Title: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 02, 2020, 11:27:12 PM
Post by: cc on May 02, 2020, 11:27:12 PM
I made this thread to allow posts on how politics work now and how it will evolve for the very near future .. much less the long run
Title: Re: The Present and Future Politics of The West vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 02, 2020, 11:29:43 PM
Post by: cc on May 02, 2020, 11:29:43 PM
The tweet from the U.S. Mission to the United Nations said the 193-member global organization was founded to serve "all voices," welcome "a diversity of views and perspectives" and promote human rights. It said "Barring #Taiwan from setting foot on UN grounds is an affront not just to the proud Taïwanese people, but to UN principles." It was retweeted by U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft.
The decision by the U.S. administration to suddenly raise the Taiwan issue follows President Donald Tump's criticism of China over the coronavirus pandemic after weeks of elaborate praise of President Xi Jinping's performance in tackling the crisis.
Trump is now blaming China for not acting quickly to inform the world of exactly what was happening and halted U.S. contributions to the World Health Organization, accusing it of parroting Beijing.
China claims sovereignty over self-ruled Taiwan and uses its diplomatic clout to stop the island from joining any organizations that require statehood for membership. Taiwan left the United Nations in 1971 when China joined and is excluded from all of its agencies, including the WHO's assembly where its observer status has been stripped. At the same time, it has one of the most robust public health systems in the world, and has won praise for its handling of the virus outbreak.
'One China'
"It gravely interferes with China's internal affairs and deeply hurts the feelings of the 1.4 billion Chinese people," said the spokesperon, who was not named. "There is only one China in the world. The government of the People's Republic China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of China."
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ... poor baby
Title: Re: Present and Future Politics of The West vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 02, 2020, 11:33:38 PM
Post by: cc on May 02, 2020, 11:33:38 PM
Listen carefully .. He's right on point
I agree. Parina will not remain it its current position. It did itself in by releasing this virus upon the world and is loosing friends / making enemies faster that anything we've ever seen before .. now seen as a Pariah to all those countries that matter
It's current propaganda to pressure many countries to support it is making enemies rapidly .. All strong countries (N America & Europe) are starting to blackball Parina .. (Our feckless Trudy will have no option other than following them)
Oh, and then there's the 30 year olds .. or rather, no 30 year olds in Parina .. Remember the brilliant 1 child daze??? .. Well, it is and will continue to bite it in its ass for a long time, leaving it weakened greatly. That is a significant factor
Title: Re: The Present and Future Politics of The West vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 02, 2020, 11:46:16 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 02, 2020, 11:46:16 PM
There is plenty. While Parina has the upper hand in ways, the US is the powerhouse still and ultimately will help today's Pariah decimate its economic engineQuote from: "cc"
I made this thread to allow posts on how politics work now and how it will evolve for the future
Parina? Aint that a dog food?
Title: Re: The Present and Future Politics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 03, 2020, 12:07:24 AM
Post by: cc on May 03, 2020, 12:07:24 AM
Maybe I'll spell it Par-ina
Title: Re: The Present and Future Politics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 03, 2020, 11:27:31 AM
Post by: Anonymous on May 03, 2020, 11:27:31 AM
There is plenty. While Par-ina has the upper hand in ways at this moment, the US is the powerhouse still and ultimately will help today's Par-ina decimate its own economic engineQuote from: "cc"
I made this thread to allow posts on how politics work now and how it will evolve for the very near future .. much less the long run
If countries start repatriating their supply chains, that will have a big impact on China's economy. I don't see that happening under Biden or Trudeau.
Title: Re: The Present and Future Politics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 03, 2020, 12:32:15 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 03, 2020, 12:32:15 PM
United Front groups in Canada helped Beijing stockpile coronavirus safety supplies
In mid-January, Chinese consulates in Canada and worldwide issued an urgent call. China was concerned that the new coronavirus raging in Wuhan was so deadly and infectious that its nurses and doctors would run out of safety supplies.
It needed personal protective equipment (PPE).
In just six weeks, China imported 2.5 billion pieces of epidemic safety equipment, including over two billion safety masks, Chinese government data shows.
And this raises big concerns on a number of fronts, say critics, including Conservative MP Erin O'Toole.
China was evidently hiding the extent of a pandemic that endangered the world while covertly securing PPE at low prices. This "surreptitious" operation left "the world naked with no supply of PPE," Jorge Guajardo, Mexico's former ambassador to Beijing, told Global News.
The result: starting in March, after COVID-19 had circled the globe, countries that provided masks to China in January and February were forced to compete for China's supply.
By late January, sources in manufacturing and military circles were warning western governments that China s
Title: Re: The Present and Future Politics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 03, 2020, 01:30:57 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 03, 2020, 01:30:57 PM
Title: Re: The Present and Future Politics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 03, 2020, 01:45:43 PM
Post by: cc on May 03, 2020, 01:45:43 PM
The next year or 2 will see a very different economic landscape ... staring immediately
Back to making things at home and keeping people working. What a novel idea!!
Where's the bad in that? .. Played right, The West will of this far better overall in a couple of years
Title: Re: The Present and Future Politics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 03, 2020, 02:16:16 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 03, 2020, 02:16:16 PM
They definitely will be firing China ... which is what this thread is about ... not more whining in every thread .. nor more SwedenQuote from: "cc"ac_boring
The next year or 2 will see a very different economic landscape ... staring immediatelyBack to making things at home and keeping people working.What a novel idea!!
Where's the bad in that? .. Played right, The West will of this far better overall in a couple of years
I don't have faith in a China lapdog like Justin Trudeau to do that.
Title: Re: The Present and Future Politics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 03, 2020, 02:23:53 PM
Post by: cc on May 03, 2020, 02:23:53 PM
But we are small in the big picture. Trudy will be dragged along with no choice but to follow allies
That's how we and others got into free trade in the first place and why we all followed the pack into the lose/ lose free trade stuff for a long time
Title: Re: The Present and Future Politics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 03, 2020, 02:28:35 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 03, 2020, 02:28:35 PM
I know he's extremely China soft, almost a CPC member .. a destroyer of a good Western society.Quote from: "cc"
But we are small in the big picture. Trudy will be dragged along with no choice but to follow allies
That's how we got into free trade and why we all followed the lose/ lose free trade stuff for a long time
I hope so....our pm is like an ambassador for the Chinese regime.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 03, 2020, 02:29:48 PM
Post by: cc on May 03, 2020, 02:29:48 PM
I made this thread for this very purpose ... to not discuss the virus, rather to discuss the changing world politics & economics as a result of it
I just edited the title - having unwisely left the vital "Economics" out of it initially
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 03, 2020, 02:55:17 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 03, 2020, 02:55:17 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 03, 2020, 03:04:37 PM
Post by: cc on May 03, 2020, 03:04:37 PM
Strange he was fingering aides when he has no balls
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 03, 2020, 03:08:27 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 03, 2020, 03:08:27 PM
I too have doubts about Biden and Trudeau taking a firm line with China. My fear is that once we have a vaccine, everything will go right back to where it was with China controlling our essential supplies of PPE and medicine.Quote from: "seoulbro"
That is a concern.
Title: Re: Present and Future Politics of The West vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 03, 2020, 04:13:49 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 03, 2020, 04:13:49 PM
China Expert Peter Zeihan Says China's Collapse on World Stage is Near - Will Crumble in Three YearsQuote from: "cc"
Listen carefully .. He's right on pointhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsDGui2zax0
I agree. Parina will not remain it its current position. It did itself in by releasing this virus upon the world and is loosing friends / making enemies faster that anything we've ever seen before .. now seen as a Pariah to all those countries that matter
It's current propaganda to pressure many countries to support it is making enemies rapidly .. All strong countries (N America & Europe) are starting to blackball Parina .. (Our feckless Trudy will have no option other than following them)
Oh, and then there's the 30 year olds .. or rather, no 30 year olds in Parina .. Remember the brilliant 1 child daze??? .. Well, it is and will continue to bite it in its ass for a long time, leaving it weakened greatly. That is a significant factor
The evidence that this coronavirus was created in a lab just keeps growing.
Title: Re: Present and Future Politics of The West vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 03, 2020, 11:21:54 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 03, 2020, 11:21:54 PM
China Expert Peter Zeihan Says China's Collapse on World Stage is Near - Will Crumble in Three YearsQuote from: "cc"
Listen carefully .. He's right on pointhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsDGui2zax0
I agree. Parina will not remain it its current position. It did itself in by releasing this virus upon the world and is loosing friends / making enemies faster that anything we've ever seen before .. now seen as a Pariah to all those countries that matter
It's current propaganda to pressure many countries to support it is making enemies rapidly .. All strong countries (N America & Europe) are starting to blackball Parina .. (Our feckless Trudy will have no option other than following them)
Oh, and then there's the 30 year olds .. or rather, no 30 year olds in Parina .. Remember the brilliant 1 child daze??? .. Well, it is and will continue to bite it in its ass for a long time, leaving it weakened greatly. That is a significant factor
Peter Zeihan knows the CCP.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 04, 2020, 12:00:17 AM
Post by: cc on May 04, 2020, 12:00:17 AM
Open letter states: 'The CCP silenced Chinese doctors who wanted to warn other health professionals during the early stage of the outbreak'
The Chinese Communist Party's delayed response to the novel coronavirus outbreak and the subsequent muzzling, disappearances and deaths of outspoken Chinese scholars, journalists and doctors could be a watershed moment for China comparable to Chernobyl's impact on the Soviet Union.
That's the position taken in an open letter published Tuesday by more than 100 China experts worldwide, including members of Canadian think-tank MacDonald-Laurier Institute.
"The roots of the pandemic are in a cover-up by CCP authorities in Wuhan, Hubei province.
Under the influence of the CCP, the World Health Organisation first downplayed the pandemic," the letter stated.
"We should never forget that China's Chernobyl moment was a self-inflicted wound. The CCP silenced Chinese doctors who wanted to warn other health professionals during the early stage of the outbreak."
There is historical consensus the Soviet regime's bungled response to Chernobyl's nuclear power plant meltdown in 1986 was a key moment leading to glasnost and the eventual fall of that communist regime.
The critical China experts retorted: "Only by understanding how this global disaster could emerge can we prevent it from happening again."
They also took several stabs at the WHO.
"Taiwanese health officials also allege that they ignored their alerts of human-to-human transmission in late December. Under pressure from the CCP, democratic Taiwan—which has coped with the pandemic in exemplary fashion—is excluded from the WHO."
Noted were the many independent Chinese dissidents who have died, disappeared or jailed: Professor Xu Zhangrun is under house arrest; dissident Chinese entrepreneur Ren Zhiqiang has disappeared; Dr. Ai Fen is silenced after colleague and outspoken doctor Li Wenliang died fighting the virus; and "the courageous citizen journalists Chen Qiushi, Fang Bin and Li Zehua, who tried to report freely about the situation in Wuhan, now are also missing."
The letter claims there is a growing chorus of dissidents emerging from China and implores CCP-influenced scholars to consider critical thought.
"Rather than trusting the CCP's intentions and accepting establishment academics' uncritical approval of the party-state's policies, we should pay greater attention to the voices of what can be termed 'unofficial' China. These independent-minded academics, doctors, entrepreneurs, citizen journalists, public interest lawyers and young students no longer accept the CCP's rule by fear. Neither should you."
Canadians signing the letter include Charles Burton, Duanjie Chen, J Michael Cole, Marcus Kolga and Anastasia Lin.
Also signing was journalist Jonathan Manthorpe, author of Claws of the Panda, which explores CCP campaigns of soft power influence in Canada.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 04, 2020, 12:01:57 AM
Post by: Anonymous on May 04, 2020, 12:01:57 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 04, 2020, 12:07:53 AM
Post by: cc on May 04, 2020, 12:07:53 AM
Open letter states: 'The CCP silenced Chinese doctors who wanted to warn other health professionals during the early stage of the outbreak'
The Chinese Communist Party's delayed response to the novel coronavirus outbreak and the subsequent muzzling, disappearances and deaths of outspoken Chinese scholars, journalists and doctors could be a watershed moment for China comparable to Chernobyl's impact on the Soviet Union.
That's the position taken in an open letter published Tuesday by more than 100 China experts worldwide, including members of Canadian think-tank MacDonald-Laurier Institute.
"The roots of the pandemic are in a cover-up by CCP authorities in Wuhan, Hubei province.
Under the influence of the CCP, the World Health Organisation first downplayed the pandemic," the letter stated.
"We should never forget that China's Chernobyl moment was a self-inflicted wound. The CCP silenced Chinese doctors who wanted to warn other health professionals during the early stage of the outbreak."
There is historical consensus the Soviet regime's bungled response to Chernobyl's nuclear power plant meltdown in 1986 was a key moment leading to glasnost and the eventual fall of that communist regime.
The critical China experts retorted: "Only by understanding how this global disaster could emerge can we prevent it from happening again."
They also took several stabs at the WHO.
"Taiwanese health officials also allege that they ignored their alerts of human-to-human transmission in late December. Under pressure from the CCP, democratic Taiwan—which has coped with the pandemic in exemplary fashion—is excluded from the WHO."
Noted were the many independent Chinese dissidents who have died, disappeared or jailed: Professor Xu Zhangrun is under house arrest; dissident Chinese entrepreneur Ren Zhiqiang has disappeared; Dr. Ai Fen is silenced after colleague and outspoken doctor Li Wenliang died fighting the virus; and "the courageous citizen journalists Chen Qiushi, Fang Bin and Li Zehua, who tried to report freely about the situation in Wuhan, now are also missing."
The letter claims there is a growing chorus of dissidents emerging from China and implores CCP-influenced scholars to consider critical thought.
"Rather than trusting the CCP's intentions and accepting establishment academics' uncritical approval of the party-state's policies, we should pay greater attention to the voices of what can be termed 'unofficial' China. These independent-minded academics, doctors, entrepreneurs, citizen journalists, public interest lawyers and young students no longer accept the CCP's rule by fear. Neither should you."
Canadians signing the letter include Charles Burton, Duanjie Chen, J Michael Cole, Marcus Kolga and Anastasia Lin.
Also signing was journalist Jonathan Manthorpe, author of Claws of the Panda, which explores CCP campaigns of soft power influence in Canada.
I was just about to post this.Quote from: "Herman"
You just got "SCOUPED" .... and gave me opportunity to put it on new next page instead of lost lost at the bottom of previous page
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 04, 2020, 09:07:00 AM
Post by: Anonymous on May 04, 2020, 09:07:00 AM
TriCity NewsQuote from: "cc"https://www.tricitynews.com/coronavirus-coverup-is-china-s-ccp-regime-s-chernobyl-moment-scholars-1.24117621
Open letter states: 'The CCP silenced Chinese doctors who wanted to warn other health professionals during the early stage of the outbreak'
The Chinese Communist Party's delayed response to the novel coronavirus outbreak and the subsequent muzzling, disappearances and deaths of outspoken Chinese scholars, journalists and doctors could be a watershed moment for China comparable to Chernobyl's impact on the Soviet Union.
That's the position taken in an open letter published Tuesday by more than 100 China experts worldwide, including members of Canadian think-tank MacDonald-Laurier Institute.
"The roots of the pandemic are in a cover-up by CCP authorities in Wuhan, Hubei province.
Under the influence of the CCP, the World Health Organisation first downplayed the pandemic," the letter stated.
"We should never forget that China's Chernobyl moment was a self-inflicted wound. The CCP silenced Chinese doctors who wanted to warn other health professionals during the early stage of the outbreak."
There is historical consensus the Soviet regime's bungled response to Chernobyl's nuclear power plant meltdown in 1986 was a key moment leading to glasnost and the eventual fall of that communist regime.
The critical China experts retorted: "Only by understanding how this global disaster could emerge can we prevent it from happening again."
They also took several stabs at the WHO.
"Taiwanese health officials also allege that they ignored their alerts of human-to-human transmission in late December. Under pressure from the CCP, democratic Taiwan—which has coped with the pandemic in exemplary fashion—is excluded from the WHO."
Noted were the many independent Chinese dissidents who have died, disappeared or jailed: Professor Xu Zhangrun is under house arrest; dissident Chinese entrepreneur Ren Zhiqiang has disappeared; Dr. Ai Fen is silenced after colleague and outspoken doctor Li Wenliang died fighting the virus; and "the courageous citizen journalists Chen Qiushi, Fang Bin and Li Zehua, who tried to report freely about the situation in Wuhan, now are also missing."
The letter claims there is a growing chorus of dissidents emerging from China and implores CCP-influenced scholars to consider critical thought.
"Rather than trusting the CCP's intentions and accepting establishment academics' uncritical approval of the party-state's policies, we should pay greater attention to the voices of what can be termed 'unofficial' China. These independent-minded academics, doctors, entrepreneurs, citizen journalists, public interest lawyers and young students no longer accept the CCP's rule by fear. Neither should you."
Canadians signing the letter include Charles Burton, Duanjie Chen, J Michael Cole, Marcus Kolga and Anastasia Lin.
Also signing was journalist Jonathan Manthorpe, author of Claws of the Panda, which explores CCP campaigns of soft power influence in Canada.I was just about to post this.Quote from: "Herman"
You just got "SCOUPED" .... and gave me opportunity to put it on new next page instead of lost lost at the bottom of previous pageac_biggrin
President XI is no Mikhail Gorbachev......there won't be any glasnost.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 04, 2020, 02:42:22 PM
Post by: cc on May 04, 2020, 02:42:22 PM
3 Questions XI
1. Where are the doctors who spoke out and quickly disappeared in Wuhan? Huh??
2. Why did you seal up and 100% cut off Hubei Province from China .. while at the same time ship 100s of 1000s of people from Hubei into Western cities? Huh??
3. Why did you not tell us it spread person to person .. when you knew it did ... and during the time you were enacting question 2 (above) Huh?
Hmm .. He's not answering
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 04, 2020, 06:28:58 PM
Post by: cc on May 04, 2020, 06:28:58 PM
Earlier Monday, China's state broadcaster CCTV broadcast a report that described U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as "insane" after Pompeo claimed Sunday that "enormous evidence" showed that the coronavirus emerged from a laboratory in the city of Wuhan.
Chang said that China's response showed that the secretary of state had "hit a nerve."
"We don't know exactly what they are trying to hide, but clearly they are trying to hide something," he said. " ... What Beijing is saying is, 'Let's have a discussion about the facts'. At the same time, Beijing is preventing the World Health Organization, the United States CDC, and others from that very investigation.
"The reason is," Chang said, "after the epidemic broke out in Wuhan, the People's Liberation Army sent in a major general to clean out the Wuhan Institute of Virology. I'm sure that much of the evidence is lost.
"On the other hand, if one of the lab employees decides to talk to Western intelligence, we very well may be able to reconstruct at least part of what's going on there."
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 04, 2020, 06:38:33 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 04, 2020, 06:38:33 PM
Foreign affairs journalist Gordon Chang explains why the Chinese Communist Party "is playing a very dangerous game it can't win" in response to worldwide condemnation of its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.(//https) [Aside - DHS report accuses China of lying about coronavirus to hoard supplies]
Earlier Monday, China's state broadcaster CCTV broadcast a report that described U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as "insane" after Pompeo claimed Sunday that "enormous evidence" showed that the coronavirus emerged from a laboratory in the city of Wuhan.
Chang said that China's response showed that the secretary of state had "hit a nerve."
"We don't know exactly what they are trying to hide, but clearly they are trying to hide something," he said. " ... What Beijing is saying is, 'Let's have a discussion about the facts'. At the same time, Beijing is preventing the World Health Organization, the United States CDC, and others from that very investigation.
"The reason is," Chang said, "after the epidemic broke out in Wuhan, the People's Liberation Army sent in a major general to clean out the Wuhan Institute of Virology. I'm sure that much of the evidence is lost.
"On the other hand, if one of the lab employees decides to talk to Western intelligence, we very well may be able to reconstruct at least part of what's going on there."
Even if the CDC could get into that lab, they aint going to find anything. The evidence is long gone.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 05, 2020, 12:28:16 PM
Post by: cc on May 05, 2020, 12:28:16 PM
Doesn't matter actually. Stopping all flights from Hubei province into other parts of China ... while at the same time sending planeloads (100s of 1,000s of people) into the West from Hubei ... while lying that virus did not go human to human .. was a deliberate act of war
Those parts of it are all straightforward and "knowns"
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 05, 2020, 08:33:45 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 05, 2020, 08:33:45 PM
True. Short of China scientists or docs breaking out (prolly dead now) we will never know if it was created while trying to find virus cures or creating a bio weaponQuote from: "cc"
Doesn't matter actually. Stopping all flights from Hubei province into other parts of China ... while at the same time sending planeloads (100s of 1,000s of people) into the West from Hubei ... while lying that virus did not go human to human .. was a deliberate act of war
Those parts of it are all straightforward and "knowns"
It was bio warfare.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 05, 2020, 08:39:57 PM
Post by: cc on May 05, 2020, 08:39:57 PM
Whether it 1. deliberately started as it .... or 2. was a "convenient" accident that was then deliberately used for it,
it was open bio warfare upon the entire world
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 05, 2020, 11:30:17 PM
Post by: cc on May 05, 2020, 11:30:17 PM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is "turbocharging" an initiative to remove global industrial supply chains from China as it weighs new tariffs to punish Beijing for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak, according to officials familiar with U.S. planning.
President Donald Trump, who has stepped up recent attacks on China ahead of the Nov. 3 U.S. presidential election, has long pledged to bring manufacturing back from overseas.
Now, economic destruction and the U.S. coronavirus death toll are driving a government-wide push to move U.S. production and supply chain dependency away from China, even if it goes to other more friendly nations instead, current and former senior U.S. administration officials said.
"We've been working on (reducing the reliance of our supply chains in China) over the last few years but we are now turbo-charging that initiative," Keith Krach, undersecretary for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment at the State Department told Reuters.
"I think it is essential to understand where the critical areas are and where critical bottlenecks exist," Krach said, adding that the matter was key to U.S. security and one the government could announce new action on soon.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 05, 2020, 11:32:29 PM
Post by: cc on May 05, 2020, 11:32:29 PM
Looking for ways to push companies to move both sourcing and manufacturing out of China. Tax incentives and potential re-shoring subsidies are among measures being considered to spur changes, the current and former officials told Reuters.
"There is a whole of government push on this," said one. Agencies are probing which manufacturing should be deemed "essential" and how to produce these goods outside of China.
Trump's China policy has been defined by behind-the-scenes tussles between pro-trade advisers and China hawks; now the latter say their time has come.
"This moment is a perfect storm; the pandemic has crystallized all the worries that people have had about doing business with China," said another senior U.S. official.
"All the money that people think they made by making deals with China before, now they've been eclipsed many fold by the economic damage" from the coronavirus, the official said.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 06, 2020, 02:48:23 AM
Post by: Anonymous on May 06, 2020, 02:48:23 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 07, 2020, 05:30:10 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 07, 2020, 05:30:10 PM
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he rejects the claim made by Green and Bloc Quebecois leaders that "oil is dead" and should get no further government support amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Trudeau was asked Thursday by by Global News, during a daily press briefing outside Rideau Cottage, about the remarks made on Wednesday by Green Party parliamentary leader Elizabeth May and Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet, and whether he shared their assessments of the industry.
"I don't share that assessment," he said.
"I know that if we are to move forward in transforming our economy towards lower emissions and clean processes, workers and innovators in Alberta and across the country in the energy sector are going to be an essential part of that transition."
We are trying to bring jobs and industries back from China. What do the BQ and Greens want? Kill our own energy sources and Import energy components from China using their finite rare earth metals.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 07, 2020, 06:52:56 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 07, 2020, 06:52:56 PM
Coronavirus: Trudeau rejects 'oil is dead' claim from Greens, Bloc Quebecois
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he rejects the claim made by Green and Bloc Quebecois leaders that "oil is dead" and should get no further government support amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Trudeau was asked Thursday by by Global News, during a daily press briefing outside Rideau Cottage, about the remarks made on Wednesday by Green Party parliamentary leader Elizabeth May and Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet, and whether he shared their assessments of the industry.
"I don't share that assessment," he said.
"I know that if we are to move forward in transforming our economy towards lower emissions and clean processes, workers and innovators in Alberta and across the country in the energy sector are going to be an essential part of that transition."https://globalnews.ca/news/6915264/justin-trudeau-oil-industry-future/
We are trying to bring jobs and industries back from China. What do the BQ and Greens want? Kill our own energy sources and Import energy components from China using their finite rare earth metals.:crazy:
It's crazy, but I'm not surprised..
Does the BQ forget last year's CN strike when they came dangerously close to running out of propane.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 09, 2020, 05:04:24 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 09, 2020, 05:04:24 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 09, 2020, 05:19:07 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 09, 2020, 05:19:07 PM
Canada finally backs Taiwan's application to get observer status at the WHO.Quote from: "Fashionista"
:smiley_thumbs_up_yellow_ani:
Not good enough. They deserve membership as a state. They set the bar in responding to COVID-19. If they were a full member, the China toady head of WHO would have had to respond when they notified that UN organization about the virus in December.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 09, 2020, 05:26:01 PM
Post by: cc on May 09, 2020, 05:26:01 PM
Then, it's the CPP's puppet
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 09, 2020, 05:36:04 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 09, 2020, 05:36:04 PM
Agreed. They deserve FULL membership ... always did for that matterQuote from: "cc"
Then, it's the CPP's puppet
I agree with you and Seoul.
But, observer status would be a start.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 10, 2020, 03:09:47 PM
Post by: cc on May 10, 2020, 03:09:47 PM
While the fact that it was communicable did come out from China and WHO on Jan. 21, WHO didn't call it a pandemic until March 11 and they were definitely downplaying it on Jan. 21.
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Chinese leader Xi Jinping (習近平) asked World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to suppress news about the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the German intelligence agency BND found, according to a report by German magazine Der Spiegel.
During a conversation on Jan. 21, Xi reportedly asked Tedros not to announce that the virus could be transmitted between humans and to delay any declaration of a coronavirus pandemic.
It took until the end of January before the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak needed to receive international attention.
There is well-documented evidence that China tried to cover up the spread of the coronavirus, muzzle whistleblowers, intimidate doctors, mislead the WHO, and block outside health experts. At least one study indicated that if the Chinese government had acted more quickly, the coronavirus's global spread would have been greatly reduced.
Reports show Chinese doctors knew around late December and early January that human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus was almost certainly occurring, and the Chinese government silenced medical professionals who attempted to go public. Yet the WHO tweeted on Jan. 14 that "preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission."
EDIT - Reply here as we are running out of page
And T stopped China flights around the end of January - Still progs babble he was slow
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 10, 2020, 03:23:39 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 10, 2020, 03:23:39 PM
There is well-documented evidence that China tried to cover up the spread of the coronavirus, muzzle whistleblowers, intimidate doctors, mislead the WHO, and block outside health experts. At least one study indicated that if the Chinese government had acted more quickly, the coronavirus's global spread would have been greatly reduced.Quote
Yet, who does the progtard media blame? President Xi? The WHO boss accomplice of Xi? No, prog media blames Trump.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 11, 2020, 02:07:27 PM
Post by: cc on May 11, 2020, 02:07:27 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 11, 2020, 02:10:58 PM
Post by: cc on May 11, 2020, 02:10:58 PM
China has threatened to cripple Australia's barley industry amid rising diplomatic tensions between Beijing and Canberra over calls for a coronavirus inquiry.
China's Ministry of Commerce has threatened to slap an 80 per cent import tariff on barley imports as Australia refuses to retract its demand for an independent investigation into the origins of the coronavirus outbreak.
Barley is a biggy
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 11, 2020, 04:21:23 PM
Post by: cc on May 11, 2020, 04:21:23 PM
Since the Wuhan coronavirus became a pandemic, we have learned more and more about China's incestuous relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO). When Taiwan attempted to blow the whistle on the virus that was raging on in China, the WHO turned their back and acted as though nothing was going on. In late January, the WHO parrotted the Chinese Communist Party's talking points, particularly that the Wuhan coronavirus was not transmitted from human-to-human. And the WHO knew they were wrong for ignoring Taiwan, which is why Bruce Alyward, the senior advisor to Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, hung up a Skype call with a reporter when asked about that very warning.
When President Donald Trump wanted to halt flights from China to the United States,
But now, it's looking like the relationship between the Chinese regime and the WHO goes
"The BND's verdict is harsh: At least four, if not six, weeks have been lost in Beijing's information policy in the fight against the virus," German magazine Der Spiegel reported.
This information is consistent with the recently leaked "Five Eyes" intelligence alliance – made up of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand – that shows China purposefully hid and/or destroyed evidence about the Wuhan coronavirus. Specifically, the alliance said the Chinese Communist Party's cover-up can be described as an "assault on international transparency."
If what the intelligence agencies around the world believe is in fact true, China prevented the world from having four to six weeks to prepare for the spread of the virus. Leaders in each country could have done more to protect their citizens, and there would have been a greater likelihood the virus would be contained to China, if not Wuhan.
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Post by: Anonymous on May 11, 2020, 05:14:23 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 11, 2020, 05:14:23 PM
Communist China Threatens An 80 Per Cent Import Tax On Australian Produce In Retaliation For Aussie Call For Chinese Virus Inquiry[/url]
China has threatened to cripple Australia's barley industry amid rising diplomatic tensions between Beijing and Canberra over calls for a coronavirus inquiry.
China's Ministry of Commerce has threatened to slap an 80 per cent import tariff on barley imports as Australia refuses to retract its demand for an independent investigation into the origins of the coronavirus outbreak.
Barley is a biggy(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/05/10/10/28219030-8304673-image-a-23_1589104790599.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/05/10%20...%20790599.jpg%22%3Ehttps://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/05/10/10/28219030-8304673-image-a-23_1589104790599.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)[That's how the CPP works - Seek truth and you pay dearly]
The CCP threatens snitches. It is a mafia regime
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Post by: cc on May 11, 2020, 05:28:51 PM
Post by: cc on May 11, 2020, 05:28:51 PM
The chairman of the House's China task force believes that China violated international health rules through a coronavirus cover-up and that the World Health Organization failed to follow its own guidelines.
Texas Rep. Michael McCaul, the top GOP member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told the Washington Examiner that "we must hold the Chinese Communist Party and WHO Director-General Tedros accountable to prevent another pandemic from China to reach our shores."
McCaul, leading an investigation of Chinese malfeasance, said China's 2003 failure to "alert the world" properly to the SARS outbreak foreshadowed its handling of the coronavirus, which has killed more than 282,000 people worldwide. "Even more troubling" this time, McCaul said, was that "the organization meant to implement these rules,
The WHO's 58th World Health Assembly unanimously revised the International Health Regulations in 2005, including "a scope not limited to any specific disease or manner of transmission, but covering illness ... irrespective of origin or source, that presents or could present significant harm to humans." The legally binding rules placed obligations on 194 countries to "notify WHO of events that may constitute a public health emergency of international concern."
The new WHO regulations stemmed from China botching its response to the outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome. As with COVID-19, China was aware of the deadly new pneumonia for months but concealed it. SARS spread to 29 countries, killed at least 774 people, and infected thousands.
China detected a new and unknown SARS-like coronavirus in late December, but
There is evidence that
Studies indicated that if China had acted faster, the global spread would've been greatly reduced. It was reported that China knew around late December that human-to-human transmission was occurring, but on Jan. 14, the WHO tweeted that "Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission."
McCaul's office argued that China violated Articles 6 and 7 of the IHR about how countries must report disease outbreaks when it came to the coronavirus outbreak. Article 7 mandates swift "information-sharing" by countries "if a State Party has evidence of an unexpected or unusual public health event within its territory, irrespective of origin or source, which may constitute a public health emergency of international concern."
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Post by: Anonymous on May 11, 2020, 06:45:01 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 11, 2020, 06:45:01 PM
China Task Force Leader Says China And WHO Broke International Law During Coronavirus Outbreak[/url]
The chairman of the House's China task force believes that China violated international health rules through a coronavirus cover-up and that the World Health Organization failed to follow its own guidelines.
Texas Rep. Michael McCaul, the top GOP member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told the Washington Examiner that "we must hold the Chinese Communist Party and WHO Director-General Tedros accountable to prevent another pandemic from China to reach our shores."
McCaul, leading an investigation of Chinese malfeasance, said China's 2003 failure to "alert the world" properly to the SARS outbreak foreshadowed its handling of the coronavirus, which has killed more than 282,000 people worldwide. "Even more troubling" this time, McCaul said, was that "the organization meant to implement these rules,the WHO, blindly followed the CCP delaying necessary action to protect people around the globe."
The WHO's 58th World Health Assembly unanimously revised the International Health Regulations in 2005, including "a scope not limited to any specific disease or manner of transmission, but covering illness ... irrespective of origin or source, that presents or could present significant harm to humans." The legally binding rules placed obligations on 194 countries to "notify WHO of events that may constitute a public health emergency of international concern."
The new WHO regulations stemmed from China botching its response to the outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome. As with COVID-19, China was aware of the deadly new pneumonia for months but concealed it. SARS spread to 29 countries, killed at least 774 people, and infected thousands.
China detected a new and unknown SARS-like coronavirus in late December, butBeijing appears to have failed to report evidence within the 24-hour mandateand acknowledged only a "pneumonia of unknown cause" to WHO in early January.
There is evidence thatChina covered up the coronavirus's spread, muzzled whistleblowers, intimidated doctors, misled the WHO, and blocked outside health experts.(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://www.blazingcatfur.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/WHO-owned-by-China.png%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://www.blazingcatfur.ca/wp-content%20...%20-China.png%22%3Ehttps://www.blazingcatfur.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/WHO-owned-by-China.png%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
Studies indicated that if China had acted faster, the global spread would've been greatly reduced. It was reported that China knew around late December that human-to-human transmission was occurring, but on Jan. 14, the WHO tweeted that "Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission."
McCaul's office argued that China violated Articles 6 and 7 of the IHR about how countries must report disease outbreaks when it came to the coronavirus outbreak. Article 7 mandates swift "information-sharing" by countries "if a State Party has evidence of an unexpected or unusual public health event within its territory, irrespective of origin or source, which may constitute a public health emergency of international concern."
Does anybody besides Justin Trudeau trust the WHO to lead in this pandemic.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 11, 2020, 08:10:06 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 11, 2020, 08:10:06 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 14, 2020, 11:55:57 AM
Post by: Anonymous on May 14, 2020, 11:55:57 AM
Ever since the Harper government changed the law to limit investments in strategic assets like the oil sands, no further review of the Investment Canada Act has been undertaken. In the intervening years, we've seen Canadians arbitrarily arrested and held in solitary confinement. We've seen the Chinese Communist Party block exports of Canadian canola, beef and pork and other commodities in contravention of international trade rules. And we've witnessed Chinese duplicity in the worst global pandemic in over 100 years.
The Chinese government is doing this in plain view, all while Justin Trudeau willfully looks the other way. Is it because he still admires China's basic dictatorship? We need to gain a better understanding of the threats and impacts that Chinese state-controlled investments represent to Canada.
I say enough is enough. It's time to place a moratorium on all Chinese state-owned investments in Canada.
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Post by: cc on May 15, 2020, 03:14:21 PM
Post by: cc on May 15, 2020, 03:14:21 PM
China is threatening to meddle in the upcoming U.S. presidential election as retribution for a flurry of American lawsuits seeking to hold Beijing accountable for the spread of the coronavirus.
The Communist Party "won't just strike back symbolically, but will impose countermeasures that will make them feel pain," according to the Global Times, an outlet controlled by the regime.
The threats come as outrage grows over China's handling of the coronavirus outbreak in the country and the subsequent global spread of the virus.
China also is threatening to sanction several leading Republican senators, including Tom Cotton (Ark.) and Josh Hawley (Mo.), for their efforts to hold the country responsible.
"Republicans who have been groundlessly accusing China and inflaming the 'holding China accountable' political farce will face severe consequences, sources said, noting that the aftermath will also impact the upcoming November elections, while business and trade between Missouri and China will be further soured," the paper reported.
(reported in several sources)
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Post by: Anonymous on May 15, 2020, 04:43:59 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 15, 2020, 04:43:59 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 15, 2020, 07:32:51 PM
Post by: cc on May 15, 2020, 07:32:51 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 16, 2020, 10:51:53 AM
Post by: Anonymous on May 16, 2020, 10:51:53 AM
China is always offended.Quote from: "Velvet"
And they're always accusing other countries of interfering in their domestic affairs..
But, they don't see their own hypocrisy when countries set up domestic inquiries into China's role in this global pandemic.
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Post by: cc on May 19, 2020, 07:51:07 PM
Post by: cc on May 19, 2020, 07:51:07 PM
The aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt will return to sea later this week before Memorial Day after a coronavirus outbreak sidelined the massive warship for nearly two months after more than 1,000 sailors tested positive, Navy officials said Tuesday. Since heading into port, China appears to have taken advantage of the situation and ramped up its harassment of the U.S. military and its regional allies amid the global pandemic.
With the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier moored on the Pacific island of Guam, Chinese forces have "continued risky and escalatory behavior," according to a senior Pentagon official.
Since mid-March, about the same time the U.S. aircraft carrier pulled into Guam, Chinese fighter jets have harassed U.S. reconnaissance aircraft "at least nine times" in the South China Sea, according to Reed B. Werner, deputy assistant secretary of defense for Southeast Asia, in an interview with Fox News.
The provocative behavior has not been limited to the skies.
Werner also cited "harassment" of the Japan-based guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin last month near a Chinese aircraft carrier strike group that was patrolling through the South China Sea. A Chinese escort ship maneuvered in an "unsafe and unprofessional way" without being specific.
The recent confrontations between the Chinese and American militaries have not been previously reported.
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Post by: cc on May 19, 2020, 11:11:41 PM
Post by: cc on May 19, 2020, 11:11:41 PM
Malta's ties to China have come under the spotlight after Belgium's intelligence services confirmed they have been investigating suspicions that Beijing has been spying from the country's embassy opposite the European commission's headquarters in Brussels.
A spokesman for Belgium's homeland security service, the Veiligheid van de Staat, made the unusual disclosure about the existence of the inquiry after the French newspaper Le Monde reported on the suspected espionage by the Chinese state.
A spokesman for Belgium's homeland security service, the Veiligheid van de Staat, made the unusual disclosure about the existence of the inquiry after the French newspaper Le Monde reported on the suspected espionage by the Chinese state.
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Post by: cc on May 19, 2020, 11:17:39 PM
Post by: cc on May 19, 2020, 11:17:39 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 20, 2020, 01:15:54 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 20, 2020, 02:50:41 PM
Post by: cc on May 20, 2020, 02:50:41 PM
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The U.S. Senate has passed a bill boosting oversight of companies based in China and other nations that could lead to their removal from American stock exchanges.
The vote on the measure, introduced more than a year ago by Sens. John Kennedy, R-La., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., comes as Congress and the Trump administration seek ways to punish Beijing for its initial handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
First identified in the Chinese province of Wuhan, the disease has infected 4.9 million people and killed more than 324,000. Efforts to curb its spread have halted global growth and sent unemployment in the U.S. spiking to nearly 15 percent, the highest since the Great Depression.
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Post by: Anonymous on May 20, 2020, 04:57:56 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 20, 2020, 04:57:56 PM
US Senate passes bill removing rogue Chinese firms from US stock exchanges(//markets/senate-passes-bill-delisting-rogue-chinese-companies)
"Chinese companies traded on American exchanges aren't subject to the same investor-protection rules as their U.S. competitors" - [How the hell did that happen?]
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill boosting oversight of companies based in China and other nations that could lead to their removal from American stock exchanges.
The vote on the measure, introduced more than a year ago by Sens. John Kennedy, R-La., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., comes as Congress and the Trump administration seek ways to punish Beijing for its initial handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
First identified in the Chinese province of Wuhan, the disease has infected 4.9 million people and killed more than 324,000. Efforts to curb its spread have halted global growth and sent unemployment in the U.S. spiking to nearly 15 percent, the highest since the Great Depression.
Chinese companies are controlled by Beijing. Foreign companies in China are controlled by Beijing.
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Post by: Anonymous on May 21, 2020, 02:05:09 AM
Post by: Anonymous on May 21, 2020, 02:05:09 AM
Toronto doctor says partnering on a vaccine with China puts Canadians in danger
President of Concerned Ontario Doctors Dr. Kulvinder Gill says partnering with China is "the most counterproductive and dangerous thing [the federal government] could do."
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Post by: Anonymous on May 21, 2020, 05:38:47 AM
Post by: Anonymous on May 21, 2020, 05:38:47 AM
Old Justine still trusts China with our health and safety.https://tnc.news/2020/05/20/toronto-doctor-says-partnering-on-a-vaccine-with-china-puts-canadians-in-danger/?fbclid=IwAR3xjn80qYjOoX-66MvcP_Ywgi_SiSyek19oTSieAv0wzQlZwn5N-3St1ZA
Toronto doctor says partnering on a vaccine with China puts Canadians in danger
President of Concerned Ontario Doctors Dr. Kulvinder Gill says partnering with China is "the most counterproductive and dangerous thing [the federal government] could do."
Trudeau is a fifth columnist. Or a filth columnist, take your pick.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 21, 2020, 04:12:18 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 21, 2020, 04:12:18 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 21, 2020, 07:48:46 PM
Post by: cc on May 21, 2020, 07:48:46 PM
COVID-19, Trudeau and the Chinese Regime. The video he doesn't want you to see
It didn't show for me .. Seems they REALLY don't want us to see it
For those whom it does not show > Try this. Just click on it
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Post by: cc on May 21, 2020, 10:38:03 PM
Post by: cc on May 21, 2020, 10:38:03 PM
Dr. Theresa Tam, the country's chief public health officer, said that quicker action could have been taken in responding to the global pandemic.
"The virus itself (was) travelling across the world very fast," she told the standing Commons committee on health on Tuesday.
Noting that the virus' epicentre was in China early in the pandemic, it wasn't until cases started appearing in Europe and the United States that she says sparked real concern in public health circles over it spreading to Canada.
"At that time, because of a very few cases, we were doing incremental measures."
Critics have argued that Canada's reaction to COVID-19 was haphazardly slow, full of contradictory messaging and following the lead of both the World Health Organization and the Chinese government. China has come under fire for allegedly downplaying the dangers while the rest of the world scrambled to contain its spread.
On March 5, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended the decision to keep the borders open, dismissing calls to close them as "knee-jerk reactions" that were not required to keep people safe.
Two days after the U.S. declared a national emergency on March 13, Health Minister Patty Hajdu criticized calls to close the border, calling such measures "ineffective" against a global pandemic.
Airports in South Korea, Japan and Taiwan had started quarantining Chinese travellers by
On
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Post by: cc on May 21, 2020, 10:55:57 PM
Post by: cc on May 21, 2020, 10:55:57 PM
Memo exclusively obtained by The College Fix shows schools applying pressure to keep files secret
Attorneys for universities under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education are trying to block Congress from obtaining records that detail the schools' ties with China, according to a May 19 letter exclusively obtained by The College Fix.
The letter, written by the Education Department's General Counsel Reed Rubinstein, tells lawmakers who requested the documents that the universities' lawyers "claimed Freedom of Information Act exemptions and legal privileges to block record production to Congress."
Rubinstein wrote that some schools may be overly aggressive in marking some documents "confidential" or "privileged."
Nevertheless, he added, staff will contact each school under investigation and let them know which records will be provided to Congress. To block a document being handed over, an objecting school "must provide written specification of the records designated for withholding and specific supporting legal grounds," the letter states.
The letter does not explicitly state which schools lobbied the department to keep their records confidential.
Rubinstein's memo is a response to a May 4 letter from several top House Republicans asking the Education Department to turn over documents on all findings or reports detailing gifts from China to U.S. colleges and universities, citing China's infiltration of the American higher education system and concerns over theft, spying and propaganda.
In February, the Education Department announced it would be investigating Harvard and Yale for failing to report hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign gifts and contracts. The department has said once it began applying pressure on schools in July of 2019 to begin reporting foreign funding, over $6.5 billion in foreign money has been disclosed.
Rubinstein told representatives the Education Department shares their concerns, and campus leaders are also "starting to acknowledge the threat of foreign academic espionage and have been working with federal law enforcement to address gaps in reporting and transparency."
"However, the evidence suggests massive investments of foreign money have bred dependency and distorted the decision making, mission, and values of too many institutions."
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 22, 2020, 12:22:28 AM
Post by: Anonymous on May 22, 2020, 12:22:28 AM
For Facebook use the media icon.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 22, 2020, 12:59:23 AM
Post by: Anonymous on May 22, 2020, 12:59:23 AM
Here is the video Seoul posted..
For Facebook use the media icon.[media]https://www.facebook.com/erinotoolecpc/videos/327448668236762/ [/media]
I like O'Toole. He would be a better leader than front runner and Liberal lite, Peter McKay.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 22, 2020, 01:55:43 AM
Post by: cc on May 22, 2020, 01:55:43 AM
Hope I can find the links .. listened to a few .. He's what we need ... smarts, quick on the draw, nails the points with few to the point words .. I think last name started with a P
We don't need the old guard
McKay boring and dumb as a stump .. dead wood
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Post by: cc on May 22, 2020, 02:03:59 AM
Post by: cc on May 22, 2020, 02:03:59 AM
MacKay Means More Justin Trudeau >
Trudeau will eat Peter MacKay alive.
With MacKay as Conservative leader, the next election is already lost.
AHA - I think this may be the the guy I was referring to above - Pierre Poilievre
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Post by: Anonymous on May 22, 2020, 03:32:41 AM
Post by: Anonymous on May 22, 2020, 03:32:41 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 23, 2020, 12:50:43 AM
Post by: Anonymous on May 23, 2020, 12:50:43 AM
If you let that video above run - at the end it showed these
MacKay Means More Justin Trudeau >https://www.facebook.com/erinotoolecpc/videos/2973747359375009/
Trudeau will eat Peter MacKay alive.
With MacKay as Conservative leader, the next election is already lost.https://www.facebook.com/erinotoolecpc/videos/178830613441832/
AHA - I think this may be the the guy I was referring to above - Pierre Poilievre
https://www.facebook.com/pg/PierrePoilievreMP/about/?ref=page_internal
Pierre Poilievre dropped out of the race..
That was a surprise.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 23, 2020, 12:33:21 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 23, 2020, 12:33:21 PM
If you let that video above run - at the end it showed these
MacKay Means More Justin Trudeau >https://www.facebook.com/erinotoolecpc/videos/2973747359375009/
Trudeau will eat Peter MacKay alive.
With MacKay as Conservative leader, the next election is already lost.https://www.facebook.com/erinotoolecpc/videos/178830613441832/
AHA - I think this may be the the guy I was referring to above - Pierre Poilievre
https://www.facebook.com/pg/PierrePoilievreMP/about/?ref=page_internal
Pierre Poilievre dropped out of the race..
That was a surprise.
He would have delivered a Tory majority.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 23, 2020, 05:20:44 PM
Post by: cc on May 23, 2020, 05:20:44 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 23, 2020, 05:26:19 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 23, 2020, 05:26:19 PM
Sad. He was brilliant in Commons
He is fierce. He could deliver seats in Quebec too. Front runner McKay is not bilingual.
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Post by: Anonymous on May 24, 2020, 12:26:56 AM
Post by: Anonymous on May 24, 2020, 12:26:56 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Frood on May 24, 2020, 12:45:53 AM
Post by: Frood on May 24, 2020, 12:45:53 AM
Look at this video about Chinese president Justine Trudeau by Erin O'Toole.[media]https://www.facebook.com/erinotoolecpc/videos/586399455315438/ [/media]
I'd vote for him... the CCP are cocksuckers...
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 24, 2020, 12:59:09 AM
Post by: Anonymous on May 24, 2020, 12:59:09 AM
Look at this video about Chinese president Justine Trudeau by Erin O'Toole.[media]https://www.facebook.com/erinotoolecpc/videos/586399455315438/ [/media]
I'd vote for him... the CCP are cocksuckers...
I like Erin O'Toole. But, the Tories are probably going to choose Justine lite, Peter McKay as their leader and blow another election.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 24, 2020, 04:20:38 AM
Post by: Anonymous on May 24, 2020, 04:20:38 AM
Look at this video about Chinese president Justine Trudeau by Erin O'Toole.[media]https://www.facebook.com/erinotoolecpc/videos/586399455315438/ [/media]
I like some of the things he said. But, I don't trust Conservatives anymore than I do Liberals.
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Post by: Anonymous on May 24, 2020, 03:44:45 PM
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Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 24, 2020, 10:45:04 PM
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Post by: Anonymous on May 25, 2020, 12:21:18 AM
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Post by: cc on May 25, 2020, 03:12:50 PM
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Post by: cc on May 25, 2020, 03:14:26 PM
Post by: cc on May 25, 2020, 03:14:26 PM
Wang Yi, the Chinese foreign minister, said Sunday that the U.S. should "give up on its wishful thinking of changing China" and avoid bringing the two countries to a "new Cold War."
"China has no intention to change, still replace, the United States," he said, according to the Washington Post. "It is time for the United States to give up its wishful thinking of changing China and stopping 1.4 billion people in their historic march toward modernization."
The Post pointed out that a spokesman for Wang implied that American troops planted the virus in Wuhan.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called the proposal "a death knell for the high degree of autonomy" that Beijing promised the former British colony when it was returned to China in 1997.
"We are trying hard to come out of an economic disaster. But a knockdown fight with China has been thrust upon us," he said. "The takeover of Hong Kong is the writing on the wall."
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Post by: Anonymous on May 25, 2020, 03:17:44 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 25, 2020, 03:17:44 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 25, 2020, 03:30:02 PM
Post by: cc on May 25, 2020, 03:30:02 PM
The Education Department's General Counsel Reed Rubinstein wrote the letter, which told elected officials who requested the documents that the universities' lawyers "claimed Freedom of Information Act exemptions and legal privileges to block record production to Congress."
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 25, 2020, 03:32:51 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 25, 2020, 03:32:51 PM
Universities Attempt To Keep Congress From Gaining Access To Documents Highlighting Their Ties To China(//https) (//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://bigleaguepolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-22-at-7.50.43-PM-1200x630.png%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://bigleaguepolitics.com/wp-conten%20...%2000x630.png%22%3Ehttps://bigleaguepolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-22-at-7.50.43-PM-1200x630.png%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
The Education Department's General Counsel Reed Rubinstein wrote the letter, which told elected officials who requested the documents that the universities' lawyers "claimed Freedom of Information Act exemptions and legal privileges to block record production to Congress."
No surprise.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 25, 2020, 03:54:59 PM
Post by: cc on May 25, 2020, 03:54:59 PM
How stupid we have been allowing that - China's mimicking + hacking our ways (while we knew they were doing it) is stupid enough, but actually teaching them how to beat us has always been light years beyond stupid
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 25, 2020, 05:31:34 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 25, 2020, 05:31:34 PM
Several govts are currently looking at stopping China's students from taking science and engineering courses
How stupid we have been allowing that - China's mimicking + hacking our ways (while we knew they were doing it) is stupid enough, but actually teaching them how to beat us has always been light years beyond stupid
Really?
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 25, 2020, 06:10:57 PM
Post by: cc on May 25, 2020, 06:10:57 PM
Several govts are currently looking at stopping China's students from taking science and engineering courses
How stupid we have been allowing that - China's mimicking + hacking our ways (while we knew they were doing it) is stupid enough, but actually teaching them how to beat us has always been light years beyond stupid
Really?
The US, UK and much of the EU are looking toward stopping students from being taught things useful to China in the Universities
I'll post links as they come up - It's an ongoing and hot issue now
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 25, 2020, 06:14:28 PM
Post by: cc on May 25, 2020, 06:14:28 PM
China fears a fresh coronavirus outbreak as infected students and expatriates return home from the U.S. and Europe and the number of imported virus cases in the country surge.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 25, 2020, 07:43:17 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 25, 2020, 07:43:17 PM
Several govts are currently looking at stopping China's students from taking science and engineering courses
How stupid we have been allowing that - China's mimicking + hacking our ways (while we knew they were doing it) is stupid enough, but actually teaching them how to beat us has always been light years beyond stupid
Ban foreign students from one country in those areas of study is blatant discrimination. Any court will strike it down.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 25, 2020, 08:35:19 PM
Post by: cc on May 25, 2020, 08:35:19 PM
Further, countries all determine who gets student visas & what areas of study they can get them for. Even lame Canada can and does now. No country has to grant any student visas as a matter of fact, much less regulate them
This will sort itself out as we all start to deal with China for what it is. Back in the days of Cold War that was a given .. and China vs the rest of the world is moving us into exactly that situation ... it being a legal situation I'm referring to .. De facto, it already is.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 25, 2020, 08:40:44 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 25, 2020, 08:40:44 PM
Stopping people from taking home valuable info to a known and proven info predator is not even close to illegal nor is it remotely discriminatory
Further, countries all determine who gets student visas & what areas of study they can get them for. Even lame Canada can and does now.
