China Threatens Denmark for Huawei 5G Deal

According to Danish newspaper Berlingske, Chinese Ambassador FENG Tie threatened ministers from the Faroe Islands, a Danish semi-autonomous region, that a trade deal would be called off. That would hurt Faroese fishing exports unless Huawei was allowed to build the 5G network for the region. This contradicts the Huawei’s claim that it is a private company with no ties to the government of communist China. Huawei has denied any knowledge of the threats. In spite of warnings from the Danish Ministry of Defence that Huawei poses a security risk, the Faroese government still tries to proceed and even seeks a court injunction to keep secret of the deal with China.

#Huawei #ChinaThreat #kowtow #China

Source: The Register (11-Dec-2019)
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/11/china_threatened_denmark_huawei_5g_free_trade_deal/

China Harassing Uyghurs in Australia

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American ambassador to Australia Arthur Culvahouse revealed that, if Uighurs living in Australia say anything about how their community is being treated back home, fake police cars with Chinese police logos would be parked outside their homes as part of an intimidation campaign. This kind of harassment is meant to silence any criticism of the imprisonment of over a million Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in concentration camps in Xinjiang.

#Australia #ChinaThreat #China

Source: The New Daily (12Dec2019)
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/2019/12/12/china-harassing-uighurs-muslims-in-australia-us/

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China Recruit Volunteers to Promote Loyalty in Canada

The consulate-general of communist China is recruiting “consular liaison volunteers” in Vancouver. Being a consular volunteer is an “honor and a responsibility” and in keeping with the “watchful solidarity of the Chinese people,” says a recent posting on the consulate’s website. A senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and former counselor at the Canadian embassy in Beijing David Mulroney believes the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is enlisting Chinese citizens or even Chinese Canadians to monitor and promote targeted individuals’ loyalty to China. Pro-democracy groups have become concerned after high-ranking members of the Chinese Benevolent Association of Vancouver and the Canadian Community Service Association appeared in a group picture taken during an 11-day training symposium for recruits. Canadian Friends of Hong Kong believes the volunteer corps is part of CCP’s influence campaign to shape public opinions and interfere with Canadian legislation to defend CCP interests.

#ChinaInfluence #ChinaThreat

Source: National Post (19-Dec-2019)
https://bit.ly/2Q7defS

China’s ‘island chain’ plan: These islands define Beijing’s growing ambitions
#Newspaper #China

In order to become a global superpower, China has shown the world its ambitions by a series of ’five island chains’ plans, according to the analysis of the US Defence Intelligence Agency.

After achieving the “first island chain”, which includes the claims on the East and South China Seas; and following a rough ‘nine-dash line’ from Japan in the north, passing Taiwan and the Philippines down to Singapore and Malaysia, China is now preparing for its “second island chain”. It is believed that the “third, fourth, and fifth island chains” will be the next missions of China.

Beijing has been following the U.S.’ logic of projecting power over a region by building island bases and extensive artificial island fortresses in the South China Sea. The danger brought by these island chains and expansions would be a dramatic shift in regional power dynamics for the Asia-Pacific region.

Some countries are more worried than others on this issue - Australia, Singapore, and Japan are all doubting whether they could rely on their treaties and relationships with the U.S., the UK and Europe in the face of aggressive expansion from China.

#Xi #ChinaThreat #BeltandRoad
Source: The Advertiser (Feb-2019)
https://bit.ly/30q4ggV

Xi Jinping Signs Order for Military Training: Armed Forces to Improve Exercises, Ensure They Can Win in Any Possible War

Chairman Xi, who is general secretary of CCP Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, signed the first 2020 order, that listed priorities in the training of the People’s Liberation Army and the Armed Police Force.

All the priorities point towards enhancement of the troops’ combat preparedness and making a close observation on adversaries’ moves, so to ensure victory in any possible war.

The order instructed armed forces to stick to Xi’s thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics, and to uphold Xi’s military strategies in the new era. Specific instructions include further strengthening troops’ combat training, thorough research on enemies, operational goals and combat environment, more training for joint operations, strengthening the participation of civilians, and injection of more scientific and technical factors.

The order demands that initiatives and training must be focused on elements that lead to victory.

