Category: United Front Work Department (UFWD)

GOP Senators Urge Feds to Probe CCP ‘Service Centers’ Operating in US

July 11, 2023
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Republican senators have requested the Justice Department and FBI provide information about seven newly-identified Chinese Communist Party (CCP) outposts operating on U.S. soil. The outposts, called Overseas Chinese Service Centers (OCSC), are run by the CCP’s United Front department, a powerful agency that works to advance the regime’s interests abroad, including by carrying out foreign influence…

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Chinese Police Set up Overseas ‘Service Stations’ Including in UK and Ireland

September 13, 2022
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A Chinese police bureau has set up dozens of “service stations” overseas, including three in the UK and one in Ireland, according to a new report. The report, published on Monday by human rights NGO Safeguard Defenders (pdf), says that the stations, dubbed “110 Overseas” after the national police emergency phone number, are part of a programme…

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Does the Biden Administration Emulate the Chinese Communist Party’s Methods?

July 22, 2022
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Commentary In its hybrid war against the United States, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been pursuing a number of intertwined goals aimed at world economic dominance in all spheres: trade, policy, legal, technology, etc. For it is economic dominance that undergirds geopolitical and military dominance, as well as its penultimate goal: world leadership in…

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Vancouver Police Looking Into Organized Crime Connections in Murder of 2 Chinese Women

April 29, 2022
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Vancouver police are looking into organized crime connections in relation to the murder of two Chinese women, one of whom was a leader of a pro-Beijing group with deep ties to China’s United Front Work Department (UFWD). On the morning of Feb. 20, Wu Shumin, a 50-year-old businesswoman from China’s Fujian Province, was found dead…

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Australian Opposition Party Affirms US Alliance, Notes Taiwan Policy

March 16, 2022
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Australia’s opposition defence spokesperson Brendan O’Connor has affirmed Labor’s commitment to the country’s United States alliance and outlined some of Labor’s key national security priorities if elected to government in May. “The bond between the United States and Australia cannot be overstated. It is a connection formed through our shared beliefs, aspirations and democratic values,”…

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Federal Court Affirms China’s Overseas Agency in Canada Engaged in Espionage

February 23, 2022
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A federal court judge has affirmed that an overseas agency of China is involved in acts of espionage that go against Canada’s interests. In a ruling on Jan. 19, Justice Vanessa Rochester wrote that there are enough grounds to believe that the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office (OCAO) has engaged in espionage activities that are “contrary…

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Chinese Spy Agency Silences UK University Debates: Lawmaker

February 11, 2022
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A Chinese spy agency has managed to silence debates in British universities, a senior Conservative lawmaker has warned. Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, told the House of Commons on Feb. 10 that China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS), the communist regime’s main intelligence agency, has been working to erode freedoms in UK…

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Espionage Is a Fundamental Engine Behind China’s Economic Growth

October 19, 2021
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News Analysis The Chinese economy has benefited from decades of purposeful economic espionage focused on acquiring Western technology, intellectual property, and general economic know-how. Communist China’s long-term economic strategy is aimed at replacing the U.S.-dominated post-World War II order, which was established by the United Nations and the Bretton Woods international monetary framework, with an…

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