This will sort itself out as we all start to deal with China for what it is. Back in the days of Cold War that was a given .. and China vs the rest of the world is moving us into exactly that situation ... it being a legal situation I'm referring to .. De facto, it already is.
There will be a legal challenge.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 25, 2020, 08:44:15 PM
Post by: cc on May 25, 2020, 08:44:15 PM
!000s of workers and students are refused every year by every first world country without a blip on the screen
They are voluntary gifts, not obligations
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 25, 2020, 10:22:40 PM
Post by: cc on May 25, 2020, 10:22:40 PM
Senior officials including Canada's top soldier have told the government they believe allowing the Chinese company a role in 5G would threaten national security.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 26, 2020, 12:01:00 AM
Post by: cc on May 26, 2020, 12:01:00 AM
China sees Canada as a "minor country" it can bully to get its way, suggested former Canadian ambassador to China David Mulroney.
Mulroney told Global News on Sunday that China is outraged that a country it views as a "vassal state of the United States" would dare to proceed with extradition hearings against Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou.
"China sees Canada as a vassal state of the United States, as a minor country it can push around and part of their great anger at the Meng Wanzhou process and the fact that she's facing extradition hearings is China's outraged that a country as small as Canada would dare to do this."
According to recent reports, Canada's current ambassador to China, Dominic Barton, has accused the communist regime of alienating its international partners through increasingly threatening and aggressive rhetoric.
During a closed-door meeting recounted to reporters, Barton was alleged to have called for a "rigorous review" of the WHO's handling of the coronavirus and said that China is risking undermining its international influence.
"Canada's voice will be heard loudly," Barton reportedly said during the meeting.
Canada's Huawei saga is set to break a major impasse this week as BC Supreme Court Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes announced she will deliver her ruling on Meng's defence Wednesday.
US authorities are seeking to have Meng extradited to the US over a number of bank and wire fraud charges related to Huawei's alleged dealings with Iran, contravening American sanctions.
In retaliation for Meng's arrest in 2018, China unlawfully detained Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. The pair have been held in Chinese prisons for nearly two years and are currently being denied consular visits under the pretense of the coronavirus pandemic.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 26, 2020, 09:06:32 AM
Post by: Anonymous on May 26, 2020, 09:06:32 AM
No country has to grant any student visas as a matter of fact, much less regulate them.
!000s of workers and students are refused every year by every first world country without a blip on the screen
They are voluntary gifts, not obligations
But, a ban by nation..
This will be labelled as a second Chinese Exclusion Act.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 26, 2020, 02:32:45 PM
Post by: cc on May 26, 2020, 02:32:45 PM
So much is at stake that we are now way past PC as an issue
COVID-19 has highlighted the problem of relying too heavily on one country for production
The Trump administration is willing to pay for U.S. companies to uproot their supply chains and bring them home from China, according to the president's top economic adviser.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused supply chain disruptions and elevated concerns the U.S. has become too reliant on production in Asia, and specifically China, for goods and key technologies.
... "We welcome any Americans companies in Hong Kong or China mainland, we will do what we can for full expensing and pay the cost of moving if they return their supply chains and their production to the United States," chief White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told FOX Business' Stuart Varney on Tuesday.
Tensions between the U.S. and China have flared in recent weeks after the Chinese government's initial handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and were further strained after Beijing last week moved to tighten its grip on Hong Kong by introducing a national security bill that would bypass the city's legislature, effectively ending the "one country, two systems" principle used to govern the city.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 27, 2020, 08:59:49 PM
Post by: cc on May 27, 2020, 08:59:49 PM
A soon to be released international survey finds that when the COVID-19 virus finally burns itself out its biggest victim may be the very country that launched the pandemic —China.
Bluster, bullying, and propaganda launched by China's leadership to subdue international criticism of their handling of COVID-19 is only stoking the anger among nations as diverse as the U.K., Germany and India, according to data revealed during a comprehensive poll conducted by the firm McLaughlin & Associates.
They may not embrace the White House on any given issue but when it comes to China, a large and significant number of those polled in this global COVID-19 survey would now support economic sanctions, confronting China's strategy to achieve global dominance by controlling worldwide access to technology, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and more.
What can only be described as a diplomatic earthquake is the emerging political fault line along China's southern border with India.
The McLaughlin poll found that a majority of voters in the world's largest democracy, some 54%, believe China hid key COVID-19 details, resulting in more damage by the pandemic, and 78% believe China knowingly kept data from the international community.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 27, 2020, 10:26:51 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 27, 2020, 10:26:51 PM
Continuing to help China's strength by training their minions in certain areas (science, engineering etc.) has been and if continued would be the ultimate folly .. suicidal
So much is at stake that we are now way past PC as an issueUS will pay for companies to bring supply chains home from China]
COVID-19 has highlighted the problem of relying too heavily on one country for production
The Trump administration is willing to pay for U.S. companies to uproot their supply chains and bring them home from China, according to the president's top economic adviser.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused supply chain disruptions and elevated concerns the U.S. has become too reliant on production in Asia, and specifically China, for goods and key technologies.
... "We welcome any Americans companies in Hong Kong or China mainland, we will do what we can for full expensing and pay the cost of moving if they return their supply chains and their production to the United States," chief White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told FOX Business' Stuart Varney on Tuesday.
Tensions between the U.S. and China have flared in recent weeks after the Chinese government's initial handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and were further strained after Beijing last week moved to tighten its grip on Hong Kong by introducing a national security bill that would bypass the city's legislature, effectively ending the "one country, two systems" principle used to govern the city.(//markets/us-pay-bring-china-supply-chains-home-kudlow)
We have a federal government that raised the carbon tax in the midst of the worst economic downturn in ninety years..
They're so ideological they don't care what is at stake.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 27, 2020, 10:38:19 PM
Post by: cc on May 27, 2020, 10:38:19 PM
He is in some world all of his own, but governing in the interests of his people is not anywhere in his world
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 27, 2020, 10:46:10 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 27, 2020, 10:46:10 PM
Putting everything all together, our Fed Govt. is not governing
He is in some world all of his own, but governing in the interests of his people is not anywhere in his world
Most definitely cc.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 27, 2020, 10:54:58 PM
Post by: cc on May 27, 2020, 10:54:58 PM
Putting everything all together, our Fed Govt. is not governing
He is in some world all of his own, but governing in the interests of his people is not anywhere in his world
Most definitely cc.
And when we need leader"ship" the most, we don't even have a "rowboat"
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 28, 2020, 12:38:16 AM
Post by: Anonymous on May 28, 2020, 12:38:16 AM
Putting everything all together, our Fed Govt. is not governing
He is in some world all of his own, but governing in the interests of his people is not anywhere in his world
Most definitely cc.
And when we need leader"ship" the most, we don't even have a "rowboat"
He is not even an oar.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 28, 2020, 12:29:46 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 28, 2020, 12:29:46 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 28, 2020, 12:56:39 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 28, 2020, 12:56:39 PM
In the wake of COVID-19, Americans have developed an increasingly negative view of China, and the policy of integrating it into the western commercial system to promote democratic reforms has been discredited.
After President Xi became head of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012, he set a course for China to offer a rival model of multilateralism, rather than integrate into the U. S.- led liberal world order, and imposed tighter controls on speech, the internet and ultimately his social credit system. The collapse of the Soviet Union became his example of the perils of losing ideological sway over the population.
In the early weeks of the COVID-19 crisis, the apparent co-operation of WHO Director General Adhanom and bad advice from Health and Human Services Secretary Azar may have encouraged President Donald Trump — and by derivation Governor Cuomo — to initially play down the threat. And since, Chinese leaders have hardly been forthcoming in admitting their lack of transparency in letting a mainland epidemic become a pandemic — inflicting great harm on western economies.
China's attempts to use money and material to extend its global influence illustrate President Xi is happy to turn the crisis into his opportunity for greater global influence and his contempt for democratic institutions. He is tightening control in Hong Kong and tolerating a wave of domestic racism and xenophobia.
Africans living in China have been characterized as animals on social media and rounded up for quarantine even when they show no signs of COVID-19. A restaurant in Shenyang displayed a banner "Celebrating the epidemic in the United States and wishing coronavirus a nice trip to Japan." Given Beijing tightly censors the internet and public speech, its tolerance of rancid conduct can be seen as an expression of CCP dogma by estoppel.
The Western Al liance ejected Russia from the G8 for invading the Crimea. Certainly. America could refuse to sit down with China in the G20 and tolerate its continued participation in the WTO, IMF, World Bank and other venues.
We can make clear to Europe and other allies if they value their freedom and our friendship they can no longer profit from business with
Russia and China, do too little for the common defence, and expect the American navy to guarantee their security.
Eleven nuclear aircraft carriers are not enough, and we can't afford more.
Germany orchestrating common European security safeguards to permit Huawei to buildout continental 5G technology and its Nord Stream 2 pipeline would put money in Beijing's and Moscow's pockets, helps finance their military modernization and efforts to corrupt western elections.
America and western Europe must recognize their own shortcomings and misconceptions. China and more autocratic leaning Eastern Europe were generally better able to contain the virus and economic damage with stricter measures.
We must accept that Bluetooth cell phone apps, collecting anonymized data about personal contacts, would be far more efficient and no more an invasion of personal privacy than thousands of trackers now being assembled by New York and other jurisdictions to interrogate those testing positive and folks identified for having recent contact. The misuse of data can be avoided much as iPhone protects personal financial information in its card swipe technology.
Efforts to revive our economies reveal the need to cultivate more personal self- res t raint and financial decency. Large publicly traded companies with adequate liquidity, hotel magnates and richly endowed universities reaching for SBA cash intended for mom and pop businesses smells the decay in civic values that should not be tolerated.
Apart from shunning President Xi and resisting the cynical among us, the Trump administration or its successor must articulate a clear vision of a new multilateralism among western allies and developing nations willing to shoulder the burdens of sustaining human rights and democracy.
Substantial reforms and cooperation that safeguard the integrity of the WHO, WTO, NATO and other economic and security institutions are needed to resolve western squabbles better than bullying with unilateral tariffs, shotgun renegotiation of trade agreements and bellicose boasting.
President Trump has not offered such a vision, but only an alliance of the willing will have the resources to address the menace posed by the Chinese juggernaut.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 28, 2020, 08:02:32 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 28, 2020, 08:02:32 PM
India and China are building up troops and and armaments along one section of their disputed border.
India is one of China's only neighbours that won't let China bully them.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 29, 2020, 04:06:59 PM
Post by: cc on May 29, 2020, 04:06:59 PM
1 - WHO & China:
President Trump on Friday announced that the U.S. is "
"Because they have failed to make the requested and greatly needed reforms, we will be today terminating our relationship with the World Health Organization and redirecting those funds to other worldwide and deserving urgent global public health needs," Trump said at a press conference.
It came as part of a press conference in which Trump announced a number of measures aimed primarily at China in response to its conduct on a number of fronts including trade, the coronavirus and its recent incursions into freedoms in Hong Kong.
The U.S. has raised concerns about WHO officials' praise of Chinese "transparency," its ignoring of warnings from Taiwan, and its repetition of Chinese claims that the virus could not be spread from person-to-person. Trump has also pointed to the opposition by WHO officials to Trump's decision to place a travel ban on China in the initial days of the crisis.
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2 - Chinese Students
Targeting the Chinese directly, Trump said he will issue a proclamation to secure university research and to "suspend the entry of certain foreign nationals from China who we have identified as a potential security risk."
3 - Hong Kong
Trump accused China of "smothering" freedom in Hong Kong, with its recent national security law that would shut down opposition and criminalize anti-government movements such as pro-democracy demonstrations seen in the territory in recent years.
The State Department this week reported to Congress that Hong Kong is no longer autonomous after a number of moves by Beijing to shut down the freedoms that were agreed to as part of the 1997 handover of the territory by the British.
Trump announced that the U.S. will be eliminating policy exemptions that give Hong Kong different and special treatment "from our extradition treaty to our export controls on dual use technologies and more with few exceptions."
Trump also said the State Department's
Additionally, the U.S. is
"The rest of the world was electrified by a sense of optimism that Hong Kong was a glimpse of China's future, not that Hong Kong would grow into a reflection of China's past," he said.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 29, 2020, 04:44:27 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 29, 2020, 04:44:27 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 30, 2020, 02:41:04 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 30, 2020, 02:41:04 PM
President Donald Trump took punitive action against China Friday over the country's recent undermining of democracy in Hong Kong and coverup of the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.
The president announced the United States will prevent certain Chinese nationals, deemed potential security risks, from entering the country in order to ensure the integrity of the U.S. higher education system. Furthermore, he directed the "presidential working group on financial markets to study the different practices of Chinese companies listed on the U.S. Financial markets with a goal of protecting American investors."
Trump additionally announced the U.S. is formally terminating its relationship with the World Health Organization for its role in helping China cover obscure the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, killing millions of people around the world. Trump added that funds normally reserved for WHO will go to other "deserving" global health needs.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 31, 2020, 11:46:28 AM
Post by: Anonymous on May 31, 2020, 11:46:28 AM
Once again, China's dictators are hurling insults at Canada because Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won't overturn a court decision in B.C. last week allowing the U.S. extradition case against Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou to proceed.
The same dictators who arrested and imprisoned Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor 539 days ago on charges of spying that Trudeau has called both an "arbitrary detention" and unacceptable international behaviour meant to pressure Canada into freeing Meng in exchange for the Two Michaels.
The same dictators who have the gall to equate China's justice system — where Kovrig and Spavor have been held in custody under harsh conditions — with ours, where Meng is free on bail, living in one of her Vancouver mansions.
The same dictators who hid the severity of COVID19 from the world until it was too late to stop it from becoming a pandemic that has caused both a worldwide public health emergency and an economic disaster.
The same dictators who are currently engaged in yet another vicious campaign to snuff out democracy in Hong Kong.
All of which raises the question of why Canada would want to have anything to do with China, or its telecommunications giant, Huawei, in the development of Canada's 5G telecommunications network?
Especially with our closest allies, including the U.S., U.K., Australia and New Zealand — who along with Canada make up the "Five
Eyes" intelligence network — balking at allowing Huawei to develop their 5G networks due to global security concerns.
Concerns that are shared by the Canadian military and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), as reported by The Globe and Mail.
To be sure, Meng and Huawei deny they are guilty of the allegations by the U.S. government that they conspired to commit bank and wire fraud in order to violate American sanctions against Iran.
Huawei and China also deny participation in corporate espionage and intellectual property theft anywhere in the world.
But based on the precautionary principle alone, why would we want Huawei involved with the development of wireless communications technology in Canada?
And why is it taking so long for Trudeau to listen to the views of Canadians, 78% of whom oppose Huawei developing Canada's 5G network, according to a recent poll by the Angus Reid Institute.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on June 03, 2020, 09:37:57 PM
Post by: cc on June 03, 2020, 09:37:57 PM
There is growing alarm in the UK about Beijing's attempt to introduce a law that would punish behavior that it deems an endangerment of Chinese national security in Hong Kong.
The prime minister said he would offer a 12-month extendable visa to all Hong Kong citizens who are eligible to apply for a British national overseas passport — some 3 million people — dramatically escalating the row between Beijing and London.
The UK has also asked Australia, Canada, the US, and New Zealand to give visas to Hong Kong residents who want to flee.
China told the UK to "step back from the brink" after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would offer millions of Hong Kong residents the right to move to Britain if China strips away their freedoms.
China told Britain to stop "interfering" and that its residency offer would "backfire."
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Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on June 04, 2020, 03:53:28 AM
Post by: Anonymous on June 04, 2020, 03:53:28 AM
[size=120]China warns the UK to 'step back from the brink' after Boris Johnson offers 3 million Hong Kong citizens refuge in Britain(//boris-johnson-has-offered-full-british-visas-to-nearly-3-million-hong-kong-residents-2020-6) [/size]
There is growing alarm in the UK about Beijing's attempt to introduce a law that would punish behavior that it deems an endangerment of Chinese national security in Hong Kong.
The prime minister said he would offer a 12-month extendable visa to all Hong Kong citizens who are eligible to apply for a British national overseas passport — some 3 million people — dramatically escalating the row between Beijing and London.
The UK has also asked Australia, Canada, the US, and New Zealand to give visas to Hong Kong residents who want to flee.
China told the UK to "step back from the brink" after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would offer millions of Hong Kong residents the right to move to Britain if China strips away their freedoms.
China told Britain to stop "interfering" and that its residency offer would "backfire."
[Looks like Boris & Co are stepping up]
I hope they move to Liverpool and buy old Scouse's employer's business and become his landlord.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on June 04, 2020, 03:29:24 PM
Post by: Anonymous on June 04, 2020, 03:29:24 PM
China warns the UK to 'step back from the brink' after Boris Johnson offers 3 million Hong Kong citizens refuge in Britain[/url]
There is growing alarm in the UK about Beijing's attempt to introduce a law that would punish behavior that it deems an endangerment of Chinese national security in Hong Kong.
The prime minister said he would offer a 12-month extendable visa to all Hong Kong citizens who are eligible to apply for a British national overseas passport — some 3 million people — dramatically escalating the row between Beijing and London.
The UK has also asked Australia, Canada, the US, and New Zealand to give visas to Hong Kong residents who want to flee.
China told the UK to "step back from the brink" after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would offer millions of Hong Kong residents the right to move to Britain if China strips away their freedoms.
China told Britain to stop "interfering" and that its residency offer would "backfire."
[Looks like Boris & Co are stepping up]
Boris has balls.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on June 04, 2020, 07:41:44 PM
Post by: Anonymous on June 04, 2020, 07:41:44 PM
Why it matters: Uighurs living outside China have long suspected that Beijing is using its growing diplomatic and economic clout to pressure foreign governments into interrogating and deporting them.
These documents from 2016 and 2017 — together with Turkey's treatment of the man after that — provide rare proof this is happening.
"I spend most of my nights in fear. I usually don't sleep until after 1am because I am afraid they will come for me and my family."
— Enver Turdi, in an interview with Axios
Details: Enver Turdi, the man named in the extradition request, has lived in Turkey since early 2014 when he fled Xinjiang, a region in northwest China that is home to around 10 million Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking ethnic minority.
In 2012 and 2013, Enver passed along information about Chinese government abuses to Radio Free Asia and to Uighur organizations abroad, he told Axios in an interview. He left China on a tourist visa after one of his associates was detained.
In 2015, the Chinese Embassy in Turkey refused to issue him a new passport, without which he could not renew his Turkish temporary residence permit, Enver told Axios. In 2017, he was placed in a deportation facility for 12 months after being unable to produce valid residence documents.
Turkish security officials then interrogated him and claimed that he had been running a pro-Islamic State website, which he denied, and showed him a copy of his 2004 graduation photo, which Enver says they could only have obtained from China. His case was sent to a criminal court, not an immigration court.
Enver's case is still pending in the Turkish courts.
Background: The Chinese Communist Party has placed heavy restrictions on Uighurs and other majority-Muslim ethnic groups in western China.
In early 2017, the Chinese government began putting hundreds of thousands of Uighurs into extrajudicial mass detention camps, where detainees are kept in dire conditions and forced to attend re-education classes. Many others receive long prison sentences without fair trials.
How would the CCP react if there were nation wide protests and looting in China because of the persecution of Uighurs.
The Chinese government has said its measures in Xinjiang are intended to fight terrorism and extremism, but academics and human rights groups say what's happening is a cultural genocide on a scale not seen since World War II.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on June 17, 2020, 01:46:27 AM
Post by: Anonymous on June 17, 2020, 01:46:27 AM
The border affray is a sign of worrying military escalation between Asia's giants
THE TWO armies each had guns, artillery and tanks to the rear. But they wielded only sticks and stones at the front, as night fell on June 15th. That was deadly enough. When the brawl ended, and the final rocks had been thrown, at least 20 Indian troops lay dead in the picturesque Galwan valley, high in the mountains of Ladakh. Chinese casualties are unknown. They were the first combat fatalities on the mountainous border between India and China in 45 years, drawing to a close an era in which Asia's two largest powers had managed their differences without bloodshed.
The Indian and Chinese armies had been locked in a stand-off at three sites in Ladakh, an Indian territory at the northernmost tip of the country, for over a month. In April the People's Liberation Army (PLA) broke off from exercises and occupied a series of remote border posts along the disputed frontier, known as the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Both sides quickly moved troops and heavy weapons towards the LAC. As troops squared off, punch-ups erupted twice in May, at Pangong lake, in Ladakh, and at Naku La in Sikkim, 1,200km to the east, resulting in serious injuries on both sides. In total, the PLA grabbed around 40 to 60 square kilometres of territory that India considers to be its own,
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on June 17, 2020, 12:20:08 PM
Post by: Anonymous on June 17, 2020, 12:20:08 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on June 19, 2020, 12:48:08 AM
Post by: Anonymous on June 19, 2020, 12:48:08 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on June 19, 2020, 04:27:09 AM
Post by: Anonymous on June 19, 2020, 04:27:09 AM
I was just about to post this.
This major international geopolitical development is barely mentioned. North American media is preoccupied with the beatification of George Floyd.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on June 19, 2020, 06:30:13 AM
Post by: Anonymous on June 19, 2020, 06:30:13 AM
I was just about to post this.
This major international geopolitical development is barely mentioned. North American media is preoccupied with the beatification of George Floyd.
It's remarkable this isn't the biggest news story in the world.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on July 14, 2020, 05:02:23 PM
Post by: cc on July 14, 2020, 05:02:23 PM
It's Official!!!
Britain bans Huawei from 5G network as Boris Johnson rejects China's threat of 'consequences'
Decision reverses earlier policy to allow Chinese tech giant access to network and follows growing pressure from US to alter course
British culture secretary Oliver Dowden says nation will be 'clear-eyed about China' and security risks
Huawei Technologies will be banned from Britain's 5G network, the UK government announced on Tuesday in a major U-turn.
The decision follows escalating tension with Beijing and pressure from Washington and could add to the pressure on other European countries to review their approach to the Chinese telecoms giant.
By tearing up his earlier policy to allow Huawei up to a 35 per cent share in the non-sensitive parts of Britain's 5G networks, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ignored threats from Chinese officials that there will be "consequences" if the UK treats China as a "hostile partner".
The decision is one of the multiple signs of growing unease in Europe about China's actions, including the imposition of national security law in Hong Kong and its initial handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on July 15, 2020, 12:46:31 AM
Post by: Anonymous on July 15, 2020, 12:46:31 AM
UK Officially Bans China Owned Huawei From Participating In Their 5G Rollout(//452373-uk-officially-bans-china-owned-huawei-from-participating-in-their-5g-rollout/)
It's Official!!!
Britain bans Huawei from 5G network as Boris Johnson rejects China's threat of 'consequences'
Decision reverses earlier policy to allow Chinese tech giant access to network and follows growing pressure from US to alter course
British culture secretary Oliver Dowden says nation will be 'clear-eyed about China' and security risks
Huawei Technologies will be banned from Britain's 5G network, the UK government announced on Tuesday in a major U-turn.
The decision follows escalating tension with Beijing and pressure from Washington and could add to the pressure on other European countries to review their approach to the Chinese telecoms giant.
By tearing up his earlier policy to allow Huawei up to a 35 per cent share in the non-sensitive parts of Britain's 5G networks, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ignored threats from Chinese officials that there will be "consequences" if the UK treats China as a "hostile partner".
The decision is one of the multiple signs of growing unease in Europe about China's actions, including the imposition of national security law in Hong Kong and its initial handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Britain made a wise decision.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on July 15, 2020, 02:19:17 AM
Post by: cc on July 15, 2020, 02:19:17 AM
UK Officially Bans China Owned Huawei From Participating In Their 5G Rollout(//452373-uk-officially-bans-china-owned-huawei-from-participating-in-their-5g-rollout/)
It's Official!!!
Britain bans Huawei from 5G network as Boris Johnson rejects China's threat of 'consequences'
Decision reverses earlier policy to allow Chinese tech giant access to network and follows growing pressure from US to alter course
British culture secretary Oliver Dowden says nation will be 'clear-eyed about China' and security risks
Huawei Technologies will be banned from Britain's 5G network, the UK government announced on Tuesday in a major U-turn.
The decision follows escalating tension with Beijing and pressure from Washington and could add to the pressure on other European countries to review their approach to the Chinese telecoms giant.
By tearing up his earlier policy to allow Huawei up to a 35 per cent share in the non-sensitive parts of Britain's 5G networks, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ignored threats from Chinese officials that there will be "consequences" if the UK treats China as a "hostile partner".
The decision is one of the multiple signs of growing unease in Europe about China's actions, including the imposition of national security law in Hong Kong and its initial handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Britain made a wise decision.
That they did!!
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on July 15, 2020, 03:05:27 AM
Post by: Anonymous on July 15, 2020, 03:05:27 AM
UK Officially Bans China Owned Huawei From Participating In Their 5G Rollout(//452373-uk-officially-bans-china-owned-huawei-from-participating-in-their-5g-rollout/)
It's Official!!!
Britain bans Huawei from 5G network as Boris Johnson rejects China's threat of 'consequences'
Decision reverses earlier policy to allow Chinese tech giant access to network and follows growing pressure from US to alter course
British culture secretary Oliver Dowden says nation will be 'clear-eyed about China' and security risks
Huawei Technologies will be banned from Britain's 5G network, the UK government announced on Tuesday in a major U-turn.
The decision follows escalating tension with Beijing and pressure from Washington and could add to the pressure on other European countries to review their approach to the Chinese telecoms giant.
By tearing up his earlier policy to allow Huawei up to a 35 per cent share in the non-sensitive parts of Britain's 5G networks, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ignored threats from Chinese officials that there will be "consequences" if the UK treats China as a "hostile partner".
The decision is one of the multiple signs of growing unease in Europe about China's actions, including the imposition of national security law in Hong Kong and its initial handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Britain made a wise decision.
That they did!!
Don't expect Trudeau to make a decision that benefits Canada.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on July 15, 2020, 12:06:32 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 15, 2020, 12:06:32 PM
UK Officially Bans China Owned Huawei From Participating In Their 5G Rollout(//452373-uk-officially-bans-china-owned-huawei-from-participating-in-their-5g-rollout/)
It's Official!!!
Britain bans Huawei from 5G network as Boris Johnson rejects China's threat of 'consequences'
Decision reverses earlier policy to allow Chinese tech giant access to network and follows growing pressure from US to alter course
British culture secretary Oliver Dowden says nation will be 'clear-eyed about China' and security risks
Huawei Technologies will be banned from Britain's 5G network, the UK government announced on Tuesday in a major U-turn.
The decision follows escalating tension with Beijing and pressure from Washington and could add to the pressure on other European countries to review their approach to the Chinese telecoms giant.
By tearing up his earlier policy to allow Huawei up to a 35 per cent share in the non-sensitive parts of Britain's 5G networks, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ignored threats from Chinese officials that there will be "consequences" if the UK treats China as a "hostile partner".
The decision is one of the multiple signs of growing unease in Europe about China's actions, including the imposition of national security law in Hong Kong and its initial handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Britain made a wise decision.
That they did!!
Don't expect Trudeau to make a decision that benefits Canada.
I don't.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on July 15, 2020, 01:04:57 PM
Post by: cc on July 15, 2020, 01:04:57 PM
However, Justine does not live in a real world and acts only in "his own" interests .. often at the expense of his meaningless countypeople
He has to choose between China and the Five Eyes. There is no middle ground
I suppose he could get Canada's intel .. which is always mainly on China ... from China. Now there's a plan
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on July 15, 2020, 01:12:18 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 15, 2020, 01:12:18 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on July 16, 2020, 02:21:59 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 16, 2020, 02:21:59 PM
We must be at the table with Boris Johnson, working on a trade deal with Britain, Australia and New Zealand. This important CANZUK deal needs to happen.
Strong trade with these countries adds weight to Magnitsky sanctions and other measures against malevolent regimes like the Chinese Communist Party. We need to stand together.
In a time of great change we must work with our trusted allies and friends, the free and democratic nations of the world, always putting Canada's interests first.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on July 16, 2020, 05:08:05 PM
Post by: cc on July 16, 2020, 05:08:05 PM
Now more than ever, Canada needs strong relationships with our friends around the world. Our economic recovery, health and security rely on free trade with our strongest partners.
We must be at the table with Boris Johnson, working on a trade deal with Britain, Australia and New Zealand. This important CANZUK deal needs to happen.
Strong trade with these countries adds weight to Magnitsky sanctions and other measures against malevolent regimes like the Chinese Communist Party. We need to stand together.
In a time of great change we must work with our trusted allies and friends, the free and democratic nations of the world, always putting Canada's interests first.
Agree 100
Working in together with trusted friends is the answer to getting back on track. For far too long we have worked with our common enemy and paid a price for it
Britain, Australia US are natural and trustworthy friends. Seems our great leader doesn't see clearly that Canada could & should be the 4th in a very tight protective group
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on July 17, 2020, 12:36:37 AM
Post by: Anonymous on July 17, 2020, 12:36:37 AM
Now more than ever, Canada needs strong relationships with our friends around the world. Our economic recovery, health and security rely on free trade with our strongest partners.
We must be at the table with Boris Johnson, working on a trade deal with Britain, Australia and New Zealand. This important CANZUK deal needs to happen.
Strong trade with these countries adds weight to Magnitsky sanctions and other measures against malevolent regimes like the Chinese Communist Party. We need to stand together.
In a time of great change we must work with our trusted allies and friends, the free and democratic nations of the world, always putting Canada's interests first.
That sounds like a sensible potential trade pact.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on July 17, 2020, 02:10:39 AM
Post by: cc on July 17, 2020, 02:10:39 AM
Things like the WTO never worked for most except it worked exceedingly well for China
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on July 17, 2020, 03:07:15 AM
Post by: Anonymous on July 17, 2020, 03:07:15 AM
Now more than ever, Canada needs strong relationships with our friends around the world. Our economic recovery, health and security rely on free trade with our strongest partners.
We must be at the table with Boris Johnson, working on a trade deal with Britain, Australia and New Zealand. This important CANZUK deal needs to happen.
Strong trade with these countries adds weight to Magnitsky sanctions and other measures against malevolent regimes like the Chinese Communist Party. We need to stand together.
In a time of great change we must work with our trusted allies and friends, the free and democratic nations of the world, always putting Canada's interests first.
Agree 100
Working in together with trusted friends is the answer to getting back on track. For far too long we have worked with our common enemy and paid a price for it
Britain, Australia US are natural and trustworthy friends. Seems our great leader doesn't see clearly that Canada could & should be the 4th in a very tight protective group
Trade deals between countries benefit big corporations not workers.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on July 17, 2020, 01:14:43 PM
Post by: cc on July 17, 2020, 01:14:43 PM
In the past we have been plagued by dumb deals that hurt workers
During the period of open trade China ate our lunch ... which was easily predicable
For new smart deals that result in our country selling more goods on a fair playing field it has to "by definition" make more work for workers
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on July 17, 2020, 03:26:05 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 17, 2020, 03:26:05 PM
Trade deals between countries benefit big corporations not workers.
Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Singapore, South Korea, New Zealand, Netherlands and Switzerland would disagree with you. All small countries that have prospered through trade.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on July 17, 2020, 04:32:37 PM
Post by: cc on July 17, 2020, 04:32:37 PM
MINXIN PEI
CLAREMONT, CALIF.
CONTRIBUTED TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL
PUBLISHED JULY 16, 2020 -
Minxin Pei is professor of government at Claremont McKenna College, and a non-resident senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
Britain's decision to ban Huawei from its 5G networks has dealt a painful blow to China. Until recently, China was still counting on Britain to stick to its earlier decision to allow the Chinese telecom giant to supply non-core equipment for the country's 5G networks.
The first was the United States' escalation of its war on Huawei. The U.S. instituted a new sanction in May banning suppliers that use its technology from providing semi-conductors to Huawei. Because U.S. technology is used to manufacture the advanced semi-conductors that Huawei's products – including 5G base stations – require, the company's supply will be cut off, making production of its 5G equipment in the future nearly impossible.
The prospect that a key supplier of Britain's 5G networks would no longer be able to build and maintain its system is a far more serious threat than potential Chinese snooping is. No responsible government can afford to take such a risk. So, Huawei's days were numbered as soon as the U.S. government pulled the trigger in May. The only question was when British Prime Minister Boris Johnson would tell Chinese President Xi Jinping the bad news.
The second development, which made it politically easier for Mr. Johnson to embrace the Huawei ban, is China's imposition of its new national security law on Hong Kong. This draconian legislation, which was proposed in late May and passed by China's rubber-stamp parliament on June 30, has for all practical purposes ended the autonomous status of the former British colony. From Britain's perspective, China's action is a blatant violation of the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong, which includes China's pledge to respect and protect the city's legal system and civil liberties for 50 years after its reversion to Chinese rule in 1997.
Chinese leaders might think that Britain is too weak to fight back. Clearly, they are wrong. Britain has decided to take a stand on Hong Kong – and Huawei is an easy and obvious target.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on July 17, 2020, 04:38:57 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 17, 2020, 04:38:57 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on July 17, 2020, 04:41:13 PM
Post by: cc on July 17, 2020, 04:41:13 PM
Also for Trump starting it and giving Boris both reason and support
This may force other European counties to think it through better
If other countries act together smartly, strongly and together, China can be kept under control
They are really living on the edge - If the "now bent" 3 Gorges Dam fails, China will be set back decades .. and at moment it's a very close call. Even if it holds "for now" they have been set back greatly by poor water system planning and will have to cut back a lot for future
There is nothing more destructive than over confidence
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on July 17, 2020, 05:08:21 PM
Post by: cc on July 17, 2020, 05:08:21 PM
Past poor planning & inferior construction is catching up .. current flooding has already taken out some critical bridges and whole towns.
It is at capacity today following severe rains .. meaning overflowing into areas above it + having to release water into the already overflowing lower areas affecting 100s of millions .. and ruining formerly rich agriculture areas
So Western nations merely need to hang tough and be tough .. and let China destroy itself
Globe & Mail >
If (or rather when the dam goes), China's economy will be set back decades and many 100s of millions of people greatly affected .. not to mention the millions of acres of fertile land no longer able to generate food and food capital
Shadow line most clearly shows the difference between the 2 end to end
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on July 18, 2020, 12:29:34 AM
Post by: Anonymous on July 18, 2020, 12:29:34 AM
Yes. I'm so proud of Boris coming through. He is refreshingly always gutsy and unafraid to do the right thing
Also for Trump starting it and giving Boris both reason and support
This may force other European counties to think it through betterAnd actually key of articleis that China is not as strong as many think and acting from weakness in many areas .. something I have felt or some time now
If other countries act together smartly, strongly and together, China can be kept under controlAnother or Parallel Problem for China
They are really living on the edge - If the "now bent" 3 Gorges Dam fails, China will be set back decades .. and at moment it's a very close call. Even if it holds "for now" they have been set back greatly by poor water system planning and will have to cut back a lot for future
There is nothing more destructive than over confidence
You are very right cc..
While China has no respect for weak leaders like Justin Trudeau and Barack Obama, they do use their weakness to their advantage.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on July 18, 2020, 03:21:29 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 18, 2020, 03:21:29 PM
The UK joined the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand in freezing out Huawei from their 5G networks, leaving Canada as the only member of the "Five Eyes" intelligence alliance that has not barred or restricted Huawei from its 5G network.
This is an important and necessary move by Boris Johnson's government.
Huawei has helped China earn its reputation for spying, industrial espionage, and international property theft.
Through surveillance and facial recognition, Huawei have also helped the Beijing regime track, detain, torture, and murder people.
As just about everyone in the west seems to realize—with the exception of Team Trudeau—now is the time to separate ourselves from the ambitions of the Chinese Communist Party and the entities that do its sinister work.
This spring, Johnson's Tory government announced a ban on a rather controversial procedure: no longer will children in the UK be able to have life-altering surgical procedures to "change" their gender.
Despite being known for leading a socially liberal administration, Boris Johnson bravely stood up to the forces of gender ideology and protected the children of his country from the mere possibility of having their lives unalterably destroyed by undergoing procedures, abetted by adults, that would do just that.
We live in times when we can't be sure that governments, even in western countries with long and honourable traditions of rational thinking that go back centuries, can be counted on to act rationally or sensibly.
In these two instances, Boris Johnson has, and so should Canada.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on July 18, 2020, 04:10:19 PM
Post by: cc on July 18, 2020, 04:10:19 PM
Good for Boris & yes, every country needs to protect it's youth from pressure inflicted upon them by screwed up parents
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on July 19, 2020, 12:23:45 AM
Post by: Anonymous on July 19, 2020, 12:23:45 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Odinson on July 19, 2020, 08:42:36 AM
Post by: Odinson on July 19, 2020, 08:42:36 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on July 19, 2020, 11:46:08 AM
Post by: Anonymous on July 19, 2020, 11:46:08 AM
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Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on July 19, 2020, 01:43:39 PM
Post by: cc on July 19, 2020, 01:43:39 PM
The government of Canada has awarded an estimated $6.8 million contract to a state-owned Chinese company to supply security equipment for 170 embassies, consulates and high commissions around the globe.
Nuctech is known as the "Huawei of airport security," supplying X-ray machines, scanners and explosive detection systems to airports and customs offices in 160 countries. The company sees a bright future for its airport body scanners, which feature a thermal imaging camera that can detect elevated body temperatures.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on July 19, 2020, 02:49:54 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 19, 2020, 02:49:54 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on July 20, 2020, 03:57:33 PM
Post by: cc on July 20, 2020, 03:57:33 PM
The United States has called on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to immediately end its "depraved abuse and mistreatment" of the spiritual practice Falun Gong.
"Twenty-one years of persecution of Falun Gong practitioners is far too long, and it must end," U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a rare statement about the persecution by a top administration official.
"Extensive evidence shows the PRC [People's Republic of China] government continues to repress and abuse this community to this day, including reported torture of Falun Gong practitioners and detention of thousands," he said on July 20, the 21st anniversary of Beijing's launch of the persecution campaign.
Pompeo also demanded that the Chinese regime release imprisoned adherents of Falun Gong and account for the whereabouts of missing practitioners.
His calls join around 30 U.S. lawmakers and officials who issued statements expressing solidarity with Falun Gong practitioners on the anniversary. Hundreds of lawmakers around the world also condemned the regime's brutal suppression.
Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual discipline that includes meditative exercises a set of moral teachings based on the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance. The practice spread widely in China with around 70 million people practicing by the end of the decade, according to government estimates at the time.
On July 20, 1999, Falun Gong practitioners in China found themselves the targets for persecution when the CCP deemed Falun Gong's popularity a threat to its rule and banned the practice. Adherents have since been subjected to harassment, detention, and torture in an effort to coerce them into giving up their beliefs. Millions have been detained, according to estimates by the Falun Dafa Information Center (FDIC). More than 4,000 are confirmed to have died from torture, according to Minghui.org, an online clearinghouse for information about the persecution of Falun Gong, although this is likely to be an understatement of the real death toll given the difficulty of obtaining sensitive information from China.
"Since 1999, the Communist Party of China (CCP) has sought to eradicate Falun Gong, a spiritual practice originating in China, and its peaceful practitioners and human rights defenders who have fought for their right to practice their beliefs," Pompeo said.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on July 20, 2020, 04:01:09 PM
Post by: cc on July 20, 2020, 04:01:09 PM
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has accused China of "gross and egregious" human rights abuses against its Uighur population and said sanctions against those responsible cannot be ruled out.
Reports of forced sterilisation and wider persecution of the Muslim group were "reminiscent of something not seen for a long time", he told the BBC.
The UK would work with its allies to take appropriate action, he insisted.
China's UK ambassador said talk of concentration camps was "fake".
Liu Xiaoming told the BBC's Andrew Marr that the Uighurs received the same treatment under the law as other ethnic groups in his country.
Shown drone footage that appears to show Uighurs being blindfolded and led to trains, and which has been authenticated by Australian security services, he said he "did not know" what the video was showing and "sometimes you have a transfer of prisoners, in any country".
"There is no such concentration camps in Xinjiang," he added. "There's a lot of fake accusations against China."
It is believed that up to a million Uighur people have been detained over the past few years in what the Chinese state defines as "re-education camps".
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on July 20, 2020, 05:20:35 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 20, 2020, 05:20:35 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on July 20, 2020, 07:15:44 PM
Post by: cc on July 20, 2020, 07:15:44 PM
However, to say nothing / pretend it doesn't exist is not what our societies should be about
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on July 20, 2020, 07:45:59 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 20, 2020, 07:45:59 PM
Agreed. Yes they do.
However, to say nothing / pretend it doesn't exist is not what our societies should be about
Trudeau would not criticize China if they nuked Canada.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on July 20, 2020, 07:47:32 PM
Post by: cc on July 20, 2020, 07:47:32 PM
He's prolly apologize because he himself was not evaporated
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on July 20, 2020, 09:58:23 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 20, 2020, 09:58:23 PM
Today from all directions:BBC - UK accuses China of 'gross' human rights abuses against Uighurs(//https)
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has accused China of "gross and egregious" human rights abuses against its Uighur population and said sanctions against those responsible cannot be ruled out.
Reports of forced sterilisation and wider persecution of the Muslim group were "reminiscent of something not seen for a long time", he told the BBC.
The UK would work with its allies to take appropriate action, he insisted.
China's UK ambassador said talk of concentration camps was "fake".
Liu Xiaoming told the BBC's Andrew Marr that the Uighurs received the same treatment under the law as other ethnic groups in his country.
Shown drone footage that appears to show Uighurs being blindfolded and led to trains, and which has been authenticated by Australian security services, he said he "did not know" what the video was showing and "sometimes you have a transfer of prisoners, in any country".
"There is no such concentration camps in Xinjiang," he added. "There's a lot of fake accusations against China."
It is believed that up to a million Uighur people have been detained over the past few years in what the Chinese state defines as "re-education camps".
The UK has child grooming. Any country that looks the other way while children are trafficked into sexual slavery is in no fucking position ti judge any country about human rights. The fucking nerve of Britain.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on July 20, 2020, 10:06:36 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 20, 2020, 10:06:36 PM
What's happening in Xinjiang is being carried out by the government and what is happening in the UK is organized crime.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on July 21, 2020, 12:21:23 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 21, 2020, 12:21:23 PM
The following is an excerpt from the book Hidden Hand by Clive Hamilton and Mareike Hamilton.
When Huawei's chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, was arrested in Canada
in December 2018, on an extradition request from the United States, she was accused of bank fraud, among other things. At the height of the angry diplomatic fight that ensued — in which Beijing made dire threats to Ottawa rather than Washington and jailed two Canadian citizens on trumped-up charges — Canada's ambassador to China, John McCallum, gave a press conference to Chinese-language media in Ontario in which he offered advice to
Meng as to how she could mount the best legal defence against extradition.
Already well known as a friend of China — he'd recently said that Canada had more in common with China than with the United States — McCallum listed what he saw as serious flaws in the extradition case.
Some suggested the ambassador sounded as if he were speaking for the government of China rather than defending Canada's position. In Beijing, the
Global Times praised McCallum for his 'truth-telling' and reproached Canadians for their lack of 'moral righteousness'. After widespread criticism of McCallum at home, his former chief of staff characterised his speech as a 'verbal miscue' and defended him as 'a fundamentally decent and optimistic man', a longstanding Sinophile who'd travelled often to China over three decades — all of which goes a long way towards explaining how the ambassador could have fallen victim to the CCP's psychological techniques.
A few days later McCallum followed up his advice to Meng on how to fight her extradition by saying it would be good for Canada to release her, thereby privileging the pacification of Beijing over Canada's legal obligation to the United States. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was forced to sack him, leaving observers to puzzle over how such an experienced politician and diplomat could misfire so badly.
Others like McCallum who are targets of the CCP are wooed not by inducements, but by playing to their vanity and their desire to be agreeable. As one headline writer sardonically put it, 'I think that Chinese official really likes me!'
One who did recognise why McCallum was saying the things he did in support of Meng Wanzhou was former Mexican ambassador to Beijing, Jorge Guajardo. He had been groomed in the same way.
Envoys new to Beijing are isolated from senior Chinese officials. After a time, a message is sent that a high-ranking official wishes to meet them. They meet and are told they have a 'unique understanding of the nuance and delicacy of the party's position'. They begin to see themselves as 'special'. They are granted rare access to top leaders and believe they've been entrusted with an unusual insight into the inner workings of Chinese politics.
Of course, other envoys are being groomed to believe the same. As special friends of China, the envoys' advice to their masters back home reflects their unique insight, and is exactly the advice Beijing wants them to communicate.
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Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on July 29, 2020, 04:32:24 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 29, 2020, 04:32:24 PM
According to a recent poll, a majority of American voters believe China is primarily to blame for coronavirus and should help pay for the global costs of the pandemic.
A poll released Tuesday by Rasmussen Reports found that 53% of likely voters thought China should help pay at least some of the financial costs associated with the coronavirus pandemic. Another 31% of likely voters said China should not have to pay, while 16% said they were unsure.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on July 29, 2020, 08:09:48 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 29, 2020, 08:09:48 PM
Poll: Majority Of Voters Say China Needs To Help Pay For Coronavirus Pandemichttps://dailycaller.com/2020/07/28/poll-majority-of-voters-blame-china-pay-for-coronavirus-pandemic/?utm_source=piano&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2360&pnespid=17NvsfkECQONCh_nWf6VLpRlTtYrsGNLxvodEYtz
According to a recent poll, a majority of American voters believe China is primarily to blame for coronavirus and should help pay for the global costs of the pandemic.
A poll released Tuesday by Rasmussen Reports found that 53% of likely voters thought China should help pay at least some of the financial costs associated with the coronavirus pandemic. Another 31% of likely voters said China should not have to pay, while 16% said they were unsure.
They have a moral responsibility to pay. They caused this global pandemic.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on July 29, 2020, 11:43:38 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 29, 2020, 11:43:38 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on July 30, 2020, 01:25:08 AM
Post by: cc on July 30, 2020, 01:25:08 AM
Shen does have a point in that the UK system deliberately looked the other way so as to not appear anti-islamic ... something they really need to be if they wish to ultimately survive
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on July 30, 2020, 01:55:43 AM
Post by: Anonymous on July 30, 2020, 01:55:43 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 04, 2020, 09:57:55 PM
Post by: cc on August 04, 2020, 09:57:55 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 04, 2020, 10:00:34 PM
Post by: cc on August 04, 2020, 10:00:34 PM
Chinese State Media Vows Tech 'Mortal Combat' in Response to TikTok Buyout Talks
Chinese state media has threatened retaliation after the Trump administration compelled short-video app TikTok to find an American buyer, citing national security concerns about the popular platform s Chinese ownership. In an editorial published on Aug. 4, state-run outlet China Daily said the Chinese regime would not accept the theft of a Chinese technology company
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 04, 2020, 10:02:05 PM
Post by: cc on August 04, 2020, 10:02:05 PM
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday it will retaliate if Washington continues what it described as hostile actions against Chinese journalists based in the United States.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said the ministry understands that no Chinese journalist in the United States have had their application for a visa renewal approved since Washington in May moved to limit their visas to 90 days with an option for an extension.
(Reporting by Yew Lun Tian; writing by Se Young Lee; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2020, 10:40:53 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2020, 10:40:53 PM
Things sure are heating up - Seems at least someone "gets it"
Chinese State Media Vows Tech 'Mortal Combat' in Response to TikTok Buyout Talkshttps://newzealand.shafaqna.com/EN/AL/695239
Chinese state media has threatened retaliation after the Trump administration compelled short-video app TikTok to find an American buyer, citing national security concerns about the popular platform s Chinese ownership. In an editorial published on Aug. 4, state-run outlet China Daily said the Chinese regime would not accept the theft of a Chinese technology company
I don't use Tik Tok, but my daughter does..
I would never download an app from China.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Frood on August 04, 2020, 10:42:41 PM
Post by: Frood on August 04, 2020, 10:42:41 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 05, 2020, 01:02:41 PM
Post by: cc on August 05, 2020, 01:02:41 PM
In the coming days, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar will lead a delegation to Taiwan. This marks the first visit to Taiwan by an HHS Secretary, the first Cabinet member to visit in six years, and the highest level visit by a U.S. Cabinet official since 1979.
"Taiwan has been a model of transparency and cooperation in global health during the COVID-19 pandemic and long before it," said HHS Secretary Alex Azar. "I look forward to conveying President Trump's support for Taiwan's global health leadership and underscoring our shared belief that free and democratic societies are the best model for protecting and promoting health. This trip represents an opportunity to strengthen our economic and public health cooperation with Taiwan, especially as the United States and other countries work to strengthen and diversify our sources for crucial medical products."
Secretary Azar's historic visit will strengthen the U.S.-Taiwan partnership and enhance U.S-Taiwan cooperation to combat the global COVID-19 pandemic. Taiwan's role in the international community is critical, as demonstrated by its remarkable success battling COVID-19 as a free and transparent democratic society.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 05, 2020, 01:02:41 PM
Post by: cc on August 05, 2020, 01:02:41 PM
In contrast to authoritarian systems, U.S. and Taiwan societies and economies are uniquely equipped to drive global progress in areas such as medicine and science to help the world tackle emerging threats. The COVID-19 pandemic is the most recent example of joint U.S.-Taiwan efforts to confront global challenges for the good of the world.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 02:33:18 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 02:33:18 PM
In 2018, President Donald Trump signed into law the Taiwan Travel Act, and this visit is part of America's policy of sending high-level U.S. officials to Taiwan to reaffirm the U.S.-Taiwan friendship, pursue shared interests, and celebrate the shared values that bond the United States and Taiwan to the international family of democracies.
In contrast to authoritarian systems, U.S. and Taiwan societies and economies are uniquely equipped to drive global progress in areas such as medicine and science to help the world tackle emerging threats. The COVID-19 pandemic is the most recent example of joint U.S.-Taiwan efforts to confront global challenges for the good of the world.
It is about time the US started treating with the dignity that nation deserves. Shen Li might have a different opinion.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 03:23:30 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 03:23:30 PM
In 2018, President Donald Trump signed into law the Taiwan Travel Act, and this visit is part of America's policy of sending high-level U.S. officials to Taiwan to reaffirm the U.S.-Taiwan friendship, pursue shared interests, and celebrate the shared values that bond the United States and Taiwan to the international family of democracies.
In contrast to authoritarian systems, U.S. and Taiwan societies and economies are uniquely equipped to drive global progress in areas such as medicine and science to help the world tackle emerging threats. The COVID-19 pandemic is the most recent example of joint U.S.-Taiwan efforts to confront global challenges for the good of the world.
Shen Li might have a different opinion.
Who cares.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 05, 2020, 09:18:11 PM
Post by: cc on August 05, 2020, 09:18:11 PM
... SYDNEY—Australian federal police raided the home and office of a man employed by an Australian politician as part of a foreign interference investigation into whether he was working to advance "Chinese state interests," according to court documents.
... The case is the first test of the foreign interference law which was introduced in 2018, spurred in part by a classified Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) report on Chinese activity.
The legislation sparked anger from Beijing which consistently denies it meddles in the political affairs of other countries.
Federal police searched and seized material from Zhang's Sydney home, business premises, and the parliamentary office of his employer, New South Wales (NSW) state Labor politician Shaoquett Moselmane, on June 26.
Moselmane, who has been suspended from the NSW Labor party following the raids, has previously said he had not done anything wrong and was not a suspect.
... The documents said it was alleged Zhang was suspected of acting on behalf of the "Chinese state and Party apparatus" in a private social media chat group with Moselmane, to advance the policy goals of the Chinese government.
He is alleged to have encouraged Moselmane to advocate for "Chinese state interests," they said.
This conduct is alleged to be unlawful because it was covert and sought to influence an Australian political process
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 11:03:34 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 11:03:34 PM
Australian Politician's Staffer Investigated for Advancing China's Interests(//https)
... SYDNEY—Australian federal police raided the home and office of a man employed by an Australian politician as part of a foreign interference investigation into whether he was working to advance "Chinese state interests," according to court documents.
... The case is the first test of the foreign interference law which was introduced in 2018, spurred in part by a classified Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) report on Chinese activity.
The legislation sparked anger from Beijing which consistently denies it meddles in the political affairs of other countries.
Federal police searched and seized material from Zhang's Sydney home, business premises, and the parliamentary office of his employer, New South Wales (NSW) state Labor politician Shaoquett Moselmane, on June 26.
