China bans Australian academics from entering country
Academics Clive Hamilton, a professor of public ethics at Charles Sturt University in Canberra, and Alex Joske, an analyst with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (#ASPI) have been critical of China. They worked together on a book about China's political interference in Australia.
While both of them have no plan in visiting China nor applied any visa, China has banned their entry in an apparent tit-for-tat following Australia's decision to cancel the visas of two Chinese academics.
Chinese Government usually doesn't publicise who is on the blacklist. This explicit action aimed to cause a chilling effect on the academicians who need to travel to China for work or research.
#China #Australia #TravelBan #Academic
Source: ABC news #Sep24
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.abc.net.au/article/12698410
Academics Clive Hamilton, a professor of public ethics at Charles Sturt University in Canberra, and Alex Joske, an analyst with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (#ASPI) have been critical of China. They worked together on a book about China's political interference in Australia.
While both of them have no plan in visiting China nor applied any visa, China has banned their entry in an apparent tit-for-tat following Australia's decision to cancel the visas of two Chinese academics.
Chinese Government usually doesn't publicise who is on the blacklist. This explicit action aimed to cause a chilling effect on the academicians who need to travel to China for work or research.
#China #Australia #TravelBan #Academic
Source: ABC news #Sep24
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.abc.net.au/article/12698410
380 Detention Camps Newly Built or Expanded in Xinjiang Since 2017, Says Australian Study
An investigation by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has shown that China had built nearly 400 detention camps in Xinjiang since 2017.
The ASPI discovered that since 2017, approximately 380 detention camps believed to be used to imprison Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities had been newly built or expanded in western China. The institute divided them into four categories:
• Tier 1: minimum-security re-education camps (around 108)
• Tier 2: slightly higher-security re-education camps, mostly connected to factory and warehouse (around 94)
• Tier 3: moderate-security detention centres (around 72)
• Tier 4: high-security prisons (around 107)
Investigator Nathan Ruser said while Chinese officials claimed that the detainees would be released from the camps, the authorities were still investing in new detention facilities between 2019 and 2020. The investigation report noted that at least 61 detention camps were newly built or expanded between July 2019 and July 2020. 14 of them are still under construction.
Ruser further pointed out that about half of the expanded or newly built camps are high-security prisons, meaning that the Xinjiang authorities may be transferring detainees in re-education camps to prisons.
Source: Stand News #Sep24
#China #Xinjiang #ASPI #Uyghurs #Muslim #DetentionCamp
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An investigation by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has shown that China had built nearly 400 detention camps in Xinjiang since 2017.
The ASPI discovered that since 2017, approximately 380 detention camps believed to be used to imprison Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities had been newly built or expanded in western China. The institute divided them into four categories:
• Tier 1: minimum-security re-education camps (around 108)
• Tier 2: slightly higher-security re-education camps, mostly connected to factory and warehouse (around 94)
• Tier 3: moderate-security detention centres (around 72)
• Tier 4: high-security prisons (around 107)
Investigator Nathan Ruser said while Chinese officials claimed that the detainees would be released from the camps, the authorities were still investing in new detention facilities between 2019 and 2020. The investigation report noted that at least 61 detention camps were newly built or expanded between July 2019 and July 2020. 14 of them are still under construction.
Ruser further pointed out that about half of the expanded or newly built camps are high-security prisons, meaning that the Xinjiang authorities may be transferring detainees in re-education camps to prisons.
Source: Stand News #Sep24
#China #Xinjiang #ASPI #Uyghurs #Muslim #DetentionCamp
https://bit.ly/2EG0WIn
"China and Russia attempted to Undermine Cohesion in the West by sowing disinformation about on COVID-19 Vaccines and Cyber Attack," warns top UK general
The Chief of Defence Staff in the UK, Nick Carter, warned that Russia was attempting to undermine cohesion by sowing disinformation about on coronavirus vaccines on social media.
Carter said in an intelligence event yesterday (Sept 30) that Russia is exploiting strategic benefits by manipulating the information environment in this global pandemic crisis, including penetrating fake description in social media groups. He quote a case from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), which published a report in recent months, that a fake press release was circulating in mid-July about the US conducted vaccine trials on Ukrainian volunteers with death cases. This fake news was published in different countries and languages. The original source was believed having support from Russia authorities in order to stir up anti-American and anti-Ukrainian sentiments.