#Xi #ChinaThreat #BeltandRoad
ECNS (03-Jan)
http://www.ecns.cn/m/news/politics/2020-01-03/detail-ifzsiwze9785147.shtml

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(12 Jan) The U.S. worried Huawei’s involvement in global 5G networks and believes it constitutes a security risk that could allow the Chinese government to spy on U.S. assets and obtain highly classified U.S intelligence. A group of US government officials tried to lobby UK government to ban Huawei #5G technology. Other European nations have struggled to find a common stance regarding Huawei.

#PRCglobalespionage #ChinaThreat #Huawei #5G

Source: International Business Times
https://bit.ly/37lgR7L

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(13-Jan) Using Huawei technology in UK 5G networks would put transatlantic intelligence sharing at risk, senior US officials have warned British ministers. Despite the head of MI5 indicated that he saw “no reason to think” that using Huawei technology would threaten intelligence sharing with the US, his view was flatly contradicted by a senior member of the US lobby delegation to UK, who also warned that the Congress had made it clear they would evaluate the transAtlantic intelligence sharing if the green light is given to Huaiwei 5G in UK.

Source: The Guardian
https://bit.ly/30QsBNh

Further reading:
Huawei will be allowed to build parts of Britain’s 5G network
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/01/28/huawei-will-allowed-build-parts-britains-5g-network/

#Surveillance #WhiteTerror #Huawei #ChinaThreat #5G

#Newspaper

China could retaliate against Germany if Huawei is excluded from 5G network building

(06-Jan) The participation of Huawei in the construction of the 5G network has recently inflamed political debate in #Germany. The chairman of the Digital Agenda commission of the German Parliament, Manuel Hoferlin, has called on the government to ban Huawei from building 5G networks in the country.

But the Chinese Embassy in Germany Wang Weidong called on Germany to “set an example” and support global cooperation against protectionism. And China could opt to retaliate if the German government decides to exclude Huawei from the pool of firms building the 5G network.

Source: Telecompaper
https://bit.ly/381B2rE

#ChinaThreat #SharpPower #Huawei #5G

#Newspaper

U.S. Charges Chinese Military Officers in 2017 Equifax Hacking

(10-Feb) Hackers stole names, birth dates, and Social Security numbers of nearly 145 million Americans through an attack on Equifax in 2017.

The Justice Department announced charges on Monday against four members of China’s military on suspicion of hacking into Equifax to facilitate development of artificial intelligence tools. The FBI blamed China has “pioneered an expansive approach to stealing innovation. "


Full Article: New York Times
https://nyti.ms/2UQvm0j

#Cybersecurity #AI #ChinaThreat

#Newspaper

Taiwan Rejected by WHO. Taiwan Affairs Office: Pretext for Independence Won’t Work

(6 Feb) As the Wuhan coronavirus spreads across the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) finally declared the epidemic to be a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern” or PHEIC. In the meantime, Taiwan has been actively seeking to participate in the WHO meeting but has been rejected. Japan and Canada have successively voiced their support for Taiwan to participate as an observer. Taiwan Affairs Office, an administrative agency under mainland China, stated that Taiwan, as part of China, had no right to join the WHO. It also denounced the Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to “use the epidemic as a pretext to seek independence.”

The Taiwan Affairs Office today stated that, while the people of China are fighting the epidemic, the DPP and “Taiwan independence” groups are seizing the opportunity to agitate Taiwan’s participation in the WHO, in an attempt to take advantage of the epidemic and expand the so-called “international space.” He also said that the DPP insisted on “Taiwan independence” after being in power, refused to recognize the “1992 Consensus,” and constantly challenged the One-China Principle. These ideas destroyed the political basis for Taiwan’s participation in the WHO. And the responsibility lies entirely with the DPP. The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council has also emphasized that China cares about the health and well-being of Taiwan compatriots. China ensures that Taiwan has unimpeded access to public health incident information, and properly arranges Taiwan’s participation in global health affairs. Therefore, there is no obstacle to technical cooperation between Taiwan and the WHO.

Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council spokesman CHIU Chui-cheng later responded that the Chinese Communist Party’s exclusion of Taiwan experts from WHO’s coronavirus emergency meeting deprived rights and interests of 23 million Taiwanese. The pretension that proper arrangements had been made for Taiwan, which was completely inconsistent with the facts, could lead to a global vaccination gap and public health risks. Chiu pointed out that Taiwan had long advocated its participation in the WHO, but has been repeatedly and unreasonably suppressed by China. He emphasized that Taiwan is a sovereign state, that Taiwan has never been a part of the People’s Republic of China, and that the Chinese Communist regime cannot represent Taiwan. Chiu also pointed out that the WHO is a non-political organization pursuing the highest level of human health and should not just cater to Beijing’s political will.

Source: Standard News (06-Feb)
http://bit.ly/2Uu2E4Z

Further reading:
U.S. clashes with China over Taiwan's place at the WHO table
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/16844
Trump Seeks to Halve U.S. Funding for WHO as Coronavirus Rages
https://bit.ly/2SBsjWL

#Taiwan #WHO #ChinaThreat
#CoronavirusOutbreak

Danish authorities have defended the erection of a statue outside the parliament in Copenhagen depicting Hong Kong protesters, despite complaints from Chinese officials

Officials from the Chinese Embassy in Denmark had attempted to pressure authorities into removing the statue, warning that it would damage relations between the two countries, offend Chinese tourists and pose a security risk as a “potential site of conflict.”

They even warned “the pace of the Chinese nation’s great rejuvenation is unstoppable. The conspiracy of a few people and anti-China organisation in Denmark is doomed to fail, " after the Copenhagen authorities said the artwork complied with health and safety regulations.

Artist Jens Galschiøt, Danish parliament member and an US Ambassador to Denmark said it was unprecedented and absurd to call for the removal of political artwork.

HK Free Press (11-Feb)
https://bit.ly/3brD8n7

#GlobalSupport #FreedomOfSpeech #WithChineseCharacteristics #ChinaThreat

Read: Pillar of Shame Honoring Hong Kong Protesters
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/15725

Pelosi warns US allies: 'Don't go near Huawei'

#newspaper

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday warned nations against doing business with Chinese telecom giant Huawei and called on other nations to work with the U.S. as the globe races to develop 5G networks.

“This is the most insidious form of aggression, to have that line of communication, 5G, dominated by an autocratic government that does not share our values,” Pelosi told an audience at the Munich Security Conference.

“If you want to build a collective conscience of values and respect for human rights and the rest, don’t go near Huawei and instead, let’s internationalize and build something together that will be about freedom of information. ”

“I’ve been tracking China for 30 years on trade, intellectual property and the rest of it, and I tell you unequivocally, without any hesitation: Be very careful ... unless you want to end up with a society like China or an economy like China, which is not in the free enterprise mode,” she added.

Pelosi’s hard stance against Huawei represents one of her few areas of agreement with President Donald Trump. Her comments come as the Trump administration works to isolate Huawei from developing a larger foothold in U.S. partner countries.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/14/pelosi-warns-us-allies-dont-go-near-huawei.html

Further reading:
Huawei will be allowed to build parts of Britain’s 5G network
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/01/28/huawei-will-allowed-build-parts-britains-5g-network/

#ChinaThreat #Huawei #GlobalEspionage #5G

#OpinionArticle #ChipTsao

How to play this poker game

(15 Mar) The Wuhan pneumonia is globalized. Even the epidemic may subside when warm weather returns, the world will still be disconnected with China and enter an era of "Post Made in China".

It is not the epidemic that is scary, but the habit of how the Chinese government and the Chinese conceal and lie about everything. The Chinese government and its people think they are always right - all faults are on the U.S. side which is the leader of the West. The world has experienced this, and the global pandemic has been confirmed and declared. Where will all the people, except the Chinese, go? This is a very serious problem.

Continue reading:
https://telegra.ph/How-to-play-this-poker-game-03-22

Image: 地瓜熊老六
Source: Apple Daily
https://bit.ly/2U8Ln0K

#Coronavirus #Mulan #ChinaThreat #VirusOrigin

#LettersToEditor #TheGuardian

Letter to Ms Boseley, The Guardian

Editor’s note: This is a letter from a subscriber of our channel.