Moselmane, who has been suspended from the NSW Labor party following the raids, has previously said he had not done anything wrong and was not a suspect.
... The documents said it was alleged Zhang was suspected of acting on behalf of the "Chinese state and Party apparatus" in a private social media chat group with Moselmane, to advance the policy goals of the Chinese government.
He is alleged to have encouraged Moselmane to advocate for "Chinese state interests," they said.
This conduct is alleged to be unlawful because it was covert and sought to influence an Australian political process//
I will wager we have more Zhang's than Australia does.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 05, 2020, 11:17:39 PM
Post by: cc on August 05, 2020, 11:17:39 PM
We even have one leading the health dept in Ottawa
Her latest is we may have to live with this for 2 -3 years .. which with all the money and top people on it like nothing before, that would only apply to antixazers
She's trying to demoralize people so we will overreact and hurt the country.. and been wrong on pretty much everything from day one
Someone please tell me why we would retain anyone from the country that deliberately gave it to us and is known for using their people who are here
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 11:27:06 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 11:27:06 PM
True enough
We even have one leading the health dept in Ottawa
Her latest is we may have to live with this for 2 -3 years .. which with all the money and top people on it like nothing before, that would only apply to antixazers
She's trying to demoralize people so we will overreact and hurt the country.. and been wrong on pretty much everything from day one
Someone please tell me why we would retain anyone from the country that deliberately gave it to us and is known for using their people who are here
She should have been sacked.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 11:45:39 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 11:45:39 PM
True enough
We even have one leading the health dept in Ottawa
Her latest is we may have to live with this for 2 -3 years .. which with all the money and top people on it like nothing before, that would only apply to antixazers
She's trying to demoralize people so we will overreact and hurt the country.. and been wrong on pretty much everything from day one
Someone please tell me why we would retain anyone from the country that deliberately gave it to us and is known for using their people who are here
Theresa Tam is utterly incompetent. She said the virus posed no threat to Canada at the end of February, she said travel bans don't work and well into March she said masks not only don't work, but could spread the virus. Her gross incompetence and/or lies has done more to spread the virus faster in this country than any other person. She is Canada's version of patient 31 in South Korea. She should not only be fired, she should be held accountable for her incompetence and lies.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 05, 2020, 11:49:27 PM
Post by: cc on August 05, 2020, 11:49:27 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 06, 2020, 12:21:24 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 06, 2020, 12:21:24 PM
True enough
We even have one leading the health dept in Ottawa
Her latest is we may have to live with this for 2 -3 years .. which with all the money and top people on it like nothing before, that would only apply to antixazers
She's trying to demoralize people so we will overreact and hurt the country.. and been wrong on pretty much everything from day one
Someone please tell me why we would retain anyone from the country that deliberately gave it to us and is known for using their people who are here
Theresa Tam is utterly incompetent. She said the virus posed no threat to Canada at the end of February, she said travel bans don't work and well into March she said masks not only don't work, but could spread the virus. Her gross incompetence and/or lies has done more to spread the virus faster in this country than any other person. She is Canada's version of patient 31 in South Korea. She should not only be fired, she should be held accountable for her incompetence and lies.
She gets an F.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 06, 2020, 12:21:24 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 06, 2020, 12:21:24 PM
True enough
We even have one leading the health dept in Ottawa
Her latest is we may have to live with this for 2 -3 years .. which with all the money and top people on it like nothing before, that would only apply to antixazers
She's trying to demoralize people so we will overreact and hurt the country.. and been wrong on pretty much everything from day one
Someone please tell me why we would retain anyone from the country that deliberately gave it to us and is known for using their people who are here
Theresa Tam is utterly incompetent. She said the virus posed no threat to Canada at the end of February, she said travel bans don't work and well into March she said masks not only don't work, but could spread the virus. Her gross incompetence and/or lies has done more to spread the virus faster in this country than any other person. She is Canada's version of patient 31 in South Korea. She should not only be fired, she should be held accountable for her incompetence and lies.
She gets an F.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 06, 2020, 01:14:35 PM
Post by: cc on August 06, 2020, 01:14:35 PM
a plane ticket in lieu of pension
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 06, 2020, 06:10:44 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 06, 2020, 06:10:44 PM
This latest "news" is just the latest installment in the bizarre world of ever-shifting goalposts being laid down by many of our public health officials, most notably in Canada by Dr. Theresa Tam.
Hearing that we may be forced to take measures against COVID-19 for "years" to come is quite different from what we heard when the lockdown began. Back then, we only needed a few weeks, maybe a month, to "flatten the curve" and ensure there was enough space in hospitals.
But that's been the story of this pandemic. We've received confusing and contradictory advice throughout. Dr. Tam spent months telling us we should not wear masks because it might actually increase the spread, until she reversed her position on them at the same time as the World Health Organization did. Now they're mandatory.
We were told limiting international air travel and closing the border to non-essential traffic wouldn't work right up until the day that they closed the borders.
We were told our government was prepared for the pandemic, when now we know it wasn't.
If Dr. Tam wanted us to take her predictions about the future of this pandemic seriously, she shouldn't have spent months passing off WHO directives that were made at the behest of the Communist Party of China as medical advice that would help Canadians.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 06, 2020, 07:44:47 PM
Post by: cc on August 06, 2020, 07:44:47 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 06, 2020, 09:24:51 PM
Post by: cc on August 06, 2020, 09:24:51 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 06, 2020, 09:25:43 PM
Post by: cc on August 06, 2020, 09:25:43 PM
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously voted to approve a bill banning federal employees from using video-sharing app TikTok on government-issued devices, amid threats from the White House to ban the company.
The app has come under fire from U.S. lawmakers and the Trump administration over national security concerns because China's ByteDance owns the technology. The company currently faces a deadline of Sept. 15 either to sell its U.S. operations to Microsoft Corp or another U.S. firm or face an outright ban.
Sources previously told Reuters that ByteDance executives value all of TikTok at more than $50 billion.
Under a Chinese law introduced in 2017, companies have an obligation to support and cooperate with the country's national intelligence work.
"I'm encouraged by the bipartisan support we have seen in this body to hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable and that includes ... holding accountable those corporations who would just do China's bidding," Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who sponsored the bill, said in a statement.
"And, if I have anything to say about it, we won't be stopping here," Hawley added.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 06, 2020, 09:28:39 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 06, 2020, 09:28:39 PM
US Senate Votes to Ban TikTok App on Government Devices(//https)
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously voted to approve a bill banning federal employees from using video-sharing app TikTok on government-issued devices, amid threats from the White House to ban the company.
The app has come under fire from U.S. lawmakers and the Trump administration over national security concerns because China's ByteDance owns the technology. The company currently faces a deadline of Sept. 15 either to sell its U.S. operations to Microsoft Corp or another U.S. firm or face an outright ban.
Sources previously told Reuters that ByteDance executives value all of TikTok at more than $50 billion.
Under a Chinese law introduced in 2017, companies have an obligation to support and cooperate with the country's national intelligence work.
"I'm encouraged by the bipartisan support we have seen in this body to hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable and that includes ... holding accountable those corporations who would just do China's bidding," Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who sponsored the bill, said in a statement.
"And, if I have anything to say about it, we won't be stopping here," Hawley added.
That won't happen here.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 06, 2020, 09:34:06 PM
Post by: cc on August 06, 2020, 09:34:06 PM
If Biden won he's probably demand shares in it and force US competitors out
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Thiel on August 06, 2020, 10:55:41 PM
Post by: Thiel on August 06, 2020, 10:55:41 PM
Seems we have 100% losers with no exception running Canada
At least they are consistent.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 06, 2020, 10:58:56 PM
Post by: cc on August 06, 2020, 10:58:56 PM
.......... WASHINGTON—In response to supply disruptions caused by the pandemic, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 6 in Clyde, Ohio, to ensure that essential medicines, medical supplies, and equipment are made in the United States.
Speaking at Whirlpool Corporation's manufacturing facility in northwest Ohio, Trump said, "We'll end reliance on China just like we did with the washers and dryers."
"During the course of the next four years, we will bring our pharmaceutical and medical supply chains home," Trump said. "We cannot rely on China and other nations across the globe."
In order to prevent medical supply chain disruptions in the future, Trump signed the executive order called "Combating Public Health Emergencies and Strengthening National Security by Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs are Made in the United States."
The broad executive order covers medicines as well as medical supplies, including masks, gloves, and goggles, and medical equipment such as ventilators.
It has three components, which include the "Buy American" order to ensure that government agencies, including the departments of Veterans Affairs, Health and Human Services, and Defense, buy American products.
The order aims to increase government demand for U.S.-made products to help create a market for manufacturers to invest and to produce in the United States.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 06, 2020, 11:04:10 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 06, 2020, 11:04:10 PM
Trump Signs Executive Order to Reduce US Reliance on China for Medicine(//https)
.......... WASHINGTON—In response to supply disruptions caused by the pandemic, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 6 in Clyde, Ohio, to ensure that essential medicines, medical supplies, and equipment are made in the United States.
Speaking at Whirlpool Corporation's manufacturing facility in northwest Ohio, Trump said, "We'll end reliance on China just like we did with the washers and dryers."
"During the course of the next four years, we will bring our pharmaceutical and medical supply chains home," Trump said. "We cannot rely on China and other nations across the globe."
In order to prevent medical supply chain disruptions in the future, Trump signed the executive order called "Combating Public Health Emergencies and Strengthening National Security by Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs are Made in the United States."
The broad executive order covers medicines as well as medical supplies, including masks, gloves, and goggles, and medical equipment such as ventilators.
It has three components, which include the "Buy American" order to ensure that government agencies, including the departments of Veterans Affairs, Health and Human Services, and Defense, buy American products.
The order aims to increase government demand for U.S.-made products to help create a market for manufacturers to invest and to produce in the United States.
That is very good news, but Joe Biden may not honour it..
And I don't expect Justin Trudeau to repatriate our essential medical supply chain.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Thiel on August 07, 2020, 01:31:00 AM
Post by: Thiel on August 07, 2020, 01:31:00 AM
Trump Signs Executive Order to Reduce US Reliance on China for Medicine(//trump-signs-executive-order-to-reduce-us-reliance-on-china-for-medicine_3453091.html)
.......... WASHINGTON—In response to supply disruptions caused by the pandemic, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 6 in Clyde, Ohio, to ensure that essential medicines, medical supplies, and equipment are made in the United States.
Speaking at Whirlpool Corporation's manufacturing facility in northwest Ohio, Trump said, "We'll end reliance on China just like we did with the washers and dryers."
"During the course of the next four years, we will bring our pharmaceutical and medical supply chains home," Trump said. "We cannot rely on China and other nations across the globe."
In order to prevent medical supply chain disruptions in the future, Trump signed the executive order called "Combating Public Health Emergencies and Strengthening National Security by Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs are Made in the United States."
The broad executive order covers medicines as well as medical supplies, including masks, gloves, and goggles, and medical equipment such as ventilators.
It has three components, which include the "Buy American" order to ensure that government agencies, including the departments of Veterans Affairs, Health and Human Services, and Defense, buy American products.
The order aims to increase government demand for U.S.-made products to help create a market for manufacturers to invest and to produce in the United States.
That is very good news, but Joe Biden may not honour it..
And I don't expect Justin Trudeau to repatriate our essential medical supply chain.
Biden says he will bring back jobs, but that is just to steal votes from industrial workers away from Trump. Biden is fine with the United States at the mercy of China in the next pandemic.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 09, 2020, 01:55:37 PM
Post by: cc on August 09, 2020, 01:55:37 PM
The Five Eyes countries on Sunday urged the Hong Kong government to uphold Hong Kong's democratic process and hold the Legislative Council elections as soon as possible.
The foreign ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, and the U.S. secretary of state issued a joint statement on Sunday, expressing concerns over the "unjust disqualification of candidates and disproportionate postponement of Legislative Council elections."
"These moves have undermined the democratic process that has been fundamental to Hong Kong's stability and prosperity," they said in a statement. "We express deep concern at Beijing's imposition of the new National Security Law, which is eroding the Hong Kong people's fundamental rights and liberties."
The ministers urged the Hong Kong government to reinstate the eligibility of disqualified candidates and not delay the elections, which were scheduled to be held on Sept. 6 but have been postponed by Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam to Sept. 5, 2021.
Also -
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 09, 2020, 02:01:23 PM
Post by: cc on August 09, 2020, 02:01:23 PM
More than 130 employees at ByteDance, the Chinese owner of video-sharing application TikTok, are part of a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) committee embedded in the company. Many of the employees work in management positions, an internal document reveals.
The extent of CCP membership among ByteDance management further demonstrates the company's ties to the Chinese regime, fueling security concerns about TikTok.
By law, Chinese companies are required to set up Communist Party units within their offices to ensure that business policies and employees toe the Party line. ByteDance, founded in March 2012, set up its Party committee in October 2014.
According to Party regulations, companies' committee members are appointed at political conferences. Members serve five-year terms.
It's unclear exactly how many Party members or committee members are among ByteDance's 60,000 employees across 230 global offices; the list obtained by The Epoch Times is only a partial listing of committee members at its Beijing headquarters.
At the headquarters office, at least 138 employees—mostly in management positions or technical roles—are in the company's influential Beijing Party committee, according to the internal list. Sixty on the list are classified as having a managerial role.
The document details each committee member's full name, gender, birthday, date they joined the CCP, ID numbers, and type of position in the company, such as managerial or technical.
The revelations come as the U.S. government intensifies scrutiny of TikTok and other Chinese-owned apps on national security grounds. U.S. officials have repeatedly sounded the alarm that American personal data collected by TikTok could be accessed by Beijing, as Chinese companies are beholden to the CCP.
Trump on Aug. 6 issued executive orders to ban U.S. transactions with ByteDance, and Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. The ban will take effect in 45 days. Trump has also given ByteDance until Sept. 15 to sell TikTok to Microsoft or another American firm. Microsoft confirmed that it's in talks to buy the app.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 09, 2020, 02:13:52 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 09, 2020, 02:13:52 PM
TikTok's Parent Company Employs Chinese Communist Party Members in Its Highest Ranks(//https)
More than 130 employees at ByteDance, the Chinese owner of video-sharing application TikTok, are part of a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) committee embedded in the company. Many of the employees work in management positions, an internal document reveals.
The extent of CCP membership among ByteDance management further demonstrates the company's ties to the Chinese regime, fueling security concerns about TikTok.
By law, Chinese companies are required to set up Communist Party units within their offices to ensure that business policies and employees toe the Party line. ByteDance, founded in March 2012, set up its Party committee in October 2014.
According to Party regulations, companies' committee members are appointed at political conferences. Members serve five-year terms.
It's unclear exactly how many Party members or committee members are among ByteDance's 60,000 employees across 230 global offices; the list obtained by The Epoch Times is only a partial listing of committee members at its Beijing headquarters.
At the headquarters office, at least 138 employees—mostly in management positions or technical roles—are in the company's influential Beijing Party committee, according to the internal list. Sixty on the list are classified as having a managerial role.
The document details each committee member's full name, gender, birthday, date they joined the CCP, ID numbers, and type of position in the company, such as managerial or technical.
The revelations come as the U.S. government intensifies scrutiny of TikTok and other Chinese-owned apps on national security grounds. U.S. officials have repeatedly sounded the alarm that American personal data collected by TikTok could be accessed by Beijing, as Chinese companies are beholden to the CCP.
Trump on Aug. 6 issued executive orders to ban U.S. transactions with ByteDance, and Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. The ban will take effect in 45 days. Trump has also given ByteDance until Sept. 15 to sell TikTok to Microsoft or another American firm. Microsoft confirmed that it's in talks to buy the app.
I knew that about Chinese companies.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 09, 2020, 03:24:28 PM
Post by: cc on August 09, 2020, 03:24:28 PM
Hollywood filmmakers are self-censoring to avoid angering leaders in China, where US-made flicks rake in billions of dollars annually, according to a bombshell report.
The makers of big-budget films — including "Iron Man 3," "World War Z" and "Top Gun: Maverick"— are pandering to the country's authoritarian government by cutting characters and dialogue that aren't pro-China, according to PEN America, a non-profit that promotes free speech.
Authors of the report say Tinseltown honchos are censoring themselves to ensure better movie release dates and advertising deals from the country.
"Filmmakers cannot reduce their work to the lowest common denominator of only content that is deemed acceptable by one of the world's most censorious regimes," the report states. "Hollywood's approach...is setting a standard for the rest of the world."
In one example, Paramount Studio bosses allegedly demanded that dialogue about how a virus had originated in China be removed from the apocalyptic action thriller "World War Z," starring Brad Pitt, according to the report.
An executive from the company later admitted the edit was made to pass China's movie review process, according to the entertainment news site The Wrap.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 09, 2020, 10:29:48 PM
Post by: cc on August 09, 2020, 10:29:48 PM
National security adviser Robert O'Brien said the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is targeting U.S. election infrastructure with cyberattacks leading up to the November election, suggesting a more active level of CCP interference.
His comments came after a statement released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said that the CCP is trying to expand its influence on the election.
"They'd like to see the president lose," O'Brien said on CBS' "Face the Nation," referring to the CCP.
"China—like Russia, like Iran—they've engaged in cyberattacks and phishing and that sort of thing with respect to our election infrastructure, with respect to websites and that sort of thing," the adviser said on Sunday.
In response to a question from CBS' Margaret Brennan that both the Kremlin and the CCP have attempted to access state websites to collect data, O'Brien responded, "It's a real concern ... But it's not just Russia, Margaret, it's the Chinese don't want the president reelected."
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 09, 2020, 10:33:34 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 09, 2020, 10:33:34 PM
Chinese Regime Targeting US Election Infrastructure With Cyberattacks: National security adviser Robert O'Brien(//https)
National security adviser Robert O'Brien said the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is targeting U.S. election infrastructure with cyberattacks leading up to the November election, suggesting a more active level of CCP interference.
His comments came after a statement released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said that the CCP is trying to expand its influence on the election.
"They'd like to see the president lose," O'Brien said on CBS' "Face the Nation," referring to the CCP.
"China—like Russia, like Iran—they've engaged in cyberattacks and phishing and that sort of thing with respect to our election infrastructure, with respect to websites and that sort of thing," the adviser said on Sunday.
In response to a question from CBS' Margaret Brennan that both the Kremlin and the CCP have attempted to access state websites to collect data, O'Brien responded, "It's a real concern ... But it's not just Russia, Margaret, it's the Chinese don't want the president reelected."
I always thought China was more likely to interfere in American and Canadian elections than Russia..
They have the diaspora to make it a reality.
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Post by: cc on August 13, 2020, 04:25:25 PM
Post by: cc on August 13, 2020, 04:25:25 PM
Trump's administration announced this week that customs officials will detain important merchandise if it's made by companies linked to prison labor in China.
Effective immediately, all garments produced by the Hero Vast Group, which includes a number of companies, will be detained, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced.
The order is based on information that indicates the companies are using prison labor to produce items.
"China's use of forced labor to make goods is illegal and wrong. Their serious human rights abuses cannot stand. DHS remains committed to using every tool available to identify and prevent products made with forced labor from entering the United States," acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf said in a statement.
CBP is an office inside the DHS.
"The use of forced labor is not just a serious human rights issue, but it also brings about unfair competition in our global supply chains. CBP's goal is to ensure that goods made by forced labor never reach U.S. consumers," Brenda Smith, an executive assistant commissioner at CBP, added.
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Post by: Anonymous on August 13, 2020, 04:37:55 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 13, 2020, 04:37:55 PM
Trump Administration to Seize Clothing Made in Prisons in China(//https)
Trump's administration announced this week that customs officials will detain important merchandise if it's made by companies linked to prison labor in China.
Effective immediately, all garments produced by the Hero Vast Group, which includes a number of companies, will be detained, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced.
The order is based on information that indicates the companies are using prison labor to produce items.
"China's use of forced labor to make goods is illegal and wrong. Their serious human rights abuses cannot stand. DHS remains committed to using every tool available to identify and prevent products made with forced labor from entering the United States," acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf said in a statement.
CBP is an office inside the DHS.
"The use of forced labor is not just a serious human rights issue, but it also brings about unfair competition in our global supply chains. CBP's goal is to ensure that goods made by forced labor never reach U.S. consumers," Brenda Smith, an executive assistant commissioner at CBP, added.
Not a peep about this from progs like Trudeau, the NDP or the democRATs.
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Post by: Anonymous on August 13, 2020, 07:52:02 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 13, 2020, 07:52:02 PM
Trump Administration to Seize Clothing Made in Prisons in China(//https)
Trump's administration announced this week that customs officials will detain important merchandise if it's made by companies linked to prison labor in China.
Effective immediately, all garments produced by the Hero Vast Group, which includes a number of companies, will be detained, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced.
The order is based on information that indicates the companies are using prison labor to produce items.
"China's use of forced labor to make goods is illegal and wrong. Their serious human rights abuses cannot stand. DHS remains committed to using every tool available to identify and prevent products made with forced labor from entering the United States," acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf said in a statement.
CBP is an office inside the DHS.
"The use of forced labor is not just a serious human rights issue, but it also brings about unfair competition in our global supply chains. CBP's goal is to ensure that goods made by forced labor never reach U.S. consumers," Brenda Smith, an executive assistant commissioner at CBP, added.
Trump is the working man's president.
That's why he's hated.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 14, 2020, 03:23:14 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 14, 2020, 03:23:14 PM
Chinese customs isn't letting the samples across, according to one of the researchers.
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Post by: cc on August 14, 2020, 03:29:04 PM
Post by: cc on August 14, 2020, 03:29:04 PM
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Post by: Anonymous on August 14, 2020, 03:35:32 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 14, 2020, 03:35:32 PM
Dealing with china on something as serious as vaccine is the ultimate and unforgivable stupidity
They sent the virus, they held up medical supplies, yet that sellout wanker of a pm trusts them for a vaccine. Who the hell voted for Justine anyway. Worst pm in the nation's history.
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Post by: cc on August 17, 2020, 01:10:18 PM
Post by: cc on August 17, 2020, 01:10:18 PM
Dealing with china on something as serious as vaccine is the ultimate and unforgivable stupidity
They sent the virus, they held up medical supplies, yet that sellout wanker of a pm trusts them for a vaccine. Who the hell voted for Justine anyway. Worst pm in the nation's history.
About as sick as it gets
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Post by: cc on August 17, 2020, 01:11:57 PM
Post by: cc on August 17, 2020, 01:11:57 PM
The Trump administration on Aug. 17 announced it will further tighten restrictions on Huawei, aimed at cutting off its access to chips made with U.S. technology.
The commerce department said it has broadened restrictions imposed in May, which sought to prevent the Chinese telecom giant from acquiring semiconductors from global chipmakers made with U.S. technology.
The administration also added 38 Huawei affiliates in 21 countries to its trade blacklist, barring U.S. firms from doing business with them. Adding the new set of firms raises the total number of blocked Huawei affiliates to 152. Huawei and its affiliates were first added to the blacklist in May 2019 on national security grounds.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told Fox Business the restrictions introduced in May "led them to do some evasive measures.
State Secretary Mike Pompeo said in a statement that the new rule change "will prevent Huawei from circumventing U.S. law through alternative chip production and provision of off-the-shelf chips." He added that "Huawei has continuously tried to evade" U.S. restrictions imposed in May—which do not fully go into effect until Sept. 14.
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Post by: Anonymous on August 17, 2020, 02:43:37 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 17, 2020, 02:43:37 PM
US Moves to Further Block Huawei from Chips Made with US Technology(//https)
The Trump administration on Aug. 17 announced it will further tighten restrictions on Huawei, aimed at cutting off its access to chips made with U.S. technology.
The commerce department said it has broadened restrictions imposed in May, which sought to prevent the Chinese telecom giant from acquiring semiconductors from global chipmakers made with U.S. technology.
The administration also added 38 Huawei affiliates in 21 countries to its trade blacklist, barring U.S. firms from doing business with them. Adding the new set of firms raises the total number of blocked Huawei affiliates to 152. Huawei and its affiliates were first added to the blacklist in May 2019 on national security grounds.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told Fox Business the restrictions introduced in May "led them to do some evasive measures.They were going through third parties...The new rule makes it clear that any use of American software or American fabrication equipment is banned and requires a license."
State Secretary Mike Pompeo said in a statement that the new rule change "will prevent Huawei from circumventing U.S. law through alternative chip production and provision of off-the-shelf chips." He added that "Huawei has continuously tried to evade" U.S. restrictions imposed in May—which do not fully go into effect until Sept. 14.
I can't help but wonder if all these security measures of Donald Trump will be reversed under the pro-China administration of Joe Biden.
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Post by: cc on August 17, 2020, 03:41:32 PM
Post by: cc on August 17, 2020, 03:41:32 PM
'China poses a greater national security threat to the U.S. than any other nation,' DNI says
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe told Fox News that China poses "a greater national security threat" to the United States "than any other nation," detailing a web of threats that includes "election influence and interference."
"China poses a greater national security threat to the U.S. than any other nation – economically, militarily and technologically. That includes threats of election influence and interference," Ratcliffe told Fox News in a statement.
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Post by: Anonymous on August 17, 2020, 03:45:01 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 17, 2020, 03:45:01 PM
China's anti-Trump election meddling raises new alarm, as DNI calls country biggest threat(//https)
'China poses a greater national security threat to the U.S. than any other nation,' DNI says
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe told Fox News that China poses "a greater national security threat" to the United States "than any other nation," detailing a web of threats that includes "election influence and interference."
"China poses a greater national security threat to the U.S. than any other nation – economically, militarily and technologically. That includes threats of election influence and interference," Ratcliffe told Fox News in a statement.
I have a feeling the American Democratic Party will try and downplay this as the Liberal Party in Canada has.
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Post by: Anonymous on August 17, 2020, 03:52:02 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 17, 2020, 03:52:02 PM
China's anti-Trump election meddling raises new alarm, as DNI calls country biggest threat(//https)
'China poses a greater national security threat to the U.S. than any other nation,' DNI says
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe told Fox News that China poses "a greater national security threat" to the United States "than any other nation," detailing a web of threats that includes "election influence and interference."
"China poses a greater national security threat to the U.S. than any other nation – economically, militarily and technologically. That includes threats of election influence and interference," Ratcliffe told Fox News in a statement.
Good one ceec. This will be posted at another place.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 17, 2020, 04:52:58 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 17, 2020, 04:52:58 PM
China's anti-Trump election meddling raises new alarm, as DNI calls country biggest threat(//https)
'China poses a greater national security threat to the U.S. than any other nation,' DNI says
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe told Fox News that China poses "a greater national security threat" to the United States "than any other nation," detailing a web of threats that includes "election influence and interference."
"China poses a greater national security threat to the U.S. than any other nation – economically, militarily and technologically. That includes threats of election influence and interference," Ratcliffe told Fox News in a statement.
China has vested interests in Trump losing. They also have the resources to interfere. It is that simple.
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Post by: cc on August 17, 2020, 07:30:20 PM
Post by: cc on August 17, 2020, 07:30:20 PM
The Justice Department announced Monday that a former CIA officer was arrested and charged with espionage.
67-year-old Alexander Yuk Ching Ma was arrested on Friday and charged with spying for China.
According to the DOJ, Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, beginning in 2001, conspired with a relative of his, who was also a former CIA officer, to communicate top secret material to intel agents from China.
For nearly two decades on and off Alexander Yuk Ching Ma disclosed a substantial amount of highly classified national defense information of the United States to the MSS officers.
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Post by: Anonymous on August 17, 2020, 07:47:29 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 17, 2020, 07:47:29 PM
Former CIA Officer Alexander Yuk Ching Ma Arrested and Charged with Spying For China(//https)
The Justice Department announced Monday that a former CIA officer was arrested and charged with espionage.
67-year-old Alexander Yuk Ching Ma was arrested on Friday and charged with spying for China.
According to the DOJ, Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, beginning in 2001, conspired with a relative of his, who was also a former CIA officer, to communicate top secret material to intel agents from China.
For nearly two decades on and off Alexander Yuk Ching Ma disclosed a substantial amount of highly classified national defense information of the United States to the MSS officers.
{Wow. Seems to me the Justice Dept needs to get on the ball}
China has double agents throughout the FBI and CIA. They are being shielded by their friends in the Democratic Party. We haven't even scratched the surface yet
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Post by: cc on August 19, 2020, 04:14:15 PM
Post by: cc on August 19, 2020, 04:14:15 PM
BY BOWEN XIAO August 19, 2020 Updated: August 19, 2020 Print
The biggest foreign threat to election security in the United States is the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to director of national intelligence John Ratcliffe.
U.S. intelligence officials have recently warned about Beijing's capability to interfere in the election during hearings with the Senate Intelligence Committee. Last year a number of government agencies named Russia, China, and Iran as actors seeking to interfere in the voting process by influencing voter perceptions.
But Ratcliffe went further in emphasizing the danger posed by Beijing.
"China poses a greater national security threat to the U.S. than any other nation—economically, militarily, and technologically. That includes threats of election influence and interference," Ratcliffe told Fox News in a statement.
Ratcliffe said Beijing is concerned the sitting president will win reelection, adding that the intelligence community has briefed "hundreds of members of Congress" to raise their concerns about China "and its increased efforts to impact the U.S. policy climate in its favor."
The assessment by Ratcliffe follows a series of comments by U.S. intelligence officials making the point that the CCP does not want President Donald Trump to remain in the White House for a second term.
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Post by: Gaon on August 19, 2020, 06:45:39 PM
Post by: Gaon on August 19, 2020, 06:45:39 PM
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Post by: cc on August 19, 2020, 08:59:09 PM
Post by: cc on August 19, 2020, 08:59:09 PM
The U.S. State Department has drafted a letter urging colleges to review their relationships with Chinese-backed Confucius Institutes and to "move quickly" to guard against the Chinese regime's theft of U.S. research.
The call was made days after the department designated the Confucius Institute U.S. Center (CIUS) a Chinese diplomatic mission, a move that restricts its operations in the United States. CIUS is a Washington-based organization that promotes and supports Confucius Institutes and Classrooms in universities and schools across the country. The programs, funded by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), have attracted growing scrutiny over concerns that they spread Chinese propaganda and restrict freedom of expression in U.S. classrooms.
There are currently 75 Confucius Institutes within U.S. universities, according to education advocacy group National Association of Scholars.
"While ostensibly intended to teach Americans about Chinese language and culture, they also exert malign influence on U.S. campuses and disseminate CCP propaganda," Keith Krach, undersecretary for economic growth, energy, and the environment, wrote in an Aug. 18 letter to the board of directors of U.S. universities and colleges.
Krach said there is mounting evidence that the institutes advance the regime's influence on college campuses by "providing institutions with financial incentives to abstain from criticizing PRC [People's Republic of China] policies; putting pressure on faculty to self-censor; monitoring overseas students for loyalty to the party; and undermining freedom of expression by disrupting campus events deemed controversial to the CCP."
He asked the university boards to "examine carefully" the activities of Confucius Institutes on their campuses to ensure academic freedom isn't being undermined.
The official also called on colleges to protect themselves from the CCP's efforts to steal U.S. intellectual property through its state-backed recruitment plans. The regime has more than 200 such programs, Krach said, which aim to lure foreign experts to work in China, facilitating the transfer of U.S. research and know-how to the country.
Krach said universities should take more action to vet academics for financial conflicts of interests and whether they receive funding from China.
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Post by: Anonymous on August 19, 2020, 09:39:22 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 19, 2020, 09:39:22 PM
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Post by: cc on August 19, 2020, 10:19:30 PM
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Post by: cc on August 19, 2020, 10:36:54 PM
Post by: cc on August 19, 2020, 10:36:54 PM
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration on Wednesday suspended or terminated three bilateral agreements with Hong Kong covering extradition and tax exemptions, the latest in a series of U.S. moves in response to China's imposition of strict national security laws over the former British territory.
"The Chinese Communist Party chose to crush the freedoms and autonomy of the people of Hong Kong," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrote on Twitter.
The State Department cited Beijing's violation of its pledge for Hong Kong to retain broad autonomy for 50 years after its 1997 reversion to Chinese rule.
President Donald Trump already had determined that Hong Kong was no longer eligible for the continued preferential treatment it enjoyed from the United States. The three agreements cover the surrender of fugitives, transfer, and convicted prisoners and reciprocal tax exemptions on income from international shipping.
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Post by: Anonymous on August 20, 2020, 09:09:48 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 20, 2020, 09:09:48 AM
I say China is funneling money to Antifa and BLM.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if they are doing that.
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Post by: cc on August 21, 2020, 01:48:41 AM
Post by: cc on August 21, 2020, 01:48:41 AM
Beijing Leverages Global Network to Lure Top Scientists, Gain Technology, Report Says
Aussie Think Tank
The Chinese regime has built a worldwide network of 600 outposts to recruit foreign experts and scientists in a bid to acquire advanced technology, according to a new report.
U.S. officials have increasingly warned that Beijing uses state-backed recruitment plans to facilitate the transfer of American technology and know-how to China. Under these plans, foreign experts are paid to work in China, including opening labs and conducting research at Chinese institutions.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leverages at least 600 "talent recruitment workstations" around the world to support its talent programs, the report found. The United States has the most stations with 146, with other technologically-advanced countries including Germany, Australia, UK, Canada, Japan, and France, also hosting dozens of outposts each.
"The stations work on behalf of the Chinese Government to spot and pursue talent abroad," the report stated.
First established in 2006, the regime has drastically dialed up its rollout in the past few years, the report stated. More than 115 of the 600 sites identified were set up in 2018 alone, it added.
Between 2008 and 2016, the CCP's talent plans recruited almost 60,000 overseas professionals, the report stated, citing official statistics. The regime runs more than 200 talent recruitment programs, with the most well-known being the Thousand Talents Plan.
These stations are typically run by local groups—such as community, professional, student, or business associations—who are contracted by Chinese authorities to recruit individuals, according to the report. They can be paid as much as $29,000 for each person they recruit, and up to $21,000 a year for operating expenses, it stated.
Overseas offices of Chinese companies also host recruitment stations, and one was also set up in the Confucius Institute at University College Dublin, the report added. Confucius Institutes are Beijing-funded language centers that have drawn backlash over its role in spreading propaganda and silencing dissent in American classrooms.
The findings come as the United States intensifies scrutiny over the regime's efforts to obtain technology by attracting American talent. U.S. officials cited the Houston Chinese consulate's ongoing work targeting local scientists for recruitment to China as a reason for ordering the consulate's closure in July. The U.S. Justice Department in the past year has brought a spate of prosecutions against Chinese and American researchers who allegedly hid their ties to and funding from China, sometimes while simultaneously receiving federal grant money.
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Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2020, 01:57:49 AM
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Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2020, 06:16:43 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2020, 06:16:43 PM
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Post by: cc on August 22, 2020, 03:25:11 PM
Post by: cc on August 22, 2020, 03:25:11 PM
'Hidden Hand' co-author says the CCP's influence runs very deep in Canadian institutions
The Chinese regime's strategy of using members of the diaspora who are under its control to run for political office is more advanced in Canada than other countries, says Australian scholar Clive Hamilton, whose new book chronicles how Beijing uses elites in target countries to extend its influence abroad.
"The Chinese Communist Party always goes where power lies,"
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Post by: Anonymous on August 22, 2020, 03:37:17 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 22, 2020, 03:37:17 PM
Beijing's Promotion of Election Candidates It Controls Most Advanced in Canada, Author Says(//https)
'Hidden Hand' co-author says the CCP's influence runs very deep in Canadian institutions
The Chinese regime's strategy of using members of the diaspora who are under its control to run for political office is more advanced in Canada than other countries, says Australian scholar Clive Hamilton, whose new book chronicles how Beijing uses elites in target countries to extend its influence abroad.
"The Chinese Communist Party always goes where power lies,"
There is no Western country that China has more influence over than Canada.
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Post by: cc on August 22, 2020, 03:53:17 PM
Post by: cc on August 22, 2020, 03:53:17 PM
Beijing's Promotion of Election Candidates It Controls Most Advanced in Canada, Author Says(//https)
'Hidden Hand' co-author says the CCP's influence runs very deep in Canadian institutions
The Chinese regime's strategy of using members of the diaspora who are under its control to run for political office is more advanced in Canada than other countries, says Australian scholar Clive Hamilton, whose new book chronicles how Beijing uses elites in target countries to extend its influence abroad.
"The Chinese Communist Party always goes where power lies,"
There is no Western country that China has more influence than Canada.
Prolly true. We have a lover of ruthless dicks ... err .. I mean dictktators (plural) PM
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Post by: Anonymous on August 23, 2020, 02:15:25 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 23, 2020, 02:15:25 PM
A hacking group claims to have breached three Chinese tech companies responsible for the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) social media surveillance Saturday, with the group attempting to blast leaked documents across social media.
"We think the public deserves to know about the CCP's attempts to undermine democracy and freedom of expression," the hackers said in an email to VICE.
"We don't want to become the story and we want to protect ourselves. But we can tell you that we hacked the companies," the hackers added. "And that we did it because we think the CCP's desire to put out fake news and interfere with democracy needs to be challenged."
The leaked documents allegedly show a presentation by Knowlesys regarding one of its products called the "Intelligence Center," which allows governments to track what "the opposition party" talks about and does on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and elsewhere. (
Such surveillance is reportedly critical for China's ongoing social credit system, in which citizens are assigned a rank based on how closely their lives adhere to ideals put forward by the CCP. Citizens' social media activity is a major part of a person's assigned credit.
The Chinese government announced the new social credit initiative in fall 2017, penalizing people for criminal behavior as well as what they buy, do, and say. The country implemented President Xi Jinping's policy of "once untrustworthy, always restricted" approach to social engineering.
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Post by: cc on August 23, 2020, 03:36:55 PM
Post by: cc on August 23, 2020, 03:36:55 PM
They need to contact Epoch Times for good exposure .. or possibly Foxnews. Other major press will not touch China-negative / exposé facts
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Post by: Anonymous on August 24, 2020, 01:31:43 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 24, 2020, 01:31:43 PM
Hackers Leak Alleged Internal Documents Of China's Social Media Surveillancehttps://dailycaller.com/2020/08/22/hackers-china-surveillance-leak-social-media/?utm_source=piano&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2360&pnespid=1PU8t.pdXAeNKD_Bi5oE4pi8dJvzxqeIY0HXmvkz
A hacking group claims to have breached three Chinese tech companies responsible for the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) social media surveillance Saturday, with the group attempting to blast leaked documents across social media.
"We think the public deserves to know about the CCP's attempts to undermine democracy and freedom of expression," the hackers said in an email to VICE.
"We don't want to become the story and we want to protect ourselves. But we can tell you that we hacked the companies," the hackers added. "And that we did it because we think the CCP's desire to put out fake news and interfere with democracy needs to be challenged."
The leaked documents allegedly show a presentation by Knowlesys regarding one of its products called the "Intelligence Center," which allows governments to track what "the opposition party" talks about and does on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and elsewhere. (
Such surveillance is reportedly critical for China's ongoing social credit system, in which citizens are assigned a rank based on how closely their lives adhere to ideals put forward by the CCP. Citizens' social media activity is a major part of a person's assigned credit.
The Chinese government announced the new social credit initiative in fall 2017, penalizing people for criminal behavior as well as what they buy, do, and say. The country implemented President Xi Jinping's policy of "once untrustworthy, always restricted" approach to social engineering.
Good work hackers.
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Post by: cc on August 24, 2020, 04:07:02 PM
Post by: cc on August 24, 2020, 04:07:02 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — A NASA researcher and Texas A&M University professor has been charged with accepting federal grant money while hiding work he was doing for an university established by the Chinese government as well as his affiliation with Chinese-owned companies.
Zhengdong Cheng faces charges of wire fraud, conspiracy and false statements, according to a criminal complaint released by the Justice Department on Monday. He was arrested Sunday.
The case against Cheng is part of a pattern of Justice Department prosecutions against researchers at American universities who are accused of concealing their professional relationships with Chinese universities. The Trump administration has been particularly concerned that professors could exploit their ties to China, and their participation in talent recruitment programs, to steal intellectual property for Beijing's economic benefit.
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Post by: Anonymous on August 25, 2020, 02:24:51 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 25, 2020, 02:24:51 PM
One of the more interesting Canadian public opinion polls to come out during the pandemic was an Angus Reid poll conducted in May that showed perceptions of the government in China were at an all-time low. Only 14% of respondents held a positive opinion of the leadership in Beijing.
That's as it should be, for anyone familiar with the ruthlessness of what is going on over there and the troubling agenda promoted by Xi Jinping.
Where the head-scratcher comes in is how the current Liberal government either doesn't know or doesn't care that they're so offside from landslide public opinion on one of the most important issues the nation faces.
The public wants a reboot of the Canada-China relationship, something Andrew Scheer was ahead of the curve on when he advocated during the last election for actions such as withdrawing Canada from China's infrastructure bank.
Canadians were already getting frosty on China pre-pandemic. Then they watched as Beijing tried to cover-up the coronavirus and lie about it.
Yet as the case against China has mounted and the need for Canada to decouple from Beijing has become increasingly clear to the vast majority of the country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has failed to pivot.
He can't even yet bring himself to ban Huawei, which is really just the first step, the price for admission to show you understand the broader issue.
Enter Erin O'Toole, the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
A review of O'Toole's platform, headlined "A Call to Take Back Canada", shows that he'll been taking on with gusto this key issue that Trudeau's been ignoring.
After arguing that Trudeau's "cowering approach to the Community Party of China continues to fail us now", O'Toole offers a roadmap to get Canada on the right path that goes beyond merely banning Huawei from the 5G grid.
One of the more alarming things that Canadians have been learning about is the extent to which Chinese organizations like their shadowy United Front have been bullying Canadians of Chinese
descent here on Canadian soil.
Along these lines, O'Toole proposes "cracking down on the efforts of the Chinese Communist Party to infiltrate Canadian institutions and intimidate Chinese-Canadians."
It was also frustrating to learn that back in February, when Canada already had confirmed cases of the coronavirus, the Liberals quietly shipped 16 tonnes of personal protective equipment to China, something that was only made public when I broke the news a month later.
When it came time for the favour to be returned, we found much of the PPE sent to Canada from China was faulty.
We've also learned that for months the Canadian government put all of its eggs in one basket in terms of acquiring a vaccine, and that was from a Chinese company.
But the vaccine samples weren't allowed to come to Canada, held up at the Chinese border for what experts believe was further retaliation in the Huawei issue.
Hence why O'Toole is proposing we bring home the manufacturing of "areas like PPE, key commodities and pharmaceutical capacity so that we no longer need to rely on supply chains stretching to
China to supply critical lifesaving needs in future emergencies."
A lot has been made of how Trudeau's decision to prorogue Parliament has shut down the committee was investigating the WE scandal.
But it also means the special committee probing the Canada-China relationship has been shuttered.
The Liberals fought tooth and nail for the committee to not even get off the ground, but lost the battle to the opposition parties.
That's how much they want to avoid discussing this issue.
And who was one of the MPs most pushing for its creation?
Erin O'Toole.
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Post by: cc on August 26, 2020, 08:41:22 PM
Post by: cc on August 26, 2020, 08:41:22 PM
The United States on Aug. 25 sanctioned an alleged Chinese fentanyl kingpin, describing him as "one of the most significant drug traffickers in the world."
Zhang Taotao, 32, a chemist and chemical supplier based in Shanghai, is accused of shipping fentanyl to the United States. Distributors would then press the drugs into large amounts of counterfeit pharmaceutical pills that were sold across the country, the treasury department said.
------------- China is the largest source of illicit fentanyl and fentanyl-like substances in the country, according to a 2018 report by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC).
The treasury department sanctioned Zhang and his Hong Kong firm Allyrise Technology Group Co. under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. It said the firm is a front company for Zhang's fentanyl-related financial transactions. The designation freezes any U.S.-based assets that Zhang and the Hong Kong company possess, and bars American dealings with them.
Zhang would use freight-forwarding services or ship the fentanyl via multiple people to disguise that the shipments were from China, the department said. Labeling on the parcels also misstated what was inside to avoid seizure by authorities. Once a package arrived in the country, U.S. distributors would then be able to press one kilogram (about 2.2 pounds) of fentanyl into up to one million counterfeit pharmaceutical pills to be distributed to domestic customers, it added.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 26, 2020, 09:05:44 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 26, 2020, 09:05:44 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 27, 2020, 12:13:12 PM
Post by: cc on August 27, 2020, 12:13:12 PM
In fact seems they have established it as fact
There are several past posts to that effect, prolly in this thread
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 27, 2020, 01:35:03 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 27, 2020, 01:35:03 PM
I wonder if the fentanyl kingpins have China's unofficial blessing.
Yes, they do as long as it's all for export.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 27, 2020, 03:04:09 PM
Post by: cc on August 27, 2020, 03:04:09 PM
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean lie along a key location in the west-east maritime trade. India has recently renewed its attention to the islands with a series of infrastructure, economic, and defense projects, and experts say this will help India and its allies in the Indo-Pacific.
The country is upgrading its two airstrips in the islands into full-fledged fighter bases, according to Aug. 25 media reports, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also launched other development projects in the past few weeks.
"The Andaman and Nicobar Islands provide critical access and key entry and exit points for the Indian Ocean. They oversee the Strait of Malacca, a key chokepoint connecting the western Pacific to the Indian Ocean," Pratik Dattani, an advisory member to the London-based think tank Bridge India, told The Epoch Times in an email.
"By controlling this, India or the U.S. could, in theory, block the Chinese movement across the Strait, cutting off China's major energy routes from the Middle East."
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands (ANI) are a chain of 572 islands that are close to the shipping channel of the Malacca Strait, which lies between Malaysia and Indonesia. While only 38 of the islands are inhabited, they constitute 30 percent of India's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
They increase India's maritime boundary deep into the Indian Ocean and because of their proximity to the Malacca Strait, ensure that the maritime trade necessarily passes through India's EEZ.
"These islands are strategically located to cast an eye on the critical shipping lanes of China, thereby giving India critical, much-needed leverage," Harsh Pant, director of studies and head of the Strategic Studies Programme at Observer Research Foundation, a New Delhi-based think tank, told The Epoch Times on a chat platform.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) reports that 80 percent of the global trade by volume and 60 percent by value goes by sea, and 60 percent of this passes through the Strait of Malacca.
"Its waters are particularly critical for China, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea, all of which rely on the Strait of Malacca, which connects the South China Sea and, by extension, the Pacific Ocean with the Indian Ocean," said CSIS in a report.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 27, 2020, 04:12:43 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 27, 2020, 04:12:43 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 28, 2020, 10:05:14 PM
Post by: cc on August 28, 2020, 10:05:14 PM
Multi-level marketing giant Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. has agreed to $123 million to settle federal charges that it
Herbalife, a Los Angeles-based multi-level marketing company that sells health and dietary supplements, admitted to engaging in a decade-long scheme to bribe Chinese officials and falsifying its books to conceal such payments, the department said.
The company entered into a three-year deferred prosecution agreement, in which it admitted to conspiring to violate the books and records provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, an anti-bribery law. It also reached a parallel agreement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Prosecutors said that from 2007 to 2016, Herbalife schemed to bribe Chinese officials with cash, entertainment, meals, and travel to obtain direct selling licenses for its Chinese subsidiary, reduce government scrutiny, and remove negative coverage by state-controlled media. During that period, Herbalife obtained direct sale licenses in 28 Chinese provinces, court documents said.
By 2016, Herbalife's China business accounted for about 20 percent—$860 million—of the company's global annual net sales, prosecutors said.
"Herbalife approved the extensive and systematic corrupt payments to Chinese government officials over a 10-year period to promote and expand Herbalife's business in China," acting U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of New York Audrey Strauss said in a statement.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 28, 2020, 10:14:47 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 28, 2020, 10:14:47 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 28, 2020, 10:32:28 PM
Post by: cc on August 28, 2020, 10:32:28 PM
If our govts. hit them for bribery that will not be able to do business in China .. a very very good thing in the overall situation
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 28, 2020, 10:36:57 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 28, 2020, 10:36:57 PM
I believe that. I suspect there are no exceptions .. . even encountered it ourselves when we were invited to do a project there
If our govts. hit them for bribery that will not be able to do business in China .. a very very good thing in the overall situation
Our governments know bribery is par for the course in China.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 31, 2020, 01:40:11 PM
Post by: cc on August 31, 2020, 01:40:11 PM
A Chinese-Australian news anchor at CGTN, the international arm of the Chinese regime's state broadcaster, has been detained in Beijing amid testy relations between Canberra and Beijing.
Chinese authorities have not explained why she was arrested.
Cheng, 49, is the second Chinese-Australian that Chinese authorities have detained since last year, as bilateral tensions escalated over issues such as trade, Beijing's tightening control on Hong Kong, and the Chinese regime's handling of the CCP virus outbreak.
In July, Australia warned its citizens in a travel advisory that they would run the risk of "arbitrary detention" if they travel to mainland China, noting that Chinese authorities have detained foreigners for "endangering national security."
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Post by: cc on August 31, 2020, 01:43:33 PM
Post by: cc on August 31, 2020, 01:43:33 PM
U.S. and European officials are calling on the Chinese regime to release information about the missing Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng.
On Aug. 30, which is International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China posted a Twitter message: "The Chairs call on the #Chinese gov't to provide information to the family of human rights lawyer #GaoZhisheng, who has been missing since #Beijing police detained him in 2017."
The commission is chaired by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.).
Gao, a self-taught lawyer and a devoted Christian, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize three times. He began practicing law in 1996, defending victims of government land seizures; families of miners, who are seeking compensation after their loved ones died in coal mining accidents; as well as persecuted Christians and adherents of Falun Gong.
Grace Geng, daughter of Gao Zhisheng, a renowned human rights lawyer in China, speaks about her father's book "A Human Rights Lawyer under Torture the auto narratives of Gao Zhisheng," during a press conference at the Legislative Council Complex in Hong Kong on June 14, 2016.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 31, 2020, 05:29:51 PM
Post by: cc on August 31, 2020, 05:29:51 PM
WASHINGTON—The U.S.-China trade war and the COVID-19 pandemic have forced companies to reduce their excessive dependence on China as a single supplier.
U.S. brands have started to explore sourcing options closer to home, with Latin and South America gaining significant traction in recent months, according to a survey by Qima, a Hong Kong-based supply chain inspection company.
The survey conducted in July among more than 200 businesses around the world found that respondents are increasingly moving their sourcing away from China. Ninety-three percent of U.S. respondents reported that they had plans to further diversify their supply chains. By contrast, less than half of EU respondents had a similar strategy.
..... For example, 75 percent of respondents globally named China among the top 3 sourcing geographies this year, compared to an overwhelming 96 percent last year.
....
The survey found that 39 percent of U.S.-based companies indicated plans to source more from the United States and North America and 13 percent from South and Latin America.
"Meanwhile, EU brands are increasingly turning to Turkey as a near-shoring destination," the report said.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 01, 2020, 09:46:12 AM
Post by: Anonymous on September 01, 2020, 09:46:12 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on September 01, 2020, 06:07:18 PM
Post by: cc on September 01, 2020, 06:07:18 PM
While the student groups, with chapters at more than 100 U.S. colleges, offer a social outlet for Chinese students adjusting to life in a foreign country, analysts say the organizations also serve a more insidious function: to advance the Chinese communist regime's interests in U.S. academia.
"CSSAs are one branch of a very powerful tree—the center of which is the intelligence gathering, espionage, propaganda of the Chinese Communist Party," said Jacob Kovalio, an associate professor of Asian history at Canada's Carleton University.
........... The CCP has for decades worked in Western countries such as the United States to "spread the word about the 'goodness' of the regime as well as at the same time, establish significant propaganda channels directly from among some Chinese immigrants," Kovalio says.
CSSAs are supervised by local Chinese consulates, he said, adding that the groups are a "major vehicle" through which Beijing transmits its propaganda on U.S. campuses, while also suppressing free discussion of speech critical of the communist regime.
Many CSSAs openly say or have previously stated they are directed, supported, or financed by local Chinese consulates.
For instance, the charter for the CSSA at Saint Louis University in Missouri says the organization is under the "direct leadership and support" of the Chinese embassy and the Chinese consulate in Chicago. The CSSA at the University of Tennessee, in its charter (which has since been taken offline), said that the organization received funding from the Chinese embassy.
The Chinese consulate's grip over the Southwestern CSSA, an umbrella group covering 26 universities in the region, is even more blatant. Its charter says that CSSA presidential candidates must be approved by the Chinese consulate in Los Angeles. It also says that the group receives instructions from the consulate, and lists it as a point of contact on its website.
