hired thugs to put him heavily in debt. “There’s no law in China,” he told the Chinese-language edition of The Epoch Times on May 4. He Yu, a…

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China-Led Lunar Research Organization Enables It to Obstruct US Operations on the Moon: Expert

May 29, 2023
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The China-led International Lunar Research Station organization (ILRS) enables the country to obstruct the United States and its allies’ operation on the moon, according to Rick Fisher, senior fellow with the International Assessment and Strategy Center. Fisher referred to an April 25 report by China’s state-owned media Global Times on China’s announcement of the building…

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The CCP Is Constructing a New World Media Order (Part 2 of 3)

May 29, 2023
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Over the past decade, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been using multiple media channels to influence and manipulate Chinese communities in America. The CCP has expanded its communication channels with streaming television over the internet, and social media and messaging with WeChat. CCP leader Xi Jinping has spoken about China’s media convergence strategies on…

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