Carter said disinformation on the vaccine was an example of "digital authoritarianism", cooperating with Putin’s cyber and hacking attack. He also believes that a similar approach was adopted by China, where mass surveillance and "social credit scores" are being forged. Carter said Russia and China "see the strategic context as a continuous struggle in which non-military and military instruments are used unconstrained by any distinction between peace and war". "Their goal is to win without going to war: to achieve their objectives by breaking our willpower, using attacks below the threshold that would prompt a war-fighting response.", he added.
Source: The Stand News #Oct01
#China #Russia #UK #Australia #NickCarter #Putin #ASPI #CyberSecurity #Digitalauthoritarianism #Vaccine #FakeNews
https://bit.ly/3ndBdbq
The Chief of Defence Staff in the UK, Nick Carter, warned that Russia was attempting to undermine cohesion by sowing disinformation about on coronavirus vaccines on social media.
Carter said in an intelligence event yesterday (Sept 30) that Russia is exploiting strategic benefits by manipulating the information environment in this global pandemic crisis, including penetrating fake description in social media groups. He quote a case from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), which published a report in recent months, that a fake press release was circulating in mid-July about the US conducted vaccine trials on Ukrainian volunteers with death cases. This fake news was published in different countries and languages. The original source was believed having support from Russia authorities in order to stir up anti-American and anti-Ukrainian sentiments.
Carter said disinformation on the vaccine was an example of "digital authoritarianism", cooperating with Putin’s cyber and hacking attack. He also believes that a similar approach was adopted by China, where mass surveillance and "social credit scores" are being forged. Carter said Russia and China "see the strategic context as a continuous struggle in which non-military and military instruments are used unconstrained by any distinction between peace and war". "Their goal is to win without going to war: to achieve their objectives by breaking our willpower, using attacks below the threshold that would prompt a war-fighting response.", he added.
Source: The Stand News #Oct01
#China #Russia #UK #Australia #NickCarter #Putin #ASPI #CyberSecurity #Digitalauthoritarianism #Vaccine #FakeNews
https://bit.ly/3ndBdbq
China's Communist Party accused of influencing Australia's Chinese-language media
In an analysis of 24 privately-owned Australian media organisations that produced news media in Chinese, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) found four had evidence of CCP ownership or financial support — including the Australia Pacific Media Group. Other outlets including ABC were found to be influenced by Party campaigns to restrict information that does not align with Beijing, through decisions about content posted on the social media platform WeChat.
ASPI' report urged the Australian Government to ensure WeChat meeting the same standards and rules applying other social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Otherwise, some media groups completely avoid publishing news critical of the Chinese Government, disinformation or a tendency for bilingual media organisations to omit certain information in their Chinese translations.
ASPI said Government policy must be tightened to prevent foreign influence on Australia's media.
Source: ABC #Dec17
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-17/chinese-communist-party-accused-of-influencing-australian-media/12991704
#Australia #CCP #AustralianMedia #ABC #ASPI
In an analysis of 24 privately-owned Australian media organisations that produced news media in Chinese, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) found four had evidence of CCP ownership or financial support — including the Australia Pacific Media Group. Other outlets including ABC were found to be influenced by Party campaigns to restrict information that does not align with Beijing, through decisions about content posted on the social media platform WeChat.
ASPI' report urged the Australian Government to ensure WeChat meeting the same standards and rules applying other social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Otherwise, some media groups completely avoid publishing news critical of the Chinese Government, disinformation or a tendency for bilingual media organisations to omit certain information in their Chinese translations.
ASPI said Government policy must be tightened to prevent foreign influence on Australia's media.
Source: ABC #Dec17
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-17/chinese-communist-party-accused-of-influencing-australian-media/12991704
#Australia #CCP #AustralianMedia #ABC #ASPI
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China's Communist Party accused of Australian media interference
Beijing is using WeChat, financial persuasion and covert coercion to influence Australia's Chinese-language media, which could be leading to troubling political interference, a new report from Australian think tank ASPI suggests.