The Chinese regime's control over CSSAs isn't a recent phenomenon. Frank Xie, now an associate professor in the School of Business Administration at the University of South Carolina–Aiken, came to the United States in 1986 as a chemistry doctoral student at Purdue University in Indiana. He was shocked to discover that the CSSA there was "tightly controlled" by the Chinese consulate in Chicago.
"I wasn't expecting that in a free society. You're still controlled so tightly by the regime in China," Xie said. "I wasn't happy with this."
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 01, 2020, 06:54:02 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 01, 2020, 06:54:02 PM
One facet of the CCP regime's influence activities that has drawn less attention is how it deploys Chinese Students and Scholars Associations (CSSA) to control Chinese students and suppress free speech on college campuses.(//https)
While the student groups, with chapters at more than 100 U.S. colleges, offer a social outlet for Chinese students adjusting to life in a foreign country, analysts say the organizations also serve a more insidious function: to advance the Chinese communist regime's interests in U.S. academia.
"CSSAs are one branch of a very powerful tree—the center of which is the intelligence gathering, espionage, propaganda of the Chinese Communist Party," said Jacob Kovalio, an associate professor of Asian history at Canada's Carleton University.(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2020/09/01/GettyImages-1205529954-700x420.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/up%20...%2000x420.jpg%22%3Ehttps://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2020/09/01/GettyImages-1205529954-700x420.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
........... The CCP has for decades worked in Western countries such as the United States to "spread the word about the 'goodness' of the regime as well as at the same time, establish significant propaganda channels directly from among some Chinese immigrants," Kovalio says.
CSSAs are supervised by local Chinese consulates, he said, adding that the groups are a "major vehicle" through which Beijing transmits its propaganda on U.S. campuses, while also suppressing free discussion of speech critical of the communist regime.
Many CSSAs openly say or have previously stated they are directed, supported, or financed by local Chinese consulates.
For instance, the charter for the CSSA at Saint Louis University in Missouri says the organization is under the "direct leadership and support" of the Chinese embassy and the Chinese consulate in Chicago. The CSSA at the University of Tennessee, in its charter (which has since been taken offline), said that the organization received funding from the Chinese embassy.
The Chinese consulate's grip over the Southwestern CSSA, an umbrella group covering 26 universities in the region, is even more blatant. Its charter says that CSSA presidential candidates must be approved by the Chinese consulate in Los Angeles. It also says that the group receives instructions from the consulate, and lists it as a point of contact on its website.
The Chinese regime's control over CSSAs isn't a recent phenomenon. Frank Xie, now an associate professor in the School of Business Administration at the University of South Carolina–Aiken, came to the United States in 1986 as a chemistry doctoral student at Purdue University in Indiana. He was shocked to discover that the CSSA there was "tightly controlled" by the Chinese consulate in Chicago.
"I wasn't expecting that in a free society. You're still controlled so tightly by the regime in China," Xie said. "I wasn't happy with this."
I knew about theses things for a long time, so I'm glad they're finally being exposed.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on September 01, 2020, 07:06:50 PM
Post by: cc on September 01, 2020, 07:06:50 PM
Amid talks of further U.S. action to restrict Chinese students coming to the United States, a Texas university has expelled visiting scholars who were funded by a Chinese government scholarship program.
During an interview with the WMAL's Mornings on The Mall Radio Show on Aug. 31, U.S. State Secretary Mike Pompeo said the president was evaluating measures to prevent intellectual property theft by Chinese nationals and students, which could be rolled out over the coming weeks and months.
He said that while not every Chinese student in America is spying for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), it is "absolutely the case" that Chinese students are being subject to regular surveillance by Beijing to make sure "they're engaged in behavior that's consistent with what the Chinese Communist Party wants them to do."
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 03, 2020, 01:55:28 AM
Post by: Anonymous on September 03, 2020, 01:55:28 AM
Pompeo declares China to be greatest foreign power threat to US: 'It's not, frankly, a close call'
Beijing 'has infiltrated the United States in ways that Russia has not,' Pompeo tells 'Hannity'
"It's not, frankly, a close call ... " Pompeo told host Trey Gowdy. "The Chinese Communist Party is building out its military, it has infiltrated the United States in ways that Russia has not, and its economic might has been used through state-owned enterprises and subsidizing companies to destroy tens of thousands of jobs all across the heartland of America, and it's unacceptable behavior.
"President Trump's not going to permit it to continue," Pompeo added. "And then, of course, we're all suffering even today from the Wuhan virus -- the Chinese Communist Party had a chance to slow it down, to stop it, to let the world know what was taking place.
"And instead of giving us full disclosure, they covered up. This is thousands of lives and billions of dollars in wealth destroyed in the United States and all across the world. This is what authoritarian regimes do. It's what President Trump is working to make sure they can never do again to America."
Earlier Wednesday, the State Department announced that it would require Chinese diplomats to receive approval before visiting U.S. university campuses and meet with local government officials.
"These are the kinds of restrictions we have had on us, our diplomats in China, and now we have got a reciprocal arrangement, the same thing President Trump has done, in every dimension," he added. "For 40 years ... the United States took a knee and a bent a knee to the Chinese Communist Party and President Trump has said 'enough.'"
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on September 03, 2020, 12:46:55 PM
Post by: cc on September 03, 2020, 12:46:55 PM
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (R) presents a medal to Czech Senate President Milos Vystrcil at Taiwan's Presidential Office in Taipei on Sept. 3, 2020. (Taiwan's Presidential Office)
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Czech Senate President Milos Vystrcil met with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Aug. 3 as the two states sought to bolster ties despite opposition from China.
The Chinese regime considers Taiwan a renegade province and part of its territory, despite the self-ruled island having its own democratically-elected government, military, currency, and other traits of a nation-state. Beijing opposes words or actions by foreign government officials that recognize the island's sovereignty.
Vystrcil arrived in Taiwan on Sunday, leading a delegation of 89 people including business leaders, senators, and Prague mayor Zdeněk Hřib, despite strong opposition from Beijing.
In a speech given at the Presidential Office, Tsai said that Vystrcil's remarks at Taiwan's parliament two days earlier—when he said "I am a Taiwanese"—had "struck a chord" with many Taiwanese.
The phrase "I am a Taiwanese" was an allusion to John F. Kennedy's famous speech in Berlin in 1963, during which the late U.S. President said "I'm a Berliner" to rally the isolated people of West Berlin. Vystrcil used his speech at the parliament to voice his support for Taiwan's democracy and freedom.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 03, 2020, 12:50:30 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 03, 2020, 12:50:30 PM
More AlliesTaiwan President Meets with Czech Senate President to Solidify Bilateral Ties(//https) (//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2020/09/03/c899f6e1-f51e-4e64-990e-210fd9660dec-700x420.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/up%20...%2000x420.jpg%22%3Ehttps://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2020/09/03/c899f6e1-f51e-4e64-990e-210fd9660dec-700x420.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (R) presents a medal to Czech Senate President Milos Vystrcil at Taiwan's Presidential Office in Taipei on Sept. 3, 2020. (Taiwan's Presidential Office)
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Czech Senate President Milos Vystrcil met with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Aug. 3 as the two states sought to bolster ties despite opposition from China.
The Chinese regime considers Taiwan a renegade province and part of its territory, despite the self-ruled island having its own democratically-elected government, military, currency, and other traits of a nation-state. Beijing opposes words or actions by foreign government officials that recognize the island's sovereignty.
Vystrcil arrived in Taiwan on Sunday, leading a delegation of 89 people including business leaders, senators, and Prague mayor Zdeněk Hřib, despite strong opposition from Beijing.
In a speech given at the Presidential Office, Tsai said that Vystrcil's remarks at Taiwan's parliament two days earlier—when he said "I am a Taiwanese"—had "struck a chord" with many Taiwanese.
The phrase "I am a Taiwanese" was an allusion to John F. Kennedy's famous speech in Berlin in 1963, during which the late U.S. President said "I'm a Berliner" to rally the isolated people of West Berlin. Vystrcil used his speech at the parliament to voice his support for Taiwan's democracy and freedom.
A senior government representative from a European country making an official visit to Taiwan. This is a breakthrough.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Odinson on September 04, 2020, 10:46:19 AM
Post by: Odinson on September 04, 2020, 10:46:19 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 04, 2020, 12:07:08 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 04, 2020, 12:07:08 PM
More AlliesTaiwan President Meets with Czech Senate President to Solidify Bilateral Ties(//https) (//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2020/09/03/c899f6e1-f51e-4e64-990e-210fd9660dec-700x420.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/up%20...%2000x420.jpg%22%3Ehttps://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2020/09/03/c899f6e1-f51e-4e64-990e-210fd9660dec-700x420.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (R) presents a medal to Czech Senate President Milos Vystrcil at Taiwan's Presidential Office in Taipei on Sept. 3, 2020. (Taiwan's Presidential Office)
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Czech Senate President Milos Vystrcil met with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Aug. 3 as the two states sought to bolster ties despite opposition from China.
The Chinese regime considers Taiwan a renegade province and part of its territory, despite the self-ruled island having its own democratically-elected government, military, currency, and other traits of a nation-state. Beijing opposes words or actions by foreign government officials that recognize the island's sovereignty.
Vystrcil arrived in Taiwan on Sunday, leading a delegation of 89 people including business leaders, senators, and Prague mayor Zdeněk Hřib, despite strong opposition from Beijing.
In a speech given at the Presidential Office, Tsai said that Vystrcil's remarks at Taiwan's parliament two days earlier—when he said "I am a Taiwanese"—had "struck a chord" with many Taiwanese.
The phrase "I am a Taiwanese" was an allusion to John F. Kennedy's famous speech in Berlin in 1963, during which the late U.S. President said "I'm a Berliner" to rally the isolated people of West Berlin. Vystrcil used his speech at the parliament to voice his support for Taiwan's democracy and freedom.
I wish my father was alive to see this picture..
Milos Vystrcil has the Taiwan(Republic of China) flag on his mask..
The next step for is to drop the misleading Chinag Kai Shek era name of the country and change it to the Republic of Taiwan.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on September 04, 2020, 12:50:02 PM
Post by: cc on September 04, 2020, 12:50:02 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on September 05, 2020, 10:44:30 PM
Post by: cc on September 05, 2020, 10:44:30 PM
............ SMIC is the largest Chinese chip manufacturer but
But it is also facing new restrictions from Commerce that require Huawei's chip manufacturers to seek U.S. licenses before producing chips for the telecoms giant, if they rely on U.S. chipmaking technology. SMIC is one of Huawei's manufacturers.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Gaon on September 07, 2020, 05:11:32 PM
Post by: Gaon on September 07, 2020, 05:11:32 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 10, 2020, 09:35:38 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 10, 2020, 09:35:38 PM
Trump To Prioritize Ending 'Slave' Labor In China During Second Term, Campaign Says
President Donald Trump will prioritize ending "slave or near-slave labor" in China during his second term, senior Trump campaign advisor Steve Cortez told reporters on a Wednesday press call.
"To this day Joe Biden doesn't view china as an economic threat," Republican Michigan Rep. jackass Bergman told reporters on the call. "He has consistently bowed down to the Chinese communist regime."
Cortez argued Biden is a "committed globalist corporatist" who wouldn't take the necessary actions to protect American intellectual property and jobs from China.
"For half a century, Joe Biden shook hands with blue-collar workers and then he turned around and immediately stabbed them in the back," Trump said at his Tuesday rally. "He closed the factories in Baltimore and sent them to Beijing.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 11, 2020, 05:04:14 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 11, 2020, 05:04:14 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on September 13, 2020, 06:27:59 PM
Post by: cc on September 13, 2020, 06:27:59 PM
Health Minister Patty Hajdu continues to defend the Chinese government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, saying all countries have difficulties calculating the extent of the virus spread.
In an interview with The West Block's Mercedes Stephenson, Hajdu was asked about her comments earlier in the year when she dismissed as a conspiracy theory a question about whether China had underreported their cases and the severity of the new, highly contagious disease.
"You had dismissed that as a conspiracy theory. In retrospect, do you think that China was honest and was forthcoming in the intelligence it shared with the global community and with Canada about the risks?" Stephenson asked.
"Look, very early on China alerted the World Health Organization to the emergence of a novel coronavirus and also shared the sequencing of the gene which allowed countries to be able to rapidly produce tests to be able to detect it in their own countries," Hajdu said.
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Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 13, 2020, 09:36:18 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 13, 2020, 09:36:18 PM
Sick - Canada's Health minister continues defence of China's handling of coronavirus case data(//https) (//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://www.blazingcatfur.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Patty-Hajdu-China-Stooge.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://www.blazingcatfur.ca/wp-content%20...%20Stooge.jpg%22%3Ehttps://www.blazingcatfur.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Patty-Hajdu-China-Stooge.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
Health Minister Patty Hajdu continues to defend the Chinese government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, saying all countries have difficulties calculating the extent of the virus spread.
In an interview with The West Block's Mercedes Stephenson, Hajdu was asked about her comments earlier in the year when she dismissed as a conspiracy theory a question about whether China had underreported their cases and the severity of the new, highly contagious disease.
"You had dismissed that as a conspiracy theory. In retrospect, do you think that China was honest and was forthcoming in the intelligence it shared with the global community and with Canada about the risks?" Stephenson asked."Look, very early on China alerted the World Health Organization to the emergence of a novel coronavirus and also shared the sequencing of the gene which allowed countries to be able to rapidly produce tests to be able to detect it in their own countries," Hajdu said.
[We are China's tool]
Those comments should force her resignation.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on September 13, 2020, 09:45:59 PM
Post by: cc on September 13, 2020, 09:45:59 PM
TikTok received bids from Oracle and also Microsoft in partnership with Walmart.
Trump: "I told them that they have till Sept. 15 to make a deal. After that we close it up in this country," Trump told reporters on Sept. 1.
He said that the U.S. Treasury must be "well-compensated" in any agreement.
[Just another successful strong move by Trump to stop China]
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 13, 2020, 09:50:14 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 13, 2020, 09:50:14 PM
Oracle Reportedly Wins TikTok Bid, After Microsoft Gets Rejection(//https)
TikTok received bids from Oracle and also Microsoft in partnership with Walmart.
Trump: "I told them that they have till Sept. 15 to make a deal. After that we close it up in this country," Trump told reporters on Sept. 1.
He said that the U.S. Treasury must be "well-compensated" in any agreement.
[Just another successful strong move by Trump to stop China]
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 17, 2020, 12:19:13 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 17, 2020, 12:19:13 PM
Five Chinese nationals and two Malaysians have been indicted on charges relating to sprawling hacking campaigns to steal trade secrets and sensitive information from more than 100 companies and entities worldwide, the U.S. Justice Department announced on Sept. 16.
The five Chinese nationals are part of a hacker group known as "APT41" that stole source code, consumer data, and business information from victims in the United States and abroad, across a range of sectors including tech companies, universities, foreign governments, and pro-democracy proponents in Hong Kong, the department said.
Cybersecurity researchers have described APT41's recent activities as "one of the broadest campaigns by a Chinese cyber espionage actor in recent years."
In an effort to make more money, two of the Chinese hackers compromised the networks of video game companies to steal in-game resources, such as video game currency, which they later sold on the black market with the help of two Malaysian businessmen, Wong Ong Hua, 46, and Ling Yang Ching, 32. They were arrested in Malaysia on Sunday upon an extradition request by the United States and now face extradition proceedings.
The five Chinese nationals, Zhang Haoran, 35, Tan Dailin, 35, Jiang Lizhi, 35, Qian Chuan, 39, and Fu Qiang, 37, remain at-large in China. The seven defendants were charged in three separate indictments unsealed on Sept. 16.
The charges were unveiled less than two months after the department announced an indictment against two Chinese hackers accused of a decade-long campaign to steal trade secrets from defense contractors and hundreds of firms around the world, as well as attempting to acquire COVID-19-related research. They come as the Trump administration broadens its actions countering Chinese state-sanctioned theft of American intellectual property and personal information.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 18, 2020, 12:10:09 AM
Post by: Anonymous on September 18, 2020, 12:10:09 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 18, 2020, 09:10:47 AM
Post by: Anonymous on September 18, 2020, 09:10:47 AM
Nobody believes anymore that it came from a wet market in Wuhan.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on September 18, 2020, 10:34:46 AM
Post by: cc on September 18, 2020, 10:34:46 AM
Facebook censored this.[media]https://www.facebook.com/TuckerCarlsonTonight/videos/652543642048920 [/media]
Yes, what bothers me is the censorship
As if the media were not enough, we have internet giants also in control
Orwell had the end game right, he just had the players unidentified
And yes, of course it was from lab
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on September 18, 2020, 03:10:43 PM
Post by: cc on September 18, 2020, 03:10:43 PM
Trump's administration will block Americans from accessing China-based applications WeChat and TikTok from Sunday midnight, citing national security concerns.
App stores will be banned from carrying TikTok and WeChat on Sunday. However, existing TikTok users will still be able to use the app until Nov. 12, but will not be able to access updates from midnight Sunday, according to new rules issued by the U.S. Commerce Department.
WeChat, a Chinese messaging app, however, will be completely banned in the United States on Sunday.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 19, 2020, 01:51:05 AM
Post by: Anonymous on September 19, 2020, 01:51:05 AM
Trump Administration to Ban Access to Chinese Apps WeChat and TikTok on Sunday
Trump's administration will block Americans from accessing China-based applications WeChat and TikTok from Sunday midnight, citing national security concerns.
App stores will be banned from carrying TikTok and WeChat on Sunday. However, existing TikTok users will still be able to use the app until Nov. 12, but will not be able to access updates from midnight Sunday, according to new rules issued by the U.S. Commerce Department.(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2020/09/17/WeChat-TikTok-700x420.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/up%20...%2000x420.jpg%22%3Ehttps://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2020/09/17/WeChat-TikTok-700x420.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
WeChat, a Chinese messaging app, however, will be completely banned in the United States on Sunday.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 19, 2020, 04:03:58 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 19, 2020, 04:03:58 PM
"China's objectives are world domination," he said in a recent interview on The Epoch Times' "American Thought Leaders" program. "They intend to utterly defeat the United States."
"We need to have the same comprehensive strategy—much like we did in winning the Cold War—we need to have the same strategy for defeating China."
Cruz says this approach requires understanding the breadth of the regime's aggression against the United States, from espionage to propaganda, intellectual property theft to malign influence campaigns; and its threats abroad, including domestic human rights abuses, subversion of Hong Kong's freedoms, and intimidation of self-ruled Taiwan.
Hong Kong is the "new Berlin"—"the new forefront between tyranny and liberty," he says, noting that since Beijing's imposition of a new national security law earlier this year, the city has seen unprecedented restrictions to freedoms, which activists say marked the beginning of authoritarian rule over the financial hub.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on September 21, 2020, 08:34:15 PM
Post by: cc on September 21, 2020, 08:34:15 PM
A New York City police officer and U.S. Army Reserve member has been arrested on federal charges of acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese regime, federal prosecutors said on Sept. 21.
Baimadajie Angwang, a 33-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen born in China's Tibet region, fed intelligence about other ethnic Tibetans in New York to the Chinese Consulate in the city, according to a criminal complaint.
Angwang works in Queens and lives in Nassau County, Long Island, prosecutors said. He was arrested on Sept. 19; at his initial court appearance in district court for the Eastern District of New York, he was ordered held without bail.
Angwang was charged with acting as an agent for China, committing wire fraud, making false statements, and obstructing an official proceeding. He faces up to 55 years imprisonment if convicted of all charges.
Prosecutors also alleged that he helped Chinese consulate officials gain access to senior NYPD officials.
According to the complaint, Angwang also works as a civil affairs specialist in the Army Reserve, holding the rank of staff sergeant and is stationed at Fort Dix, New Jersey. His work involves planning, training, and executing civil-military programs, the document said. He holds a "secret" level security clearance in connection with this role.
In a phone call to an unnamed Chinese consular official—whom he referred to as "Boss"—in December 2018, Angwang identified himself as an "asset" for Beijing, saying that "even if they deny you in the end for whatever reason, but at least let them know, hey, you have someone in the police department here now," the court records show.
He had regular communications with his handlers in the New York City consulate. He called and texted the Boss at least 55 times between June 2018 to March 2020. The Boss had invited him to the consulate's "National Day" reception to celebrate the founding of the Chinese regime under Communist Party rule.
In a phone call on Oct. 30, 2018, the Boss complimented Angwang on being promoted within NYPD, to which he replied that he was preparing for a promotional exam "for the people back home."
BBC Take on it -
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on September 21, 2020, 08:40:50 PM
Post by: cc on September 21, 2020, 08:40:50 PM
Epoch Times distributing staff have counted at least six instances of vandalism—involving more than 30 newspaper boxes—this month. The boxes were mostly clustered in Manhattan's Chinatown neighborhood, but also include some in Brooklyn and near the Chinese consulate.
Several newspaper boxes were repeatedly spray-painted with the denigratory phrase "traitors" in Chinese. In other cases, the boxes were knocked over or newspapers were stolen.
On more than one occasion, after Epoch Times staff removed the graffiti, it would return the very next day. One time, more than 20 boxes had the repeated graffiti.
Boxes belonging to the Chinese-language version of the newspaper have previously been damaged, such as the coin slots being jammed with hard objects to prevent readers from accessing the publication. In August 2019, one newspaper box was set on fire.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 21, 2020, 09:07:37 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 21, 2020, 09:07:37 PM
Dozens of newspaper boxes belonging to the Chinese-language edition of The Epoch Times have been vandalized in New York City.(//https)
Epoch Times distributing staff have counted at least six instances of vandalism—involving more than 30 newspaper boxes—this month. The boxes were mostly clustered in Manhattan's Chinatown neighborhood, but also include some in Brooklyn and near the Chinese consulate.(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2020/09/21/newspaper-box-toppled--e1600729953375-700x420.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/up%20...%2000x420.jpg%22%3Ehttps://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2020/09/21/newspaper-box-toppled--e1600729953375-700x420.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
Several newspaper boxes were repeatedly spray-painted with the denigratory phrase "traitors" in Chinese. In other cases, the boxes were knocked over or newspapers were stolen.
On more than one occasion, after Epoch Times staff removed the graffiti, it would return the very next day. One time, more than 20 boxes had the repeated graffiti.
Boxes belonging to the Chinese-language version of the newspaper have previously been damaged, such as the coin slots being jammed with hard objects to prevent readers from accessing the publication. In August 2019, one newspaper box was set on fire.
Was it...nah, Shen Li doesn't live in the Big Apple.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on September 21, 2020, 09:37:59 PM
Post by: cc on September 21, 2020, 09:37:59 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 21, 2020, 09:40:20 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 21, 2020, 09:40:20 PM
Can't be. It's her birthday and she's... errr ...tied up .. getting spanks
:sneaky2:
At this very moment.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on September 24, 2020, 12:10:17 PM
Post by: cc on September 24, 2020, 12:10:17 PM
"We've watched the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] campaigns targeting state-level officials, local interests. We've seen them at PTA meetings," Pompeo said during a speech at the Wisconsin state Senate. "They've been at full-swing for years, and they're increasing in intensity."
He warned state lawmakers in the key swing state that the Chinese campaign against the U.S. was not limited to efforts against the federal government.
Intelligence officials have warned that Beijing is trying to meddle in the presidential election to prevent President Trump's reelection. But Pompeo warned that the CCP is targeting state and local governments as well and see them as the "weak link."
He warned that the campaign seeks "to make Americans receptive to Beijing's form of authoritarianism."
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He cited examples in California and New York, where lawmakers had received letters and other pressures from Chinese consulates, leading to one bill being shelved in California, and also Chinese sister-city programs.
Pompeo also noted signs of espionage campaigns at municipal and city level -- including the charges brought against an NYPD officer who allegedly acted as a Chinese agent and reported on the activities of Tibetans in the U.S.
"Know that when you are approached by a Chinese diplomat, it is likely not in the spirit of true cooperation or friendship," he warned.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 24, 2020, 12:12:17 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 24, 2020, 12:12:17 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 24, 2020, 08:48:03 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 24, 2020, 08:48:03 PM
Up to 70 percent of KN95 masks imported from China don't meet U.S. health standards and could endanger health care workers and patients, an independent medical product evaluation found.
As the name suggests, KN95 masks should be capable of filtering out 95 percent of hazardous particles in the air. The masks, which aren't officially certified by U.S. authorities, are the Chinese version of the N95 model.
But recent testing determined that among almost 200 KN95 masks imported from China, 60 to 70 percent of them are "significantly inferior" and don't live up to the packaging claims.
The analysis sampled 15 Chinese manufacturers that supply major U.S. hospitals and health systems, according to Pennsylvania-based ECRI, a patient safety advocacy group that released the findings on Sept. 22. The lapse in quality prompted the ECRI to issue a hazard alert (.pdf).
Such alerts are usually reserved for situations when "health care professionals need to be informed immediately," ECRI President and CEO Marcus Schabacker told The Epoch Times in an interview.
ECRI began testing the masks in April at the request of hospitals that have started sourcing from these Chinese suppliers, Schabacker said.
Thousands of manufacturing startups have sprung up in China to serve as conduits for medical supplies—which were in dire shortage in the wake of the pandemic. Chinese KN95 masks have been among the most prevalent goods imported to the United States, the institute said.
There are currently around 35,000 mask suppliers in China, according to Schabacker's estimates.
"We're finding that many aren't safe and effective against the spread of COVID-19," said Schabacker in a statement. He added that health care providers need to "do more due diligence before purchasing masks that aren't made or certified in America."
As a second defect, the Chinese masks ECRI tested all have ear loop straps rather than the head or neck band design that could seal the mask more tightly against the face—as required by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the U.S. federal agency overseeing workplace safety.
The institute suggested that healthcare workers use NIOSH-certified respirators, and only use KN95s or other alternatives as a "last resort." These masks can still offer a higher level of protection than surgical or cloth masks, and might be suitable for medical staff not involved with "high-risk procedures"—such as intubation, suction of airways, or swabbing of patients, Schabacker said.
The Trudeai regime bought a huge order of defective Chinese masks.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 24, 2020, 08:54:58 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 24, 2020, 08:54:58 PM
Up to 70 percent of KN95 masks imported from China don't meet U.S. health standards and could endanger health care workers and patients, an independent medical product evaluation found.
As the name suggests, KN95 masks should be capable of filtering out 95 percent of hazardous particles in the air. The masks, which aren't officially certified by U.S. authorities, are the Chinese version of the N95 model.
But recent testing determined that among almost 200 KN95 masks imported from China, 60 to 70 percent of them are "significantly inferior" and don't live up to the packaging claims.
The analysis sampled 15 Chinese manufacturers that supply major U.S. hospitals and health systems, according to Pennsylvania-based ECRI, a patient safety advocacy group that released the findings on Sept. 22. The lapse in quality prompted the ECRI to issue a hazard alert (.pdf).
Such alerts are usually reserved for situations when "health care professionals need to be informed immediately," ECRI President and CEO Marcus Schabacker told The Epoch Times in an interview.
ECRI began testing the masks in April at the request of hospitals that have started sourcing from these Chinese suppliers, Schabacker said.
Thousands of manufacturing startups have sprung up in China to serve as conduits for medical supplies—which were in dire shortage in the wake of the pandemic. Chinese KN95 masks have been among the most prevalent goods imported to the United States, the institute said.
There are currently around 35,000 mask suppliers in China, according to Schabacker's estimates.
"We're finding that many aren't safe and effective against the spread of COVID-19," said Schabacker in a statement. He added that health care providers need to "do more due diligence before purchasing masks that aren't made or certified in America."
As a second defect, the Chinese masks ECRI tested all have ear loop straps rather than the head or neck band design that could seal the mask more tightly against the face—as required by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the U.S. federal agency overseeing workplace safety.
The institute suggested that healthcare workers use NIOSH-certified respirators, and only use KN95s or other alternatives as a "last resort." These masks can still offer a higher level of protection than surgical or cloth masks, and might be suitable for medical staff not involved with "high-risk procedures"—such as intubation, suction of airways, or swabbing of patients, Schabacker said.
The Trudeai regime bought a huge order of defective Chinese masks.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 25, 2020, 08:54:22 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 25, 2020, 08:54:22 PM
Robert Hunter Biden, son of former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, made millions of dollars worth of "questionable transactions" with Chinese nationals connected to the Chinese regime and military, according to a new congressional report.
Hunter Biden began developing associations with Chinese nationals beginning in at least 2009, the year he co-founded the U.S. investment and advisory firm Rosemont Seneca Partners. According to the report, these financial connections "accelerated while his father was vice president and continued after he left office."
Joe Biden was vice president during the Obama administration, from 2009 to 2017. He's currently the Democratic Party candidate for the upcoming presidential election in November.
The other founders of Rosemont Seneca Partners were Chris Heinz, the stepson of former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, and Devon Archer, one of Hunter Biden's business partners.
Beijing-Friendly Businessmen
Two Chinese nationals became prominent in Hunter Biden's financial network with China: disgraced Chinese oil tycoon Ye Jianming and Asia-based financier Dong Gongwen. According to the report, Dong was Ye's business associate and executed transactions for Ye's companies.
Hunter Biden made millions from his relationship with Ye and received millions from Dong's companies, the report found.
"Ye and his associates had robust relationships with China's military units, some of which were involved in matters in direct opposition to U.S. policy in the region," the Senate report stated.
Ye founded CEFC China Energy, an oil conglomerate that made billions of dollars in Russia, eastern Europe, and parts of Africa.
It became China's largest privately held oil company before it was caught in Beijing's crosshairs in 2018. Ye was placed under investigation in February 2018 for "suspected economic crimes" and subsequently detained. His current whereabouts remain unknown. A state-owned enterprise took control of CEFC in March 2018.
Transactions With Biden
The new Senate report identified a transaction of "potential criminal financial activity" in August 2017, when CEFC Infrastructure Investment (US) LLC, a subsidiary of CEFC China Energy, sent a payment of $100,000 to Hunter Biden's Washington-based law firm Owasco. It is unclear what the money was for.
Another incident the Senate identified as "potential financial criminal activity" took place in September 2017, when Hunter Biden and Dong opened a line of credit at a bank under a business named Hudson West III LLC.
The credit was made available to Hunter Biden, James Biden, and James Biden's wife Sara Biden. James Biden is Joe Biden's brother.
"The Bidens subsequently used the credit cards they opened to purchase $101,291.46 worth of extravagant items, including airline tickets and multiple items at Apple Inc. stores, pharmacies, hotels, and restaurants," the Senate report stated.
Millions went from CEFC Infrastructure Investment to Hudson West III and then to Owasco. On Aug. 8, 2017, CEFC Infrastructure Investment wired $5 million to Hudson West III's bank account. From Aug. 8, 2017, to Sept. 25, 2018, Hudson West III sent more than $4.79 million in the name of consulting fees to Owasco.
Hudson West III was 1 of 8 numbered Hudson West business entities, and the Senate report found that Dong was connected to seven of them. The report didn't elaborate on the connections, and it's unclear whether Hunter Biden is connected to the other Hudson West firms.
Patrick Ho, a Hong Kong-based businessman who served as secretary-general of a CEFC subsidiary, China Energy Fund Committee, was also Hunter Biden's client at Owasco, according to the Senate report.
Ho is also implicated in CEFC's misdeeds. He was charged by U.S. prosecutors of bribing top officials in Chad and Uganda in exchange for business opportunities for CEFC.
On March 22, 2018, months before Ho was to go on trial, a $1 million payment was sent from Hudson West III to Owasco for Ho's legal representation, the Senate report found.
Ho was sentenced to three years in prison in March 2019 on several charges including money laundering and violating the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act, according to a Department of Justice press release. He was freed in June this year, with the judge shortening his incarceration time after he demonstrated good behavior.
The Senate committees said the financial ties between Hunter Biden, his family, and the Chinese nationals "don't just raise conflicts of interest concerns, they raise criminal financial, counterintelligence, and extortion concerns."
The Joe Biden campaign didn't immediately return a request for comment on the transactions with Chinese individuals.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Sept. 24 sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray asking if the agency will investigate certain findings of the report, including Hunter Biden's Chinese transactions involving potential criminal activity.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on September 26, 2020, 06:43:27 PM
Post by: cc on September 26, 2020, 06:43:27 PM
A Chinese ethics textbook has altered a story from the Bible, twisting its ending to have Jesus stone a woman to death while claiming that he is a "sinner."
The distortion, the latest in a long line of measures by the atheist Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to control and suppress religion in the country, has sparked outrage among Christians with many also calling on the Vatican to reconsider its partnership with the regime.
The textbook in question is entitled "Professional Ethics and the Law" and used in vocational training schools across China. It was approved by the editorial review committee overseen by the regime's ministry of education in 2018, according to ChinaAid, a U.S.-based Christian advocacy group.
It quoted a well-known story from the New Testament, "Jesus and the woman caught in adultery," but instead of citing it faithfully, the textbook upends the conclusion of the parable, casting Jesus as a killer.
In the original passage in the Gospel of John, a group of men interrupts Jesus' teaching session, bringing in a woman accused of adultery. They ask Jesus whether she should be stoned to death as prescribed by Mosaic Law. After first ignoring their interruption, Jesus says that the person who is without sin should throw the first stone. The accusers then leave realizing that no one is without sin. Jesus then turns to the woman and asks if anyone has condemned her, and she answers no. Jesus then says, "Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more."
The textbook instead subverts the ending to read: "When everyone left, Jesus stoned the woman to death himself, saying, 'I am also a sinner. But if the law could only be enforced by men without blemish, the law would be dead.'"
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 26, 2020, 07:58:41 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 26, 2020, 07:58:41 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 26, 2020, 09:32:00 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 26, 2020, 09:32:00 PM
NEW YORK—The arrest of an NYPD officer for allegedly spying on local Tibetans for Beijing should serve as a "wake-up call" for U.S. officials about the depth of Chinese espionage in the country, local Tibetan activists said.
Baimadajie Angwang, an ethnic Tibetan and naturalized U.S. citizen, had worked at the NYPD's 111th Precinct in Queens, and is also an Army reservist holding a "secret" security clearance. The 33-year-old was arrested on Sept. 19 on four charges, including acting as an illegal Chinese agent, and faces up to 55 years prison if convicted.
Angwang's arrest was hardly a surprise to the ethnic Tibetans in New York City who had prior contact with him.
The Tibetan Community of New York and New Jersey (TCNYNJ), a New York-based nonprofit established in 1979, said they first met Angwang in 2019 when he offered to invite other NYPD officers to the organization's Lunar New Year celebration event. Not long after that, Angwang's behavior started raising red flags.
The group, at a Sept. 22 press conference held in Queens, said Angwang's name "doesn't sound like a Tibetan name," so the officer had initially approached them using a different name that was more Tibetan sounding.
While "virtually unknown" in the local Tibetan community until 2018, Angwang had since reached out to the group on "numerous occasions" to "offer service and support," they said in a press release.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 26, 2020, 09:44:56 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 26, 2020, 09:44:56 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on September 26, 2020, 10:12:56 PM
Post by: cc on September 26, 2020, 10:12:56 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 26, 2020, 10:24:45 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 26, 2020, 10:24:45 PM
Trump is a tough ass, and he's starting to get the swamp on board
If Biden wins, they'll go back to working for China instead of Americans.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on September 26, 2020, 10:58:43 PM
Post by: cc on September 26, 2020, 10:58:43 PM
Trump is a tough ass, and he's starting to get the swamp on board
If Biden wins, they'll go back to working for China instead of Americans.
If
Interesting. This year they are keeping tight stats on people who go to rallies with questionnaires
Tonight, 14 % said they were registered Demoncrats .. Same % (but not necessarily same people) said didn't vote last time
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 27, 2020, 06:25:29 AM
Post by: Anonymous on September 27, 2020, 06:25:29 AM
Trump is a tough ass, and he's starting to get the swamp on board
If Biden wins, they'll go back to working for China instead of Americans.
If
Interesting. This year they are keeping tight stats on people who go to rallies with questionnaires
Tonight, 14 % said they were registered Demoncrats .. Same % (but not necessarily same people) said didn't vote last time
Fourteen per cent were registered Democrats at Trump rallies?
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on September 27, 2020, 12:25:21 PM
Post by: cc on September 27, 2020, 12:25:21 PM
They are doing extensive polling, like exit polling
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 27, 2020, 08:06:54 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 27, 2020, 08:06:54 PM
Trump is a tough ass, and he's starting to get the swamp on board
If Biden wins, they'll go back to working for China instead of Americans.
If
Interesting. This year they are keeping tight stats on people who go to rallies with questionnaires
Tonight, 14 % said they were registered Demoncrats .. Same % (but not necessarily same people) said didn't vote last time
Fourteen per cent were registered Democrats at Trump rallies?
To stir up shit.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on September 28, 2020, 10:29:14 PM
Post by: cc on September 28, 2020, 10:29:14 PM
..........
Chinese state-run 21st Century Business Herald published on Sept. 27 the results of a study conducted by state-run Nandu Big Data Research Institute.
The Nandu study found that Evergrande needed to pay 395.7 trillion yuan ($58.1 trillion) in debt with interest in the next 12 months. China's second-largest property developer by sales volume, Country Garden, has to pay 105.8 trillion yuan ($15.53 trillion), third-largest Vanke has to pay 96.8 trillion yuan ($14.21 trillion), and fourth-largest Sunac has to pay 140.6 trillion yuan ($20.64 trillion).
The four companies with the largest debts—Evergrande, Sunac, Greenland, and Country Garden, respectively—would have to repay more than 100 trillion yuan ($14.68 trillion) in debt (with interest) within a year.
In total, 76 of the top firms owe more than 2,500 trillion yuan in "interest-bearing liabilities," or about 35 percent of total such liabilities owed by the companies.
Evergrande
Evergrande Group was founded by Xu Jiayin, a businessman from central Henan Province. He established the company in Guangdong Province in 1996.
In 2019, Evergrande slashed the price of condos to promote sales but angered buyers who had paid full price for the properties. Evergrande reportedly hired thugs to beat up people who asked for refunds.
This year, Evergrande's situation is worse due to China's declining economy, exacerbated by the CCP virus pandemic and widespread flooding.
In an attempt to attract more business, on Sept. 7, Evergrande announced a 30 percent discount on all their real estate products until Oct. 8.
............ The other firms in the link
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 30, 2020, 03:00:12 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 30, 2020, 03:00:12 PM
Chinese diplomats have for years worked behind the scenes to pressure state and local officials into adopting policies friendly to Beijing.
But this issue has only recently gained national attention as the Trump administration raises the alarm on the communist regime's influence activities across the country.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned in a Sept. 23 speech at the Wisconsin state capitol that the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) covert influence operations targeting state and local politicians have been "in full swing for years" and "increasing in intensity."
He cited one example of a Californian state senator who in 2017 sought to introduce a measure denouncing the CCP's persecution of the spiritual group Falun Gong. The Chinese consulate in San Francisco then initiated a campaign to scuttle the resolution, writing letters of protest to the state legislature.
"Unfortunately, the California state Senate bowed to the CCP pressure campaign and shelved the proposed bill," Pompeo said.
To Joel Anderson, the then-state lawmaker who proposed the Senate resolution, such "placating" was "outrageous" and deeply disappointing, he said in an interview with The Epoch Times' sister media NTD. Anderson left office in 2018 and is currently running for San Diego County Board of Supervisors, a five-member county legislature.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on September 30, 2020, 04:06:39 PM
Post by: cc on September 30, 2020, 04:06:39 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 02, 2020, 11:53:54 AM
Post by: Anonymous on October 02, 2020, 11:53:54 AM
WASHINGTON—The pandemic has exposed serious flaws in global supply chains, prompting a committee of Republican lawmakers to push for "aggressive, smart" tax incentives to help relocate key supply chains back to the United States.
The China Task Force, made up of 15 House Republicans, released a report on Sept. 30 with more than 400 recommendations to counter threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The committee called for decreasing dependence on China and supporting manufacturing capabilities in the areas of semiconductors, critical minerals, and pharmaceuticals.
"This pandemic exposed various U.S. supply chain vulnerabilities, the dangers of U.S. overreliance on the PRC, and the need for a more robust domestic medical and technological manufacturing capacity," the report said.
To better protect U.S. economic and national security, the committee calls for "aggressive, smart, and targeted tax incentives" for research and development and production of key medicines, medical supplies, ingredients, tests, and vaccines.
"It is imperative that the U.S. develop market-based incentives without imposing sweeping government mandates or controls in order to increase U.S. domestic manufacturing," the report said.
The overhaul of the federal tax law in 2017 reduced the U.S. corporate tax rate to 21 percent from 35 percent, making the United States more competitive. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, however, has pledged to raise the corporate tax rate to 28 percent.
Congress and the Trump administration should keep U.S. tax rates globally competitive, the report urges, to attract domestic manufacturing and spur innovation.
The panel also asked Congress and the administration to make securing supply chains the top priority in trade and economic discussions with allies and like-minded nations. It also suggested the administration begin trade agreement negotiations with Taiwan.
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Post by: cc on October 02, 2020, 01:03:44 PM
Post by: cc on October 02, 2020, 01:03:44 PM
Fifty bipartisan U.S. senators called on the Trump administration to start negotiating a bilateral trade agreement with Taiwan, as part of growing efforts by lawmakers to impose tougher U.S. action against the Chinese regime.
The group of 42 Republicans and eight Democrats on Oct. 1 sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, citing Taiwan's record as a longstanding U.S. economic partner and security ally as a reason to begin the process of negotiating a comprehensive trade agreement.
"We are confident that a U.S.-Taiwan trade agreement would promote security and economic growth for the United States, Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific as a whole," the senators wrote.
Taiwan has long sought a free trade agreement with the United States, its most important supporter on the international stage, but Washington has complained about barriers to access for U.S. pork and beef.
In August, Taiwan paved the way for an eventual deal by announcing an easing of restrictions on the import of U.S. beef and pork that is expected to go into effect on Jan. 1.
The letter said that partnering with Taiwan's industries would help the United States in its efforts to reduce manufacturing reliance on China.
"This diversification of our supply chain is critical to our national security," the senators said.
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Post by: Anonymous on October 05, 2020, 04:03:31 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 05, 2020, 04:03:31 PM
"And we assert ourselves as the most powerful nation on earth because otherwise you know who will? The country that attacked us, China. And they attacked us with this, believe me," Giuliani said. "I hold them responsible for what happened to my president the day before yesterday and everybody else."
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Post by: cc on October 07, 2020, 12:00:59 PM
Post by: cc on October 07, 2020, 12:00:59 PM
A new Pew Research survey shows record high negative sentiment towards China around the world, including here in Canada.
Amid the CCP Virus Crisis and China's rising aggression and threats towards more and more countries, there is a massive backlash.
In Canada, a full 73% have a negative view of China, with just 23% (who are those people?) holding a positive view.
IMAGE of Several Counties Attitudes >
Those numbers are similar to many other nations surveyed, including Japan (86% negative), France (70% negative), the US (73% negative), South Korea (75% negative), the UK (74% negative), and Australia (81% negative).
In fact, in all countries surveyed, a majority had a negative view of China, with the most positive views found in Italy, where 63% still have a negative view compared to 38% who have a positive view.
Additionally, huge majorities in all countries surveyed say they have "no confidence" in Xi Jinping to "do the right thing regarding world affairs."
Opinions of China in Canada have been falling for some time, particularly since China took Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor hostage.
This is all happening as the corrupt elites have tried to make Canadians – and people around the world – bend over for China and ignore our real beliefs. Clearly, people are seeing past the lies and realizing that we cannot give in the ruthless CCP.
Spencer Fernando
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Post by: Anonymous on October 07, 2020, 08:37:33 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 07, 2020, 08:37:33 PM
Pew Research survey shows negative sentiment towards Communist China has surged around the world.(//https)
A new Pew Research survey shows record high negative sentiment towards China around the world, including here in Canada.
Amid the CCP Virus Crisis and China's rising aggression and threats towards more and more countries, there is a massive backlash.
In Canada, a full 73% have a negative view of China, with just 23% (who are those people?) holding a positive view.
IMAGE of Several Counties Attitudes >https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2020/10/06/unfavorable-views-of-china-reach-historic-highs-in-many-countries/pg_2020-10-06_global-views-china_0-01/
Those numbers are similar to many other nations surveyed, including Japan (86% negative), France (70% negative), the US (73% negative), South Korea (75% negative), the UK (74% negative), and Australia (81% negative).
In fact, in all countries surveyed, a majority had a negative view of China, with the most positive views found in Italy, where 63% still have a negative view compared to 38% who have a positive view.
Additionally, huge majorities in all countries surveyed say they have "no confidence" in Xi Jinping to "do the right thing regarding world affairs."
Opinions of China in Canada have been falling for some time, particularly since China took Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor hostage.
This is all happening as the corrupt elites have tried to make Canadians – and people around the world – bend over for China and ignore our real beliefs. Clearly, people are seeing past the lies and realizing that we cannot give in the ruthless CCP.
Spencer Fernando
[Surprised me that Canada is as strong as others - I wonder where Taiwan comes inac_biggrin ]
The pan blue supporters are pro China, but the pan greens despise China more than any other people in the world.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on October 08, 2020, 02:33:12 AM
Post by: cc on October 08, 2020, 02:33:12 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 08, 2020, 07:50:59 AM
Post by: Anonymous on October 08, 2020, 07:50:59 AM
How does "pan" translate, Fash?
The coalition of centre right parties that grew out of the Kuomintang that dictator Chiang Kai Shek brought over from China..
The KMT is the big one of course, but the pro China coalition includes the small People First Party(PFP) and the very small New Party..
The pan green or pro Taiwan coalition, which currently holds the presidency as well as a majority in the legislative yuan is anchored by the Democratic Progressive Party, which my father was one of the founding members, along with the smaller Taiwan Solidarity Union(TSU), Taiwan Independence Party(TAIP), Taiwan Statebuilding Party(TSP), and the Taiwan Constitution Association(TCA)..
Support for any type of union with China is so low in Taiwan now, especially among young Taiwanese, that the pan blue coalition has had to accept that some of localization is required if they have any hope of ever governing again.
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Post by: cc on October 08, 2020, 11:33:40 AM
Post by: cc on October 08, 2020, 11:33:40 AM
I also wondered what the word "pan" itself translates to
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Post by: cc on October 08, 2020, 01:46:48 PM
Post by: cc on October 08, 2020, 01:46:48 PM
The British defense committee reported on Thursday that there is 'clear evidence of collusion between Huawei and the Chinese state' and urged the government to urgently rid the country's telecoms infrastructure of Huawei's kit by 2025.
In July Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered that Huawei be purged from Britain's 5G networks by 2027 amid fears of spying and sabotage and following tough United States sanctions against the company affecting its supply of up-to-date chips.
The defense committee report, however, said the purging should be done years earlier even if it involves recompense for current operators.
"The Government should take necessary steps to minimize the delay and economic damage and consider providing compensation to operators if the 2027 deadline is moved forward," it said.
The defense committee report also said that the 5G roll out will increase mobile connectivity dependence, leaving the country more vulnerable to "espionage, sabotage, or system failure" but as yet with "no global rules regulating international cyber-attacks."
The report, therefore, urged the government to partner with allies on a system to hold "perpetrators" accountable.
Democracies should also form a "D10" alliance of top world democracies as a counter to China and other non-democratic countries with malign intent, it said.
"The Committee support the proposal to form a D10 alliance, consisting of ten of the world's largest democracies, in order to provide alternatives to Chinese technology and to combat the technological dominance of authoritarian states."
"The Government must act swiftly and outline a joint 5G policy as soon as possible," the report said and "continue to denounce and deter threats from adversarial states, such as Russia and China."
It said the proposed Telecoms Security Bill should be introduced into law before the end of the year and called on the government to explain why it is not already deploying a "cyberattack capability to deter aggressors."
Commenting in the Telegraph on Thursday Tobias Ellwood, chairman of the committee, said that the UK's "growing dependence on an online world has created a virtual theatre of war where we have become increasingly vulnerable."
"Online espionage and sabotage are the new battlegrounds we must prepare for and defend against," he said.
"Our international rules-based order was crafted in a pre-digital age,"
"But a major cyberattack, for example, could cause more harm than a dirty bomb but would not technically trip a NATO article 5 response."
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Post by: cc on October 08, 2020, 03:56:29 PM
Post by: cc on October 08, 2020, 03:56:29 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 08, 2020, 08:47:35 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 08, 2020, 08:47:35 PM
'Clear Evidence of Collusion Between Huawei and the Chinese State': British Defense Report(//https)
The British defense committee reported on Thursday that there is 'clear evidence of collusion between Huawei and the Chinese state' and urged the government to urgently rid the country's telecoms infrastructure of Huawei's kit by 2025.
In July Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered that Huawei be purged from Britain's 5G networks by 2027 amid fears of spying and sabotage and following tough United States sanctions against the company affecting its supply of up-to-date chips.
The defense committee report, however, said the purging should be done years earlier even if it involves recompense for current operators.
"The Government should take necessary steps to minimize the delay and economic damage and consider providing compensation to operators if the 2027 deadline is moved forward," it said.'D10 Alliance'
The defense committee report also said that the 5G roll out will increase mobile connectivity dependence, leaving the country more vulnerable to "espionage, sabotage, or system failure" but as yet with "no global rules regulating international cyber-attacks."
The report, therefore, urged the government to partner with allies on a system to hold "perpetrators" accountable.
Democracies should also form a "D10" alliance of top world democracies as a counter to China and other non-democratic countries with malign intent, it said.
"The Committee support the proposal to form a D10 alliance, consisting of ten of the world's largest democracies, in order to provide alternatives to Chinese technology and to combat the technological dominance of authoritarian states."
"The Government must act swiftly and outline a joint 5G policy as soon as possible," the report said and "continue to denounce and deter threats from adversarial states, such as Russia and China."Telecoms Security Bill
It said the proposed Telecoms Security Bill should be introduced into law before the end of the year and called on the government to explain why it is not already deploying a "cyberattack capability to deter aggressors."
Commenting in the Telegraph on Thursday Tobias Ellwood, chairman of the committee, said that the UK's "growing dependence on an online world has created a virtual theatre of war where we have become increasingly vulnerable."
"Online espionage and sabotage are the new battlegrounds we must prepare for and defend against," he said.
"Our international rules-based order was crafted in a pre-digital age,"
"But a major cyberattack, for example, could cause more harm than a dirty bomb but would not technically trip a NATO article 5 response."
Our prime minister will still deny any collusion between Huawei and the CCP.
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Post by: Anonymous on October 08, 2020, 09:12:49 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 08, 2020, 09:12:49 PM
President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, on Oct. 6 said the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intentionally kept its borders open to maximize damage to the rest of the world from the CCP virus (novel coronavirus).
"China knew about it for a month to a month and a half before they told us," Giuliani said. "They closed down China, and for months after they allowed thousands and hundreds of thousands of Chinese to travel all over Europe, and all over the United States."
"When they closed down China, they knew how dangerous this was. And they wanted to make sure that the rest of the world was damaged as much as China was. That's a totally despicable thing to do. You could consider it an act of war if you want."
Giuliani made a distinction between China proper and the Chinese communist regime, noting that the Chinese people have been as victimized by the CCP as the rest of the world.
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Post by: Anonymous on October 09, 2020, 07:56:41 AM
Post by: Anonymous on October 09, 2020, 07:56:41 AM
Chinese authorities recently arrested the mother of a Chinese virologist who has accused the regime in Beijing of a coverup of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Yan Limeng confirmed her mother's arrest to The Epoch Times on Oct. 5, but declined to provide further details.
Yan, who fled Hong Kong and sought asylum in the United States in April, recently released a paper that she co-authored, which claims that the "biological characteristics" of the virus suggest that it didn't originate from nature. The study hasn't been peer-reviewed.
A postdoctoral researcher at the University of Hong Kong before coming to the United States, Yan had worked at the university's public health laboratory, which provides coronavirus research for the World Health Organization. On Dec. 31 last year, after Chinese authorities acknowledged dozens of infection cases in Wuhan, her supervisor asked her to conduct a "secret investigation" through her network in mainland China, she said in a prior interview.
Her boss took her off the case but requested her input again soon after—with a warning not to "cross the red line," she said.
The research, she said, led her to conclude that the situation was far more grim than Beijing had admitted, and she began secretly delivering the information to the Western world.
Fearing retaliation for speaking out, she fled Hong Kong. Chinese authorities threatened her family in mainland China, while Hong Kong police pried information about her from her friends by claiming that she was "involved in a criminal case," she said.
The scientific community has pushed back on her claims after she linked the virus's origins to a lab in Wuhan in her latest paper, with some calling it speculative. Twitter quickly banned her account after she announced the paper in a tweet.