Dear Ms Boseley,

I would like to provide some feedback on your article "Test and trace: lessons from Hong Kong on avoiding a coronavirus lockdown" published on 17 April 2020.

There is nothing you can learn from Hong Kong unless you want your country to degenerate into a failed state. The reasons why we could cope with the coronavirus better than other places are simply that (1) Hongkongers have lost all trust and confidence in our government; (2) we know by instinct that Chinese figures are fake. We know in our hearts that the Hong Kong government is ignorant, incompetent and totally untrustworthy, that it has been blind and deaf for many months, that it would never put the interests of Hongkongers in any priority. To survive, we must rely on ourselves solely.

The terrible experience of SARS in 2003 definitely helps raise the awareness of personal and public hygiene. You are quite right to point it out. When we heard about the outbreak in China in late January, we knew instantly what we needed and which items of personal protective equipment (PPE) were the most essential. Everyone rushed to buy face masks and alcohol hand gel between late January and the entire February. And I must remind you that WHO said wearing masks had little to no effect in preventing the coronavirus infection. Ordinary Hongkongers have done all we can to find PPE from Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, India, North America, South America and the whole Europe.

I need to emphasise it is "ordinary Hongkongers" because our government has never assisted the people of Hong Kong to acquire any PPE. Frontline health workers repeatedly said they did not have sufficient masks (doctors and nurses had to reuse their masks all day long). It was "ordinary Hongkongers", many of whom donated a few boxes each time to the medics. When we learnt that elderly people and low-income families could not afford to buy masks as prices went up more than 10 times, residents and shop owners in the neighbourhoods volunteered to provide free resources, such as masks, gloves, alcohol, liquid bleach, etc. In the time of coronavirus we have created an economy and a culture of mutual self-help. The solidarity of Hongkongers, the spirit and willingness to fight for the benefits of our fellows (by acquiring PPE from around the world and sharing it with others), the determination and sense of urgency to protect this place that is our home, these have nothing to do with WHO guidelines.

Continue reading:
https://telegra.ph/Letter-to-Ms-Boseley-The-Guardian-04-22

#SelfHelp #HongKong #Epidemic #Coronavirus #MedicalStaffStrike #TravelBan #WHO #Taiwan #ChinaThreat #ChinesePropaganda

#Analysis
Geopolitics Unmasked: How COVID-19 became China’s Chernobyl

(30 Mar) Chinese diplomacy often uses giving plums in exchange for peaches. Today the CCP offers European countries plums in the form of masks, but at the same time, Xi Jinping has a well-prepared plan of how and when to ask for peaches for alleged help in the epidemic. Some may be told that since Beijing offered gifts, it is now time for Huawei to build a 5G network. The others may be asked to provide access to their wealth or to use the Chinese Yuan in the trade so that the currency will play a greater role in world transactions and replace the dollar. This alleged aid, without identifying China as responsible for the worldwide spread of the pandemic and agreeing to the CCP propaganda presenting China not as the source of the crisis, but as a solution to this crisis in other countries of the world, in the future, may translate into economic and political dependence of other countries and is simply a fraud.

Full Article: The Warsaw Institute Review
https://bit.ly/3bzJu3o

#ChinaInfluence #ChinaExpansionism #ChinaThreat #SharpPower #CCP #5G #Mask #Huawei #ChinesePropaganda #Pandemic

#Newspaper

Chinese dams along upper Mekong are behind serious droughts in Southeast Asian Countries, study says

While China claimed to be suffering from equally arid conditions in response to one of the worst droughts that was happening in Southeast Asian countries, new research from American climatologists show that Beijing’s engineers appear to have directly caused the record low levels of water in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam while securing their own supplies. The report has been creating a lot of noise as the hashtag #StopMekongDam trends on twitter.

Alan Basist, one of the co-writers of the report, remarked that while countries like Cambodia and Thailand were suffering from serious droughts, there was plenty of water near the Tibetan Plateau, suggesting that a huge volume of water was being held back in China. The report also suggested that China’s dams might have held back more than 410 feet of river height based on data collected over the course of 28 years.