The Five Eyes plans to sanction China to counter Beijing's trade war against Australia
China has been making moves to put pressure on Australian trade. The Australian media reported that the Five Eyes Alliance, which consists of Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, has recently discussed how to deal with the situation and has not ruled out imposing trade sanctions against China. Australia has just formally filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization today against the China-initiated trade war.
According to reports, the Five Eyes Alliance is negotiating to respond to China’s trade sanctions against Australia. The U.S. is actively considering the possibility that each of the five countries may impose trade restrictions on Chinese goods or services, or that only Australia may impose punitive tariffs on China. The other four countries are open to express their support.
Fergus Hanson, the Director of International Cyber Policy Centre of Australian Strategic Policy Institute, said that the Five Eyes could also refer to Article 5 of NATO. It establishes a collective defence mechanism for member states which can respond to China's trade sanctions against Australia. “Only in this way can let the CCP realize that it (the trade sanctions) is a two-way street. Our current approach is not a solution to this problem."
Source: Apple Daily #Dec16
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201216/JR6ZDIMKLJCKJF7LS7G4CT4AEY/
#FiveEyesAlliance #AustralianChinaRelations #Australia #US #UK #Canada #NewZealand #tradewar #WTO #FergusHanson #ASPI
China has been making moves to put pressure on Australian trade. The Australian media reported that the Five Eyes Alliance, which consists of Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, has recently discussed how to deal with the situation and has not ruled out imposing trade sanctions against China. Australia has just formally filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization today against the China-initiated trade war.
According to reports, the Five Eyes Alliance is negotiating to respond to China’s trade sanctions against Australia. The U.S. is actively considering the possibility that each of the five countries may impose trade restrictions on Chinese goods or services, or that only Australia may impose punitive tariffs on China. The other four countries are open to express their support.
Fergus Hanson, the Director of International Cyber Policy Centre of Australian Strategic Policy Institute, said that the Five Eyes could also refer to Article 5 of NATO. It establishes a collective defence mechanism for member states which can respond to China's trade sanctions against Australia. “Only in this way can let the CCP realize that it (the trade sanctions) is a two-way street. Our current approach is not a solution to this problem."
Source: Apple Daily #Dec16
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201216/JR6ZDIMKLJCKJF7LS7G4CT4AEY/
#FiveEyesAlliance #AustralianChinaRelations #Australia #US #UK #Canada #NewZealand #tradewar #WTO #FergusHanson #ASPI
12 Japanese firms will end business deals involving Uighur forced labour
Last year (2020), the Australian Strategic Policy Institute report identified over 80 global companies “directly or indirectly benefiting from the use of Uighur workers outside Xinjiang through abusive labou\r transfer program.” And it mentioned 14 Japanese companies.
12 Japanese companies, including Sony Corp., Hitachi Ltd., and Fast Retailing Co., an operator of Uniqlo, responded to cease or consider ceasing business with business partners found to be using forced labour.
As many foreign companies rely on self-reporting of the human rights situation by the firms themselves, they are faced with the challenge of grasping the situation beyond direct business partners.
Source: The Japan Times #Feb22
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/02/22/business/corporate-business/uighurs-japan-companies/ #uk
#Japan #ASPI #ForcedLabour #Xinjiang #ChinaHostageDiplomacy
Last year (2020), the Australian Strategic Policy Institute report identified over 80 global companies “directly or indirectly benefiting from the use of Uighur workers outside Xinjiang through abusive labou\r transfer program.” And it mentioned 14 Japanese companies.
12 Japanese companies, including Sony Corp., Hitachi Ltd., and Fast Retailing Co., an operator of Uniqlo, responded to cease or consider ceasing business with business partners found to be using forced labour.
As many foreign companies rely on self-reporting of the human rights situation by the firms themselves, they are faced with the challenge of grasping the situation beyond direct business partners.
Source: The Japan Times #Feb22
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/02/22/business/corporate-business/uighurs-japan-companies/ #uk
#Japan #ASPI #ForcedLabour #Xinjiang #ChinaHostageDiplomacy