“China – Communist Slave State” – Page 150

Chinese Officers Used ‘Fake’ Think Tank To Recruit Agents In America, DOJ Alleges

The Department of Justice unveiled allegations against Chinese nationals, including three intelligence officers working for China’s state security agency, of using a fake think tank to recruit espionage agents in the U.S. on Monday.

The indictment accuses Wang Lin and three others of a “wide-ranging and systematic effort” to recruit U.S. citizens, including professors at U.S. universities and a former federal law enforcement and state homeland security official, as well as others, to conduct espionage activities on behalf of the Chinese government’s Ministry of State Security (MSS). For at least a decade, the individuals used the Institute for International Studies (IIS) at the Ocean University of China, which Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco described as a “fake think tank,” as a front for their intelligence operations.

by Blazingcatfur•October 25, 2022October 24, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State", USA

Politburo Standing Committee: Who are the men that rule China now?

The Chinese Communist Party has finally unveiled the men who will rule China for the next five years.

The Politburo Standing Committee is China’s equivalent of the presidential cabinet.

It is considered the elite of the elite within the party, and getting to the top often requires not only a stellar political track record, but also deft manoeuvring of internal rivalries.

It is not unusual to see big reshuffles of the Standing Committee after a term ends, and this time it is no different.

by Blazingcatfur•October 24, 2022October 23, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State"

McKinsey still can’t shake Dominic Barton’s reign of error … or Canada’s China Class at work

Justin Trudeau and Dominic Barton – Canada’s China class

…. Mr. Barton, who served as Canada’s ambassador to China until late 2021, does not come off well in the book. Indeed, most of the scandals that have haunted McKinsey in recent years originated during his tenure – from its work advising Purdue Pharma on how to “turbocharge” OxyContin sales (for which it paid US$641-million last year to settle legal claims with several U.S. states) to the laying of criminal charges last month by South African authorities over McKinsey’s work for the country’s state-owned freight-rail operator.

Trudeau and Barton both enjoy the taste of Xi Jinping’s arse.

by Blazingcatfur•October 23, 2022October 23, 2022•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

China, Vatican extend deal on bishop appointments

A 2018 arrangement aims to ease a longstanding divide between an underground flock loyal to the pope and a state-backed official church. Critics say it accommodates Beijing communist government.

China and the Vatican extended a secretive deal regarding the appointment of bishops in the communist country.

Under the agreement, which has never been made public, the Vatican and Beijing agreed jointly to appoint bishops but Pope Francis has the final say.

The deal was signed in September 2018 and is still provisional but has been renewed twice.

“The Vatican Party is committed to continuing a respectful and constructive dialogue with the Chinese Party for a productive implementation of the Accord and further development of bilateral relations, with a view to fostering the mission of the Catholic Church and the good of the Chinese people,” the Holy See Press Office said on Saturday.

by Blazingcatfur•October 23, 2022October 23, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Catholic Church

Douglas Todd: Chinese travellers to Canada plunge. What does it mean?

Three years ago, 55 jumbo jets from China were touching down at Vancouver International Airport every week.

Now there are only eight flights a week from the world’s most-populous country.

There has been an almost similar plunge in the proportion of Chinese nationals applying for Canada’s 10-year visas. A related decline means fewer people from China are seeking student visas, and showing relatively modest interest in permanent-residence status.

by Blazingcatfur•October 23, 2022October 22, 2022•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada

Hu Jintao: The mysterious exit of China’s former leader from party congress

Footage of China’s former leader, Hu Jintao, being asked to leave the stage at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing during the Communist Party Congress is drawing global attention as people try to work out what has just happened.

There are a lot of questions and no answers so far from the Chinese government.

Mr Hu, 79, appeared reluctant to move. If that is the case, why?

by Blazingcatfur•October 22, 2022October 22, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State"

China could invade Taiwan by end of the year, US warns

Military officials have indicated heightened alarm over Beijing’s intentions towards the island

America’s military must be ready to respond to a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan that could come before the end of this year, the head of the US Navy has said.

Admiral Michael Gilday, chief of US naval operations, was the latest senior US military official to indicate heightened alarm over Beijing’s intentions towards the island.