While China, with growing geopolitical power, has always claimed that they value win-win relationships with other nations, a backlash is currently growing among Southeast Asian countries. In this particular case concerning water supply, while China did propose development plans that allegedly will benefit Southeast Asian countries, Beijing has control of the upstream Mekong, which provides as much as 70% of water to downstream nations in the dry season, leading to speculations that China is simply another “imperial power” that seeks to control natural resources regardless of needs of the local populace.

The Chinese section of the river is currently punctuated by 11 major dams, providing more power that is needed by the region as well as blocking a large proportion of sediment that should have flowed to the river’s mouth in Vietnam. Conservationists worry that such actions will “kill the river” while China’s participation in regional groups dedicated to the river’s health remain minimal.

Full Articles: The New York Times, Reuters, (Apr 2020)
https://nyti.ms/3dtbAOl
https://reut.rs/2LdOnnf
https://reut.rs/2WfeuAs

#StopMekongDam #ChinaThreat #drought #Thailand #Laos #Cambodia #Vietnam

Petition to Stop China to build dam on the upstream Mekong River

(16 Apr) According to new research from American climatologists, China, where the headwaters of the Mekong spring forth from the Tibetan Plateau, was not experiencing the same hardship at all. Instead, Beijing's engineers appeared to have directly caused the record low water levels by limiting the river's flow. This has caused droughts in Southeast Asian Countries and therefore a petition is created for this issue. Currently more than 67000 signatures are received.

#StopMekongDam #Petition #drought #Thailand #Laos #Cambodia #Vietnam #ChinaThreat

Further reading:
Chinese dams along upper Mekong are behind serious droughts in Southeast Asian Countries, study says
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20588

Source: Petition White House

#Newspaper

Containing China Will Be Complicated
Expect Beijing to grow more assertive as the West rethinks its economic attachments after the coronavirus

//The Covid-19 pandemic has convinced many that the U.S. must fundamentally change its policy toward China ...the pandemic’s political and economic effects are bringing about a more assertive Chinese grand strategy...China has grown rich and strong with the West’s permission. China’s rise has been welcomed rather than balanced, let alone contained.

In the postpandemic world...
Beijing will now see a need for action to ensure continued economic growth, which underpins the Communist Party’s legitimacy and underwrites China’s bid for regional hegemony.

This is a consequential moment and China’s leaders have critical choices to make. History is replete with examples of rising powers that grew more aggressive after losing the ability to glide to dominance.

...The signs are ominous that China may choose a similar path (A newly unified.Germany in the early 20th century) today.

...The best way for an established power like the U.S. to meet a challenge from a rising, ambitious state like China is to demonstrate as quickly as possible the inadvisability of doing what Germany did.

...This means jettisoning the old policy of hoping growth and enmeshment will turn China into a country that plays by established rules. Rather, the U.S. should align with countries that share its interests in Asia, Europe and beyond.

...The U.S. must reduce its economic exposure to China by addressing the vulnerabilities that have accumulated in important U.S. industries, artificial intelligence and the defense supply chain. But America can’t go it alone.

...One is the development of a stronger force posture in the Western Pacific to dissuade Chinese aggression toward Taiwan or other U.S. allies. This requires a credible forward defense, as outlined in the National Defense Strategy, built on the ability of countries like Japan, Australia, Taiwan, India, and Vietnam to blunt any Chinese aggression.

...Ultimately, Europeans need to be able to handle more of their own defense—with abiding American support—while Washington turns its attention to the Pacific. An expanded commitment to free trade among free countries will make the turn away from China-heavy supply chains an easier adjustment and ensure the West remains competitive in emerging technologies like artificial intelligence.

...Prioritizing the central threat posed by China means America’s postpandemic grand strategy will need to be attuned to opportunities for downshift or détente elsewhere. In the Middle East, an economy-of-force strategy should be implemented featuring a lighter, smaller and cheaper U.S. military footprint.

...The U.S. and its allies can’t protect their interests without confronting China. But confrontation will change Beijing’s incentives, making it more likely to assert itself sooner rather than later. Great-power competition may have lain dormant during the era of unfettered globalization, but the pandemic has brought it roaring back.

...The West must recognize that it will either pay now or pay later to contain China. Paying now is likely to produce a more tolerable bill.//

Source: The Wall Street Jounal, (07-May)

#China #Coronavirus #US #ChinaThreat #Foreignpolicy #InternationRelations