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Post by: Anonymous on October 09, 2020, 08:38:24 AM
Post by: Anonymous on October 09, 2020, 08:38:24 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on October 10, 2020, 01:31:38 PM
Post by: cc on October 10, 2020, 01:31:38 PM
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said she wanted to have "meaningful dialogue" with China but only when Beijing was willing to drop its antagonism and show mutual respect, in a speech on Oct. 10 when Taiwan celebrated its National Day.
"We are committed to upholding cross-strait stability, but this is not something Taiwan can shoulder alone; it is the joint responsibility of both sides," Tsai said.
"At this stage, the most pressing cross-strait issue is to discuss how we can live in peace and coexist based on mutual respect, goodwill, and understanding," Tsai said. "As long as the Beijing authorities are willing to resolve antagonisms and improve cross-strait relations, while parity and dignity are maintained, we are willing to work together to facilitate meaningful dialogue."
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Post by: cc on October 10, 2020, 04:18:27 PM
Post by: cc on October 10, 2020, 04:18:27 PM
BY JUSTINA WHEALE AND JAN JEKIELEK October 10, 2020 Updated: October 10, 2020
The gravest security threat the free world faces is ongoing efforts by the Chinese regime and other non-state actors to influence elites and take over control of democratic institutions for their own purposes, says Canadian MP Garnett Genuis.
"It is a real and pressing and urgent threat to our way of life when our municipalities, our universities, private companies, community organizations, and political parties can be co-opted and pushed and pulled to serve the interests of a foreign power—interests and values that are hostile to our own," Genuis told Jan Jekielek on Epoch Times' American Thought Leaders.
As the Conservative Party's shadow minister for international development and human rights and a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, Genuis says there's a need for more awareness about the Chinese regime's covert influence operations "in every country, at every level."
"There's a need for a broader recognition of the risk... a recognition of the fact that elites at every level are subject to efforts at this kind of co-opting, whether it's school boards, small town mayors, university presidents, individual members of parliament—there's a lot of attempt at this kind of influence," he said.
"It's so important for people in the free world, in every country at every level, to develop greater awareness about this."
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Post by: Anonymous on October 10, 2020, 06:36:12 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 10, 2020, 06:36:12 PM
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Post by: cc on October 10, 2020, 07:01:15 PM
Post by: cc on October 10, 2020, 07:01:15 PM
Most of the riots that racked the United States within the last few months were organized by two socialist organizations that have close ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), said Trevor Loudon, author, and filmmaker, who has been researching radical and terrorist groups and their covert influence on mainstream politics for more than 30 years.
The Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) based out of Minneapolis, an openly pro-CCP organization, and Bay Area-based Liberation Road, with very close ties to the Chinese consulate there and the Chinese Progressive Association (CPA), are behind the recent riots, Loudon said in a recent interview on Epoch Times' Crossroads program.
Liberation Road is "basically a Chinese-directed movement," Loudon said. It is a socialist organization, drawing from Marxist ideology, "with a clear focus on building the resistance to Trump," its website said.
Some media outlets denied the allegation about links of the Black Future Labs to the Chinese Communist regime because there are two organizations named "Chinese Progressive Association," one in San Francisco and one in Boston. The Black Future Labs works with only the Chinese Progressive Association in San Francisco, which is a different entity than its namesake in Boston, according to the New York Times.
However, both organizations named Chinese Progressive Association (CPA) "are controlled by Liberation Road," Loudon said. "Both of them are controlled by Maoist communists who have been a part of the same groups for 50 years now. They might be organizationally autonomous, but they are part of the same movement."
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Post by: Anonymous on October 10, 2020, 07:14:06 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 10, 2020, 07:14:06 PM
[size=110]China Ties to US Riots Exposed by 30 year researcher of radical and terrorist groups and their covert influence on mainstream politics[/size] (//china-ties-to-us-riots-exposed-by-trevor-loudon-2_3531626.html)
Most of the riots that racked the United States within the last few months were organized by two socialist organizations that have close ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), said Trevor Loudon, author, and filmmaker, who has been researching radical and terrorist groups and their covert influence on mainstream politics for more than 30 years.
The Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) based out of Minneapolis, an openly pro-CCP organization, and Bay Area-based Liberation Road, with very close ties to the Chinese consulate there and the Chinese Progressive Association (CPA), are behind the recent riots, Loudon said in a recent interview on Epoch Times' Crossroads program.Liberation Road
Liberation Road is "basically a Chinese-directed movement," Loudon said. It is a socialist organization, drawing from Marxist ideology, "with a clear focus on building the resistance to Trump," its website said.Liberation Road, whose people "burnt Ferguson, Missouri, to the ground in 2014," split from FRSO several years ago over the issue of whether to work with the Democratic Party "and it is the parent body of Black Lives Matter [BLM]," Loudon said.
Some media outlets denied the allegation about links of the Black Future Labs to the Chinese Communist regime because there are two organizations named "Chinese Progressive Association," one in San Francisco and one in Boston. The Black Future Labs works with only the Chinese Progressive Association in San Francisco, which is a different entity than its namesake in Boston, according to the New York Times.
However, both organizations named Chinese Progressive Association (CPA) "are controlled by Liberation Road," Loudon said. "Both of them are controlled by Maoist communists who have been a part of the same groups for 50 years now. They might be organizationally autonomous, but they are part of the same movement."
I'm not surprised at all.
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Post by: Anonymous on October 10, 2020, 09:17:39 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 10, 2020, 09:17:39 PM
[size=110]China Ties to US Riots Exposed by 30 year researcher of radical and terrorist groups and their covert influence on mainstream politics[/size] (//https)
Most of the riots that racked the United States within the last few months were organized by two socialist organizations that have close ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), said Trevor Loudon, author, and filmmaker, who has been researching radical and terrorist groups and their covert influence on mainstream politics for more than 30 years.
The Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) based out of Minneapolis, an openly pro-CCP organization, and Bay Area-based Liberation Road, with very close ties to the Chinese consulate there and the Chinese Progressive Association (CPA), are behind the recent riots, Loudon said in a recent interview on Epoch Times' Crossroads program.Liberation Road
Liberation Road is "basically a Chinese-directed movement," Loudon said. It is a socialist organization, drawing from Marxist ideology, "with a clear focus on building the resistance to Trump," its website said.Liberation Road, whose people "burnt Ferguson, Missouri, to the ground in 2014," split from FRSO several years ago over the issue of whether to work with the Democratic Party "and it is the parent body of Black Lives Matter [BLM]," Loudon said.
Some media outlets denied the allegation about links of the Black Future Labs to the Chinese Communist regime because there are two organizations named "Chinese Progressive Association," one in San Francisco and one in Boston. The Black Future Labs works with only the Chinese Progressive Association in San Francisco, which is a different entity than its namesake in Boston, according to the New York Times.
However, both organizations named Chinese Progressive Association (CPA) "are controlled by Liberation Road," Loudon said. "Both of them are controlled by Maoist communists who have been a part of the same groups for 50 years now. They might be organizationally autonomous, but they are part of the same movement."
I suspected this and now we have the smoking gun.
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Post by: Anonymous on October 13, 2020, 12:37:21 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 13, 2020, 12:37:21 PM
After a CCP virus outbreak in Qingdao city, eastern China, authorities are scrambling to contain infections by locking down neighborhoods and requiring COVID-19 testing for all residents.
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Post by: Anonymous on October 14, 2020, 01:17:05 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 14, 2020, 01:17:05 PM
Internal CCP documents show patients in Wuhan had symptoms as early as September 2019, but authorities didn't disclose to the world
A series of leaked documents shows that patients in China with symptoms similar to COVID-19 were hospitalized months before the regime's official timeline, throwing into question when exactly the CCP virus began spreading in Wuhan, China's epidemic ground zero.
At least one patient started experiencing COVID-19-like symptoms in September 2019, according to hospital data obtained by The Epoch Times from a trusted source who has access to government documents. Dozens more were hospitalized over the following month.
Wuhan hospitals also reported several deaths in October 2019 due to severe pneumonia, lung infections, and other symptoms similar to COVID-19 patients.
The city's health commission only publicly announced an outbreak of a novel form of pneumonia on Dec. 31, 2019—after social media posts by whistleblower doctors had gone viral.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 14, 2020, 03:19:22 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 14, 2020, 03:19:22 PM
No surprises here. China lied or covered up everything about COVID-19.Exclusive: China Had COVID-Like Patients Months Before Official Timeline
Internal CCP documents show patients in Wuhan had symptoms as early as September 2019, but authorities didn't disclose to the world
A series of leaked documents shows that patients in China with symptoms similar to COVID-19 were hospitalized months before the regime's official timeline, throwing into question when exactly the CCP virus began spreading in Wuhan, China's epidemic ground zero.
At least one patient started experiencing COVID-19-like symptoms in September 2019, according to hospital data obtained by The Epoch Times from a trusted source who has access to government documents. Dozens more were hospitalized over the following month.
Wuhan hospitals also reported several deaths in October 2019 due to severe pneumonia, lung infections, and other symptoms similar to COVID-19 patients.
The city's health commission only publicly announced an outbreak of a novel form of pneumonia on Dec. 31, 2019—after social media posts by whistleblower doctors had gone viral.https://www.theepochtimes.com/china-saw-covid-19-like-patients-months-before-official-timeline-internal-documents_3537965.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2020-10-14
We had an outbreak of what we thought was the flu at our Toronto terminal in November 2019. At the time, they thought it was the flu even though two of the employees who got sick got a flu shot. Some of the symptoms included inability to smell, but they thought it was clogged nasal passages. Most people at CP now think it was a COVID outbreak. All the employees were under fifty and all made a total recovery.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 14, 2020, 03:38:22 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 14, 2020, 03:38:22 PM
No surprises here. China lied or covered up everything about COVID-19.Exclusive: China Had COVID-Like Patients Months Before Official Timeline
Internal CCP documents show patients in Wuhan had symptoms as early as September 2019, but authorities didn't disclose to the world
A series of leaked documents shows that patients in China with symptoms similar to COVID-19 were hospitalized months before the regime's official timeline, throwing into question when exactly the CCP virus began spreading in Wuhan, China's epidemic ground zero.
At least one patient started experiencing COVID-19-like symptoms in September 2019, according to hospital data obtained by The Epoch Times from a trusted source who has access to government documents. Dozens more were hospitalized over the following month.
Wuhan hospitals also reported several deaths in October 2019 due to severe pneumonia, lung infections, and other symptoms similar to COVID-19 patients.
The city's health commission only publicly announced an outbreak of a novel form of pneumonia on Dec. 31, 2019—after social media posts by whistleblower doctors had gone viral.https://www.theepochtimes.com/china-saw-covid-19-like-patients-months-before-official-timeline-internal-documents_3537965.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2020-10-14
We had an outbreak of what we thought was the flu at our Toronto terminal in November 2019. At the time, they thought it was the flu even though two of the employees who got sick got a flu shot. Some of the symptoms included inability to smell, but they thought it was clogged nasal passages. Most people at CP now think it was a COVID outbreak. All the employees were under fifty and all made a total recovery.
I guess they didn't get antibodies testing?
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on October 14, 2020, 03:44:31 PM
Post by: cc on October 14, 2020, 03:44:31 PM
Could be. I'm still not sure my pneumonia in mid February was not "possibly" covidWe had an outbreak of what we thought was the flu at our Toronto terminal in November 2019. At the time, they thought it was the flu even though two of the employees who got sick got a flu shot. Some of the symptoms included inability to smell, but they thought it was clogged nasal passages. Most people at CP now think it was a COVID outbreak. All the employees were under fifty and all made a total recovery.Quote
Point. " even though two of the employees who got sick got a flu shot" in itself has no significance toward any view.
Flu shots have never been thought of as definite. Any pharmacist will merely say they:
1. reduce chances of getting flu
2. often reduce symptoms of those who do contract it
and that's the best we get from them
Similarly, I had pneumonia shot and was told similar to the above before contracting pneumonia
Also what Fash said, I and my doc have asked for but not gotten an antibody test .. Several months ago there was big talk that Canada was moving rapidly toward testing, but crickets since
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 14, 2020, 03:46:38 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 14, 2020, 03:46:38 PM
Could be. I'm still not sure my pneumonia in mid February was not "possibly" covid
Point. " even though two of the employees who got sick got a flu shot" in itself has no significance toward any view.
Flu shots have never been thought of as definite. Any pharmacist will merely say they:
1. reduce chances of getting flu
2. often reduce symptoms of those who do contract it
and that's the best we get from them
Similarly, I had pneumonia shot and was told similar to the above before contracting pneumonia
I get a flu shot every year..
The pharmacists say it's effective between sixty and seventy per cent of the time.
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Post by: cc on October 14, 2020, 03:51:18 PM
Post by: cc on October 14, 2020, 03:51:18 PM
It would not surprise me if covid was around earlier than we we told .. although one would have thought that would have spread like wildfire as we knew nothing about prevention or control then
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 14, 2020, 03:52:44 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 14, 2020, 03:52:44 PM
No surprises here. China lied or covered up everything about COVID-19.Exclusive: China Had COVID-Like Patients Months Before Official Timeline
Internal CCP documents show patients in Wuhan had symptoms as early as September 2019, but authorities didn't disclose to the world
A series of leaked documents shows that patients in China with symptoms similar to COVID-19 were hospitalized months before the regime's official timeline, throwing into question when exactly the CCP virus began spreading in Wuhan, China's epidemic ground zero.
At least one patient started experiencing COVID-19-like symptoms in September 2019, according to hospital data obtained by The Epoch Times from a trusted source who has access to government documents. Dozens more were hospitalized over the following month.
Wuhan hospitals also reported several deaths in October 2019 due to severe pneumonia, lung infections, and other symptoms similar to COVID-19 patients.
The city's health commission only publicly announced an outbreak of a novel form of pneumonia on Dec. 31, 2019—after social media posts by whistleblower doctors had gone viral.https://www.theepochtimes.com/china-saw-covid-19-like-patients-months-before-official-timeline-internal-documents_3537965.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2020-10-14
We had an outbreak of what we thought was the flu at our Toronto terminal in November 2019. At the time, they thought it was the flu even though two of the employees who got sick got a flu shot. Some of the symptoms included inability to smell, but they thought it was clogged nasal passages. Most people at CP now think it was a COVID outbreak. All the employees were under fifty and all made a total recovery.
I guess they didn't get antibodies testing?
No, they didn't. I don't know what is happening in Ontario. I remember seoulbro saying he wanted to get that test, but couldn't.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 14, 2020, 03:56:05 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 14, 2020, 03:56:05 PM
We had an outbreak of what we thought was the flu at our Toronto terminal in November 2019. At the time, they thought it was the flu even though two of the employees who got sick got a flu shot. Some of the symptoms included inability to smell, but they thought it was clogged nasal passages. Most people at CP now think it was a COVID outbreak. All the employees were under fifty and all made a total recovery.Quote
Point. " even though two of the employees who got sick got a flu shot" in itself has no significance toward any view.
Flu shots have never been thought of as definite. Any pharmacist will merely say they:
1. reduce chances of getting flu
2. often reduce symptoms of those who do contract it
and that's the best we get from them
Similarly, I had pneumonia shot and was told similar to the above before contracting pneumonia
Also what Fash said, I and my doc have asked for but not gotten an antibody test .. Several months ago there was big talk that Canada was moving rapidly toward testing, but crickets since
I realize that about flu shots. I have caught the flu after getting an injection. But, it adds a little to the suspicion at our Toronto terminal.
My point is I believe COVID was not only around before December of 2019, I believe it had already began to spread in Canada before then.
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Post by: cc on October 14, 2020, 03:57:15 PM
Post by: cc on October 14, 2020, 03:57:15 PM
The only argument against that is that with no knowledge of how to deal with it, it would have spread like wildfire, multiplied itself several times over daily and become an huge issue very quickly
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Post by: Anonymous on October 14, 2020, 04:04:55 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 14, 2020, 04:04:55 PM
It well could have and may have.
The only argument against that is that with no knowledge of how to deal with it, it would have spread like wildfire, multiplied itself several times over daily and become an huge issue very quickly
If I knew any of the railroaders in Toronto, I could find out if anybody around them also got sick.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on October 14, 2020, 04:06:21 PM
Post by: cc on October 14, 2020, 04:06:21 PM
I'm still a bit suspicious about my "pneumonia " in early February
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Post by: Anonymous on October 14, 2020, 04:08:24 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 14, 2020, 04:08:24 PM
At the same time it could have been present and diagnosed as flu and / or pneumonia. I'm still unsure about my "pneumonia " in early February
This is why antobodies testing is so important.
IHJ, Seoul wants an antobodies test, but he can't seem to get one.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on October 14, 2020, 04:16:35 PM
Post by: cc on October 14, 2020, 04:16:35 PM
At the same time it could have been present and diagnosed as flu and / or pneumonia. I'm still unsure about my "pneumonia " in early February
This is why antobodies testing is so important.
IHJ, Seoul wants an antobodies test, but he can't seem to get one.
After all the big talk from Ottawa about rapid testing, I have heard nothing since
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 14, 2020, 04:20:26 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 14, 2020, 04:20:26 PM
At the same time it could have been present and diagnosed as flu and / or pneumonia. I'm still unsure about my "pneumonia " in early February
This is why antobodies testing is so important.
IHJ, Seoul wants an antobodies test, but he can't seem to get one.
After all the big talk from Ottawa about rapid testing, I have heard nothing since
I don't know what happened.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 15, 2020, 12:20:30 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 15, 2020, 12:20:30 PM
There's no logic to China's recent aggressive behavior toward India, and the world should be concerned about the Beijing regime's agenda, the vice president of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), India's ruling party, told The Epoch Times in an exclusive interview.
"The way they are stepping up the aggression ... this is not just about India," Baijayant Panda, who also serves as BJP's spokesperson, said in a telephone interview from New Delhi. "You have seen the aggressive behavior when it comes to Taiwan, when it comes to Japan, [and] activities in the South China Sea.
"So it seems to fit a pattern and the world should be concerned about it."
India and China have been engaged in a tense border situation since June 15, after 20 Indian soldiers and an unknown number of Chinese troops were killed in a hand-to-hand skirmish in the Himalayan heights of Galwan in the Ladakh region. Since then, both countries have positioned tens of thousands of troops on either side of the border.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on October 15, 2020, 07:22:06 PM
Post by: cc on October 15, 2020, 07:22:06 PM
One can also feel the "China v. rest of the world" heating up
Chinese leader Xi Jinping told the country's marines to put "all [their] minds and energy into preparing for war" as the regime continues to ratchet up pressure on Taiwan.
During an inspection of a marine base in the southern Chinese city of Chaozhou on Oct. 13, Xi told troops to focus on preparing for war and "maintain a high state of readiness," according to the official publication of the Chinese military. Xi is head of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) armed forces, known as the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
Xi emphasized the CCP's "absolute leadership over the armed forces," and the need to "guarantee that troops are absolutely loyal, pure, and reliable," according to Chinese state-run media Xinhua. He also spoke of "passing on the red gene" within the PLA Marines and developing a fighting spirit of "not fearing suffering nor death."
The remarks come as the regime has sharply escalated military pressure on Taiwan in recent months. The CCP considers the self-ruled island as part of its territory and has never ruled out using force to bring it under the Party's control.
The PLA aircraft have crossed the sensitive "median line" of the Taiwan Strait—a demarcation that has served as an unofficial buffer zone—almost 50 times so far this year, the highest since 1990.
As of Oct. 7, the PLA has sent 1,710 aircraft and 1,029 vessels into Taiwan's defense zone, prompting the island to scramble nearly 3,000 jets in response, according to Taiwan's Defense Minister Yen De-Fa.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 15, 2020, 08:08:52 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 15, 2020, 08:08:52 PM
But, he option of an invasion of Taiwan is off the table for now.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on October 15, 2020, 08:48:03 PM
Post by: cc on October 15, 2020, 08:48:03 PM
He certainly is an updated Mao .. with long range "external" intents far beyond those of Mao
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 15, 2020, 09:02:13 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 15, 2020, 09:02:13 PM
Yes, off the table especially so long as US has strength at the top
He certainly is an updated Mao .. with long range "external" intents far beyond those of Mao
Mao the murderer had an ambitious agenda. What he lacked was money and technology to carry out his insanity.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on October 15, 2020, 09:44:16 PM
Post by: cc on October 15, 2020, 09:44:16 PM
He is one major figure whom I have not studied a lot .. Prolly should have
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Post by: Anonymous on October 15, 2020, 10:14:17 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 15, 2020, 10:14:17 PM
OK, I stand corrected.So he did have serious external desires
He is one major figure whom I have not studied a lot .. Prolly should have
He was in the same vein as his mentor, Josef Stalin. Mao shared his delusions of global conquest.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 15, 2020, 11:11:00 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 15, 2020, 11:11:00 PM
OK, I stand corrected.So he did have serious external desires
He is one major figure whom I have not studied a lot .. Prolly should have
He was in the same vein as his mentor, Josef Stalin. Mao shared his delusions of global conquest.
He was the definition of a despot.....he also started the Korean War.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 16, 2020, 11:55:20 AM
Post by: Anonymous on October 16, 2020, 11:55:20 AM
Internal government documents reveal that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will stage a rescue operations drill this month near the Paracel Islands, a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea—which could escalate tensions in the disputed waters.
According to a notice issued by the Hainan Province Development and Reform Commission and obtained by The Epoch Times from a trusted source, the drill is scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon on Oct. 20; if the first one fails, another drill is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon on Oct. 22.
South China Sea Dispute
Islands, reefs, and rocks in the strategic waterway are claimed by a number of countries, including Brunei, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
Beijing has used the "nine-dash line" to proclaim sovereignty over 90 percent of the South China Sea, despite a United Nations legal judgment in 2016 that refuted Beijing's claims.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 17, 2020, 11:49:06 AM
Post by: Anonymous on October 17, 2020, 11:49:06 AM
The United States is responding to the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) "unrestricted warfare" strategy by ratcheting up its war of words and escalating its countermeasures—a more hard-hitting approach to a threat that previous administrations failed to fully recognize, according to experts.
Top U.S. officials, as well as politicians from both sides of the political aisle, have expressed concern about China's increasingly aggressive and hostile stance toward the United States. FBI Director Christopher Wray said recently that no country presents such a danger to America's innovation, economic security, and democratic ideas than the Chinese regime.
National security adviser Robert O'Brien, meanwhile, recently said the United States will no longer be passive in dealing with China.
Aside from the rhetoric, U.S. counteractions have also ramped up. Wray revealed last week that the bureau currently has more than 2,000 active investigations that trace back to the CCP, marking a roughly 1,300 percent increase in economic espionage probes with links to the Chinese regime. He said the bureau opens "a new counterintelligence investigation that ties back to China every 10 hours."
The recent public proclamations from both the administration and members of Congress "reflect a frustration with China's aggressive theft of U.S. innovation and technology," says Nicholas Eftimiades, a former senior U.S. intelligence official and author of the book, "Chinese Intelligence Operations."
"The U.S. sees China's large scale economic espionage and covert influence activities as supporting economic predatory practices and military expansion in the South and East China seas," he told The Epoch Times.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 18, 2020, 03:43:00 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 18, 2020, 03:43:00 PM
Chinese authorities see U.S. consulates as "hostile forces" that conduct "infiltration and sabotage" activities on Chinese soil and have ordered officials to monitor key U.S. diplomats, according to a leaked document obtained by The Epoch Times.
At a time when bilateral relations hit a historical low, the document from Leizhou city of China's southeastern Guangdong Province offers a rare glimpse into how the Chinese regime deals with American diplomats.
In a four-page "work plan" dated April 2018, the Leizhou Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs Bureau described the "U.S. and other Western consulates in China" as key targets that could threaten the region's political and social stability.
All departments and units within the bureau must work to counter such influences, by effectively "blocking [the consulates] from establishing connections with key [Chinese] political figures, prominent lawyers, 'public intellectuals,' 'rights defenders,' and special interest groups," the bureau told its staff.
The bureau's goal is to "break all threats and nets" and leave no room for such attempts, the document stated.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on October 18, 2020, 05:22:18 PM
Post by: cc on October 18, 2020, 05:22:18 PM
"The U.S. sees China's large scale economic espionage and covert influence activities as supporting economic predatory practices and military expansion in the South and East China seas,"
and the usual paranoia of ALL dictatorial regimes especially including and most prominent in the CCP
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Post by: cc on October 19, 2020, 03:43:20 PM
Post by: cc on October 19, 2020, 03:43:20 PM
TAIPEI, Taiwan—A Taiwanese diplomatic official in Fiji suffered a head injury after he was assaulted by Chinese officials who tried to crash a reception held by Taiwan's diplomatic mission to the South Pacific nation.
Meanwhile, the Chinese side claimed that the incident was provoked by Taiwanese officials.
Spokeswoman for Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Joanne Ou told local media on Oct. 19 that two officials at the Chinese Embassy in Fiji tried to enter the reception event on Oct. 8. When a Taiwanese official blocked them from entering, an altercation broke out. The Taiwanese official suffered injuries and was treated at a hospital.
According to Ou, the two Chinese officials wanted to collect information on who was attending by taking photos of guests.
Such violence constituted "serious violations of rule of law and civilized behaviors," Ou said.
Prior to the altercation, the Chinese officials were making a scene outside the reception, and they nearly forced their way into the venue, according to Taiwan's deputy foreign minister Harry Ho-jen Tseng, while speaking at Taiwan's parliament on Monday.
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Post by: cc on October 19, 2020, 04:29:43 PM
Post by: cc on October 19, 2020, 04:29:43 PM
Almost 160 international experts on China-related matters have signed an open letter in support of New Zealand academic Anne-Marie Brady, with some saying that the professor is being administratively harassed by the University of Canterbury for her work documenting the Chinese regime's influence operations.
The letter, published on Oct. 7, was organized in support of Brady as she faces a review of her work by the university. It's addressed to the University of Canterbury's deputy vice chancellor of research, Ian Wright, and denounces the review, while calling on her employer to apologize.
The research paper (pdf), titled "Holding a Pen in One Hand, Gripping a Gun in the Other," is an investigation by the professor into how China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) exploited civilian channels for military purposes in New Zealand.
Brady specializes in Chinese domestic and foreign politics at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch. Her name rose to prominence after she published a research paper in September 2017 called "Magic Weapons" (pdf), which details how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has planned to achieve worldwide influence. The paper used New Zealand as a case study.
In her latest paper, Brady wrote that the CCP "is preparing China for what the Chinese leadership believes is an inevitable war."
"The New Zealand government needs to work with businesses and universities to devise a strategy to prevent the transfer of military-end-use technology to China," the research states.
It also claims that a number of universities in New Zealand have links to the Chinese regime's 5G telecommunications company Huawei, and that some academics have participated in Beijing's well-financed recruitment program, the Thousand Talents Plan, which has come under close U.S. scrutiny over possible threats to national security.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 19, 2020, 06:41:10 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 19, 2020, 06:41:10 PM
Taiwan Diplomat in Fiji Sent to Hospital After Being Assaulted by Chinese Officials(//https)
TAIPEI, Taiwan—A Taiwanese diplomatic official in Fiji suffered a head injury after he was assaulted by Chinese officials who tried to crash a reception held by Taiwan's diplomatic mission to the South Pacific nation.
Meanwhile, the Chinese side claimed that the incident was provoked by Taiwanese officials.
Spokeswoman for Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Joanne Ou told local media on Oct. 19 that two officials at the Chinese Embassy in Fiji tried to enter the reception event on Oct. 8. When a Taiwanese official blocked them from entering, an altercation broke out. The Taiwanese official suffered injuries and was treated at a hospital.
According to Ou, the two Chinese officials wanted to collect information on who was attending by taking photos of guests.
Such violence constituted "serious violations of rule of law and civilized behaviors," Ou said.
Prior to the altercation, the Chinese officials were making a scene outside the reception, and they nearly forced their way into the venue, according to Taiwan's deputy foreign minister Harry Ho-jen Tseng, while speaking at Taiwan's parliament on Monday.https://twitter.com/MOFA_Taiwan/status/1318148247190302720
China is getting frickin goofy.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on October 20, 2020, 12:55:23 PM
Post by: cc on October 20, 2020, 12:55:23 PM
China is getting frickin goofy.
Some are saying it's because of a CCP internal power struggle .. Some say economy .. maybe some of both
or, possibly it is making the move it has been preparing for decades
They are working for Biden almost openly .. and likely sense the great weakness that would come with him
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 20, 2020, 02:56:32 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 20, 2020, 02:56:32 PM
China is getting frickin goofy.
Some are saying it's because of a CCP internal power struggle .. Some say economy .. maybe some of both
or, possibly it is making the move it has been preparing for decades
They are working for Biden almost openly .. and likely sense the great weakness that would come with him
The power struggle is over I thought. The hardliners won.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on October 20, 2020, 06:10:10 PM
Post by: cc on October 20, 2020, 06:10:10 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 20, 2020, 10:04:32 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 20, 2020, 10:04:32 PM
China is getting frickin goofy.
Some are saying it's because of a CCP internal power struggle .. Some say economy .. maybe some of both
or, possibly it is making the move it has been preparing for decades
They are working for Biden almost openly .. and likely sense the great weakness that would come with him
The power struggle is over I thought. The hardliners won.
Xi has put the country on a path that nobody within the CCP standing committee will seriously challenge him.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on October 21, 2020, 11:36:50 PM
Post by: cc on October 21, 2020, 11:36:50 PM
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration has approved the sale of more than a billion dollars worth of advanced weaponry for Taiwan in a move that will enrage China and further exacerbate tensions between Washington and Beijing that have are already heated over issues such as trade, Tibet, Hong Kong, and the South China Sea.
The State Department announced Wednesday it had greenlighted the sale of 135 precision land attack missiles, associated equipment, and training to Taiwan to improve its defense capabilities. The package is worth just over a billion dollars, it said in a statement. The missiles are made by Boeing.
"This proposed sale serves U.S. national, economic and security interests by supporting the recipient's continuing efforts to modernize its armed forces and to maintain a credible defensive capability," it said in a statement. "The proposed sale will help improve the security of the recipient and assist in maintaining political stability" as well as military balance and economic progress in the region.
"The recipient will be able to employ a highly reliable and effective system to increase their warfighting effectiveness as needed, which can counter or deter aggressions by demonstrated precision against surface targets," it said.
Taiwan has thanked the United States for its support as it faces escalating rhetoric of war from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The Trump administration has stepped up military and diplomatic support for Taiwan in recent months, including offering significant backing for Taiwan's leadership in combatting the coronavirus pandemic.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 22, 2020, 06:39:53 AM
Post by: Anonymous on October 22, 2020, 06:39:53 AM
Most of have been of a defensive nature, I don't know about this package..
It has not even come close to the thousands of missiles China has aimed at Taiwan, not to mention China's sophisticated e-warfare.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on October 22, 2020, 01:09:49 PM
Post by: cc on October 22, 2020, 01:09:49 PM
That said, it does say "135 precision land attack missiles" .. indicating the start of a different direction
T is Taiwan's friend. B (or rather H) is not, rather they are china's friend
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 22, 2020, 01:22:18 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 22, 2020, 01:22:18 PM
I realize that it does not match China's arsenal aimed at Taiwan
That said, it does say "135 precision land attack missiles" .. indicating the start of a different direction
T is Taiwan's friend. B (or rather H) is not, rather they are china's friend
If it's to help Taiwan attack, that would be a change..
But, that might be in violation of The Taiwan Relations Act.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 27, 2020, 12:27:44 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 27, 2020, 12:27:44 PM
The Chinese regime will impose unspecified sanctions on Lockheed Martin, Boeing Defense, Raytheon, and other U.S. companies it says are involved in Washington's arms sales to Taiwan.
China's foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said on Oct. 26 the move was to protect the regime's national interests, but did not specify what form the sanctions would take.
The move comes after the U.S. State Department approved an arms sale to Taiwan that could have a total value of $1.8 billion, the Pentagon said last week. The proposed sale has been submitted to Congress for final review, where it is unlikely to be opposed.
The package includes 135 SLAM-ERs—a type of advanced air-launched cruise missile—made by Boeing; Himars mobile artillery rocket systems by Lockheed Martin; and surveillance and reconnaissance sensors by Raytheon, to be mounted on aircraft.
Beijing has previously imposed sanctions on U.S. companies for selling weapons to Taiwan, but no details were provided on the nature of the penalties. Most recently in July, it placed unspecified sanctions on Lockheed Martin for being involved in a $620 million sale of Patriot surface-to-air missiles to Taiwan.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on October 29, 2020, 08:33:51 PM
Post by: cc on October 29, 2020, 08:33:51 PM
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) issued a 7,000-plus-word bulletin upon the conclusion of its most important political meeting of the year, in which it emphasized leader Xi Jinping's "core" role and hinted at the enormity of China's economic woes.
Known as the fifth plenary session, top Party officials convened to map out the country's economic development, drafting a five-year plan and a new 15-year plan called Vision 2035.
The bulletin issued on Oct. 29 stated that Xi was "the core of the Party" and "takes the helm," while noting the economic challenges ahead.
"We will surely be able to overcome the various difficulties and obstacles that appear on the road ahead, and we will surely be able to push forward into a new era of 'socialism with Chinese characteristics,'" the bulletin states.
China experts say that this is the Party admitting to the bad shape of the country's economy.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 29, 2020, 09:57:21 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 29, 2020, 09:57:21 PM
Beijing Lays Out Ambitions, Admits to Economic Challenges During Key Plenary Meeting(//https)
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) issued a 7,000-plus-word bulletin upon the conclusion of its most important political meeting of the year, in which it emphasized leader Xi Jinping's "core" role and hinted at the enormity of China's economic woes.
Known as the fifth plenary session, top Party officials convened to map out the country's economic development, drafting a five-year plan and a new 15-year plan called Vision 2035.
The bulletin issued on Oct. 29 stated that Xi was "the core of the Party" and "takes the helm," while noting the economic challenges ahead.
"We will surely be able to overcome the various difficulties and obstacles that appear on the road ahead, and we will surely be able to push forward into a new era of 'socialism with Chinese characteristics,'" the bulletin states.
China experts say that this is the Party admitting to the bad shape of the country's economy.
The CCP dynasty's continuity is contingent upon strong economic growth.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 29, 2020, 11:53:06 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 29, 2020, 11:53:06 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 30, 2020, 07:32:40 AM
Post by: Anonymous on October 30, 2020, 07:32:40 AM
I hope China's economy circle the bowl
You mean like Canada's economy under True Dope.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on October 30, 2020, 11:36:45 PM
Post by: cc on October 30, 2020, 11:36:45 PM
China rising or falling in power (via money) matters to the entire world
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 30, 2020, 11:55:24 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 30, 2020, 11:55:24 PM
True, but we jus tgo along for the ride on world issues
China rising or falling in power (via money) matters to the entire world
Justine's stupidity affects us.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on November 02, 2020, 06:21:02 AM
Post by: Anonymous on November 02, 2020, 06:21:02 AM
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is deploying political warfare to covertly influence free societies around the world, a top State Department official has warned.
The regime "wants control, or at least veto power, over public discourse and political decisions the world over," said David Stilwell, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, at a virtual discussion hosted by Stanford's Hoover Institution on Oct. 30.
It accomplishes that through a wide array of malign activities that are "covert, coercive, and corrupting," he said. These activities are dubbed by the CCP as "United Front Work" but better understood in the West as political warfare, Stilwell said.
United Front Work, described by Party leaders as a "magic weapon," involves the efforts of thousands of overseas groups that carry out political influence operations, suppress dissident movements, gather intelligence, and facilitate the transfer of technology to China. These groups are coordinated by the Party agency the United Front Work Department (UFWD).
While some United Front organizations publicly state their affiliation with Beijing, "most try to present themselves as independent, grassroots-type NGOs, cultural-exchange forums, 'friendship' associations, chambers of commerce, media outlets, or academic groups," Stilwell said.
A recent investigation by Newsweek found about 600 such groups in the United States. Stilwell said the groups include Beijing-backed Confucius Institutes that sit on dozens of American college campuses, Chinese students and scholars associations, private Chinese companies, and other groups working to co-opt state and local governments.
"All told, we face a large and deliberately opaque amalgam of Chinese Communist Party officials, agents, and cutouts seeking advantage in our societies," he said.
This year, the Trump administration has designated a range of CCP-controlled bodies as foreign missions of China in recognition of their roles doing Beijing's bidding in the United States. Most recently, the State Department designated a United Front group, the National Association for China's Peaceful Unification, as a foreign mission. The Confucius Institute U.S. Center and 15 state-controlled media outlets have also been designated.
The Justice Department, meanwhile, has also cracked down on a range of malign actions sanctioned by the CCP, from intellectual property theft to spying. In September, an NYPD officer named Baimadajie Angwang was arrested, and accused of spying for the regime. Prosecutors alleged Angwang fed intelligence about the local Tibetan community to his handler at the Chinese consulate who was assigned to the UFWD division called the China Association for Preservation and Development of Tibetan Culture.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on November 02, 2020, 08:21:23 AM
Post by: Anonymous on November 02, 2020, 08:21:23 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on November 12, 2020, 10:42:50 PM
Post by: Anonymous on November 12, 2020, 10:42:50 PM
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Nov. 12 issued an executive order to stop investments in Chinese companies that are tied to China's military, citing threats to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States.
The Chinese Communist Party, through its aggressive national strategy called "Military-Civil Fusion," uses Chinese companies to strengthen the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
"At the same time, those companies raise capital by selling securities to United States investors that trade on public exchanges both here and abroad," the order reads.
The Department of Defense this year designated 31 Chinese firms as Chinese military companies operating directly or indirectly in the United States, including those owned or controlled by the PLA.
Many of these companies are publicly traded on stock exchanges around the world, and millions of U.S. investors, through their pension funds, are unwittingly transferring wealth from the United States to these entities.
The Pentagon's list includes companies such as Aviation Industry Corp. of China, Huawei, and Hangzhou Hikvision.
Two of the companies on the list, China National Chemical Corp. (ChemChina) and China Three Gorges Corp. (CTG), for example, had raised a combined $3.4 billion in U.S. dollar-denominated bond offerings in September, according to a report by RWR Advisory, a Washington-based research and risk consultancy.
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Post by: Anonymous on November 12, 2020, 10:53:52 PM
Post by: Anonymous on November 12, 2020, 10:53:52 PM
Trump Issues Order to End Investments in Chinese Military Companies
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Nov. 12 issued an executive order to stop investments in Chinese companies that are tied to China's military, citing threats to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States.
The Chinese Communist Party, through its aggressive national strategy called "Military-Civil Fusion," uses Chinese companies to strengthen the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
"At the same time, those companies raise capital by selling securities to United States investors that trade on public exchanges both here and abroad," the order reads.
The Department of Defense this year designated 31 Chinese firms as Chinese military companies operating directly or indirectly in the United States, including those owned or controlled by the PLA.
Many of these companies are publicly traded on stock exchanges around the world, and millions of U.S. investors, through their pension funds, are unwittingly transferring wealth from the United States to these entities.
The Pentagon's list includes companies such as Aviation Industry Corp. of China, Huawei, and Hangzhou Hikvision.
Two of the companies on the list, China National Chemical Corp. (ChemChina) and China Three Gorges Corp. (CTG), for example, had raised a combined $3.4 billion in U.S. dollar-denominated bond offerings in September, according to a report by RWR Advisory, a Washington-based research and risk consultancy.https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-issues-order-to-end-investments-in-chinese-military-companies_3576876.html?utm_source=newsnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-2020-11-12-5
I imagine Trump will get as much done as he can in his remaining 2 months in office.
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Post by: Anonymous on November 12, 2020, 11:08:24 PM
Post by: Anonymous on November 12, 2020, 11:08:24 PM
Trump Issues Order to End Investments in Chinese Military Companies
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Nov. 12 issued an executive order to stop investments in Chinese companies that are tied to China's military, citing threats to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States.
The Chinese Communist Party, through its aggressive national strategy called "Military-Civil Fusion," uses Chinese companies to strengthen the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
"At the same time, those companies raise capital by selling securities to United States investors that trade on public exchanges both here and abroad," the order reads.
The Department of Defense this year designated 31 Chinese firms as Chinese military companies operating directly or indirectly in the United States, including those owned or controlled by the PLA.
Many of these companies are publicly traded on stock exchanges around the world, and millions of U.S. investors, through their pension funds, are unwittingly transferring wealth from the United States to these entities.
The Pentagon's list includes companies such as Aviation Industry Corp. of China, Huawei, and Hangzhou Hikvision.
Two of the companies on the list, China National Chemical Corp. (ChemChina) and China Three Gorges Corp. (CTG), for example, had raised a combined $3.4 billion in U.S. dollar-denominated bond offerings in September, according to a report by RWR Advisory, a Washington-based research and risk consultancy.https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-issues-order-to-end-investments-in-chinese-military-companies_3576876.html?utm_source=newsnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-2020-11-12-5
I imagine Trump will get as much done as he can in his remaining 2 months in office.
If they are executive orders like this one, the more the merrier.
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Post by: Anonymous on November 15, 2020, 05:56:11 PM
Post by: Anonymous on November 15, 2020, 05:56:11 PM
It is estimated that the cost of IP (intellectual property) theft of U.S. trade secrets by China is $250 billion to $600 billion annually. But how does it impact the lives of people who have been through this type of experience? That's the main question posed by "Reject," the latest film from writer and director David Chai.
The film follows Peter (played by Connor Hough), a typical American businessman who is enamored with the idea of expanding his business into China and accessing the billion-plus population of the Chinese market. He makes a deal with a firm connected to the Chinese regime but discovers that things don't work out quite how he imagined.
Produced by Compassion Entertainment, this cautionary tale is important viewing for everyone curious about how IP theft works and how devastating it can be. The two leads, Connor Hough and Tayler Karin, were picked out of hundreds of hopefuls to be in the film. The supporting cast includes Tom Procida, Arthur Axis, and Julie Joy Shin.
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Post by: cc on November 16, 2020, 12:03:48 AM
Post by: cc on November 16, 2020, 12:03:48 AM
Part of Trump's goal is to "make it politically untenable for the Biden administration to change course" on the policies "as China acts aggressively from India to Hong Kong to Taiwan, and the pandemic triggers a second global wave of shutdowns," Axios reported.
National Security Council spokesperson John Ullyot told Axios: "Unless Beijing reverses course and becomes a responsible player on the global stage, future U.S. presidents will find it politically suicidal to reverse President Trump's historic actions."
The administration plans to take additional actions against Chinese companies and government entities for a variety of human rights violations and matters involving U.S. national security. The report said to watch out for Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe to explain China's criminal activity inside the U.S. to the American public in the near future.
DNI senior adviser Cliff Sims said, "Director Ratcliffe will continue playing a leading role, in coordination with other national security principals, in delivering a necessary mindset shift from the Cold War and post-9/11 counterterrorism eras to a focus on great power competition with an adversarial China."
The report comes as Trump has said for months that he would be cracking down on China for a variety of issues, nearly all of which have been magnified by the coronavirus pandemic that originated in Wuhan, China. The Washington Post reported in April that senior U.S. officials were laying out plans for taking retaliatory actions against China for the pandemic.
Throughout the year, top U.S. officials have given speeches outlining the threats posed to the United States by communist China. The officials include Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Attorney General William Barr, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien.
In late May, Trump gave a statement in the Rose Garden about the United States' relationship with China.
China's pattern of misconduct is well known. For decades, they have ripped off the United States like no one has ever done before. Hundreds of billions of dollars a year were lost dealing with China, especially over the years during the prior administration. China raided our factories, offshored our jobs, gutted our industries, stole our intellectual property, and violated their commitments under the World Trade Organization. To make matters worse, they are considered a developing nation getting all sorts of benefits that others, including the United States, are not entitled to.
But I never solely blamed China for this. They were able to get away with a theft like no one was able to get away with before because of past politicians and, frankly, past presidents. But unlike those who came before, my administration negotiated and fought for what was right. It's called: fair and reciprocal treatment.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on November 16, 2020, 12:24:58 AM
Post by: Anonymous on November 16, 2020, 12:24:58 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on November 19, 2020, 09:42:55 AM
Post by: Anonymous on November 19, 2020, 09:42:55 AM
he U.S. State Department recently issued a paper outlining China's threats to the international order and how to combat them.
It warned that the CCP seeks to "replace the established international order grounded in free and sovereign nation-states with a unity of nations in shared deference to the CCP's interpretation of international socialism."
The report cites as examples Beijing's collection of data via intrusive technology; intellectual property theft; militarization of the South China Sea to stake territorial claims; crushing of freedoms in Hong Kong; and predatory business deals via Belt and Road investment projects.
The Chinese regime wields its economic prowess to coerce countries into doing its bidding and "make the societies and politics of foreign nations more accommodating to CCP specifications," the report says.
The State Department also noted that the regime in Beijing is developing "a world-class military to rival and eventually surpass the U.S. military," according to the paper.
The paper determined that the United States' initial hope that engaging economically with the Chinese regime would propel the country to adopt political liberalization didn't come true. Instead, the Chinese regime developed into a powerful "Marxist-Leninist dictatorship" that seeks to influence other countries to serve "Beijing's authoritarian goals," it said.
Despite China's aggression, the report explains that the CCP has notable weaknesses, some "endemic to autocracy," such as constraints on innovation, economic instability, corruption, and difficulties forming and maintaining alliances.
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Post by: Anonymous on November 19, 2020, 09:54:15 AM
Post by: Anonymous on November 19, 2020, 09:54:15 AM
WASHINGTON—Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) sent a letter dated Nov. 13 to the prestigious U.S. consulting firm McKinsey & Co., asking about its relationship with the Chinese regime.
Headquartered in New York City, the consulting company has offices in more than 130 cities across 65 countries, including China.
In the letter, Rubio raised concerns about the firm's business dealings with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), including state-owned and state-run enterprises in China. He also raised questions as to whether the U.S. government should continue to work with McKinsey.
The firm provides strategy and management consulting services to the world's leading corporations, governments, and nongovernment organizations.
"I remain concerned that McKinsey & Company—either wittingly or unwittingly—is aiding the CCP's attempt to supplant the United States and remake the international community in its own image," Rubio stated in the letter, which was addressed to Kevin Sneader, the company's global managing partner.
"We must ensure that firms working on behalf of the United States Government and U.S. companies are putting America's interests first. McKinsey's inability to provide clear, direct answers only exacerbates those concerns and raises serious questions as to whether our government—including the Intelligence Community—should continue to use McKinsey's services."
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Post by: Anonymous on December 03, 2020, 11:06:01 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 03, 2020, 11:06:01 PM
China Daily Correspondent Calls Sen. Marsha Blackburn 'A Lifetime B**ch' After She Says China Has 'History Of Cheating And Stealing'
"China has a 5,000 year history of cheating and stealing. Some things will never change...," Blackburn tweeted Thursday morning, prompting Chen, who is also the Deputy Editor of China Daily USA, to hurl derogatory remarks at her.
"This is the most racist and ignorant US Senator I have seen," Chen replied on Twitter. "A lifetime bitch."
In another response, Chen simply called Blackburn a "bitch."
Other responses also accused Blackburn of being racist, with The Daily Beast's editor-at-large Molly Jong-Fast writing that it "is racism" and suggesting she "delete it and apologize."
Chen has previously written obscene tweets, such as when German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Saturday congratulated President-elect Joe Biden in November. Maas brought up China as one challenge he hoped the countries could "solve."
"The fucking Maas," Chen wrote in a tweet that he later deleted before writing that "I can see nothing but hate for China from Maas. It only applies to him."
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 03, 2020, 11:58:50 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 03, 2020, 11:58:50 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on December 04, 2020, 12:49:31 AM
Post by: cc on December 04, 2020, 12:49:31 AM
Thanks - Will Desktop it and Watch when I get time .
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Post by: Anonymous on December 04, 2020, 12:52:57 AM
Post by: Anonymous on December 04, 2020, 12:52:57 AM
I have followed Gordon for quite a while. He tells it like it is
Thanks - Will Desktop it and Watch when I get time .
As much as I agree with him that China can't be trusted, I take some of what Gordon Chang says with a grain of salt.
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Post by: cc on December 04, 2020, 01:19:59 AM
Post by: cc on December 04, 2020, 01:19:59 AM
Many of the things I heard from him long ago proved out over time
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Post by: cc on December 04, 2020, 01:24:42 AM
Post by: cc on December 04, 2020, 01:24:42 AM
The Chinese regime poses the greatest threat to the United States and the free world, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe wrote in an op-ed on Dec. 3, describing the threat as a "once-in-a-generation challenge."
Ratcliffe, in a commentary published in the Wall Street Journal, said that his role as DNI grants him "access to more intelligence than any member of the U.S. government other than the president," allowing him a "unique vantage point" in assessing the threat.
"The intelligence is clear: Beijing intends to dominate the U.S. and the rest of the planet economically, militarily, and technologically," Ratcliffe wrote.
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Post by: Anonymous on December 04, 2020, 01:41:31 AM
Post by: Anonymous on December 04, 2020, 01:41:31 AM
Yes, agreed. Still, He is not afraid to speak on the subject
Many of the things I heard from him long ago proved out over time
And many of his predictions about China are wrong..
I don't like China, but it's system is not as unstable as Gordon Chang believes..
The CCP has shown itself to be more resilient than what the USA has given it credit for.
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Post by: Anonymous on December 04, 2020, 01:42:13 AM
Post by: Anonymous on December 04, 2020, 01:42:13 AM
Beijing Poses Greatest Threat to US, Free World Since WWII: Director of National Intelligence(//http)
The Chinese regime poses the greatest threat to the United States and the free world, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe wrote in an op-ed on Dec. 3, describing the threat as a "once-in-a-generation challenge."
Ratcliffe, in a commentary published in the Wall Street Journal, said that his role as DNI grants him "access to more intelligence than any member of the U.S. government other than the president," allowing him a "unique vantage point" in assessing the threat.
"The intelligence is clear: Beijing intends to dominate the U.S. and the rest of the planet economically, militarily, and technologically," Ratcliffe wrote.
There's no question about that.
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Post by: Anonymous on December 05, 2020, 02:15:49 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 05, 2020, 02:15:49 PM
The American public is becoming increasingly aware of evidence of massive computer fraud, out-of state and dead voters, and truckloads of fake ballots tilting the recent election toward Joe Biden. There are even whispers of Venezuelan, Iranian, and Chinese involvement.
No one, however, is yet talking about the fact that a network run by pro-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) activists solicited hundreds of thousands of votes for Joe Biden in several key battleground states. Under our very noses, these CCP-backed American communists claim to have defeated their nemesis Donald Trump and won the election for the Biden/Harris ticket.
We know that the CCP wanted Donald Trump defeated. His hard line on trade, his support for the Hong Kong democracy protesters, his upping of the U.S. military budget, and his loyalty to a free Taiwan made President Trump a major roadblock to the CCP's global ambitions.
t shouldn't be surprising then that the CCP might be tempted to mobilize its extensive American networks to help defeat Trump at the polls.
This network was led mainly by members of the pro-CCP communist group Liberation Road (formerly known as Freedom Road Socialist Organization), their sister group LeftRoots, and allies in the Communist Party USA and Democratic Socialists of America.
Many of the Liberation Road/LeftRoots members involved are tied to the Chinese Progressive Association of San Francisco (CPA), which has used mass voter registration tactics to dominate Bay Area politics for many years.
Many of the comrades are also heavily involved in Black Lives Matter. Some also have deep ties to CCP operatives in San Francisco.
The network targeted seven key states and mobilized at least 12,000 volunteers. Their voter registration and Get Out The Vote operations probably made the critical difference in several key states—or at least gave Biden enough votes to more easily disguise alleged massive Democratic Party fraud. Several network members have openly claimed credit for winning their respective state for Biden.
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Post by: Anonymous on December 06, 2020, 12:59:42 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 06, 2020, 12:59:42 PM
A Chinese professor accused by U.S. prosecutors of helping steal American technology to benefit China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd on Dec. 4 pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, but is expected to be allowed to return home after prosecutors decided not to pursue a more serious charge.
The professor, Bo Mao, had been charged with conspiring to defraud Silicon Valley's CNEX Labs and faced up to 20 years behind bars. He was a visiting professor at the University of Texas when he was arrested in August 2019.
Mao, 37, pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of making a false statement in a video appearance before U.S. District Judge Pamela Chen in Brooklyn. He is expected to be sentenced to time served and leave the United States on Dec. 16. He was in custody for six days after his arrest.
Mao was originally accused of entering into an agreement with an unidentified company to use its circuit board for research and sharing the proprietary information with a Chinese company. Descriptions suggest that the first company refers to CNEX Labs and the second to Huawei.
