Canadian politicians and China experts have offered their observations on Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s confrontation with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the G-20 summit on Nov. 16, when Xi told Trudeau that he shouldn’t have “leaked” details of their conversation to the media the day before. “In exchanges like this, body language is extremely important,”…
China Experts, Canadian Politicians Weigh In on Xi’s Confrontation With Trudeau
China, Russia, and Iran Are ‘Not Squeamish About Tactics,’ MI5 Chief Warns
The Director General of Britain’s internal intelligence service, MI5, Ken McCallum, has said the country faces in Russia, China, and Iran “adversaries who have massive scale and are not squeamish about the tactics they deploy.” On the eve of the World Cup in Qatar, McCallum used a series of football analogies, saying Russia “thinks nothing of…
China Leading US in Race to Hypersonic Dominance: Analyst
News Analysis When news broke last year about a secret Chinese hypersonic missile test, the world was stunned. Pentagon officials appeared blindsided as news reported that a hypersonic missile had circled the earth and struck down towards a target. Lawmakers demanded that long-delayed military research be reinvigorated to counter the threat. The United States and…
US Military to Provide Funding for Canadian Mining Projects to Decouple From China
The U.S. military is looking to provide funds for Canadian mining projects that want American public funding through a national security program as Washington seeks to decouple from critical mineral reliance on China, a U.S. official said. Early this June, U.S. President Joe Biden invoked the Defense Production Act (DPA) to advance his clean energy and climate…
TikTok is a National Security Threat: FBI Director Wray
Social media giant TikTok presents a unique threat to U.S. national security due to its ties to communist China, according to FBI Director Christopher Wray. Speaking during a hearing of the House Homeland Security Committee, Wray said that TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, poses significant national security concerns to the United States….
US Must Increase Taiwan Military Spending to Counter China: Congressional Report
A top congressional advisory body recommends that the United States establish multiyear funding and other mechanisms to bolster Taiwan’s defenses against unprecedented aggression from communist China. The recommendation proposes establishing a joint planning mechanism and encouraging increases in Taiwan’s defense spending to ensure that the island is arming itself to the best of its ability….
Xi Jinping’s Recent Military Inspection a Sign of Urgent Aim to ‘Reunify’ Taiwan
Xi Jinping recently inspected the Central Military Commission’s (CMC) joint operations command center. Taiwanese experts believes that it is a sign of the regime’s desire to take over Taiwan. After the inspection on Nov.8, Xi made a speech to the troops in which he ordered the army to gear up for a fighting war. Just…
At Least 11 UK Police Forces Use Chinese Hikvision Cameras for Public Surveillance: Survey
At least 11 British police forces are using surveillance cameras made by Chinese state-controlled company Hikvision, a survey has found. Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Fraser Sampson on Monday published the initial analysis of a police survey, saying that almost a third of respondents confirmed they were using Hikvision cameras. Conor Healy, director of government research at security…
China Is ‘Biggest State-Based Threat’ to Britain’s Economic Security, Says Rishi Sunak
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has told journalists on his way to the G-20 summit in Indonesia that China poses the “biggest state-based threat to our economic security.” China’s leader and head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Xi Jinping, will be at the G-20 summit in Bali and Sunak said, “Hopefully I will have…
Hearing: China’s Zero-COVID Policy and Authoritarian Public Health Control
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China holds a hearing on “China’s Zero-COVID Policy and Authoritarian Public Health Control” on Nov. 15. This hearing will feature an analysis of China experts in public health, information control, and authoritarian politics to examine the zero-COVID policy and its implementation, and to pay tribute to Chinese citizens who have risked…
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