“So when we talk about the 2027 window in my mind, that has to be a 2022 window or potentially a 2023 window. I can’t rule that out. I don’t mean at all to be alarmist by saying that. It’s just that we can’t wish that away.”

by Blazingcatfur•October 21, 2022October 21, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Taiwan, USA

Canada Begins Probe After UK Reports of Western Military Pilots Training Chinese Army

The Department of National Defence is looking into whether any former Canadian military pilots are involved in training the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China after the United Kingdom found some ex-pilots had accepted training roles in the Chinese military.

On Oct. 18, Britain’s Defence Ministry said it issued an intelligence alert to former and current military pilots, warning against Chinese headhunting programs aimed at recruiting pilots to train the PLA.

Once they find out Liberal Party members are profitably involved it’ll be swept under the rug.

by Blazingcatfur•October 20, 2022October 20, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's incompetent Liberal Government, WTF?

China’s Surveillance State Pushes Deeper into Citizens’ Lives

SHANGHAI—In many parts of Xi Jinping’s China, state surveillance and Covid-19 controls begin the moment you step out the door in the morning.

The day might start with a government-mandated Covid test from workers in white hazmat suits. Without proof of a negative result, public spaces are off limits, including office buildings, grocery stores and parks.

Surveillance cameras keep watch over the city streets. In a cab on the way to work, the driver requires you to scan a QR code for a government database tracking people’s movements. Scan again when stopping by Starbucks for coffee and then again at the office.

by Blazingcatfur•October 20, 2022October 19, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State", "Surveillance Society"

Parliamentary Committee to Invite RCMP, CSIS to Testify on Reports of Chinese Police Stations in Toronto

MPs have voted to invite representatives from security agencies to testify at a House of Commons committee on reports of three unofficial Chinese police stations that are said to be established in Toronto. The vote comes as some countries are investigating reports of similar Chinese police services and their alleged use for coercing Chinese diasporas and overseas dissidents.

by Blazingcatfur•October 19, 2022October 19, 2022•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Germany: Intel Leaders Warn ‘Naive‘ Govt Against Over-Reliance on China

The ‘naive’ German government is walking into the same trap with China as it did by over-relying on Russia for its energy, says the leaders of Germany’s intelligence community.

by Blazingcatfur•October 19, 2022October 19, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Germany

RAF pilots could be banned from training Chinese military

Ministers want to change the law to prevent pilots who have served in the armed forces from training the Chinese military after it emerged that Beijing had recruited dozens of British former armed forces pilots to train its air force in an effort to understand western tactics.

At least 30 former fast jet and helicopter pilots have been lured by sums of about $270,000 a year since the start of the pandemic to help China develop its tactics and technological expertise.

Of course in Canada our PM fellates Xi on demand – Canada’s Trudeau invited PLA for winter exercises: report

by Blazingcatfur•October 18, 2022October 18, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State", UK, WTF?

President Xi can’t bank on young couples to bear China a healthier future

Ruling party highlights declining birthrate but potential parents are imbued with spirit of defiance

At one point during Shanghai’s long pandemic lockdown in the spring, police arrived on the doorstep of a young couple and ordered them to go to a quarantine facility for several days, even though neither of them was infected with the coronavirus.

The punishment for failing to comply would affect not only them but their future children and grandchildren, an officer said.

Calmly, the husband replied: “I am sorry, we are the last generation. Thank you.”

by Blazingcatfur•October 18, 2022October 17, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State"

How Xi Jinping made himself unchallengeable

Few foresaw that Xi Jinping would become the most assertive Chinese leader in decades – he is now all but set to secure a historic third term in power.

A decade ago little was known about Mr Xi – apart from the fact that he was a “princeling” because his father was one of the country’s revolutionary leaders.

His lineage helped him win the support of party elders, which was crucial to ascending power within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as these leaders often wielded political influence even after retirement.

by Blazingcatfur•October 17, 2022October 17, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State"

China Can Sneak-Attack Taiwan

The United States will have months of warning before China attacks Taiwan.

At least that is what John Culver, a retired CIA officer and now an Atlantic Council scholar, argues in a report issued this month by the influential Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

On the contrary, Americans may not even know that China has struck the first blow until months after it has occurred. As Culver’s writings show, Americans think China’s war planners think like America’s war planners. Unfortunately, the Chinese ones do not. First strikes, despite what former intelligence officials believe, do not have to look like the invasion of Normandy in 1944.

by Blazingcatfur•October 17, 2022October 17, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State"