At the plea hearing, Mao admitted through a Mandarin interpreter that he told FBI agents did not know anyone at a university in Texas owned the board. But he had sought access to one when he made the false statement.
Prosecutor Sarah Evans told the judge Mao's lies "concealed the lengths" he went to access the technology on behalf of a company she did not name, but is Huawei.
Mao's arrest came amid a U.S. Justice Department crackdown on Chinese influence in universities over alleged spying and intellectual property theft by the Chinese government.
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Post by: Anonymous on December 06, 2020, 04:17:36 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 06, 2020, 04:17:36 PM
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently met with representatives of groups victimized by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). They urged the administration to designate the CCP a "transnational criminal organization."
Washington-based advocacy group Committee on Present Danger: China organized the groups to come together under the banner of the "Captive Nations Coalition," which included representatives from the Tibetan, Uyghur, Inner Mongolian, Hong Kong, and Falun Gong communities, as well as people negatively impacted by Beijing's Belt and Road initiative, a massive foreign investment project that aims to advance the regime's political and economic interests around the world.
Committee vice-chairman Frank Gaffney said the victim groups hoped to convey to the State Department their experiences of being suppressed by the regime, in the hopes of bringing home the message that "all of us are under threat from the global, totalitarian ambitions of the Chinese Communist Party."
The meeting marked the first time that state department officials met with these groups together, according to participants. The representatives met with Pompeo; Robert Destro, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; and Miles Yu, Pompeo's policy advisor, on Dec. 3.
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Post by: Anonymous on December 08, 2020, 11:45:37 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 08, 2020, 11:45:37 PM
The Chinese communist regime exerted influence over the United States for decades through its "old friends" in Wall Street, but this scheme was disrupted by President Donald Trump's election in 2016, a Chinese professor recently revealed at a seminar.
Over the past 30 to 40 years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) "took advantage of the core power circle in the United States," said Di Dongsheng, associate dean of the School of International Studies at the Renmin University of China in Beijing, in a speech given at an event in Shanghai, live-streamed on Chinese online video-sharing platform Guan Video on Nov. 28. The clip has since gone viral, and the original video has been deleted.
Di was referring to Wall Street, a sector that started exerting "a very strong influence on U.S. domestic and foreign affairs in the 1970s."
But from 2008, Wall Street's influence declined as the financial crisis hit, Di said.
"More importantly, starting in 2016, Wall Street had no influence on Trump," he said, citing disputes the former businessman had with Wall Street financiers.
However, with a potential Joe Biden administration, Beijing may once again rely on its powerful U.S. backers, the professor said.
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Post by: Anonymous on December 09, 2020, 12:06:12 AM
Post by: Anonymous on December 09, 2020, 12:06:12 AM
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Post by: cc on December 09, 2020, 04:44:08 PM
Post by: cc on December 09, 2020, 04:44:08 PM
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., is keeping quiet about his past relationship with a woman suspected of acting as a Chinese spy.
Axios reported that a Chinese national named Fang Fang or Christine Fang targeted up-and-coming local politicians, including Swalwell. Fang reportedly helped fundraise for Swalwell's 2014 campaign and helped place at least one intern in his office.
In fact, a former intelligence official told Fox News the Chinese for years have sent spies to "sleep with lesser-known members of Congress and staffers."
Fang's relationships with at least two Midwestern mayors turned sexual, according to Axios, with at least two incidents being caught by FBI surveillance. When asked about the nature of Swalwell's relationship with Fang, the Democratic congressman's office declined to comment.
According to Axios, federal investigators gave Swalwell a defensive briefing in 2015 during which they alerted him to their concerns over Fang. An intelligence official told the news outlet that Swalwell cut ties with her soon after.
The congressman's office told Axios that Swalwell "long ago, provided information about this person — whom he met more than eight years ago, and whom he hasn't seen in nearly six years — to the FBI." Beyond that, however, his office would not discuss the story, citing concerns related to classified information.
Pelosi stands by Swalwell as congressman on "Intel Commision" is under fire for ties to Chinese spy ..
FBI STEPPED IN AFTER SUSPECTED CHINESE SPY GOT CLOSE TO SWALWELL, OTHER POLITICIANS, REPORT FINDS
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Post by: Anonymous on December 09, 2020, 06:10:34 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 09, 2020, 06:10:34 PM
a former intelligence official told Fox News the Chinese for years have sent spies to "sleep with lesser-known members of Congress and staffers."Quote
Nothing new about that. The USSR did the same.
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Post by: Anonymous on December 09, 2020, 10:42:42 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 09, 2020, 10:42:42 PM
American colleges are becoming "hooked on Chinese Communist Party cash," while Beijing works to siphon cutting-edge U.S. research to China, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned on Dec. 9.
"So many of our colleges are bought by Beijing," Pompeo said during a speech at the Georgia Institute of Technology, outlining Beijing's aggressive efforts targeting U.S. research institutions. He added that the Chinese regime's influence on American academics and students jeopardizes academic freedom, as it seeks to suppress critical voices on campus.
The state secretary cited a recent investigation by the Department of Education, which found that universities received almost $1.5 billion in contracts and gifts from China from 2014 to 2020.
"We cannot allow this tyrannical regime to steal our stuff to build their military might, brainwash our people, or buy off our institutions to help them cover up these activities," Pompeo said.
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Post by: cc on December 09, 2020, 11:08:08 PM
Post by: cc on December 09, 2020, 11:08:08 PM
a former intelligence official told Fox News the Chinese for years have sent spies to "sleep with lesser-known members of Congress and staffers."Quote
Nothing new about that. The USSR did the same.
Point is that he is on the Intel Committee
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 09, 2020, 11:24:41 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 09, 2020, 11:24:41 PM
a former intelligence official told Fox News the Chinese for years have sent spies to "sleep with lesser-known members of Congress and staffers."Quote
Nothing new about that. The USSR did the same.
Point is that he is on the Intel Committee
She must've been very beautiful.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Odinson on December 10, 2020, 12:51:52 AM
Post by: Odinson on December 10, 2020, 12:51:52 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 10, 2020, 01:10:47 AM
Post by: Anonymous on December 10, 2020, 01:10:47 AM
Russia still does it.
That doesn't surprise me.
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Post by: Anonymous on December 10, 2020, 01:43:44 AM
Post by: Anonymous on December 10, 2020, 01:43:44 AM
Russia still does it.
Did you get that information from the last James Bond movie.
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Post by: Odinson on December 10, 2020, 02:09:24 AM
Post by: Odinson on December 10, 2020, 02:09:24 AM
Russia still does it.
Did you get that information from the last James Bond movie.:laugh3:
Anna Chapman.
Maria Butina was a spy but I dont if she slept with the american targets.
Its a good trick wouldnt you say.
To send an attractive female agent to your house, seduce you etc.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 10, 2020, 08:57:37 AM
Post by: Anonymous on December 10, 2020, 08:57:37 AM
Russia still does it.
Did you get that information from the last James Bond movie.:laugh3:
Anna Chapman.
Maria Butina was a spy but I dont if she slept with the american targets.
Its a good trick wouldnt you say.
To send an attractive female agent to your house, seduce you etc.
ac_biggrin
I know China regularly uses beautiful Chinese ladies like that on lawmakers and the rich and powerful in the West.
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Post by: cc on December 10, 2020, 11:50:36 AM
Post by: cc on December 10, 2020, 11:50:36 AM
The only poor part of the series for me was the dumb unknowing FBI family friend was not believable ... the Russian couple was exceedingly well done and she at times was the femme fatale when needed .. whatever it took .. I have never seen acting as good as the female of the couple
The show was prolly the best acting (and character development) on TV in decades
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 10, 2020, 12:03:50 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 10, 2020, 12:03:50 PM
If you saw the series(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cb/The_Americans_transparent_logo.png/250px-The_Americans_transparent_logo.png%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/%20...%20t_logo.png%22%3Ehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cb/The_Americans_transparent_logo.png/250px-The_Americans_transparent_logo.png%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E) you would get a fairly realistic look at how it works ... in fact, the real life FBI crackdown just after contained 10 people & families living and looking like every other family, very similar to the series
The only poor part of the series for me was the dumb unknowing FBI family friend was not believable ... the Russian couple was exceedingly well done and she at times was the femme fatale when needed .. whatever it took .. I have never seen acting as good as the female of the couple
The show was prolly the best acting (and character development) on TV in decades
I never saw it, but I might in the future.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Odinson on December 10, 2020, 02:51:44 PM
Post by: Odinson on December 10, 2020, 02:51:44 PM
Russia still does it.
Did you get that information from the last James Bond movie.:laugh3:
Anna Chapman.
Maria Butina was a spy but I dont if she slept with the american targets.
Its a good trick wouldnt you say.
To send an attractive female agent to your house, seduce you etc.
ac_biggrin
I know China regularly uses beautiful Chinese ladies like that on lawmakers and the rich and powerful in the West.
The oldest trick in the book.
These men spill the beans to their lover.
They probably leave her alone in the house while they go to work at Area 51 or the Large Hadron Collider hidden beneath the breeding stud farm.
They think they brought in some random female from the night-club.
Its hilarious.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 10, 2020, 03:23:54 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 10, 2020, 03:23:54 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on December 14, 2020, 02:39:20 AM
Post by: cc on December 14, 2020, 02:39:20 AM
They exploit male weaknesses.
It's not hard
errrr ... uhh .. ... maybe I should say "not difficult"
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Post by: cc on December 14, 2020, 02:39:29 AM
Post by: cc on December 14, 2020, 02:39:29 AM
13/12/2020|7min
Sky News
A major leak containing a register with the details of nearly two million CCP members has occurred – exposing members who are now working all over the world, while also lifting the lid on how the party operates under Xi Jinping, says Sharri Markson.
Ms Markson said the leak is a register with the details of Communist Party members, including their names, party position, birthday, national ID number and ethnicity.
"It is believed to be the first leak of its kind in the world," the Sky News host said.
"What's amazing about this database is not just that it exposes people who are members of the communist party, and who are now living and working all over the world, from Australia to the US to the UK," Ms Markson said.
"But it's amazing because it lifts the lid on how the party operates under President and Chairman Xi Jinping".
Ms Markson said the leak demonstrates party branches are embedded in some of the world's biggest companies and even inside government agencies.
"Communist party branches have been set up inside western companies, allowing the infiltration of those companies by CCP members - who, if called on, are answerable directly to the communist party, to the Chairman, the president himself," she said.
"Along with the personal identifying details of 1.95 million communist party members, mostly from Shanghai, there are also the details of 79,000 communist party branches, many of them inside companies".
Ms Markson said the leak is a significant security breach likely to embarrass Xi Jinping.
"It is also going to embarrass some global companies who appear to have no plan in place to protect their intellectual property from theft. From economic espionage," she said.
Ms Markson said the data was extracted from a Shanghai server by Chinese dissidents, whistleblowers, in April 2016, who have been using it for counter-intelligence purposes.
"It was then leaked in mid-September to the newly-formed international bi-partisan group, the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China - and that group is made up of 150 legislators around the world.
"It was then provided to an international consortium of four media organisations, The Australian, The Sunday Mail in the UK, De Standaard in Belgium and a Swedish editor, to analyse over the past two months, and that's what we've done".
Ms Markson said it, "is worth noting that there's no suggestion that these members have committed espionage - but the concern is over whether Australia or these companies knew of the CCP members and if so have any steps been taken to protect their data and people".
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Odinson on December 14, 2020, 02:51:05 AM
Post by: Odinson on December 14, 2020, 02:51:05 AM
Shen Lis name is on that list and now she is planning on escaping to Norway, Singapore or Australia.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on December 14, 2020, 10:38:36 AM
Post by: cc on December 14, 2020, 10:38:36 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 14, 2020, 12:10:06 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 14, 2020, 12:10:06 PM
Major leak 'exposes' members and 'lifts the lid' on the Chinese Communist Party(//https)
13/12/2020|7min
Sky News
A major leak containing a register with the details of nearly two million CCP members has occurred – exposing members who are now working all over the world, while also lifting the lid on how the party operates under Xi Jinping, says Sharri Markson.
Ms Markson said the leak is a register with the details of Communist Party members, including their names, party position, birthday, national ID number and ethnicity.
"It is believed to be the first leak of its kind in the world," the Sky News host said.
"What's amazing about this database is not just that it exposes people who are members of the communist party, and who are now living and working all over the world, from Australia to the US to the UK," Ms Markson said.
"But it's amazing because it lifts the lid on how the party operates under President and Chairman Xi Jinping".
Ms Markson said the leak demonstrates party branches are embedded in some of the world's biggest companies and even inside government agencies.
"Communist party branches have been set up inside western companies, allowing the infiltration of those companies by CCP members - who, if called on, are answerable directly to the communist party, to the Chairman, the president himself," she said.
"Along with the personal identifying details of 1.95 million communist party members, mostly from Shanghai, there are also the details of 79,000 communist party branches, many of them inside companies".
Ms Markson said the leak is a significant security breach likely to embarrass Xi Jinping.
"It is also going to embarrass some global companies who appear to have no plan in place to protect their intellectual property from theft. From economic espionage," she said.
Ms Markson said the data was extracted from a Shanghai server by Chinese dissidents, whistleblowers, in April 2016, who have been using it for counter-intelligence purposes.
"It was then leaked in mid-September to the newly-formed international bi-partisan group, the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China - and that group is made up of 150 legislators around the world.
"It was then provided to an international consortium of four media organisations, The Australian, The Sunday Mail in the UK, De Standaard in Belgium and a Swedish editor, to analyse over the past two months, and that's what we've done".
Ms Markson said it, "is worth noting that there's no suggestion that these members have committed espionage - but the concern is over whether Australia or these companies knew of the CCP members and if so have any steps been taken to protect their data and people".
That is embarrassing for the CCP.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on December 14, 2020, 12:20:33 PM
Post by: cc on December 14, 2020, 12:20:33 PM
Major leak 'exposes' members and 'lifts the lid' on the Chinese Communist Party(//https)
13/12/2020|7min
Sky News
A major leak containing a register with the details of nearly two million CCP members has occurred – exposing members who are now working all over the world, while also lifting the lid on how the party operates under Xi Jinping, says Sharri Markson.
................the leak demonstrates party branches are embedded in some of the world's biggest companies and even inside government agencies.
.............
That is embarrassing for the CCP.
And should be a wakeup call for the likes of Trudy, Biden etc. etc. etc. etc.
but that's not likely
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 14, 2020, 12:31:17 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 14, 2020, 12:31:17 PM
Major leak 'exposes' members and 'lifts the lid' on the Chinese Communist Party(//https)
13/12/2020|7min
Sky News
A major leak containing a register with the details of nearly two million CCP members has occurred – exposing members who are now working all over the world, while also lifting the lid on how the party operates under Xi Jinping, says Sharri Markson.
................the leak demonstrates party branches are embedded in some of the world's biggest companies and even inside government agencies.
.............
That is embarrassing for the CCP.
And should be a wakeup call for the likes of Trudy, Biden etc. etc. etc. etc.
but that's not likely:sad: :mad:
Trudeau and Biden are not in denial, they know the true nature of China.....they are likely getting favours from China.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 14, 2020, 01:20:23 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 14, 2020, 01:20:23 PM
The Mail found that major aerospace companies Airbus, Rolls-Royce, and Boeing have employed hundreds of CCP members. Additionally, Pfizer and British drugmaker AstraZeneca employed a total of 123 Party members. British automaker Jaguar Land Rover also employed CCP members.
The database also showed that over 600 CCP members were employed across 19 branches of British banks HSBC and Standard Chartered.
Chinese academics with Party membership also worked at British universities, where they were involved in sensitive research including aerospace engineering and chemistry, The Mail found.
Some CCP members worked for British consulates. At the British consulate in Shanghai, one CCP member was a senior official whose duty included supporting visits by British officials to China. Another CCP member worked "near to a team of MI6 officers operating under diplomatic cover," according to The Mail. MI6 is the name of the British intelligence service.
The Mail concluded that "there is no evidence that anyone on the party membership list has spied for China." However, the outlet stated that a group of about 30 MPs said they would table an urgent question about the database in the House of Commons, the lower chamber of the UK's bicameral parliament.
"The [British] Government must now move to expel and remove any members of the Communist Party from our Consuls throughout China. They can either serve the UK or the Chinese Communist Party. They cannot do both," British MP Iain Duncan Smith told The Mail.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 16, 2020, 09:50:37 AM
Post by: Anonymous on December 16, 2020, 09:50:37 AM
A report that a suspected Chinese spy spent years cozying up to local and national-level politicians reveals that Beijing is investing significantly in long-term espionage operations to infiltrate U.S. politics, an expert said.
From 2011 to 2015, Christina Fang, a Chinese student at California State University–East Bay, cultivated extensive ties with local politicians in the Bay Area by volunteering in fundraising campaigns and attending political events. U.S. intelligence officials believe she was working under the direction of China's top spy agency, the Ministry of State Security (MSS), according to a recent investigation by Axios.
Fang developed close ties to Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), who in early 2015 became a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. She first knew Swalwell when he was a local city council member. Fang later fundraised for the congressman's 2014 reelection campaign, and facilitated the placement of an intern in his office, the outlet reported.
She also had romantic or sexual relationships with two unnamed mayors of Midwestern cities, Axios said.
The operation was "beautifully handled" in the way it combined both intelligence gathering and political influence, said Nicholas Eftimiades, a former senior U.S. intelligence official and author of the book "Chinese Intelligence Operations," in an interview with The Epoch Times.
Importantly, he said, it showed how the Chinese regime is willing to invest in the long game—targeting local officials who might become state or national representatives years down the line. It's a strategy, he said, that "can really be devastating to another country."
Soft Targets
By targeting politicians, Fang was gaining access to those who might shape the United States' policies toward China.
"When you have access to that, why do you need classified information?" Eftimiades said.
"You're basically jumping over the secret world, and getting to the infrastructure that controls the nation," he said. "And that infrastructure is, ironically, not protected."
Congress members, not required to have security clearances, have been particularly vulnerable to covert influence and spying efforts for decades, Eftimiades said.
In 2018, Politico reported that a staffer for Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) was suspected of feeding political intelligence for years to his handlers at the Chinese consulate in San Francisco. The staffer was Feinstein's driver and also served as a liaison for the Asian American community in the Bay Area, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 16, 2020, 09:53:10 AM
Post by: Anonymous on December 16, 2020, 09:53:10 AM
The United States is poised to achieve maritime supremacy under a new plan that utilizes billions saved from "ending endless wars," according to Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget.
"For the first time, this administration is putting forward something that the president has long promised, and we're putting forward a plan to actually achieve it. We've made progress each and every year to be able to build our Navy back to what it has been—to achieve maritime supremacy," Vought told The Epoch Times' "American Thought Leaders" program.
U.S. officials recently released a 30-year shipbuilding plan that proposes spending $167 billion for dozens of vessels, with the goal of having a 355-ship Navy by 2033.
Some of the funding will come from "shifting direct war costs," according to an accompanying document from Vought's office.
"We achieve savings by ending endless wars. We're already—as a result of going down to 2,500 troops in Afghanistan and Iraq—achieving savings in what's called the overseas contingency operations fund. We've achieved about $35 billion in savings there," Vought said.
"But we also began to limit our growth in military personnel, which is about a third of all defense spending right now. We began to cap Army end-strength, because of what's not needed overseas with these increased deployments that the president has pulled back on."
President Donald Trump has drawn down troops in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere after promising to do so during his 2016 campaign.
The transition away from staying embroiled in long-running wars with no end in sight is part of a peace-through-strength framework that Trump's administration has been championing, said Vought, who has been traveling across the country to visit shipyards.
"We want to achieve maritime superiority. If you look back in history at all the great countries like the United States—you saw the chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff say it two weeks ago—they are maritime nations. Even as an Army guy, he saw the priority of that, in being able to make sure of that, as we orient the fight towards great power competition," he said.
"In particular, the previous secretary of defense referred to China as our pacing threat. As we try to think through what's necessary for that fight, an increased Navy is first and foremost."
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Odinson on December 16, 2020, 03:53:37 PM
Post by: Odinson on December 16, 2020, 03:53:37 PM
They exploit male weaknesses.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 16, 2020, 04:43:38 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 16, 2020, 04:43:38 PM
They exploit male weaknesses.(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://www.glocktalk.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,width=1920,height=1920,fit=scale-down/https://www.glocktalk.com/attachments/f28f9ece-2601-47a9-848b-43d4e8b54b3c-jpeg.886542/%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://www.glocktalk.com/cdn-cgi/image%20...%20eg.886542/%22%3Ehttps://www.glocktalk.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,width=1920,height=1920,fit=scale-down/https://www.glocktalk.com/attachments/f28f9ece-2601-47a9-848b-43d4e8b54b3c-jpeg.886542/%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on December 16, 2020, 05:08:48 PM
Post by: cc on December 16, 2020, 05:08:48 PM
And everything is appropriately RED
for both of them
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 16, 2020, 05:31:50 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 16, 2020, 05:31:50 PM
They exploit male weaknesses.(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://www.glocktalk.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,width=1920,height=1920,fit=scale-down/https://www.glocktalk.com/attachments/f28f9ece-2601-47a9-848b-43d4e8b54b3c-jpeg.886542/%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://www.glocktalk.com/cdn-cgi/image%20...%20eg.886542/%22%3Ehttps://www.glocktalk.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,width=1920,height=1920,fit=scale-down/https://www.glocktalk.com/attachments/f28f9ece-2601-47a9-848b-43d4e8b54b3c-jpeg.886542/%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
That would make old Blazor proud.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 16, 2020, 05:59:02 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 16, 2020, 05:59:02 PM
They exploit male weaknesses.(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://www.glocktalk.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,width=1920,height=1920,fit=scale-down/https://www.glocktalk.com/attachments/f28f9ece-2601-47a9-848b-43d4e8b54b3c-jpeg.886542/%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://www.glocktalk.com/cdn-cgi/image%20...%20eg.886542/%22%3Ehttps://www.glocktalk.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,width=1920,height=1920,fit=scale-down/https://www.glocktalk.com/attachments/f28f9ece-2601-47a9-848b-43d4e8b54b3c-jpeg.886542/%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
That would make old Blazor proud.
It's a good chop.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 16, 2020, 06:10:21 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 16, 2020, 06:10:21 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on December 16, 2020, 07:27:50 PM
Post by: cc on December 16, 2020, 07:27:50 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 16, 2020, 07:29:10 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 16, 2020, 07:29:10 PM
Is anyone young to you ??
:laugh:
I'm thinking.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on December 16, 2020, 07:30:20 PM
Post by: cc on December 16, 2020, 07:30:20 PM
Cosy cosy cosy
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 16, 2020, 07:31:49 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 16, 2020, 07:31:49 PM
Is anyone young to you ??
:laugh:
With Herman, everyone is either a "kid" or "old." Sometimes in the same sentence.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 16, 2020, 07:33:06 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 16, 2020, 07:33:06 PM
This should be deadly - Let's watch they worm out of this oneCorrespondence between Hunter Biden and CEFC Chairman Ye Jianming from 2017 shows President-elect Joe Biden's son extending "best wishes from the entire Biden family," and urging the chairman to "quickly" send a $10 million wire to "properly fund and operate" the Biden joint venture with the now-bankrupt Chinese energy company.(//2017%20letter%20asked%20chairman%20to%20'properly%20fund%20and%20operate'%20Biden%20joint%20venture%20with%20Chinese%20energy%20company)
Cosy cosy cosy
If the media had done their frickin job, this story would have came out before the election and old Trump would have been reelected.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on December 16, 2020, 09:30:20 PM
Post by: cc on December 16, 2020, 09:30:20 PM
This should be deadly - Let's watch they worm out of this oneCorrespondence between Hunter Biden and CEFC Chairman Ye Jianming from 2017 shows President-elect Joe Biden's son extending "best wishes from the entire Biden family," and urging the chairman to "quickly" send a $10 million wire to "properly fund and operate" the Biden joint venture with the now-bankrupt Chinese energy company.(//2017%20letter%20asked%20chairman%20to%20'properly%20fund%20and%20operate'%20Biden%20joint%20venture%20with%20Chinese%20energy%20company)
Cosy cosy cosy
If the media had done their frickin job, this story would have came out before the election and old Trump would have been reelected.
But But but
The media changed it's job description from > reporting ALL news and digging for ALL the facts of ALL news
to > actually working for, getting the left into power and keeping it in power
All Internet giants has taken exactly the same job description
Even Worse
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 16, 2020, 09:42:48 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 16, 2020, 09:42:48 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on December 16, 2020, 09:48:23 PM
Post by: cc on December 16, 2020, 09:48:23 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 16, 2020, 09:51:23 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 16, 2020, 09:51:23 PM
The result of both is the economic and moral destruction of their respective countries .. like, forever
We had a good run.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 17, 2020, 12:52:28 AM
Post by: Anonymous on December 17, 2020, 12:52:28 AM
Is anyone young to you ??
:laugh:
Everybody and nobody.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 18, 2020, 09:39:47 AM
Post by: Anonymous on December 18, 2020, 09:39:47 AM
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) unit at the New York University Shanghai has grown to over 70 members, according to a leaked database of CCP members in the Chinese megapolis.
Located in Lujiazui, Shanghai's wealthy financial hub, NYU Shanghai is a joint venture between New York University and East China Normal University (ECNU), one of the 76 institutions directly owned and managed by the Chinese Ministry of Education. Founded in 2012, the university boasts on its website as "the first Sino-U.S. joint venture university," a model that has since been adopted by other American schools such as Duke.
The presence of a CCP unit at NYU Shanghai is no surprise, as the party's constitution requires any institution or organization with three or more members to form a cell. The ECNU, which oversees party activities at NYU Shanghai, has also been publishing information about the units' leadership changes over the years. Its size and the identity of its members, however, remained unclear until recently when a database containing the personal information of nearly 2 million Shanghai-based CCP members was shared to the Daily Mail.
According to the database, which was reportedly retrieved from a server housed in the British Consulate in Shanghai, NYU Shanghai has employed some 71 CCP members, among which are at least two faculties. All CCP members swear an oath to "strictly observe party's discipline, protect party's secrets, be loyal to the party, work hard, fight for communism for the rest of one's life, always be prepared to sacrifice everything for the party and the people, and never betray the party."
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 18, 2020, 06:29:04 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 18, 2020, 06:29:04 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 19, 2020, 12:12:50 AM
Post by: Anonymous on December 19, 2020, 12:12:50 AM
Trump on Friday signed legislation that would kick Chinese companies off U.S. stock exchanges unless they adhere to American auditing standards, the White House said, giving the Republican one more tool to threaten Beijing with before leaving office next month.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 19, 2020, 01:18:25 AM
Post by: Anonymous on December 19, 2020, 01:18:25 AM
Trump on Friday signed legislation that would kick Chinese companies off U.S. stock exchanges unless they adhere to American auditing standards, the White House said, giving the Republican one more tool to threaten Beijing with before leaving office next month.
:thumbup:
It won't last. Biden is Beijing's boy.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Gaon on December 19, 2020, 04:00:48 AM
Post by: Gaon on December 19, 2020, 04:00:48 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 19, 2020, 07:39:03 AM
Post by: Anonymous on December 19, 2020, 07:39:03 AM
Israel is China's bitch.
China's goal is for every country to be a vassal state.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 19, 2020, 05:35:25 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 19, 2020, 05:35:25 PM
It's easy to miss, given how polarized our politics are, but there is a growing consensus around a very big issue: China.
Foreign policy experts, military leaders and politicians across the ideological spectrum all tend to agree that a new era of confrontation with China has begun. Many on the right have been calling for a Cold War approach to China for a while now. But the idea, if not always the term "Cold War," is widely held among Democrats, too.
President-elect Joe Biden, once dismissive about the Chinese threat, now concedes that the country poses a "special challenge" to the U.S.
It's worth dispelling a common misunderstanding. Just because there's a broad consensus around an issue doesn't mean people won't fight about it.
Indeed, some of the greatest political fights are driven by broad agreement on a problem. The best illustration of this point was the Cold War itself.
Contrary to rhetoric from rabid anti-communists from 1945 to 1989, most Democrats were not pro-Soviet.
Some, such as presidents Truman, Kennedy and Johnson, were downright hawkish on the USSR. Some Democrats were "soft" on communism. Henry Wallace, FDR's second vice president, was so soft you could say he was supine. But for the most part, there was broad agreement that the Soviet Union posed a serious threat to the United States and the West.
The arguments among policymakers were over what to do about it, and they were intense. Looking back at the tumult over the Vietnam War, a decidedly Cold War conflict, or the debates over McCarthyism — not to mention U. S. nuclear policy or aid to the Nicaraguan Contras under
Ronald Reagan — you could be forgiven for thinking there was no consensus at all.
Another complicating factor: Conceptually, communism, Marxism and socialism, as well as related arguments about anti-Americanism and anti-imperialism, had significant purchase among many American and Western intellectuals, actors, academics and writers.
Some were pro-Soviet — some were even spies! — but most of them jus t worked from a set of assumptions based on the childish notion that anyone who said America was wrong had to be at least a little right.
This intellectual divide made the political consensus seem more fragile than it was.
That's one reason I'm skeptical of the idea that our confrontation with China will or should resemble the Cold War.
The Soviet Union was a romantic fixation for many American leftists, most intensely in the 1920s and 1930s, but its half-life endured until the fall of the Soviet Union.
In 1919, writer Lincoln Steffens visited the Soviet Union and declared, "I have seen the future; and it works." Almost seven decades later, a fringe socialist mayor from Vermont named Bernie Sanders visited Moscow on his honeymoon and returned to say something similar.
While China held considerable appeals to some intellectuals in the 1990s — The New York Times' Thomas Friedman wrote fawningly about the benefits of Chinese authoritarianism — that's pretty much over now. The Soviets could convert Americans into spies because those Americans were true believers. China has spies in America. ( See the recent controversy over a female operative who reportedly tried to compromise various American politicians, including Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif.) But the currency of Chinese espionage appears to be, well, currency, as in money — with a little sex and blackmail thrown in.
In other words, China is definitely an adversary, but it isn't really an ideological competitor the way the Soviet Union was.
But that doesn't mean confronting China will necessarily be easier, just different.
For starters, the Chinese commitment to Marxism-Leninism is nonexistent save in one regard: the supremacy of the Communist Party.
I shouldn't have to note that a party chock- a- block with millionaires and billionaires isn't actually communist.
Also, China's system of ethnic apartheid and persecution doesn't fit the identity politics prism that sees bigotry as a uniquely white problem.
China's ruling ideology is much better understood as nationalistic, with bits of oligarchy, aristocracy, racism and imperialism thrown in.
It is more comparable to early 20th century would-be hegemons such as Germany and Japan. This creates a whole set of challenges not easily fitted to our 20th century Cold War struggle with an evil empire that did us the favour of embracing economic doctrines that kept it immiserated and crippled technological adaptation and innovation.
The Communist Party's strength is that it can actually claim to have delivered prosperity (albeit at an inhuman cost).
America needs to contain China's ambition to be a superpower, but that will be more difficult if we act like generals fighting the last Cold War.
The Soviet Union was a romantic fixation for many American leftists, most intensely in the 1920s and 1930s, but its half-life endured until the fall of the Soviet Union
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 19, 2020, 07:49:13 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 19, 2020, 07:49:13 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 20, 2020, 01:50:35 AM
Post by: Anonymous on December 20, 2020, 01:50:35 AM
There's no comparison between China and the Soviet Union. The USSR was about an ideology, that few people outside of elites believed in. China is an ancient civilization that sees itself as the centre of the world.
China is a narcissistic country.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Odinson on December 20, 2020, 05:29:02 PM
Post by: Odinson on December 20, 2020, 05:29:02 PM
What happens if we banned all chinese made products from our markets.
Banned all chinese nationals from investing money to the west.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 20, 2020, 05:31:35 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 20, 2020, 05:31:35 PM
So we need China because the manufacturing costs there are lower.
What happens if we banned all chinese made products from our markets.
Banned all chinese nationals from investing money to the west.
As Seoul has posted in the past, labour costs are now about the same in China as they are in North America and Europe..
Western workers produce more per hour worked making labour costs about the same..
China no longer has a wage advantage.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on December 20, 2020, 05:32:01 PM
Post by: cc on December 20, 2020, 05:32:01 PM
So we need China because the manufacturing costs there are lower.
What happens if we banned all chinese made products from our markets.
Banned all chinese nationals from investing money to the west.
We'd have MANY more jobs and higher pay.
Ditching China would be a major win / win in the long haul .. .even in the short range
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 20, 2020, 05:38:14 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 20, 2020, 05:38:14 PM
So we need China because the manufacturing costs there are lower.
What happens if we banned all chinese made products from our markets.
Banned all chinese nationals from investing money to the west.
We'd have MANY more jobs and higher pay.
Ditching China would be a major win / win in the long haul .. .even in the short range
Wages are rising quickly in China, but productivity is not, making Western produced goods price competitive..
This of course scares China, and they bully Western countries to maintain the global supply chain in China..
They don't mind manufacturing going to neighbouring countries they control, but supply chains returning to the West makes China paranoid.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 20, 2020, 06:00:03 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 20, 2020, 06:00:03 PM
So we need China because the manufacturing costs there are lower.
What happens if we banned all chinese made products from our markets.
Banned all chinese nationals from investing money to the west.
We'd have MANY more jobs and higher pay.
Ditching China would be a major win / win in the long haul .. .even in the short range
Wages are rising quickly in China, but productivity is not, making Western produced goods price competitive..
This of course scares China, and they bully Western countries to maintain the global supply chain in China..
They don't mind manufacturing going to neighbouring countries they control, but supply chains returning to the West makes China paranoid.
Productivity is a real problem among mainland Chinese workers, except for those at the top. Taiwanese workers are a lot more productive than their mainland compatriots.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 20, 2020, 06:35:09 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 20, 2020, 06:35:09 PM
So we need China because the manufacturing costs there are lower.
What happens if we banned all chinese made products from our markets.
Banned all chinese nationals from investing money to the west.
We'd have MANY more jobs and higher pay.
Ditching China would be a major win / win in the long haul .. .even in the short range
Wages are rising quickly in China, but productivity is not, making Western produced goods price competitive..
This of course scares China, and they bully Western countries to maintain the global supply chain in China..
They don't mind manufacturing going to neighbouring countries they control, but supply chains returning to the West makes China paranoid.
Productivity is a real problem among mainland Chinese workers, except for those at the top. Taiwanese workers are a lot more productive than their mainland compatriots.
Taiwan has been the biggest source of direct investment in China, but I don't know if that's still the case..
Despite low productivity, and high per unit labour costs, foreign direct investment in China is up, while in the West, its way down.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Odinson on December 20, 2020, 06:59:43 PM
Post by: Odinson on December 20, 2020, 06:59:43 PM
There are other advantages while using chinese labor.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 20, 2020, 07:12:04 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 20, 2020, 07:12:04 PM
Apparently its not just the wages.
There are other advantages while using chinese labor.
Wages are not an advantage at all anymore. When productivity is factored in, Chinese are the same or slightly higher than many Western countries. Westerners are living in the past, if they think that's why Western companies invest in plant and equipment in China.
Beijing can offer incentives that no Western country possibly can. Things like 20 year tax holidays, a speedy rubber stamp regulatory system and access to the most advanced supply chain on earth. However, the biggest pot sweeteners can offer is limiting competition in the Chinese market which means a prosperous captive market of 1.4 billion. No Western country can offer that. Even if Chinese factory wages become the highest in the world, that still makes China a more desirable location to invest than anything in the West.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 20, 2020, 08:47:54 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 20, 2020, 08:47:54 PM
Apparently its not just the wages.
There are other advantages while using chinese labor.
Wages are not an advantage at all anymore. When productivity is factored in, Chinese are the same or slightly higher than many Western countries. Westerners are living in the past, if they think that's why Western companies invest in plant and equipment in China.
Beijing can offer incentives that no Western country possibly can. Things like 20 year tax holidays, a speedy rubber stamp regulatory system and access to the most advanced supply chain on earth. However, the biggest pot sweeteners can offer is limiting competition in the Chinese market which means a prosperous captive market of 1.4 billion. No Western country can offer that. Even if Chinese factory wages become the highest in the world, that still makes China a more desirable location to invest than anything in the West.
I read an article about this. I thought low wages were the incentive that draws foreign companies, but wages are not much of a factor.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 21, 2020, 12:27:02 AM
Post by: Anonymous on December 21, 2020, 12:27:02 AM
Apparently its not just the wages.
There are other advantages while using chinese labor.
Wages are not an advantage at all anymore. When productivity is factored in, Chinese are the same or slightly higher than many Western countries. Westerners are living in the past, if they think that's why Western companies invest in plant and equipment in China.
Beijing can offer incentives that no Western country possibly can. Things like 20 year tax holidays, a speedy rubber stamp regulatory system and access to the most advanced supply chain on earth. However, the biggest pot sweeteners can offer is limiting competition in the Chinese market which means a prosperous captive market of 1.4 billion. No Western country can offer that. Even if Chinese factory wages become the highest in the world, that still makes China a more desirable location to invest than anything in the West.
I read an article about this. I thought low wages were the incentive that draws foreign companies, but wages are not much of a factor.
That was the case twenty years ago, but not now.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 21, 2020, 01:27:48 AM
Post by: Anonymous on December 21, 2020, 01:27:48 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Odinson on December 21, 2020, 04:37:58 PM
Post by: Odinson on December 21, 2020, 04:37:58 PM
562 dollars per month for a worker in an Apple factory.
And that is reached through working 100 hours over-time.
Its illegal but...
Xin Jinping: Oo-OO-oo China haffa rabor "raws" too... Tehehehee.
Translation: China has labor "laws" too tehehehee
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 21, 2020, 04:40:16 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 21, 2020, 04:40:16 PM
Beijing was "substantially involved" in the U.S. 2020 elections on multiple levels, according to China analyst Gordon Chang, who has described the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) infiltration of American "elite" circles as an "espionage emergency."
"I think China clearly interfered," Chang, the author of "The Coming Collapse of China," told NTD's Focus News.
Chang, who has spent decades studying China and writing about the threat of the CCP, explained how leading up to the Nov. 3 presidential election, the trend of Chinese propaganda was that former Vice President Joe Biden should receive the Democratic Party nomination over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). State propaganda later favored Biden over President Donald Trump, Chang said.
"We also know that China tried to cause chaos. Large Chinese networks like 'Spamouflage Dragon' relentlessly attacked the president on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter," Chang said, referring to a pro-Beijing spam network that targeted Trump in the run-up to the election.
"We know that the social media platforms have taken down a massive number of fake Chinese accounts," Chang said. "Twitter in June alone took down 174,000 fake accounts, so we know that they were actively involved, and we have a number of indications that it was not to help the president."
The author also highlighted the danger of CCP infiltration within the U.S. elite circle, suggesting that all institutions nationwide are being targeted by Beijing.
"It's not just colleges and universities, it's also prep schools, secondary schools, the foundations, NGOs. If there's an institution in the U.S., China is targeting it," Chang said. "China's influence here is vast, which means that we've got a lot of work to do to remove the CCP from our society, because they are certainly up to no good.
"The danger is clear and present, and we've got to act immediately, because we don't have much time to lose. Xi Jinping doesn't talk about competing with us in the international system. He is floating these ideas that China has the mandate of heaven over all under heaven, and China actually acts like emperors of old, who believe that they're the only sovereigns in the world, which means essentially that Americans are just subservient—we don't have a country, we don't have sovereignty," he said.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 21, 2020, 04:49:53 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 21, 2020, 04:49:53 PM
Okay am I reading it wrong but the salaries for your average chinese factory worker are still at poor country level.
562 dollars per month for a worker in an Apple factory.
And that is reached through working 100 hours over-time.
Its illegal but...
Xin Jinping: Oo-OO-oo China haffa rabor "raws" too... Tehehehee.
Translation: China has labor "laws" too tehehehee
That's a bit misleading, as it includes people that work part time in factory cafeterias, security, and clean dorms. it's closer to one thousand US dollars per month for full time semi skilled heavy industry factory workers,. But, even if that six hundred dollars a month wasn't misleading, ten workers earning that wage would be more expensive than one American earning three grand a month.
Wages mean nothing without productivity. The less a worker produces the more expensive they are, regardless of how low their salary is.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 21, 2020, 08:08:52 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 21, 2020, 08:08:52 PM
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Post by: Anonymous on December 22, 2020, 01:38:14 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 22, 2020, 01:38:14 PM
A Zoom executive worked with Chinese authorities to provide data on users located outside of China and ensure the U.S. video-call giant retained market access in the country, according to recently unsealed court documents filed by U.S. federal prosecutors.
The documents detailed internal communications between Zoom employees, which showed that Chinese security authorities made numerous requests to the company for data on users and meetings that discussed political and religious topics Beijing deemed unacceptable. Zoom complied with most of these requests, at times involving users outside of China.
The revelations highlight how users outside of China's shores are increasingly being caught in the crosshairs as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) steps up its demands on companies like Zoom to surveil and censor users both at home and abroad. Zoom is a San Jose-based company, whose software is developed in China.
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Post by: Anonymous on December 22, 2020, 01:53:09 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 22, 2020, 01:53:09 PM
Hundreds of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members are embedded within the Chinese divisions of major U.S. corporations, from IBM to PepsiCo to 3M, a leaked CCP-member database revealed.
The existence of Party units within foreign companies in China is hardly surprising, given that the regime mandates any organization with at least three CCP members to form a Party branch. But the 1.95 million CCP member list, which includes names, levels of education, ethnicity, and the Party branches they belong to, was to date the biggest revelation on the scale of the CCP's influence on international companies.
Most of the members in the database are from the country's southeastern coastal metropolis of Shanghai.
New York-headquartered tech firm IBM has at least two dozen Party units with 808 members in China.
3M, a manufacturer of consumer and health care goods, including N95 respirators and other medical products critical to preventing COVID-19 spread, employs at least 230 CCP members within five Party units.
PepsiCo, the multinational snack and beverage company, has 45 employees listed under the company's Party branch committee.
Dow Chemical Company, one of the world's three largest chemical producers, lists 337 CCP members in four Party committees.
Other notable U.S. firms on the list include Westin Hotel & Resorts owned by Marriott International (23 members); analytics firm Nielsen Holdings (94); leading food company Mars Food (14); and insurance provider MetLife (31).
The U.S. companies and Party branches mentioned are by no means exhaustive. As of 2016, around 75,000 foreign businesses—accounting for over 70 percent of the roughly 106,000 foreign firms in China—have established Party units, according to state-run media People's Daily.
The development of CCP units picked up pace from 2002, after Beijing's top leadership "wrote the obligations of nonpublic firms' Party organizations into the Party charter, providing evidence for the nonpublic firms' Party organizations to host activities and play their roles," according to Chinese media reports from 2002.
State media reported that the country currently has nearly 92 million CCP members. While the database represents only a small fraction of the total membership, it's a key piece of the puzzle for uncovering the regime's penetration of international companies, said Bill Gertz, national security correspondent for The Washington Times in an interview.
Early this month, the Trump administration imposed travel restrictions on CCP members and their immediate families, reducing the maximum duration of stay for those with B1/B2 visitor visas from 10 years to one month.
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Post by: Anonymous on December 22, 2020, 04:16:58 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 22, 2020, 04:16:58 PM
China Is 'All About Lying To The World' About Its Role In Coronavirus, Says Rep. Crenshaw
Republican Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw said Monday that American policy makers need to keep a watchful eye on China because "they are all about lying to the world" about their role in unleashing the coronavirus.
Let's also not forget that they stopped domestic travel within China to curb the spread of the virus but they wouldn't stop international travel," Crenshaw told "Fox & Friends." "They are all about lying to the world."
China attempted to cover up the initial outbreak of the coronavirus and sought assistance from the World Health Organization to do so.
"One of my favorite lies from the Chinese is that a bunch of U.S. Army soldiers were spreading the virus in a Wuhan wet market as if it's our guys that like to go eat that soup in Wuhan," Crenshaw continued, referencing an erroneous story that members of the U.S. military introduced COVID-19 to China.
Crenshaw noted that President Donald Trump banned travel from China to the U.S. early in the coronavirus pandemic.
"You know, January 31 he did severely limit all travel from China. Joe Biden called that xenophobic and has said in the past China is not going to eat our lunch, man."
When running for the Democratic presidential nomination, Biden downplayed China's ability to compete with the United States but seemed to reverse that position days later when he said, "I don't suggest China is not a problem."
Critics accused Trump of racism for banning travel from China.
Crenshaw said too many people are ignoring China's actions. "They don't take this seriously. That's actually my biggest worry. Those of us who are actually paying attention know very well what the Chinese' intentions are: the foreign policy consensus from a couple decades ago where China will rise as a partner with the United States is totally over."
"And we have to go into this with eyes wide open. So what can we do about it?"
Crenshaw suggested the answer was to legislate against China. "For instance I have a bill that allows us to change the Foreign Sovereignties Immunity Act and allow private actors here in the United States [to] sue China for damages from coronavirus," he said.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Odinson on December 22, 2020, 04:49:18 PM
Post by: Odinson on December 22, 2020, 04:49:18 PM
Okay am I reading it wrong but the salaries for your average chinese factory worker are still at poor country level.
562 dollars per month for a worker in an Apple factory.
And that is reached through working 100 hours over-time.
Its illegal but...
Xin Jinping: Oo-OO-oo China haffa rabor "raws" too... Tehehehee.
Translation: China has labor "laws" too tehehehee
That's a bit misleading, as it includes people that work part time in factory cafeterias, security, and clean dorms. it's closer to one thousand US dollars per month for full time semi skilled heavy industry factory workers,. But, even if that six hundred dollars a month wasn't misleading, ten workers earning that wage would be more expensive than one American earning three grand a month.
Wages mean nothing without productivity. The less a worker produces the more expensive they are, regardless of how low their salary is.
"The factory's workers made between 1,879 and 2,088 yuan a month, or roughly $255 to $283, which would be below minimum wage in some parts of China. The average manufacturing employee in urban China made twice as much money as the factory's workers, or roughly 4,280 yuan a month, according to national data from 2014"
Chinas GDP per capita suggests that there is massive income inequality.
I´m thinking what chinese do on paper, differs vastly from what they do in practice.
I dont know about the productivity but I have always had the assumption that the chinese work really hard.
Cheap and work very hard.
Just throwing some thoughts in the air.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 22, 2020, 08:38:49 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 22, 2020, 08:38:49 PM
Germany has been critical of the detention of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor and Russia's persecution of opposition politicians.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 23, 2020, 01:28:02 AM
Post by: Anonymous on December 23, 2020, 01:28:02 AM
"China threatens the livelihood, prosperity, and well-being of each and every American. Your homes, your schools, your jobs, your retirement accounts, and your health are all at risk. Our struggle with China is nothing short of a civilizational conflict,"
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Post by: Anonymous on December 26, 2020, 02:16:32 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 26, 2020, 02:16:32 PM
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Post by: Anonymous on December 27, 2020, 01:29:57 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 27, 2020, 01:29:57 PM
'China Will Expand Its Aggressive Stance': Taiwan A Red Line, Biden Must Be Strong, Japanese Deputy Defense Minister Says
President-elect Biden should be firm in supporting Taiwan against Chinese aggression, a top Japanese defense official urged Friday, emphasizing that Taiwan's safety is a red line.
"We are concerned China will expand its aggressive stance into areas other than Hong Kong. I think one of the next targets, or what everyone is worried about, is Taiwan," the Japanese State Minister of Defense Yasuhide Nakayama. on Friday, told Reuters.
Nakayama, Japan's deputy defense minister, hoped Biden would maintain a similar stance on Taiwan like outgoing President Donald Trump, who had increased military sales to the island country, whose control China claims. Trump had also increased American engagement with Taiwan during his tenure, Reuters reported. This move had brought the United States and China to further tensions.
"So far, I haven't yet seen a clear policy or an announcement on Taiwan from Joe Biden. I would like to hear it quickly, then we can also prepare our response on Taiwan in accordance," Nakayama added, according to Reuters.
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Post by: Anonymous on December 28, 2020, 01:56:30 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 28, 2020, 01:56:30 PM
Former lawyer convicted of 'picking quarrels and provoking trouble'
Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday, becoming the first known reporter to be sentenced by Beijing for providing first-hand information about the CCP virus pandemic inside China.
Zhang, a 37-year-old former lawyer, was convicted of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" by the Pudong New Area People's Court in Shanghai, according to her defense lawyers Zhang Keke and Ren Quanniu.
Zhang appeared in court in a wheelchair and her mother cried loudly after hearing her sentence.
"Picking quarrels and provoking trouble" and "subversion of state power" are two common charges the Chinese regime uses to imprison dissidents.
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Post by: Anonymous on December 29, 2020, 01:43:54 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 29, 2020, 01:43:54 PM
The Trump administration has strengthened an executive order that bans U.S. investment in Chinese military companies, according to a notice published by the Treasury Department late on Monday.
The Treasury Department issued a "Frequently Asked Questions" notice that outlines further details for President Donald Trump's November executive order (E.O.) 13959. The notice said that the Trump administration would prohibit exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and index funds from financing communist Chinese military companies and any subsidiaries that are owned or controlled by the Chinese military.
"[The prohibition] ensures U.S. capital does not contribute to the development and modernization of the People's Republic of China's (PRC) military, intelligence, and security services," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement.
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Post by: Anonymous on December 30, 2020, 12:36:52 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 30, 2020, 12:36:52 PM
Patrick Byrne, founder and former CEO of Overstock, said that China is "taking us out from within" during an interview with Dr. Jerome Corsi on Monday.
"The greatest way to fight a war, in the Chinese way of thinking, is not to have to fight at all. That's what they've done here," Byrne said.
Byrne studied Chinese history at Beijing Normal University from 1983 to 1984. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Chinese studies from Dartmouth College.
"Though we spend a trillion dollars a year between our military and our intelligence, national security circles ... that trillion dollars we have and we've built, you know, things that can stop all their planes and their missiles and all kinds of things. But we missed the one they use, which is not a fight at all, not firing a bullet or missile at all, but taking us out from within. And that's what's going on."
Byrne pointed out that the Chinese regime is engaged in "a slow coup."
"It's a revolution. The stages of such a revolution are very well mapped out. We understand this. It's demoralization, disorientation, crisis, then normalization: those four steps."
"The demoralization is what happened this year with COVID," Byrne continued.
"The disorientation is this kookiness we've been seeing for about six months," Byrne said, referring to Antifa, the Black Lives Matter movement, and other things, such as buildings and police stations being lit on fire, and people being harassed for their political views while out dining.
"That's all to disorient you. It's to tell you, 'You are not living in the America you thought you were living in,'" he said.
He asserted that Beijing only needed to secure six counties to steal the election.
"Political scientists can tell you, to steal the United States you don't need to cheat in elections everywhere. You need six counties where you cheat the heck out of those counties. And you can flip the six states that they are in and thereby flip the Electoral College and steal the country."
Byrne mentioned an election irregularity in Atlanta, Georgia, where a water main break was reported, and poll observers and media were told to leave. However, four people stayed and kept counting the ballots.
The water leak "was actually a urinal that had overflowed," according to the chief investigator of the issue.
The last phase is normalization, Byrne said, in which the "media is just beating it into your head."
"They're violating every precept of journalistic integrity," Byrne said, criticizing the media for ignoring the evidence that has been presented claiming election fraud.
Byrne pointed out that thousands of people risked their lives to testify in affidavits, telling of the fraud and irregularities they witnessed.
"So those are the four stages we're going through, and it's my assertion that the hand of China is behind this."
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Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2021, 01:34:15 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2021, 01:34:15 PM
On the first trading day of 2021, a sharp fall in the shares of three Chinese telecom carriers led to an initial sell-off across Chinese shares on U.S. stock markets amid fears of further U.S. sanctions.
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) announced on Dec. 31 that it would delist the three state-owned companies China Mobile Ltd., China Telecom Corp. Ltd., and China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd.
The announcement came after Trump's executive order that banned investing in companies with ties to the Chinese military, formally known as the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
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Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2021, 01:48:22 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2021, 01:48:22 PM
A series of leaked government documents recently obtained by The Epoch Times reveal that Chinese authorities have funded projects that are aimed at obtaining foreign advanced technologies through partnerships with international research institutions. Public records show that China's Ministry of Science and Technology is behind the efforts.
Budget for 'Transferring' Foreign Technologies
Hebei International Talent Exchange Association (also known as International Technology Transfer Center) was established in 1988 in Hebei Province. It has more than 200 international technical projects and more than 300 foreign experts, covering more than ten fields, including artificial intelligence (AI), information communication, biology, medical, and health.
The organization issued a report, "Hebei Provincial Budget Project Performance Evaluation Form" on Nov. 17, in which it explicitly states that the group aims to "introduce foreign advanced technology ... and realize technology transfer [to China]."
To achieve that goal, the document specified that the organization would expand cooperation channels with at least 50 international organizations; set up a minimum of four international scientific and technological cooperation activities; maintain at least 50 foreign technology projects; obtain at least five cooperation intention agreements; and target 60 to 80 foreign technical experts for recruitment.
The report laid out a 1 million yuan (about $153,000) budget for the association to recruit talent from overseas and fund the projects they would set up in Hebei. It also projected a profit of 10 million yuan (about $1.53 million) that could be achieved by "transferring" foreign advanced technology to Chinese companies in Hebei.
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Post by: Anonymous on January 06, 2021, 11:18:15 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 06, 2021, 11:18:15 AM
The order released by the White House bans transactions with people that develop or control Alipay, CamScanner, QQ Wallet, SHAREit, Tencent QQ, VMate, WeChat Pay, and WPS Office, as well as with their subsidiaries.
Trump said in the order that additional steps must be taken to protect U.S. national security in the face of the "pace and pervasiveness" of the spread of certain software applications in the United States, developed or controlled by people in China, including Hong Kong and Macau, which "continue to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States."
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Post by: cc on January 06, 2021, 08:24:30 PM
Post by: cc on January 06, 2021, 08:24:30 PM
Beijing is looking forward to a new U.S. administration after Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden represented a "new window of hope" for the Sino–U.S. relationship.
Wang made the remarks last week in an interview with Chinese state-run media Xinhua and China Media Group. He also expressed hopes that the incoming U.S. administration will "return to a sensible approach," according to a government transcript.
He took a swipe at the Trump administration, saying that in recent years, the United States has tried to "suppress China and start a new cold war." The Chinese regime has frequently used this rhetoric, especially during the 2018–2019 trade war, to criticize the administration's China policies.
He also accused U.S. policymakers of having "serious misconceptions" about China and called on the United States to "respect" China's social system.
Wang concluded his interview by saying that the two countries could resolve their differences "as long as the United States can draw lessons from the past and work with China in the same direction."
The Trump administration has confronted the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on a range of issues, including unfair trade practices, espionage, malign influence in the United States, security threats posed by Chinese technology, and its human rights abuses against religious minorities and Hong Kong residents.
Biden's critics have expressed concerns that an administration under him would be soft on China, and Chinese state-run media have openly stated their preference for Biden.
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Post by: Anonymous on January 06, 2021, 08:29:23 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 06, 2021, 08:29:23 PM
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Post by: cc on January 07, 2021, 05:06:48 PM
Post by: cc on January 07, 2021, 05:06:48 PM
Beijing only too eager for foreign capital to prop up Chinese economy
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) runs one of the world's largest pension funds, with assets of $434.4 billion at June 30. It and two other big Canadian pension funds, including the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, remain strongly bullish on China despite plenty of reasons not to be.
Aside from a number of geopolitical risks, particular challenges with investing in Chinese companies are that some pose national security concerns or may be complicit in human rights violations. They have also been criticized for not being transparent in their financial reporting, and according to Chinese law, may be called upon to serve the needs of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at any time.
Another issue is barriers to liquidating investments in China and repatriating the funds.
"The most recent change in tone and aggression of the Beijing government would cause any board to be reviewing its risk analysis," Liberal MP John McKay told The Epoch Times.
"It's a far riskier investment. I don't know how you can arrive with any other conclusion," he added. "The political risk has changed, so also has the investment risk."
Chinese law prohibits oversight by foreign entities of the reporting of Chinese companies, creating a worrying lack of transparency for financial markets regulators. The United States is taking steps to institute a level playing field for companies listed on its exchanges by delisting Chinese companies that don't comply with regulatory requirements, like Luckin Coffee.
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Post by: Anonymous on January 07, 2021, 06:27:10 PM
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Post by: cc on January 07, 2021, 08:31:36 PM
Post by: cc on January 07, 2021, 08:31:36 PM
Canada is calling for the immediate release of 53 pro-democracy figures who were arrested in Hong Kong Wednesday after being accused of violating Beijing's new national security law, specifically on charges of subversion of state power.
The mass arrests include pro-democracy activists, former lawmakers, and politicians—the largest crackdown on the city's opposition camp since the draconian security law went into effect on June 30, 2020.
Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne condemned the mass arrests as a "grave repression of political pluralism."
"It demonstrates a total disregard for Hong Kong's Basic Law & further erosion of the 'one country two systems'," Champagne said on Twitter Wednesday. "We call for their immediate release."
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Post by: Anonymous on January 07, 2021, 08:38:36 PM
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Post by: Anonymous on January 10, 2021, 01:18:22 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 10, 2021, 01:18:22 PM
In November, Owens announced that she was launching a lawsuit against Facebook's fact-checkers. "It is time to fact-check the fact-checkers," Owens declared.
Ownes alleged that the fact-checkers are "activists for the left that shut down your speech if they don't like it." The conservative firebrand claimed her Facebook page was unfairly demonetized, and was she was suing the fact-checkers for defamation.
In less than two weeks after announcing the lawsuit, one of Facebook's third-party fact-checkers was forced to issue a correction. Politifact, one of Facebook's biggest fact-checkers, had to retract a "false" rating it labeled one of Candace's posts about Joe Biden.
Owens delivered an update on her fight against big tech censorship on Saturday. The political and cultural commentator released a new video on Saturday, where she announced a new target that she has set her sights on.
"Well, I'm suing a site called 'Lead Stories," Owens said in the video. "Lead Stories is run by a former CNN employee of 26 years, who makes a living cannibalizing and slandering conservative content and creators."
"His website has published disputed fake news stories, including one that went after my content personally, so I'm going after him...personally," Candace said.
"Who funds Lead Stories? According to their own masthead, Lead Stories is funded by Facebook and Google, along with ByteDance," Owens explained. "And what is ByteDance? It's a Beijing-based company that owns the TikTok spyware app. Our own Justice Department says the company is a 'national security threat and compromised by the Communist Party of China.'"
"Facebook then is paying for fact-checkers funded by an arm of the Communist Party of China to censor my content, here, in America. The Communist Party of China had more say over my content than the First Amendment," she added. "This is insanity. It's un-American. It's dangerous. And it needs to stop. This is why I am fighting."
Owens launched the Fact-Check Zuck site for her legal battle against Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
In September, Justice Department lawyers said ByteDance CEO Zhang Yiming has made public statements showing he is "committed to promoting" the agenda of the Chinese Communist Party, as reported by NPR.
The White House recognized ByteDance as a potential security risk because of CCP ties in August:
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on January 10, 2021, 02:23:07 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 10, 2021, 02:23:07 PM
'It needs to stop': Candace Owens suing Facebook fact-checker 'funded by arm of Communist Party of China'
In November, Owens announced that she was launching a lawsuit against Facebook's fact-checkers. "It is time to fact-check the fact-checkers," Owens declared.
Ownes alleged that the fact-checkers are "activists for the left that shut down your speech if they don't like it." The conservative firebrand claimed her Facebook page was unfairly demonetized, and was she was suing the fact-checkers for defamation.
In less than two weeks after announcing the lawsuit, one of Facebook's third-party fact-checkers was forced to issue a correction. Politifact, one of Facebook's biggest fact-checkers, had to retract a "false" rating it labeled one of Candace's posts about Joe Biden.
Owens delivered an update on her fight against big tech censorship on Saturday. The political and cultural commentator released a new video on Saturday, where she announced a new target that she has set her sights on.
"Well, I'm suing a site called 'Lead Stories," Owens said in the video. "Lead Stories is run by a former CNN employee of 26 years, who makes a living cannibalizing and slandering conservative content and creators."
"His website has published disputed fake news stories, including one that went after my content personally, so I'm going after him...personally," Candace said.
"Who funds Lead Stories? According to their own masthead, Lead Stories is funded by Facebook and Google, along with ByteDance," Owens explained. "And what is ByteDance? It's a Beijing-based company that owns the TikTok spyware app. Our own Justice Department says the company is a 'national security threat and compromised by the Communist Party of China.'"
"Facebook then is paying for fact-checkers funded by an arm of the Communist Party of China to censor my content, here, in America. The Communist Party of China had more say over my content than the First Amendment," she added. "This is insanity. It's un-American. It's dangerous. And it needs to stop. This is why I am fighting."
Owens launched the Fact-Check Zuck site for her legal battle against Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
In September, Justice Department lawyers said ByteDance CEO Zhang Yiming has made public statements showing he is "committed to promoting" the agenda of the Chinese Communist Party, as reported by NPR.
The White House recognized ByteDance as a potential security risk because of CCP ties in August:TikTok, a video-sharing mobile application owned by the Chinese company ByteDance Ltd., has reportedly been downloaded over 175 million times in the United States and over one billion times globally. TikTok automatically captures vast swaths of information from its users, including Internet and other network activity information such as location data and browsing and search histories. This data collection threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans' personal and proprietary information — potentially allowing China to track the locations of Federal employees and contractors, build dossiers of personal information for blackmail, and conduct corporate espionage.https://www.theblaze.com/news/candace-ownes-lawsuit-facebook-factcheckers?utm_source=theblaze-breaking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New-Trending-Story_WEEKEND%202021-01-10&utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%20TheBlaze%20Breaking%20News
American big tech and Chinese big tech are partners.....let's not forget that.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on January 10, 2021, 02:23:07 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 10, 2021, 02:23:07 PM
'It needs to stop': Candace Owens suing Facebook fact-checker 'funded by arm of Communist Party of China'
In November, Owens announced that she was launching a lawsuit against Facebook's fact-checkers. "It is time to fact-check the fact-checkers," Owens declared.
Ownes alleged that the fact-checkers are "activists for the left that shut down your speech if they don't like it." The conservative firebrand claimed her Facebook page was unfairly demonetized, and was she was suing the fact-checkers for defamation.
In less than two weeks after announcing the lawsuit, one of Facebook's third-party fact-checkers was forced to issue a correction. Politifact, one of Facebook's biggest fact-checkers, had to retract a "false" rating it labeled one of Candace's posts about Joe Biden.
Owens delivered an update on her fight against big tech censorship on Saturday. The political and cultural commentator released a new video on Saturday, where she announced a new target that she has set her sights on.
"Well, I'm suing a site called 'Lead Stories," Owens said in the video. "Lead Stories is run by a former CNN employee of 26 years, who makes a living cannibalizing and slandering conservative content and creators."
"His website has published disputed fake news stories, including one that went after my content personally, so I'm going after him...personally," Candace said.
"Who funds Lead Stories? According to their own masthead, Lead Stories is funded by Facebook and Google, along with ByteDance," Owens explained. "And what is ByteDance? It's a Beijing-based company that owns the TikTok spyware app. Our own Justice Department says the company is a 'national security threat and compromised by the Communist Party of China.'"
"Facebook then is paying for fact-checkers funded by an arm of the Communist Party of China to censor my content, here, in America. The Communist Party of China had more say over my content than the First Amendment," she added. "This is insanity. It's un-American. It's dangerous. And it needs to stop. This is why I am fighting."
Owens launched the Fact-Check Zuck site for her legal battle against Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
In September, Justice Department lawyers said ByteDance CEO Zhang Yiming has made public statements showing he is "committed to promoting" the agenda of the Chinese Communist Party, as reported by NPR.
The White House recognized ByteDance as a potential security risk because of CCP ties in August:TikTok, a video-sharing mobile application owned by the Chinese company ByteDance Ltd., has reportedly been downloaded over 175 million times in the United States and over one billion times globally. TikTok automatically captures vast swaths of information from its users, including Internet and other network activity information such as location data and browsing and search histories. This data collection threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans' personal and proprietary information — potentially allowing China to track the locations of Federal employees and contractors, build dossiers of personal information for blackmail, and conduct corporate espionage.https://www.theblaze.com/news/candace-ownes-lawsuit-facebook-factcheckers?utm_source=theblaze-breaking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New-Trending-Story_WEEKEND%202021-01-10&utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%20TheBlaze%20Breaking%20News
American big tech and Chinese big tech are partners.....let's not forget that.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on January 14, 2021, 05:43:11 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 14, 2021, 05:43:11 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on January 14, 2021, 10:12:41 PM
Post by: cc on January 14, 2021, 10:12:41 PM
Riot police detain people after they cleared protesters taking part in a rally against a new national security law in Hong Kong on July 1, 2020. ( Dale De La Rey/AFP via Getty Images)
The Chinese regime has this past year broadened its repression of groups domestically while ramping up human rights violations around the world, a bipartisan U.S. congressional commission warned in its annual report.
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) said in the report released on Jan. 14 that the "Chinese Communist Party has taken unprecedented steps to extend their repressive policies through censorship, intimidation, and the detention of people in China for exercising their fundamental human rights."
It said that new evidence emerged last year that "crimes against humanity—and possibly genocide—are occurring" in the region of Xinjiang, where Beijing has subjected Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities to a vast campaign of repression including detention, forced labor, forced sterilization, and mass surveillance.
In Hong Kong, Beijing "dismantled" the "one country, two systems" framework that it had promised upon the city's reversion to Chinese rule by imposing the controversial national security law in July 2020, the report said. The law, it said, was "clearly meant to target, intimidate, and silence Hong Kong's robust civil society."
The report called for a formal U.S. "determination on whether atrocities are being committed" in Xinjiang, and such a determination is required within 90 days of U.S. legislation passed on Dec. 27, 2020.
CECC co-chair, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), called China's actions to crush human rights in the past year "shocking and unprecedented" and urged Congress and the incoming Biden administration to hold Beijing accountable.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on January 14, 2021, 11:06:29 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 14, 2021, 11:06:29 PM
Chinese Regime Oversaw 'Unprecedented' Efforts to Crush Human Rights in 2020, US Commission Says(//https)
Riot police detain people after they cleared protesters taking part in a rally against a new national security law in Hong Kong on July 1, 2020. ( Dale De La Rey/AFP via Getty Images)(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/01/14/GettyImages-1223723426-700x420.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/up%20...%2000x420.jpg%22%3Ehttps://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/01/14/GettyImages-1223723426-700x420.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
The Chinese regime has this past year broadened its repression of groups domestically while ramping up human rights violations around the world, a bipartisan U.S. congressional commission warned in its annual report.
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) said in the report released on Jan. 14 that the "Chinese Communist Party has taken unprecedented steps to extend their repressive policies through censorship, intimidation, and the detention of people in China for exercising their fundamental human rights."
It said that new evidence emerged last year that "crimes against humanity—and possibly genocide—are occurring" in the region of Xinjiang, where Beijing has subjected Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities to a vast campaign of repression including detention, forced labor, forced sterilization, and mass surveillance.
In Hong Kong, Beijing "dismantled" the "one country, two systems" framework that it had promised upon the city's reversion to Chinese rule by imposing the controversial national security law in July 2020, the report said. The law, it said, was "clearly meant to target, intimidate, and silence Hong Kong's robust civil society."
The report called for a formal U.S. "determination on whether atrocities are being committed" in Xinjiang, and such a determination is required within 90 days of U.S. legislation passed on Dec. 27, 2020.
CECC co-chair, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), called China's actions to crush human rights in the past year "shocking and unprecedented" and urged Congress and the incoming Biden administration to hold Beijing accountable.
They are moving backwards, but so is the USA.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on January 15, 2021, 12:47:10 AM
Post by: cc on January 15, 2021, 12:47:10 AM
Universities as bad as south. Our media anti T 24 / 7 etc etc
In fact I just got cancelled by a longtime friend .. On phone she kept cursing T right out of the blue (there was no convo on it at all) .. she was possessed to keep bringing it up even though I talked about her & I things ... .. I finally said, "well" one cannot believe any media" and that was all
She hung up without saying a single word & is not answering my calls ..She was absolutely possessed . I was cancelled .. for changing the subject
Friends for 20 years. People have gone crazy
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on January 15, 2021, 01:14:14 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 15, 2021, 01:14:14 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on January 15, 2021, 02:06:45 AM
Post by: cc on January 15, 2021, 02:06:45 AM
Do now. Now I know "cancel" personally
That said, we don't want to be like them and cancel as you appear to say .. err we be as bad as what we curse .. say what?"
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on January 15, 2021, 05:22:26 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 15, 2021, 05:22:26 PM
True dat. I didn't know before she had gone that route
Do now. Now I know "cancel" personally
That said, we don't want to be like them and cancel as you appear to say .. err we be as bad as what we curse .. say what?"
I avoid politics among my friends.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on January 15, 2021, 05:37:28 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 15, 2021, 05:37:28 PM
Aside from China, the new rules apply to imports from Russia, Iran, North Korea, and the Venezuelan regime under Nicolás Maduro, according to a press release from the Commerce Department.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on January 17, 2021, 05:35:25 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 17, 2021, 05:35:25 PM
In the letter (pdf), Ratcliffe alleges that intelligence about China's election interference was suppressed by management at the CIA, which pressured analysts to withdraw their support for the view.
Citing a report by the Intelligence Community Analytic Ombudsman Barry Zulauf, the director of national intelligence said some analysts were reluctant to describe China's actions as election interference because they disagreed with the policies of President Donald Trump.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on January 24, 2021, 11:36:29 PM
Post by: cc on January 24, 2021, 11:36:29 PM
Meanwhile, Biden* Sits On His Ass Doin Nothin
TAIPEI, Jan 24 (Reuters) - A total of 15 Chinese aircraft including 12 fighter jets entered the southwestern corner of Taiwan's air defence identification zone on Sunday, the island's defence ministry said, the second day of incursions by China.
A map provided by the ministry showed the Chinese aircraft again flew in between the southern part of Taiwan and the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands in the South China Sea. (Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Edmund Blair)
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on January 24, 2021, 11:40:21 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 24, 2021, 11:40:21 PM
Taiwan Reports Second Day Of Airspace Incursions By China(//https)
Meanwhile, Biden* Sits On His Ass Doin Nothin
TAIPEI, Jan 24 (Reuters) - A total of 15 Chinese aircraft including 12 fighter jets entered the southwestern corner of Taiwan's air defence identification zone on Sunday, the island's defence ministry said, the second day of incursions by China.
A map provided by the ministry showed the Chinese aircraft again flew in between the southern part of Taiwan and the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands in the South China Sea. (Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Edmund Blair)
We got Joe and Justin by the balls.....if they had any.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on January 25, 2021, 12:17:22 AM
Post by: cc on January 25, 2021, 12:17:22 AM
The US needs a real sheriff in town
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on January 25, 2021, 01:07:04 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 25, 2021, 01:07:04 AM
Only because that's what they want
The US needs a real sheriff in town
Do you mean another nationalist Trump type president?
Do you really think that will ever happen again?
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on January 25, 2021, 12:15:43 PM
Post by: cc on January 25, 2021, 12:15:43 PM
Our youth are indoctrinated in how to think (or rather react and not think) every step of the way .. group-think as programmed
George O had it figured right all along .. it just took a bit longer
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on January 25, 2021, 12:25:14 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 25, 2021, 12:25:14 PM
Only because that's what they want
The US needs a real sheriff in town
Do you mean another nationalist Trump type president?
Do you really think that will ever happen again?
Trump's movement is alive. The Arizona GOP just elected Kelli Ward as it's chairperson, helped by an endorsement from Trump. Trump won't lead the movement, but it will be around.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on January 25, 2021, 01:14:52 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 25, 2021, 01:14:52 PM
The past four years, former President Donald Trump's administration broke with previous governments to confront the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) head-on, pushing back against its malign actions aimed at re-modeling the world to its own brand of techno-totalitarianism.
The former president's biggest achievement was that he "completely changed the terms of debate in the United States about how to deal with communist China," J. Michael Waller, a senior analyst for strategy at the Washington-based think tank Center for Security Policy, told The Epoch Times.
"Trump tore a hole through the CCP propaganda line that is for peace, and mutual development and mutual cooperation around the world," he said. "The CCP had been able to get away with this lie for many years, whether it was under a Republican or Democrat president."
The transformation of U.S.-China relations under Trump was such that "it can never go back to the way it was," Waller said. He added the Joe Biden administration is now "hemmed in" from pursuing a more accommodationist approach towards Beijing. Indeed, Biden's incoming Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, at his recent Senate confirmation hearing, admitted that "Trump was right" to take a tough-on-China approach, although he disagreed in how it should be done.
While the U.S.-China trade war dominated headlines for much of Trump's presidency, a range of other actions were set in motion tackling economic and national security threats from Beijing. But in early 2020, when it became evident that the Chinese regime covered up the severity of the CCP Virus outbreak—allowing it to spread across the world—the administration turbo-charged efforts to confront Beijing. The result was a "whole-of-government" clampdown. By the end of the year, the administration would launch at least 210 actions across 10 agencies, according to Axios.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on January 31, 2021, 07:31:13 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 31, 2021, 07:31:13 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on January 31, 2021, 08:55:06 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 31, 2021, 08:55:06 PM
Aint this rich. China's Communist Party blames imported food for recent COVID-19 surges.ac_toofunny
China has some nerve.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on January 31, 2021, 10:16:21 PM
Post by: cc on January 31, 2021, 10:16:21 PM
Aint this rich. China's Communist Party blames imported food for recent COVID-19 surges.ac_toofunny
China has some nerve.
Ya, saw that .. pathetic try
Now the WHO is there investigating 14 months after the fact .. when even the next day was too late the way China gets rid of evidence
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on January 31, 2021, 11:12:28 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 31, 2021, 11:12:28 PM
Aint this rich. China's Communist Party blames imported food for recent COVID-19 surges.ac_toofunny
And most Chinese will believe that.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on February 01, 2021, 02:57:21 AM
Post by: Anonymous on February 01, 2021, 02:57:21 AM
Aint this rich. China's Communist Party blames imported food for recent COVID-19 surges.ac_toofunny
And most Chinese will believe that.
Shen Li will.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on February 03, 2021, 05:35:39 PM
Post by: Anonymous on February 03, 2021, 05:35:39 PM
China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi warned the Biden administration not to cross Beijing's "red line" in a half-hour speech on the evening of Feb. 1.
"The United States should stop interference in the affairs of Hong Kong, Tibet, and Xinjiang," Yang said, calling the issues regarding the three regions China's "internal affairs." He made the remarks while speaking at a virtual event hosted by New York-based nonprofit the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.
Yang added: "They constitute a red line that must not be crossed. Any trespassing would end up undermining China-U.S. relations and the United States' own interests."
He also told the United States that it should "strictly abide by the One China principle" with regards to Taiwan, a self-ruled island that Beijing claims is part of its territory.
The Trump administration confronted China on its human rights violations against Falun Gong adherents, Hongkongers, Muslim minorities, Tibetans, and Uyghurs, by imposing visa restrictions and sanctions against Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials responsible for the abuse.
Additionally, former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo designated CCP's persecution of Uyghurs and other majority-Muslim ethnic minorities as genocide and "crimes against humanity" last month.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on February 04, 2021, 10:59:43 AM
Post by: Anonymous on February 04, 2021, 10:59:43 AM
The Chinese regime has for years been collecting large amounts of American health care data, including sensitive genetic information—which pose serious privacy and national security risks, a top U.S. counterintelligence agency has warned.
Alongside illegal means such as cyber hacking, Beijing has used investments in American biotech companies and partnerships with hospitals and universities to gain access to U.S. healthcare and genetic data, the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) said in a fact sheet (pdf) released on Feb. 1.
Vast amounts of genomic information (a person's entire genetic sequence) can fuel developments in the cutting-edge field of precision medicine (or personalized medicine), allowing China to overtake the United States to become a global leader in biotech, the paper said. Such data can also be weaponized to target individuals in the country for intelligence and military operations.
The warning came as Chinese genetics giant BGI Group has drawn scrutiny over its aggressive efforts to push its COVID-19 test kits and support labs around the world, raising data security concerns. By last August, the company had sold 35 million rapid COVID-19 testing kits to 180 countries and built 58 labs in 18 countries. The company approached several U.S. states last year to build and run COVID-19 testing labs, but none accepted after U.S. officials warned against the partnership, according to recent CBS report.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on February 05, 2021, 11:36:28 AM
Post by: Anonymous on February 05, 2021, 11:36:28 AM
The new U.S. administration should stand firm when dealing with Beijing and avoid falling into the communist regime's crafty "negotiation traps," a former White House security official has said.
"Don't fall for a trap that Beijing sets time and again for administration after administration, which is to try to lure the United States into a long, formal, mid-level bottoms-up negotiation," said former deputy National Security advisor Matthew Pottinger in his first public speech since leaving the White House in January.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on February 05, 2021, 12:58:17 PM
Post by: Anonymous on February 05, 2021, 12:58:17 PM
China accounted for about 51 percent of counterfeit or substandard COVID-19-related products seized by U.S. customs officials from October 2019 to Sept. 30 last year, according to a newly-released report from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Among the products seized by U.S. customs officials were over 12.7 million counterfeit masks, 177,356 COVID-19 test kits prohibited by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and 38,098 FDA-prohibited chloroquine tablets.
The effectiveness of the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine and its closely-related chloroquine in treating symptoms of COVID-19, which is caused by the CCP virus (commonly known as the novel coronavirus), is of much debate.
The FDA initially issued an emergency use authorization for the two drugs, but later revoked the authorization in June last year, saying that they were "unlikely to be effective in treating COVID-19."
However, there have been studies showing their effectiveness: one study showed hydroxychloroquine lowered the death rate of COVID-19 patients, while another study demonstrated a drug cocktail containing hydroxychloroquine could lower the hospitalization and death rate of patients infected by the virus.
The FDA currently has a database listing fraudulent COVID-19 products, including test kits. The list contains company names and the names of their products.
In December last year, customs officials in Cincinnati seized 10,080 counterfeit surgical masks, which were labeled "3M Mask Model 1860," in a shipment originating from China, according to a press release. The boxes containing the masks were fraudulently labeled as "Made in the USA."
If genuine, these fake 3M masks would have an estimated manufacturer's suggested retail price of $65,520.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on February 06, 2021, 01:35:33 AM
Post by: Anonymous on February 06, 2021, 01:35:33 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on February 09, 2021, 02:42:46 PM
Post by: Anonymous on February 09, 2021, 02:42:46 PM
Expert says novel coronavirus probably jumped to humans via an intermediary species
The coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and is more likely to have jumped to humans from an animal, a World Health Organization expert said Tuesday.
WHO food safety and animal diseases expert Peter Ben Embarek made the assessment at the end of a visit to the central Chinese city of Wuhan, where a team of scientists is investigating the possible origins of the virus that causes COVID-19. The first cases were discovered in the city in December 2019.
The Wuhan Institute of Virology has collected extensive virus samples, leading to allegations that it may have caused the original outbreak by leaking the virus into the surrounding community. China has strongly rejected that possibility and has promoted other theories that the virus may have originated elsewhere. The team is considering several theories for how the disease first ended up in humans.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on February 09, 2021, 03:12:19 PM
Post by: Anonymous on February 09, 2021, 03:12:19 PM
What is the background?
The WHO dispatched a 10-member investigative team to Wuhan last month, which arrived in the city on Thursday, Jan. 14. The researchers were only allowed into the city after Chinese President Xi Jinping approved the investigation.
The investigators were reportedly hamstrung by the Chinese government, which enacted strict testing and quarantine measures on the researchers.
From NBC News:
A government spokesman said this week they will "exchange views" with Chinese scientists but gave no indication whether they would be allowed to gather evidence. They will undergo a two-week quarantine as well as a throat swab test and an antibody test for Covid-19, according to CGTN, the English-language channel of state broadcaster CCTV. They are to start working with Chinese experts via video conference while in quarantine.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on February 09, 2021, 03:31:57 PM
Post by: cc on February 09, 2021, 03:31:57 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on February 09, 2021, 03:32:28 PM
Post by: cc on February 09, 2021, 03:32:28 PM
not to mention that china had it all covered up the day after it happened (well over a year ago, sigh)
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on February 09, 2021, 03:36:39 PM
Post by: Anonymous on February 09, 2021, 03:36:39 PM
Like as though we didn't know the result of the who (I refuse to use capital letters for such lowlifes)
not to mention that china had it all covered up the day after it happened (well over a year ago, sigh)
What a ridiculous joke this investigation is.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on February 09, 2021, 04:18:35 PM
Post by: Anonymous on February 09, 2021, 04:18:35 PM
Whata scamQuote from: cc post_id=401301 time=1612902717 user_id=88
Exactly.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on February 09, 2021, 08:00:29 PM
Post by: cc on February 09, 2021, 08:00:29 PM
The Biden administration quietly withdrew a rule proposed by the Trump administration that would have required American schools and universities to disclose their partnerships with Confucius Institutes, which some U.S. officials allege are front groups for Chinese Communist Party propaganda.
The Trump administration submitted a proposed rule to the Department of Homeland Security on Dec. 31, 2020, entitled "Establishing Requirement for Student and Exchange Visitor Program Certified Schools to Disclose Agreements with Confucius Institutes and Classrooms."
Around 500 K-12 schools and 65 colleges in the U.S. have partnerships with the Confucius Institute U.S. Center, a U.S.-based affiliate of the Beijing-based Confucius Institute Headquarters. The institute, also known as Hanban, is affiliated with the Chinese Ministry of Education.
Many of Hanban's directors are members of the Chinese Communist Party or have close ties to the organization, The Daily Caller has previously reported.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on February 09, 2021, 08:21:02 PM
Post by: Anonymous on February 09, 2021, 08:21:02 PM
Beijing Biden Reverses Trump Proposal To Track Chinese Influence Campaigns In U.S(//https)
The Biden administration quietly withdrew a rule proposed by the Trump administration that would have required American schools and universities to disclose their partnerships with Confucius Institutes, which some U.S. officials allege are front groups for Chinese Communist Party propaganda.
The Trump administration submitted a proposed rule to the Department of Homeland Security on Dec. 31, 2020, entitled "Establishing Requirement for Student and Exchange Visitor Program Certified Schools to Disclose Agreements with Confucius Institutes and Classrooms."
Around 500 K-12 schools and 65 colleges in the U.S. have partnerships with the Confucius Institute U.S. Center, a U.S.-based affiliate of the Beijing-based Confucius Institute Headquarters. The institute, also known as Hanban, is affiliated with the Chinese Ministry of Education.
Many of Hanban's directors are members of the Chinese Communist Party or have close ties to the organization, The Daily Caller has previously reported.
Of course Biden did.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on February 09, 2021, 09:52:45 PM
Post by: cc on February 09, 2021, 09:52:45 PM
Best start learning to speak Chinese so we will understand their orders
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Post by: Anonymous on February 09, 2021, 10:18:11 PM
Post by: Anonymous on February 09, 2021, 10:18:11 PM
He is handing the country to the ccp on a platter
Best start learning to speak Chinese so we will understand their orders
I am sticking with Spanish. But I am out of here in three years.
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Post by: cc on February 09, 2021, 10:26:13 PM
Post by: cc on February 09, 2021, 10:26:13 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on February 09, 2021, 11:38:25 PM
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Post by: Anonymous on February 10, 2021, 02:58:17 PM
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Post by: Anonymous on February 10, 2021, 07:08:33 PM
Post by: Anonymous on February 10, 2021, 07:08:33 PM
Sole American Member Of WHO Panel Investigating COVID Origins Says US Intel Isn't To Be Trusted
Dr. Peter Daszak, the sole U.S. member of the World Health Organization panel investigating the origins of COVID-19 in China, suggested Tuesday that American intelligence on the matter shouldn't be trusted.
Daszak said in a tweet that the White House should blindly trust the panel's determination that it's highly unlikely the virus leaked from a lab in Wuhan.
Daszak worked closely with the Wuhan Institute of Virology prior to the pandemic.
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Post by: Thiel on February 13, 2021, 12:50:12 AM
Post by: Thiel on February 13, 2021, 12:50:12 AM
China's continued resistance to revealing information about the early days of the coronavirus outbreak, the scientists say, makes it difficult for them to uncover important clues that could help stop future outbreaks of such dangerous diseases.
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Post by: Anonymous on February 14, 2021, 07:18:14 PM
Post by: Anonymous on February 14, 2021, 07:18:14 PM
Beijing demands Canadian media do more to promote China
The Chinese embassy in Canada issued a statement last week demanding that Canadian media outlets do more to promote "China-Canadian friendship." The embassy also accused Canadian outlets of being used by "anti-China" forces to slander Beijing.
"We call on relevant Canadian media to abide by professional ethics, respect facts, distinguish right from wrong, and do more to promote China-Canadian friendship and mutual understanding between the two peoples, instead of being used by anti-China forces as a platform for disseminating disinformation, attacking and slandering China," wrote a spokesperson for the embassy.
China has been recently ramping up its propaganda efforts to contain the international blowback to the Chinese Communist Party's mass internment and human rights abuses against the Uyghur minority in the Xinjiang region.
The statement was issued in response to an article by the National Post which characterizes the situation as a genocide. However, this is not the first instance where the CCP regime has taken issue with Canadian reports it views as unflattering.
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Post by: Anonymous on February 14, 2021, 10:34:56 PM
Post by: Anonymous on February 14, 2021, 10:34:56 PM
The Man At The Center Of the World's Biggest Story Has A Conflict Of Interest. Why Won't The Media Report It?
ne of the key members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team looking into where COVID-19 originated has a lengthy history suggesting he may hold a vested interest in determining the virus did not leak from a lab – and the media is hardly talking about it.
Much reporting on the WHO's recent visit to Wuhan has done little to characterize Dr. Peter Daszak, the sole U.S. citizen on the team, and his background. Daszak has a long financial history with the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), previous reporting shows. He even organized a PR campaign in early 2020 to paint the lab leak hypothesis as a "conspiracy" in order to relieve the lab and Beijing of any potential scrutiny.
WHO's investigative team recently ended its mission and declared it unlikely that the virus originated from a lab, only to flip flop on the assertion hours later. By then, dozens of pro China headlines echoing Beijing's talking points had already been published.
Members of the press widely covered the WHO's findings, with publications like The New York Times declaring that "China Scores a Public Relations Win After W.H.O. Mission to Wuhan."
NBC reported the news, too, and cited "Chinese researchers working at the lab" as among those who have dismissed the theory that the virus leaked from the lab. Business Insider wrote that the WHO experts were so sure of the lab theory post-investigation that they were able to take the "hypothesis off the table" entirely.
Other publications, like BBC News and the Associated Press, even cited Daszak in their reporting, but not his direct financial ties in the lab and its research. The AP noted that Daszak said the team "enjoyed a greater level of openness than they had anticipated, and that they were granted full access to all sites and personnel they requested."
That level of "openness" Daszak bragged about was actually the exact opposite, we found out later. China withheld key information from the WHO team, according to the Wall Street Journal.
CNN's Becky Anderson spoke with Daszak about the investigation, too. Over the course of about five minutes, Anderson did not ask Daszak any questions regarding his history with the Wuhan lab and his open condemnation of the lab theory from the very start of the pandemic.
The hypothesis contends that COVID-19 might have leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China. Members of the media, along with Chinese operatives on Twitter, dismissed the theory as a "baseless" conspiracy for nearly a year.
President Joe Biden's national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, disagreed Saturday in no uncertain terms.
"We have deep concerns about the way in which the early findings of the COVID-19 investigation were communicated and questions about the process used to reach them," Sullivan said in a statement released by the White House.
Daszak's Wednesday comments are just the latest in his effort to exclude the very real probability the virus leaked from a lab, despite the fact that he's part of a team working to uncover the truth into how COVID-19 began. He did not respond to questions from the Daily Caller.
To start, Daszak heads up a nonprofit called EcoHealth Alliance that "has channeled money from the National Institutes of Health" to the WIV, according to a lengthy article published by New York Magazine in Jan. 2021.
The money that EcoHealth Alliance provided helped the Wuhan lab continue conducting research regarding the diseases of humans and bats, according to the NY Mag article. He also used money from another program researching "Emerging Pandemic Threats" through his nonprofit and into the Wuhan virology lab, the NY Mag article reported.
This money was mixed in with funds from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency, and Daszak's nonprofit was eventually "instructed to cease providing any funds to Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV)" in April 2020, a few months after the global pandemic began.
Daszak pushed back on the NIH and helped get 77 Nobel Prize winners to sign a letter condemning its demands. The letter claimed that cancelling the funds would hurt the "nation and the world of highly regarded science that could help control one of the greatest health crises in modern history and those that may arise in the future."
When the NIH later asked Daszak to get an outside inspection for the Wuhan virology lab – "as a condition of further funding," according to NY Mag – he pushed back once again.
"I am not trained as a private detective," Daszak declared.
Later, he openly decried FOIA efforts made by, in his words, "conspiracy-theory outlets and politically motivated organizations."
And it isn't just money Daszak gives to support WIV. When COVID-19 hit and the lab fell in center focus as a suspect, Daszak quickly mobilized efforts to squash the suggestion.
Daszak led in part a counter-statement published in The Lancet in February and signed by 27 scientists that "strongly condemn[ed]" the "conspiracy theories suggesting that COVID-19 does not have a natural origin."
The letter declared that scientists "have published and analyzed genomes ... and they overwhelmingly conclude that this coronavirus originated in wildlife."
"We have a choice whether to stand up and support colleagues who are being attacked and threatened daily by conspiracy theorists or to just turn a blind eye," Daszak told Science magazine in February.
A spokesperson for Daszak later admitted to The Wall Street Journal that Daszak's letter was intended to protect Chinese scientists.
"The Lancet letter was written during a time in which Chinese scientists were receiving death threats and the letter was intended as a showing of support for them as they were caught between important work trying to stop an outbreak and the crush of online harassment," Daszak's spokesman said.
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Post by: Anonymous on February 17, 2021, 08:34:18 PM
Post by: Anonymous on February 17, 2021, 08:34:18 PM
Wuhan Lab Eligible To Receive US Taxpayer Funding Through 2024, NIH Confirms
The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) is authorized to receive taxpayer funding for animal research through January 2024, according to the National Institute of Health.
The WIV received $600,000 in taxpayer funds between 2014 and 2019 through the nonprofit group EcoHealth Alliance to study bat-based coronaviruses.
The president of EcoHealth Alliance, Peter Daszak, was the sole U.S. member in the World Health Organization delegation that investigated the origins of COVID-19 in China.
Daszak said the White House should blindly accept the WHO's determination that it's highly unlikely that COVID-19 could have unintentionally leaked from the WIV.
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Post by: Anonymous on February 18, 2021, 12:07:34 AM
Post by: Anonymous on February 18, 2021, 12:07:34 AM
Liberal MP Wayne Easter, who also served as solicitor-general under Jean Chrétien in charge of Canada's security agencies, told The Globe and Mail Tuesday that Canada needs to recognize the serious threat China poses to western democracies. He also criticized the fact that universities are still conducting research projects with Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
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Post by: Anonymous on February 18, 2021, 11:12:25 AM
Post by: Anonymous on February 18, 2021, 11:12:25 AM
WASHINGTON—China is reportedly looking into curbing the export of rare-earth minerals to the United States, which may become a new source of friction between the two countries.
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in January proposed draft controls on the production and export of rare-earth minerals and provided 30 days for public comment.
During the comment period, industry executives were asked to assess how U.S. and European companies could be affected if Beijing decided to cut rare-earth exports during a bilateral dispute, the Financial Times reported, citing people involved in the discussions.
"The government wants to know if the U.S. may have trouble making F-35 fighter jets if China imposes an export ban," a Chinese government adviser told the Financial Times.
Industry executives were also asked to comment on how quickly the United States could secure rare earths from alternative suppliers or increase its production capacity.
Rare earths are 17 metals that are required in the manufacturing of airplanes, computers, cell phones, electricity generation and transmission systems, and advanced electronics.
China controls about 80 percent of the global supply of rare-earth minerals and sees its dominance as leverage that can be used against the West. It's not clear whether China can really weaponize rare-earth exports, as it could backfire by forcing other countries to increase their own production capacity.
The timeline to increase production capacity at home "could in fact be very, very short" with more government support and industry innovation, according to Pini Althaus, CEO of USA Rare Earth, a mining company that is developing the Round Top rare-earths deposit in Texas.
"The writing has been on the wall for decades, and now we are seeing first-hand why we've been raising the alarm that China's dominance over the rare earth and critical minerals industry is a highly volatile geopolitical concern," Althaus said in a statement.
"To counter the effort of the CCP to put a chokehold on defense and other high-tech metals, the U.S. and its allies must continue to invest in this space."
Former President Donald Trump last year signed an executive order to expand and strengthen domestic mining of rare earths and other critical minerals.
"The United States now imports 80 percent of its rare earth elements directly from China, with portions of the remainder indirectly sourced from China through other countries," Trump stated in the executive order. "In the 1980s, the United States produced more of these elements than any other country in the world, but China used aggressive economic practices to strategically flood the global market for rare earth elements and displace its competitors."
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Post by: cc on February 18, 2021, 04:47:53 PM
Post by: cc on February 18, 2021, 04:47:53 PM
Biden is dismissing the genocide against the Uighur population in China, dubbing the mass internment a "different norm" — despite the State Department this month responding to "atrocities" in the camps, following reports of systemic rape and torture.
The commander-in-chief made the remarks after being asked during his CNN town hall Tuesday evening about his recent conversation with his Chinese counterpart, starting his response by relaying Xi's justification for the abuses.
"If you know anything about Chinese history, it has always been, the time when China has been victimized by the outer world is when they haven't been unified at home," Biden began. "So the central — well, vastly overstated — the central principle of Xi Jinping is that there must be a united, tightly controlled China. And he uses his rationale for the things he does based on that."
"Culturally there are different norms that each country and their leaders are expected to follow," he continued.
The "norms" in China, as shown in a recent BBC News exposé, include systemic torture and rape occurring in Uighur concentration camps.
Following the release of the BBC report, China banned the outlet in its territory.
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Post by: Anonymous on February 18, 2021, 06:05:54 PM
Post by: Anonymous on February 18, 2021, 06:05:54 PM
Biden dismisses Uighur genocide as part of China's 'different norms'(//https)
Biden is dismissing the genocide against the Uighur population in China, dubbing the mass internment a "different norm" — despite the State Department this month responding to "atrocities" in the camps, following reports of systemic rape and torture.
The commander-in-chief made the remarks after being asked during his CNN town hall Tuesday evening about his recent conversation with his Chinese counterpart, starting his response by relaying Xi's justification for the abuses.
"If you know anything about Chinese history, it has always been, the time when China has been victimized by the outer world is when they haven't been unified at home," Biden began. "So the central — well, vastly overstated — the central principle of Xi Jinping is that there must be a united, tightly controlled China. And he uses his rationale for the things he does based on that."
"Culturally there are different norms that each country and their leaders are expected to follow," he continued.
The "norms" in China, as shown in a recent BBC News exposé, include systemic torture and rape occurring in Uighur concentration camps.
Following the release of the BBC report, China banned the outlet in its territory.
Justin Trudeau can say the
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Post by: Anonymous on February 19, 2021, 10:21:33 PM
Post by: Anonymous on February 19, 2021, 10:21:33 PM
The Lancet COVID-19 Commission, which is working with the United Nations and the World Health Organization to investigate the coronavirus outbreak, is chaired by a Columbia professor who has called the U.S. a "threat" to global peace, while praising China.
Jeffrey Sachs, a former UN adviser, has met with WHO and UN officials as part of his work with the Lancet Commission.
One Lancet commissioner is Peter Daszak, a zoologist who served on the WHO team that investigated the origins of coronavirus in Wuhan.
Like the Chinese government, both Sachs and Daszak have long dismissed the theory that the virus started from a lab leak in Wuhan.
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Post by: Anonymous on February 19, 2021, 10:38:12 PM
Post by: Anonymous on February 19, 2021, 10:38:12 PM
The Biden administration should not allow the Chinese regime to use climate change as a bargaining chip to extract concessions in other areas, according to China experts.
The warning comes as the United States formally rejoined the Paris agreement on Feb. 19. President Joe Biden has described climate change as an "existential threat" and vowed to do more to reduce carbon emissions. But analysts are concerned that this may lead the United States to become cozier with the Chinese regime.
While Biden officials have broadly indicated they would continue the Trump administration's tough-on-China posture, they have also pointed to "cooperative" aspects of the U.S.-China relationship.
On the campaign trail, Biden said he'd work with the regime in areas of common interest, such as climate change and preventing nuclear proliferation.
Experts fear that U.S. cooperation on climate change could lead the administration to give ground in other key domains such as human rights, trade, and national security.
The Chinese regime has already indicated that the United States would have to accept its own terms before the two sides could work together.
"China is ready to cooperate with the United States and the international community on climate change," Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said on Jan. 28.
"That said, I'd like to stress that China-U.S. cooperation in specific areas ... is closely linked with bilateral relations as a whole," Zhao continued, adding the regime has repeatedly emphasized that "no one should imagine they could ask China to understand and support them in bilateral and global affairs when they blatantly interfere in China's domestic affairs and undermine China's interests."
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has labeled a range of topics such as its repression of minorities in Xinjiang and Tibet, the crackdown in Hong Kong, and intimidation of Taiwan as part of its core interests, and not open for discussion.
Zhao's comments were made after Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry pledged that important issues including the CCP's theft of intellectual property (IP) and military aggression in the South China Sea "will never be traded for anything that has to do with climate."
But Kerry added that "climate is a critical standalone issue," noting that China is the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases at about 30 percent.
"So it's urgent that we find a way to compartmentalize, to move forward," he said.
Gordon Chang, author of "The Coming Collapse of China," recently told The Epoch Times that it would not be possible for the United States to cooperate with the regime given the conditions it imposes.
"China's position is that you either have good relationships with us on everything, or on nothing," Chang said.
"If we're given that choice, it should be nothing. Because China is trying to constrict those areas where we can have a constructive discussion."
In any event, the United States does not need to offer anything to get the regime to take action on climate, Chang noted.
"The Chinese are on the same planet that we are," he said. "So they've got the same interest in preventing climate change to the extent that it's occurring, so we don't need to give them anything for it."
Any negotiations with the regime on climate change would also be a waste of time, according to Clyde Prestowitz, author of "The World Turned Upside Down: America, China, and The Struggle for Global Leadership."
Prestowitz, who was a trade negotiator for the Reagan administration, said "China is not going to negotiate any deal that would be acceptable to us."
"You cannot rely on China to keep its word," he added.
Former Trump security official Matthew Pottinger has similarly warned about getting stuck in "negotiation traps" set by Beijing. He said successive U.S. administrations squandered years in formal talks with China that did not yield concrete results, which allowed the regime to continue harmful actions against the United States such as IP theft.
To cut emissions, Chang suggested the United States stop buying from China and start re-shoring manufacturing back to the United States, given that the shipping industry is a heavy polluter.
"That way will do a lot for the climate, in addition to having, of course, some other very critical knock-on benefits for us," he said.
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Post by: Anonymous on February 22, 2021, 03:17:52 PM
Post by: Anonymous on February 22, 2021, 03:17:52 PM
Internal documents that were leaked to The Epoch Times show that the Chinese communist regime has a large amount of data on influenza and other diseases that have symptoms similar to COVID-19, but did not disclose it to the outside world.
Since wrapping up an investigation into the origins of the global CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic, experts on the team assigned by the WHO have complained about the Chinese regime's refusal to provide the related data.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Feb. 12, that Dominic Dwyer, a member of the WHO expert team and an Australian infectious disease expert, said that when the WHO expert team conducted an investigation into the source of the epidemic in Wuhan, the CCP refused to provide raw data of 174 COVID-19 patients in the early stages of the outbreak, as well as data on pneumonia patients who may have been infected by the virus earlier than December 2019.
According to the report, the CCP only provided influenza surveillance data from before Dec. 2019 from one children's hospital and one general hospital. The report cites WHO experts saying that one of the reasons for the regime refusing to provide COVID-19 origin tracing data is its lack of early influenza data.
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Post by: Anonymous on February 24, 2021, 05:29:56 PM
Post by: Anonymous on February 24, 2021, 05:29:56 PM
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Post by: Anonymous on February 25, 2021, 09:49:08 AM
Post by: Anonymous on February 25, 2021, 09:49:08 AM
After the Biden administration rejoined the Paris Climate Accord on Feb. 19, reversing the policies of the previous administration, experts warned that it will benefit China and the latter will take advantage of this move to undermine the United States.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will gain in four fronts through the Paris agreement, Sen Nieh, professor and former chairman of Mechanical Engineering at the Catholic University of America, told the Hong Kong edition of The Epoch Times.
According to the Paris agreement, developed countries will provide developing countries with about $100 billion in aid each year to help them develop and improve their energy structure and technology development and transfer before 2025. China pledged to increase its carbon emissions and reach a peak in 2030.
Nieh believes that for the CCP, signing the Paris agreement is like "killing four birds with one stone." The agreement enables the CCP to obtain financial assistance; to increase its carbon emissions for as long as ten years; to establish an environmentally friendly image of a "leading country" in the world; and to defeat the United States.
He believes the CCP is able to achieve the four goals because the climate agreement was built upon the different responsibilities of developed countries and developing countries.
Through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the CCP managed to take a leading position in the Group of 77 and China became a key player in the negotiations with the developed countries, according to a report by Gang Chen, assistant director and senior research fellow of the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore.
The UNFCCC acknowledged the cooperation on the basis of "common but differentiated responsibilities" of participating countries. The UNFCCC noted "that the largest share of historical and current global emissions of greenhouse gases has originated in developed countries, that per capita emissions in developing countries are still relatively low and that the share of global emissions originating in developing countries will grow to meet their social and development needs." Under this framework, the CCP has enjoyed many benefits in the climate agreement as a "developing country."
Nieh said that actions must be taken immediately to correct the previous mistakes and tackle the climate problem. "The CCP will hit the carbon emission peak in 2030 before reducing emissions. This logic is like a claim made by a thief: 'After I have continued to steal for another ten years, I will reduce the stealing year by year until 2060.'"
He also indicated that the agreement is not equivalent to problem-solving. "In fact, the CCP's promise is worth nothing."
"Environmental protection and climate governance are issues in different fields. Although they are related, they are not the same, at least the terms are different. Carbon reduction does not completely represent environmental protection," Nieh explained.
The CCP promised to reach "carbon neutrality" by 2060, which seems to contribute to environmental protection. This conceptual confusion allows the CCP, the political party that turned China into the world's most polluting place, to gain global recognition for "environmental protection," Nieh said.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on February 25, 2021, 05:15:34 PM
Post by: Anonymous on February 25, 2021, 05:15:34 PM
In fact, it appears from the leaked documents that the practice of handing over names of Chinese dissidents to the dictatorship was viewed as a "usual practice" by all involved.
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Post by: cc on February 25, 2021, 05:44:05 PM
Post by: cc on February 25, 2021, 05:44:05 PM
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Post by: Anonymous on February 25, 2021, 05:54:09 PM
Post by: Anonymous on February 25, 2021, 05:54:09 PM
Leaked emails prove that, contrary to United Nations denials, UN human-rights officials did in fact give the names of Chinese dissidents to the communist regime in Beijing before those activists were set to testify in Geneva against the Communist Chinese Party's abuses.
In fact, it appears from the leaked documents that the practice of handing over names of Chinese dissidents to the dictatorship was viewed as a "usual practice" by all involved.
The UN promotes China's interests, not basic universal human rights.
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Post by: Anonymous on February 26, 2021, 09:45:29 AM
Post by: Anonymous on February 26, 2021, 09:45:29 AM
Leaked emails prove that, contrary to United Nations denials, UN human-rights officials did in fact give the names of Chinese dissidents to the communist regime in Beijing before those activists were set to testify in Geneva against the Communist Chinese Party's abuses.
In fact, it appears from the leaked documents that the practice of handing over names of Chinese dissidents to the dictatorship was viewed as a "usual practice" by all involved. The whistleblower told The Epoch Times that it continues to this day, despite UN denials.
Chinese communist authorities used the names received from the UN to prevent the dissidents from leaving China. At least one dissident identified by the UN and detained by the CCP before leaving for Geneva, Cao Shunli, died while in detention.
If the dissident expected to embarrass Beijing at the UN was already abroad, the CCP frequently threatened or even kidnapped and tortured the person's family, according to UN whistleblower Emma Reilly, who first exposed the scandal.
Critics of the regime whose names were handed over by the UN included activists concerned about Tibet, Hong Kong, and the Islamic Uyghur minority in Western China—all of which are being targeted by the CCP for various reasons.
In February of 2020, The Epoch Times reported on the scandal, and on the retaliation faced by Reilly for attempting to expose and halt the practice. Reilly's case at the UN is ongoing. She remains employed there but is under "investigation."
Prominent human-rights organizations around the world have slammed the UN practice for endangering the lives of dissidents and their families.
In comments to The Epoch Times, Reilly described it as "criminal" and even argued that it made the UN "complicit in genocide."
For years, the UN denied that its agents were providing the names of dissidents to the CCP.
Thanks to leaked e-mails about the practice, however, it is now clear that the UN misled its member governments and the press surrounding the scandal.
One of the explosive emails in question was sent on Sept. 7, 2012, from a diplomat at the CCP's Mission to the UN in Geneva requesting information on Chinese dissidents set to testify at the UN Human Rights Council.
"Following the usual practice, could you kindly heip me [sic] to check whether the persons on the attached list are requesting the accreditation of the 21st session of the HRC?" asked the CCP diplomat in an email to a UN liaison with non-governmental organizations. "My delegation has some security concern [sic] on these persons."
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Post by: Odinson on February 26, 2021, 10:24:46 AM
Post by: Odinson on February 26, 2021, 10:24:46 AM
Having a one on one interaction with a female employee, without witnesses, is just a sexual harassment lawsuit waiting to happen.
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Post by: Anonymous on February 26, 2021, 05:21:20 PM
Post by: Anonymous on February 26, 2021, 05:21:20 PM
I wonder why Male managers dont want to have one on one time with a female employee.
Having a one on one interaction with a female employee, without witnesses, is just a sexual harassment lawsuit waiting to happen.
I aint worked with women except for geologist or two, HSE people and a few engineers. The old lady is a geologist.
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Post by: Anonymous on February 26, 2021, 05:36:26 PM
Post by: Anonymous on February 26, 2021, 05:36:26 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on February 26, 2021, 08:40:44 PM
Post by: Anonymous on February 26, 2021, 08:40:44 PM
The Chinese communist regime put up ads on a video screen in Times Square in New York City, claiming to be leading the world's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, right after it refused to share raw patient data with the World Health Organization (WHO) in Wuhan during its investigation into the origins of COVID-19.
And NYC has no problem with CCP propaganda.
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Post by: Anonymous on March 01, 2021, 03:47:38 PM
Post by: Anonymous on March 01, 2021, 03:47:38 PM
A WHO technical officer informed Dr. Cliff Lane, the Fauci deputy, would have to sign a confidentiality form and a disclosure of interest approved by Chinese authorities, according to a Feb. 15, 2020, email.
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Post by: Anonymous on March 01, 2021, 05:57:01 PM
Post by: Anonymous on March 01, 2021, 05:57:01 PM
Anthony Fauci's deputy was required to sign a confidentiality agreement "tailored to China's terms" before joining a World Health Organization team in China early last year to collect data about the novel coronavirus, according to an email obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
A WHO technical officer informed Dr. Cliff Lane, the Fauci deputy, would have to sign a confidentiality form and a disclosure of interest approved by Chinese authorities, according to a Feb. 15, 2020, email.
Figures.
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Post by: Anonymous on March 01, 2021, 07:07:19 PM
Post by: Anonymous on March 01, 2021, 07:07:19 PM
Anthony Fauci's deputy was required to sign a confidentiality agreement "tailored to China's terms" before joining a World Health Organization team in China early last year to collect data about the novel coronavirus, according to an email obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
A WHO technical officer informed Dr. Cliff Lane, the Fauci deputy, would have to sign a confidentiality form and a disclosure of interest approved by Chinese authorities, according to a Feb. 15, 2020, email.
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Post by: Anonymous on March 02, 2021, 01:55:06 PM
Post by: Anonymous on March 02, 2021, 01:55:06 PM
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Post by: Anonymous on March 05, 2021, 06:07:18 PM
Post by: Anonymous on March 05, 2021, 06:07:18 PM
Chief Of World-Renowned Medical Journal Has Repeatedly Bashed US, Praised China For Coronavirus Response
The editor of The Lancet, one of the world's leading medical journals, has a long history of praising the Chinese government, including during the coronavirus pandemic.
Richard Horton's pro-China and anti-U.S. remarks were used in a Facebook ad sponsored by CGTN, the Chinese state-controlled TV network.
In 2015, Horton received a Friendship award from China's State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, which recruited scientists and experts to help China's technological advancement.
The Beijing-controlled agency contributed funding to several studies published in The Lancet.
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Post by: cc on March 05, 2021, 07:59:48 PM
Post by: cc on March 05, 2021, 07:59:48 PM
It has become as corrupt and as corruptly influenced as the who
China has its tentacles everywhere
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Post by: Anonymous on March 05, 2021, 08:22:39 PM
Post by: Anonymous on March 05, 2021, 08:22:39 PM
While some try to sell it as the medical bible,the Lancet reputation has been a myth for some time.
It has become as corrupt and as corruptly influenced as the who
China has its tentacles everywhere
That's good to know.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on March 07, 2021, 04:19:08 PM
Post by: Anonymous on March 07, 2021, 04:19:08 PM
The Chinese regime is using the Mekong River, the most important water system in Southeast Asia, to control half of the ten member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), an expert said.
The Mekong River originates on China's Tibetan Plateau and flows through six countries. In early 2021, it once again experienced a serious drop in water levels, causing widespread international concerns. The Mekong River Commission, an international organization, issued a statement on Feb. 12, saying that the Mekong River water levels have fallen to "worrying levels."
In fact, for more than a decade since 2010, water crises have often erupted on the Mekong River.
A Chinese hydrologist tells The Epoch Times that one of the reasons behind this is that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has taken control of the "water tap" of the Mekong, and that the Mekong River has become a political bargaining chip for the CCP to use in controlling half of the ten countries of ASEAN.
During a recent exclusive interview with The Epoch Times, German-based hydrology expert Wang Weiluo said that ever since 2010, the Mekong River has been experiencing frequent water crises. But for the CCP, the Mekong River is no longer simply an issue of water resource utilization, but more of political and diplomatic leverage.
With the control of the Mekong's "water faucet," the CCP has gained the political leverage to control half of the ASEAN countries. The hegemonic behavior of the CCP in the Mekong River Basin has also drawn the attention of the United States and Japan, making the Mekong River a new geopolitical hotspot.
According to Wang, using the Mekong River as a political bargaining chip is harmful to both other countries and the CCP itself. The large and small dams built on the Lancang River, the upper reach of the Mekong River inside China, not only pose a direct threat to the 70 million people whose livelihoods depend on the Mekong River, but also to the Chinese people in the Lancang River basin. The CCP's predatory water development has also resulted in a waste of resources.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on March 11, 2021, 06:51:45 PM
Post by: Anonymous on March 11, 2021, 06:51:45 PM
A highly classified war game the United States Air Force (USAF) conducted in Fall 2020 ended with Chinese missiles pounding American bases while China invaded Taiwan, Yahoo News reported Wednesday.
The war simulation started with China mounting a biological attack against U.S. bases and warships in the Indo-Pacific region, Yahoo News reported. China then used a military exercise as cover to invade Taiwan and launch missiles against U.S. bases and naval forces.
This simulation is one in a series of war games where the U.S. loses, according to Air Force Lt. Gen. S. Clinton Hinote.
"More than a decade ago, our war games indicated that the Chinese were doing a good job of investing in military capabilities that would make our preferred model of expeditionary warfare, where we push forces forward and operate out of relatively safe bases and sanctuaries, increasingly difficult," Hinote told Yahoo News.
"The trend in our war games was not just that we were losing, but we were losing faster," he added.
"Whenever we war-gamed a Taiwan scenario over the years, our Blue Team routinely got its ass handed to it, because in that scenario time is a precious commodity and it plays to China's strength in terms of proximity and capabilities," senior RAND Corporation analyst David Ochmanek told the outlet.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on March 12, 2021, 10:37:40 PM
Post by: Anonymous on March 12, 2021, 10:37:40 PM
National assembly backs barring candidates for city's legislature not endorsed by Beijing
HONG KONG—China drew the curtain on decades of adversarial politics in Hong Kong as the national legislature approved electoral changes that would put pro-Beijing loyalists firmly in charge of the city and squeeze opposition groups from elected office.
Thursday's near-unanimous vote by the National People's Congress paves the way for China's top lawmaking body to revamp as soon as next month how the former British colony picks its leader and legislators. The overhaul will give Beijing much greater control over local elections that were meant to be partly democratic—thanks to an effective veto against candidates deemed unpatriotic.
Chinese officials say the changes are meant to close legal loopholes that had allowed anti-China forces to impede governance and incite unrest in Hong Kong, which was rocked by mass antigovernment protests in 2019.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on March 18, 2021, 02:46:43 PM
Post by: Anonymous on March 18, 2021, 02:46:43 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on March 18, 2021, 03:03:36 PM
Post by: cc on March 18, 2021, 03:03:36 PM
Same for press .. only those who help china
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on March 18, 2021, 07:16:45 PM
Post by: Anonymous on March 18, 2021, 07:16:45 PM
Right. They allow only their flunkies
Same for press .. only those who help china
Taiwan wants in the WHO, but I now I'm wondering if that's a good idea.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on March 19, 2021, 12:11:24 PM
Post by: Anonymous on March 19, 2021, 12:11:24 PM
A U.S. military official on Tuesday said Russia and the Chinese regime "may be collaborating" south of the U.S.-Mexico border—namely, Venezuela.
U.S. Southern Command chief Navy Admiral Craig Faller said China and transnational criminal organizations are "the two biggest threats" that U.S. forces in the SOUTHCOM, or United States Southern Command, area face.
"China is the greatest long-term strategic threat to the security in the 21st century, the Chinese Communist Party's insidious, and corrosive and corrupt influences at work globally and in this region," Faller said in a news conference.
Faller listed actions the Chinese regime has taken in the SOUTHCOM area of command in recent months.
"Some examples include their pursuit of multiple port deals, loans for political leverage, vaccine diplomacy that undermines sovereignty, state surveillance I.T., and the exploitation of resources such as illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing," he said, adding that the regime has outpaced the United States in vaccine diplomacy and is working to create economic networks and develop infrastructure.
The regime is "engaged in this hemisphere to further their interests in economic dominance," the official said, referring to the Western Hemisphere that includes North and South America.
"We see and are looking with our fellow combatant commanders at areas where China and Russia may be collaborating," Faller noted. "That is a particular focus of ours and is a concern where and when we see it."
Russia and China, he said, are apparently converging their interests in Venezuela, as the two countries attempt to court the support of socialist strongman Nicolas Maduro. China and Russia don't have a formal alliance but have increasingly developed a strategic partnership based on economic and military cooperation.
"Venezuela is the most notable example, where, at the diplomatic level, they were certainly and continue to be engaged to block any effort at U.N. solutions or global solutions," Faller said.
This week, Faller told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee that more funding is needed for SOUTHCOM to develop greater intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities.
"The conditions that the pandemic has caused in Latin America and the Caribbean rival those of the Great Depression here in the United States," Faller told senators. "China has moved in particularly heavy handed ... and they're using vaccines to leverage deals for their 5G, and they're using it to drive a wedge between some nations in the region."
U.S. influence in the region, he added, is "eroding" due to China's influence.
"What I hear from our partner is: 'We know that the United States military is the best, [and] we want to partner with you. But, we're drowning, and we need a LifeRing, and we're going to take the LifeRing from whoever throws it,'" including the Chinese, Faller remarked.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on March 20, 2021, 11:30:49 AM
Post by: cc on March 20, 2021, 11:30:49 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on March 20, 2021, 12:17:17 PM
Post by: Anonymous on March 20, 2021, 12:17:17 PM
How Humiliating!!ac_blush ... From Respected Pompeo to this .......https://twitter.com/magaizzyy/status/1372775471637688332
That sounds like he's saying the USA submits to China.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on March 20, 2021, 02:59:05 PM
Post by: Anonymous on March 20, 2021, 02:59:05 PM
How Humiliating!!ac_blush ... From Respected Pompeo to this .......https://twitter.com/magaizzyy/status/1372775471637688332
That sounds like he's saying the USA submits to China.
:shock:
That is exactly what he wants.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on March 27, 2021, 06:47:41 AM
Post by: Anonymous on March 27, 2021, 06:47:41 AM
A leading Chinese professor—who is also an adviser to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—laid out a comprehensive plan for the communist regime to overthrow the United States as the world's superpower.
The professor's multi-pronged strategy involves a range of malign actions to subvert the United States while strengthening the Chinese regime. They include: interfering in U.S. elections, controlling the American market, cultivating global enemies to challenge the United States, stealing American technology, expanding Chinese territory, and influencing international organizations.
The plan was explained in detail by Jin Canrong, a professor and associate dean of the School of International Studies at Beijing's Renmin University of China, in a July 2016 speech on "Sino-U.S. Strategic Philosophy" given over two full days at Southern Club Hotel Business Class in south China's Guangzhou City.
"We want to be the world leader," Jin said, explaining Chinese Leader Xi Jinping's desire for a "national rejuvenation" of the country.
Dubbed "teacher of the state" by Chinese netizens, Jin is a prominent scholar known for his fiery anti-U.S. rhetoric. He is an advisor to two powerful bodies of the CCP, the Organization Department, and the United Front Work Department, though it is unclear how close he is to Xi.
Weakening the United States
The strategy to topple the United States was composed of two broad components: weakening America through both internal and foreign sources; and strengthening the Chinese regime's economic, military, and diplomatic power.
Using a metaphor of a company to illustrate the U.S.-China dynamic, Jin likened the United States to a company president, and China to a vice president who wants the top job.
"The United States is a middle-aged man, who is good looking, has strong capabilities, and support from most employees," Jin said.
"[To replace it], we first need to create the conditions to make it easier for the United States to make mistakes. Second, we should make it as busy as possible [dealing with problems], to the extent that it will feel depressed and want to give up. Third, we should become intertwined with the United States, so that it can't attack us."
Jin said the CCP was thinking of many ways to weaken the United States, which he described as a "very difficult" task. The professor offered four practical tactics.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on March 27, 2021, 06:49:31 AM
Post by: Anonymous on March 27, 2021, 06:49:31 AM
A container ship berthing at the port in Qingdao, in China's eastern Shandong province on May 17, 2019. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Ramping up Chinese investments in the United States is another way to exert influence in the country's political system, Jin said, noting that this tactic has the added benefit of enriching Chinese business people and the CCP.
"The investment opportunities in the United States are relatively good," he said. "The U.S. market is open—more open than the Japanese and European ones," he continued, adding that its benefits include its size, transparency, and stability.
He said the Chinese regime wants Chinese business people to control the U.S. market, and also for them to develop their businesses in the country.
To reach this goal, the Chinese regime had tried to negotiate with Washington for the U.S.-China Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT). The agreement was actively negotiated for the decade prior to 2017, but fell off the agenda during President Donald Trump's administration.
Some U.S. companies wishing to enter the Chinese market, and the U.S.-China Business Council have advocated for the signing of a BIT.
3. Fostering Enemies of the US
Jin said the CCP's "strategic task" was to make sure the United States has not less than four enemies.
Four enemies are needed to stretch the United States' resources while bogging the government down in domestic debates over which threat to prioritize, Jin said.
For instance, before WWII the United States had two adversaries, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. "The Americans debated over and over about who is the real threat," he said.
"If the United States has four enemies, it will totally lose its direction."
Analyzing the situation as of 2016, Jin concluded that the United States only has three adversaries: "Terrorism is definitely an enemy of the United States. Russia looks like another one ... Definitely, the United States treats us as a competitor ... It's not enough."
The professor said that in the past few years, the CCP had tried to develop Brazil into an adversary of the United States, but was unsuccessful because Brazil "didn't want to be improved."
He said the CCP had pumped a lot of investment into Brazil in the bid to get its support on global issues, including taking stances against the United States. Xi had visited Brazil in 2014 and agreed to invest in infrastructure in the country's western region, as well as a railway to link ports in Brazil and Peru.
Jin said the Chinese regime has given up on this approach and is trying to find a candidate to develop into a U.S. adversary.
4. Causing International Problems for the US
Jin said the Chinese regime was at a strategic advantage due to the United States' role as global enforcer: whenever there is a crisis in the world, the United States would have to intervene to maintain global stability, which in turn drains U.S. resources and diverts its attention away from China.
As examples, he cited the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, which he described as "completely not strategically valuable" endeavors that cost the United States "$6 trillion and 10,000 soldiers' lives."
The result was that the United States "wasted ten years [without being aware of China's development], and let China grow big," Jin said.
Another possible tactic is to sell the CCP's holding of U.S. Treasury bonds to precipitate a debt crisis, he said. According to the U.S. Treasury, China currently holds nearly $1.1 trillion in U.S. treasury securities.
Finally, engaging in drawn-out negotiations with the United States is also an effective strategy to bog down the United States, while giving the regime the time to focus on developing itself, according to Jin. During such negotiations, the United States wouldn't take punitive actions against the CCP such as sanctions, and instead focus its energy on preparing and carrying out the talks. Meanwhile, the Chinese regime, which has no intention of negotiating in good faith, would use the breathing space given to it over the course of the negotiations to solidify its power both inside and outside of China.
Former deputy national security advisor Matthew Pottinger in February warned of the CCP's "negotiation traps." Pottinger said years of successive formal dialogues between the two sides, such as the "Strategic Economic Dialogue" allowed the regime to "draw out the clock" and continue its economic assaults on the United States with impunity.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on March 27, 2021, 06:51:30 AM
Post by: Anonymous on March 27, 2021, 06:51:30 AM
The island's defence ministry said the air force deployed missiles to "monitor" the incursion into the southwestern part of its air defense identification zone. It also said its planes warned the Chinese aircraft, including by radio.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on March 27, 2021, 09:01:06 AM
Post by: Anonymous on March 27, 2021, 09:01:06 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on March 27, 2021, 08:05:56 PM
Post by: Anonymous on March 27, 2021, 08:05:56 PM
China is playing us for fools.
They are shrewd and manipulate the West.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on March 27, 2021, 11:36:13 PM
Post by: cc on March 27, 2021, 11:36:13 PM
Western leaders are foolish people who no matter how many times they get bit .. never learn that one cannot trust the snake
Without that "no-learn" element, their would be no manipulation
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on March 28, 2021, 07:10:00 AM
Post by: Anonymous on March 28, 2021, 07:10:00 AM
That's true, but doesn't tell the full story
Western leaders are foolish people who no matter how many times they get bit .. never learn that one cannot trust the snake
Without that "no-learn" element, their would be no manipulation
Part of the maniupulation is using their overseas connections to get elected "foolish people" like Trudeau and Biden.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on March 28, 2021, 09:27:43 AM
Post by: Anonymous on March 28, 2021, 09:27:43 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Gaon on March 28, 2021, 09:25:23 PM
Post by: Gaon on March 28, 2021, 09:25:23 PM
China is playing us for fools.
The Chinese influence over the Israeli economy is becoming alarming.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on March 29, 2021, 05:40:16 AM
Post by: Anonymous on March 29, 2021, 05:40:16 AM
China is playing us for fools.
The Chinese influence over the Israeli economy is becoming alarming.
I didn't know that.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on March 29, 2021, 06:14:12 AM
Post by: Anonymous on March 29, 2021, 06:14:12 AM
As America grapples with troubling headlines depicting a rise in anti-Asian racism, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has apparently found its latest propaganda fodder.
Pointing to the uptick in crimes against Asian Americans, the regime is telling the United States to sort out its own affairs before criticizing Beijing for its severe human rights violations.
Propaganda exploiting America's domestic problems is a well-worn tactic used by the CCP and other authoritarian regimes to deflect criticism of its own malign actions.
In recent weeks, state-controlled media have been churning out reports daily framing the violence as a result of heightened Western criticism directed towards the Chinese regime.
Chinese diplomats, meanwhile, have wielded such incidents as a weapon to divert attention away from the CCP's domestic abuses, and depict its own governance model as superior to democracy.
In its latest rhetorical attack on the United States, the regime released an annual report on March 24 titled "The Report on Human Rights Violations in the United States in 2020."
"Since the pandemic began, the incidents of Asian Americans being humiliated and even assaulted in public have been found everywhere, and some American politicians have misled the public on purpose," the regime states in an 18-page report.
It accuses the United States of "hypocrisy, bullying ... and double standards," saying that the U.S. government, "instead of introspecting on its own terrible human rights record, kept making irresponsible remarks on the human rights situation in other countries."
Chinese state mouthpiece Xinhua followed up on the report with a commentary purporting to show "America's inherent human rights sins." The public outcry on violence against Asians will likely result in "perfunctory measures" from the United States, it claimed, but "without sweeping reforms and an earnest attitude, Uncle Sam can hardly clean up its mess in human rights protection, let alone act as a beacon."
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on March 30, 2021, 11:54:56 AM
Post by: Anonymous on March 30, 2021, 11:54:56 AM
A Hong Kong-based think tank suspected of working as a front group for the Chinese Communist Party has cultivated close ties to Historically Black Colleges and Universities and members of the Congressional Black Caucus since 2014.
The China-U.S. Exchange Foundation's (CUSEF) outreach to the black community is part of a broad initiative to cozy up to prominent organizations in the U.S., including foreign policy think tanks and other elite universities.
CUSEF's activities have drawn the attention of CIA Director William Burns, who testified at his Senate confirmation hearing last month that he cut ties with CUSEF when he was president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace out of concern over "Chinese influence operations."
Most of CUSEF's contacts with HBCUs and Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) members have been arranged by Wilson Global Communications, a Washington, D.C.-based communications firm.
Since 2018, Wilson Global Communications has disclosed its activities for CUSEF to the Justice Department under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), a law that regulates foreign lobbying activity.
According to Wilson Global's most recent FARA filing, submitted March 22, CUSEF paid the firm $89,844 over the past six months to hold virtual meetings with the leaders of HBCUs and college students. She also had contact with Yu Jiang, a professor at Xavier University who operates the school's Confucius Institute, which U.S. officials also consider to be an influence agent of the Chinese government.
CUSEF has paid Wilson Global $667,641 since January 2017, according to FARA filings.
In its FARA disclosures, Wilson Global says it provides CUSEF with "communications and public relations services, which included outreach to U.S. elected officials."
The firm coordinates trips for college students and leaders of HBCUs to China, all funded by CUSEF. Wilson Global has also arranged contact between CUSEF and members of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Julia Wilson, the owner of Wilson Global, has held meetings with CBC members Reps. Sheila jackassson Lee, Jim Clyburn, Donald Payne, and others, according to Wilson Global's FARA filings.
On July 12, 2019, Wilson Global hosted a virtual event for Georgia Rep. Hank Johnson and CUSEF advisor Alan Wong held at Clark Atlanta University, an HBCU.
Wilson Global says CUSEF's mission "to build and improve dialogue between China and African American education and civic leaders, and between the youth of China and the U.S. to enhance relations between China and the U.S. in general."
Despite the seemingly innocuous goal, U.S. officials and national security experts have grown suspicious in recent years of CUSEF's links to the Chinese Communist Party and the United Front Work Department, which handles influence operations for the communist regime.
"One of the top sources of recruitment has been American students in China," James Carafano, a vice president of the Heritage Foundation and national security expert, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
He said that the Chinese government uses groups like CUSEF and Confucius Institutes to provide cultural enrichment programming for the purposes of "data mining" and potential recruitment of American students.
"Nothing's innocuous because essentially everything connects back to the Chinese Communist Party. You can never assume that any contacts are innocent," Carafano told the DCNF. "The FBI's been warning about that for years."
The FBI appears to have briefed many of the HBCU presidents who have taken part in the CUSEF junkets, according to Wilson Global's FARA filings.
FBI special agent Peter Lapp provided security briefings in December 2018 and November 2019 for delegations of HBCU presidents visiting China, according to the FARA filings.
China's efforts to cozy up to HBCUs came to the forefront earlier this year during the Senate confirmation hearing for Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the ambassador to the United Nations.
Burns also said that the Chinese Communist Party deploys groups like CUSEF as part of a "whole-of-government approach ... to try and influence political, economic, and cultural developments to benefit CCP interests."
CUSEF, founded in 2008, is a key hub of the Chinese government's United Front Work Department.
In an Aug. 24, 2018, report, the U.S.-China Economic Security and Review Commission said that China uses the United Front system to "neutralize sources of potential opposition to the policies and authority of its ruling Chinese Communist Party."
According to the commission, United Front affiliates also "conduct influence operations targeting foreign actors and states."
The organization has developed connections over the past decade with other universities, such as Johns Hopkins University, Georgetown University and Columbia University. CUSEF has also partnered with several prominent foreign policy think tanks, including the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Brookings Institution, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and the Center for American Progress.
CUSEF has leveraged those connections to present Beijing-friendly viewpoints on hot-button issues.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on March 31, 2021, 12:21:45 PM
Post by: Anonymous on March 31, 2021, 12:21:45 PM
The United States on Tuesday joined more than a dozen other nations to express shared concerns about a World Health Organization (WHO) study into the origins of the CCP virus, pointing to the report's delay and lack of access to crucial data.
"Together, we support a transparent and independent analysis and evaluation, free from interference and undue influence, of the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic," reads the statement signed by the governments of Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, South Korea, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
"In this regard, we join in expressing shared concerns regarding the recent WHO-convened study in China," the statement continued, acknowledging the importance of the international mission into the Chinese megalopolis of Wuhan, where the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus first emerged, but also emphasizing that the study was "significantly delayed" and lacked access to "complete, original data and samples."
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on April 01, 2021, 12:37:17 PM
Post by: cc on April 01, 2021, 12:37:17 PM
China's lending to other governments has scaled up dramatically over the last decade
Even though China is the largest official creditor in the world, many of the contracts it makes with the governments of developing countries are secret – until now.
A group of researchers examined 100 Chinese debt contracts to learn how the country extends its reach beyond its borders. They released a lengthy report on Wednesday.
CHINA BOOSTS MILITARY SPENDING AS GOP DEMANDS BIDEN DO THE SAME
"It's a big deal because there is a lot going on in these contracts. The basic principle is these are governments making commitments on both sides of the ledger ... and their citizens have a right to understand," researcher Scott Morris of the Center for Global Development told Fox News. "What is striking, frankly, about the work we've done is the degree to which it has been secret."
The countries on the other ends of these contracts include the Philippines, Cameroon, Serbia and Argentina.
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Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on April 01, 2021, 02:53:20 PM
Post by: Anonymous on April 01, 2021, 02:53:20 PM
[It's called control and China does nothing for free]
You got that right.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on April 02, 2021, 12:09:53 PM
Post by: Anonymous on April 02, 2021, 12:09:53 PM
The Chinese regime is accelerating its efforts to challenge the U.S. dollar's dominance in global markets and trade by taking advantage of the economic shifts caused by the pandemic, a Chinese professor recently revealed.
In the post-pandemic world, China should be the "one who decides the benchmark of value," Di Dongsheng, associate dean of the School of International Studies at Renmin University in Beijing said in a video posted on Chinese social media on Feb. 4. "The currency that fixes the price will eventually be the renminbi."
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on April 04, 2021, 04:00:44 PM
Post by: Anonymous on April 04, 2021, 04:00:44 PM
If only World Health Organization director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had been as skeptical about China's claims about COVID-19 at the start of the pandemic as he is now.
Who knows how many lives could have been saved globally, including in Canada?
Last week, Tedros — widely criticized from the start of the pandemic for being too trusting about what China was telling the world about COVID-19 — appeared to have had enough.
He said China's lack of co-operation with the WHO's scientific mission to Wuhan in January — a year after the outbreak was first detected there — meant the WHO could not rule out the possibility COVID-19 leaked out of the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
That was surprising because the WHO's own report of its scientific mission to Wuhan — under the close eye of China's authorities who denied it access to important raw data — said this was the least likely explanation for how COVID-19 originated.
But Tedros, after reviewing that report, said only further investigation by independent experts returning to China and given full access to scientific data could rule out the possibility COVID19 escaped from a lab, which China has always denied.
The larger concern is that finding the original source of the pandemic — initially thought to have been a live animal market in Wuhan, but with evidence now suggesting the outbreak may have started earlier — is crucial to understanding the outbreak and preparing for future ones.
Given China's obsession with secrecy — at the start of the pandemic it arrested and threatened doctors who were accurately telling the world COVID-19 was spreading by human transmission — we may never find the true origins of the deadly coronavirus.
We do know that during the crucial first weeks of the pandemic, when it might have been possible to contain it within China, its dictators were minimizing the seriousness of the outbreak and insisting there was little or no evidence of human transmission.
That led the WHO to underestimate the threat of COVID-19 early on, which led to the world underestimating it, including Canada.
We all know the terrible result.
So it's good Tedros is now skeptical about information coming out of China about COVID-19, except it's a year too late.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on April 04, 2021, 04:05:38 PM
Post by: cc on April 04, 2021, 04:05:38 PM
440 days late and a renminbi short
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on April 04, 2021, 04:41:32 PM
Post by: Anonymous on April 04, 2021, 04:41:32 PM
So NOW Tedy is suspicious.
440 days late and a renminbi short
Taiwan tries every year to get memebership the WHO.....sometimes I wonder if membership is a good idea.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on April 07, 2021, 06:55:13 AM
Post by: Anonymous on April 07, 2021, 06:55:13 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on April 13, 2021, 12:10:02 PM
Post by: cc on April 13, 2021, 12:10:02 PM
The Hong Kong edition of The Epoch Times is temporarily suspending distribution to repair damaged equipment after an attack on April 12—the fifth attack on the printing plant since it was established in 2006.
In the early hours of April 12 local time, four masked intruders barged their way into the warehouse, wielding two sledgehammers and a knife hidden inside a plastic bag.
The four men smashed printing press equipment and tossed construction debris on the equipment before fleeing in a white van. Among the items damaged were multiple computers and the printing press's central control panel. The men warned a print shop employee to "go away," with one saying, "Don't force me to do anything." They also stole a computer as they left.
Police officers arrived shortly afterward and told Epoch Times employees that the department's crime unit would investigate.
The Hong Kong edition of The Epoch Times has decried the attack as a crime against Hong Kong's liberties and the rule of law.
"These thugs are not just targeting The Epoch Times Hong Kong, but also the independent media outlets in Hong Kong," the outlet said in a statement. "It's a malicious attack on basic societal norms such as ... press freedom."
Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.) described the break-in as "a direct assault on Hong Kong's free press.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on April 13, 2021, 12:30:51 PM
Post by: Anonymous on April 13, 2021, 12:30:51 PM
Hong Kong Epoch Times Forced to Suspend Printing After Violent Attack(//https) (//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/04/12/Andrian-Yu-01-700x420.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/up%20...%2000x420.jpg%22%3Ehttps://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/04/12/Andrian-Yu-01-700x420.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
The Hong Kong edition of The Epoch Times is temporarily suspending distribution to repair damaged equipment after an attack on April 12—the fifth attack on the printing plant since it was established in 2006.
In the early hours of April 12 local time, four masked intruders barged their way into the warehouse, wielding two sledgehammers and a knife hidden inside a plastic bag.
The four men smashed printing press equipment and tossed construction debris on the equipment before fleeing in a white van. Among the items damaged were multiple computers and the printing press's central control panel. The men warned a print shop employee to "go away," with one saying, "Don't force me to do anything." They also stole a computer as they left.
Police officers arrived shortly afterward and told Epoch Times employees that the department's crime unit would investigate.
The Hong Kong edition of The Epoch Times has decried the attack as a crime against Hong Kong's liberties and the rule of law.
"These thugs are not just targeting The Epoch Times Hong Kong, but also the independent media outlets in Hong Kong," the outlet said in a statement. "It's a malicious attack on basic societal norms such as ... press freedom."
Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.) described the break-in as "a direct assault on Hong Kong's free press.
The Epoch Times and freedom of the press in general are on borrowed time in Hong Kong.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on April 13, 2021, 01:21:34 PM
Post by: cc on April 13, 2021, 01:21:34 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on April 13, 2021, 03:16:23 PM
Post by: Anonymous on April 13, 2021, 03:16:23 PM
Hong Kong Epoch Times Forced to Suspend Printing After Violent Attack(//https) (//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/04/12/Andrian-Yu-01-700x420.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/up%20...%2000x420.jpg%22%3Ehttps://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2021/04/12/Andrian-Yu-01-700x420.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
The Hong Kong edition of The Epoch Times is temporarily suspending distribution to repair damaged equipment after an attack on April 12—the fifth attack on the printing plant since it was established in 2006.
In the early hours of April 12 local time, four masked intruders barged their way into the warehouse, wielding two sledgehammers and a knife hidden inside a plastic bag.
The four men smashed printing press equipment and tossed construction debris on the equipment before fleeing in a white van. Among the items damaged were multiple computers and the printing press's central control panel. The men warned a print shop employee to "go away," with one saying, "Don't force me to do anything." They also stole a computer as they left.
Police officers arrived shortly afterward and told Epoch Times employees that the department's crime unit would investigate.
The Hong Kong edition of The Epoch Times has decried the attack as a crime against Hong Kong's liberties and the rule of law.
"These thugs are not just targeting The Epoch Times Hong Kong, but also the independent media outlets in Hong Kong," the outlet said in a statement. "It's a malicious attack on basic societal norms such as ... press freedom."
Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.) described the break-in as "a direct assault on Hong Kong's free press.
The Epoch Times and freedom of the press in general are on borrowed time in Hong Kong.
China has been chipping away at press independence in Hong Kong since the handover.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on April 17, 2021, 05:02:38 PM
Post by: cc on April 17, 2021, 05:02:38 PM
It Was Worse Than We Thought: NO ONE Met Japanese Prime Minister at the White House Door Except Stationary Army Guard
Compare and contrast:
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on April 17, 2021, 05:14:11 PM
Post by: Anonymous on April 17, 2021, 05:14:11 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on April 17, 2021, 07:04:01 PM
Post by: cc on April 17, 2021, 07:04:01 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on April 23, 2021, 10:24:29 PM
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Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on April 23, 2021, 11:42:05 PM
Post by: Anonymous on April 23, 2021, 11:42:05 PM
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That's today's reality.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on April 27, 2021, 11:40:53 AM
Post by: Anonymous on April 27, 2021, 11:40:53 AM
In what's supposed to be a major scoop, the Daily Mail just published "Worrying new clues about the origins of Covid: How scientists at Wuhan lab helped Chinese army in secret project to find animal viruses."
It may not be quite that big—the Gateway Pundit revealed some of this information a year ago—but there are significant new facts, including that a People's Liberation Army colonel, Cao Wuchun, who is on the board of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, studied epidemiology at Cambridge, the very seat of advanced experimental science in the United Kingdom. Think Stephen Hawking. (Have the "Five Eyes" gone blind?)
Having finished his studies, Cao is now a Chinese regime advisor on bioterrorism. The DM added "He was second-in-command of the military team sent into the city under Major General Chen Wei, the country's top biodefence expert, to respond to the new virus and develop a vaccine."
Suspicious, no?
But wait, there's more, as they say:
"Documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday reveal that a nationwide scheme, directed by a leading state body, was launched nine years ago to discover new viruses and detect the 'dark matter' of biology involved in spreading diseases."
The DM goes on to tell us a Chinese scientist who published the first genetic sequence on COVID-19 (now more accurately than ever called the CCP virus by The Epoch Times) apparently found 143 new diseases in the first three years of the project.
All this although the, at this point, best known Chinese virologist, Professor Shi Zhengli, aka "Bat Woman" for her many trips to find virus samples in bat caves, denied U,S. allegations last month that the Chinese military were involved with the lab.
Interestingly, Shi was one of the five team leaders of the above-mentioned project with... Colonel Cao Wuchun.
Must be a mix-up somewhere, no? Or the Big Lie.
So where's Dr. Fauci in all this—the most highly paid employee of our federal government who changes his mind more often than a ditzy housewife in a fifties sitcom?
The answer may lie in something called "gain of function" research. If you're unfamiliar with the term, it's bio-speak, a euphemism of sorts, for repurposing an animal virus so it can be contracted by a human.
You could call it the Devil's work—the kind of thing Dr. Mengele might have done if he were still with us.
Some of this research is for defensive use, but other aspects inevitably are, well.... Which would you rather die from, a nuclear bomb or a carefully-designed biological weapon that impacted the entire globe and never went away? I'd go with the former. It would at least be instantaneous.
"Gain of function" experimentation—nightmarish as it is—has been going on in more countries than we would want to know, but, thankfully, the U. S. outlawed it domestically in 2014.
This must not have sat well with Dr. Fauci.
The man the mainstream media idolizes and has appeared on almost as many magazine covers as Jacqueline Kennedy took our taxpayer dollars and sent them to Wuhan to support the lab and, whether intentionally or not, help continue this research.
The exact details of this are unclear but the results certainly are clear.
Also unclear is the extent the doctor knew the Chinese military were involved with the Wuhan lab. It would be interesting to find out, although with Colonel Cao on the board and so prominent in the lab's activities for so many years, it's hard to imagine Fauci, a frequent visitor, wouldn't have had some idea, whether he chose to acknowledge it or not.
I hasten to point out I absolutely do not think COVID-19 was promulgated on purpose. It is most likely the accidental product of ongoing "gain of function" research at the Wuhan lab that, as Fauci undoubtedly also knew, was being criticized for its lax security measures.
The Chinese Communist Party—for its continued "gain of function" research and its obfuscation of the ensuing COVID disaster—is to blame for everything that happened after that. So far, they have escaped retribution.
Dr. Fauci, of course, kept his mouth shut on the matter. Don't bite the hand that feeds you or, more precisely, that you fed.
Trump was saddled with Fauci as the director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, one of the more unfortunate occurrences of our time.
That such a person should have become, and still is, the public face of our fight against COVID-19 would make a good sequel to a film about yet another doctor... Strangelove.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on April 28, 2021, 11:54:42 AM
Post by: Anonymous on April 28, 2021, 11:54:42 AM
From France to Venezuela to the United States, the Chinese communist regime's diplomats have been busy this past year blustering, threatening, and denigrating their host countries as part of an all-out effort to advance Beijing's agenda on the world stage.
This aggressive style, dubbed "wolf warrior" diplomacy, was on full display in March during the first face-to-face meeting between Biden administration officials and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) diplomats in Alaska. In a widely publicized blow-up, Chinese diplomats responded to U.S. criticism of the CCP's aggressions domestically and abroad by launching into an extended tirade accusing the United States of similar infractions.
Yang Jiechi, the top CCP official in charge of foreign affairs, broke protocol by taking up more than 15 minutes for opening remarks (the agreed-upon time was two minutes), during which he lambasted the United States over what he described as its struggling democracy, poor human rights record, and unfair foreign and trade policies.
After both Secretary of State Antony Blinken and White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan responded in defense of the United States, Yang retorted: "Well, it was my bad. When I entered this room, I should have reminded the U.S. side of paying attention to its tone in our respective opening remarks, but I didn't."
He then accused the U.S. side of speaking in a "condescending way," and breaking diplomatic protocols. "So let me say here that, in front of the Chinese side, the United States does not have the qualification to say that it wants to speak to China from a position of strength," Yang added.
Chinese state media made hay of the clash, spinning the event as a win for the Chinese diplomats, who exuded "confident body language" in contrast with the "closed off" gestures of their U.S. counterparts.
But the display was not only for domestic consumption. Emboldened by the regime's purported success in weathering the pandemic compared to other nations, the CCP has recently been pushing the narrative of "the East is rising while the West is declining"—and its diplomats' behavior is embodying that message on the international stage.
"The wolf warriors personify the desire to present the PRC [People's Republic of China] as a powerful country that can set the rules for world order," June Teufel Dreyer, professor of political science at the University of Miami told The Epoch Times in an email.
Dreyer described the confrontational approach as an intensification of a trend that could be observed as early as 2010, when Yang had a similar outburst at an ASEAN regional security meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam. Fuming at 12 countries who raised their concerns over Beijing's growing assertiveness in the disputed South China Sea, Yang fired back, "China is a big country and other countries are small countries and that is just a fact," while staring at the foreign minister of tiny Singapore.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on April 28, 2021, 11:56:09 AM
Post by: Anonymous on April 28, 2021, 11:56:09 AM
The CCP's wolf warrior diplomacy came into full force during the pandemic last year, as Beijing moved to aggressively fend off international criticism of its cover-up of the CCP virus outbreak. Since then, foreign criticism of the CCP's actions, from its human rights abuses in Xinjiang to its military aggression in the South China Sea, has routinely drawn fiery responses from officials on Twitter and other forums.
The descriptor is named after two hit jingoistic Chinese movies of the "Wolf Warrior" franchise, released in 2015 and 2017. The movies centered around a Chinese special forces soldier fighting foreign mercenaries at China's southern border and Africa.
Examples of the regime's wolf warrior diplomacy abound.
In a now-infamous tweet, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian last March accused the U.S. Army of bringing the virus to Wuhan when participating in a military sports event in October 2019, prompting a firestorm of criticism from the United States and Western democracies. The baseless accusation marked the start of Beijing's ongoing campaign to spread virus origin disinformation to deflect attention away from its mishandling of the outbreak and shun scrutiny on the possibility that it leaked from a Wuhan lab.
Also in March, the Chinese Embassy in Caracas slammed unnamed Venezuelan officials for calling the virus the "China" or "Wuhan" virus by telling them to "put on masks and shut up."
Zhao struck again in November, drawing fury from Australia for tweeting a photoshopped image of an Australian soldier holding a bloodied knife to the throat of a young child. The image was a reference to a report that found some Australian special forces soldiers unlawfully killed civilians in Afghanistan during a mission there. The tweet came amid heightened tensions between the two countries after Australia called for an independent investigation into the origins of the virus. Beijing responded with economic coercion—by slapping import restrictions on a range of Australian goods including beef, coal, barley, and wine.
The brawly style is a direction set straight from CCP leader Xi Jinping, Anders Corr, publisher of the Journal of Political Risk and founder of Corr Analytics, told The Epoch Times.
"[Xi] wants an aggressive diplomacy to try and scare the U.S., Japan, Taiwan, and their allies into territorial and trade concessions," Corr said in an email. "He believes that might makes right, and therefore a strong China should be duly accommodated."
When countries push back against Beijing's assertiveness, Xi doubles down by "direct[ing] his diplomats to increase the volume, intensity, and even anger of their diplomacy," Corr said.
It was unclear when the term "wolf warrior" was first used to describe CCP diplomats or diplomatic tactics, but two Taiwanese media used it around October 2018 to describe the regime's diplomatic responses after Chinese tourists were removed from a hotel in Sweden by local police and a subsequent satirical talk show in the country criticized Chinese tourists in general.
In response to these incidents, the Chinese Embassy in Sweden issued a statement claiming that Sweden was not safe for Chinese tourists to travel to. Diba Central Army, a popular Chinese social media platform known for allegiance to the CCP, also called on its users to "bombard the Facebook pages of the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs" and the talk show's host, according to China's hawkish state-run outlet Global Times.
Following the 2018 incident, BBC Chinese used the term to describe a July 2019 heated Twitter exchange between Chinese foreign ministry's spokesperson Zhao Lijian and former U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice, in which Zhao made racist comments about black and white populations in Washington. The term was later picked up by the Global Times and gained traction during the pandemic as a way to describe the CCP's bare-knuckled responses to rising global criticism over a range of issues.
The concept underlying "wolf warrior," however, finds its roots in Maoist thought, going to the heart of the CCP's ideology. Then-CCP leader Mao Zedong, Chinese media reported, told the regime's first diplomats, "Diplomatic work is a political struggle. You don't fight using weapons, you fight with your pen and mouth," in a statement chiming with the Party's expansive doctrine of political warfare. The strategy calls for using all tactics short of full-on military assaults to defeat an enemy.
Having "wolf nature" is equivalent to having a "Party nature," that is, the quality possessed by people who have absolute loyalty to the CCP, the municipal government in Nantong, a city in coastal China's Jiangsu Province, said on its website, reposting a 2020 article from a local newspaper.
Outside of people, the concept has also been used to describe institutional cultures. A 2006 social science paper analyzed how corporate "wolf culture" existed at China's telecom giant Huawei and computer maker Lenovo. Former employees at Huawei previously told The Epoch Times that the company zealously promoted "wolf culture," a philosophy advocated by founder Ren Zhengfei, who drew from his background with the Chinese military.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on April 28, 2021, 11:57:07 AM
Post by: Anonymous on April 28, 2021, 11:57:07 AM
CCP officials have publicly endorsed this style. Last May, Liu Xiaoming, who was the Chinese ambassador to the UK at the time, told China's state-run broadcaster CCTV that Chinese diplomats should act like "wolf warriors."
"Some people say that there are many 'wolf warriors' in China. I believe there are 'wolf warriors' because there are 'wolves' in this world. Thus comes the necessity of 'wolf warriors' to fight these 'wolves,'" Liu said.
"So I encourage diplomats at all levels of the [Chinese] embassies to take on the fight proactively" whenever they see a "wolf."
Months later, in a daily briefing in December, China's foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said she didn't "see any problem in living with that 'wolf-warrior' title."
Hua also quoted Mao, who said, "We will not attack unless we are attacked. If we are attacked, we will certainly counterattack."
Beijing also claims it has the support of the people to engage in such a form of diplomacy. In December, Global Times reported that 71.2 percent said Beijing should adopt "wolf warrior" diplomacy, in a recent survey of 1,945 people in 16 Chinese cities.
Ultimately, however, the CCP's methods have been backfiring, according to Corr.
"Other countries quickly recognize it for what it is, are repulsed by its crudeness, and respond through closer economic and military coordination and alliance-building," he said.
For Dreyer, the United States and other countries should send a clear message that the regime's behavior is not acceptable.
"Countries must counter Chinese aggression by refusing to accept its territorial claims, by being vigilant against its united front tactics, by calling out its soft power and sharp power tactics," she said.
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Post by: Anonymous on May 03, 2021, 01:37:04 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 03, 2021, 01:37:04 PM
Chinese leader Xi Jinping personally directed the communist regime to focus its efforts to control the global internet, displacing the influential role of the United States, according to internal government documents recently obtained by The Epoch Times.
In a January 2017 speech, Xi said the "power to control the internet" had become the "new focal point of [China's] national strategic contest," and singled out the United States as a "rival force" standing in the way of the regime's ambitions.
The ultimate goal was for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to control all content on the global internet, so the regime could wield what Xi described as "discourse power" over communications and discussions on the world stage.
Xi articulated a vision of "using technology to rule the internet" to achieve total control over every part of the online ecosystem—over applications, content, quality, capital, and manpower.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 03, 2021, 01:38:31 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 03, 2021, 01:38:31 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 04, 2021, 03:35:02 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 04, 2021, 03:35:02 PM
The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) participated in a project, sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)—a regime-funded scientific research institution—from 2012 to 2018. The project was comprised of a team of five military and civil experts, who conducted research at WIV labs, military labs, and other civil labs leading to "the discovery of animal pathogens [biological agents that causes disease] in wild animals."
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Frood on May 04, 2021, 04:26:47 PM
Post by: Frood on May 04, 2021, 04:26:47 PM
The Chinese regime has said its controversial virology institute had no relationship with the military, but the institute worked with military leaders on a government-sponsored project for almost a decade.
The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) participated in a project, sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)—a regime-funded scientific research institution—from 2012 to 2018. The project was comprised of a team of five military and civil experts, who conducted research at WIV labs, military labs, and other civil labs leading to "the discovery of animal pathogens [biological agents that causes disease] in wild animals."
Nothing that the CCP says is true... they just lie and lie and lie...
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 04, 2021, 04:29:42 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 04, 2021, 04:29:42 PM
The Chinese regime has said its controversial virology institute had no relationship with the military, but the institute worked with military leaders on a government-sponsored project for almost a decade.
The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) participated in a project, sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)—a regime-funded scientific research institution—from 2012 to 2018. The project was comprised of a team of five military and civil experts, who conducted research at WIV labs, military labs, and other civil labs leading to "the discovery of animal pathogens [biological agents that causes disease] in wild animals."
Nothing that the CCP says is true... they just lie and lie and lie...
That's true.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 10, 2021, 02:34:57 AM
Post by: Anonymous on May 10, 2021, 02:34:57 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 14, 2021, 03:12:55 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 14, 2021, 03:12:55 PM
The theory that the novel coronavirus was unleashed upon the world through a laboratory leak must be taken seriously until proven wrong by a data-driven investigation, Reuters reported, citing a group of leading scientists.
What are the details?
The outlet focused on a Friday letter from 18 scientists that was published in the journal Science indicating "more investigation is still needed to determine the origin of the pandemic."
Authors of the letter include Ravindra Gupta, a clinical microbiologist at the University of Cambridge; Jesse Bloom, who studies the evolution of viruses at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; and David Relman, professor of microbiology at Stanford.
Their letter states that "theories of accidental release from a lab and [animal-to-human transmission] both remain viable," and that "knowing how COVID-19 emerged is critical for informing global strategies to mitigate the risk of future outbreaks."
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Frood on May 14, 2021, 03:15:40 PM
Post by: Frood on May 14, 2021, 03:15:40 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 14, 2021, 08:05:08 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 14, 2021, 08:05:08 PM
Fauci fucked the pooch...
He's been contradictory and wrong throughout the pandemic.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 15, 2021, 11:27:25 AM
Post by: Anonymous on May 15, 2021, 11:27:25 AM
According to a Horizon Advisory report by Emily de La Bruyère and Nathan Picarsic, as much as $419 million of PPP funds were awarded to companies that were owned or invested in by entities in Communist China. To be clear: Due to the nature of the totalitarian system in China, there is no such thing as a wholly independent business that is free from the supervision and control of the Chinese Communist Party.
From a sample of PPP recipients, de La Bruyère and Picarsic identified more than 125 recipients of emergency loans from the Small Business Administration and Treasury Department that the Chinese dictatorship's entities owned or invested in. More than $1 million in loans were secured by at least 32 entities controlled by the Chinese government.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 24, 2021, 12:35:43 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 24, 2021, 12:35:43 PM
Three researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology became sick enough with COVID-like symptoms in November 2019 that they required hospitalization, according to a damning American intelligence report.
What are the details?
The intelligence is particularly significant because it suggests COVID-19 was spreading in China much earlier than China has admitted. China's communist government traced patient-zero to a man who became sick on Dec. 8. But if researchers at the Wuhan lab were hospitalized one month prior, the virus was likely spreading even earlier than previously believed.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 25, 2021, 08:46:57 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 25, 2021, 08:46:57 PM
While promoting the release of "F9" — the latest installment in the "Fast & Furious" franchise — Cena told Taiwanese broadcaster TVBS that Taiwan would "be the first country to see Fast & Furious 9."
What a spineless wanker.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 25, 2021, 09:02:26 PM
Post by: cc on May 25, 2021, 09:02:26 PM
Cancel works on the weak
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 25, 2021, 09:06:15 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 25, 2021, 09:06:15 PM
Saw that. Terrible coward
Cancel works on the week
He has no balls.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 26, 2021, 12:00:19 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 26, 2021, 12:00:19 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 27, 2021, 10:57:12 PM
Post by: cc on May 27, 2021, 10:57:12 PM
John Cena, the WWE star-turned actor, was bashed online Tuesday after he posted a video to Chinese social media network Sina Weibo apologizing to the Chinese people for referring to Taiwan as a "country."
While promoting the release of "F9" — the latest installment in the "Fast & Furious" franchise — Cena told Taiwanese broadcaster TVBS that Taiwan would "be the first country to see Fast & Furious 9."
What aspineless wanker.
LOS ANGELES, CA—Actor and WWE wrestler John Cena announced that he will soon be undergoing a controversial new spine implant surgery after being diagnosed with a tragic case of having no spine.
The startling revelation that John Cena had no spine unfolded before the nation's eyes this week when what appeared to be a strong, virile American male apologized to the communists in China for some stupid reason.
Doctors at UCLA Medical Center cautioned the wrestler that a full spine implant is highly experimental and untested, since they have never seen such an extreme case that was as bad as Cena's in which the spine was totally absent.
"We've been doing spine surgeries forever, sure," said Dr. Kapla. "The vertebrae and vertebral discs in the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar regions can sustain heavy damage in wrestling and other manly activities. But we've just never seen a case like this where the spine is just gone. He's basically an invertebrate at this point after kowtowing to total communists."
"We don't even know how he is still alive," echoed Dr. Holli who is the leader of the surgical team. "After running all the tests, he appears to be more like a squid or a jellyfish than a grown adult man, but definitely more pathetic. Perhaps he comes closest to a sea cucumber after what happened."
At publishing time, Cena was telling his fans on social media to pray for the Doctor of Thuganomics as he puts his life in the hands of the skilled surgeons at UCLA medical center, ..... but no one could understand him since he was typing in Mandarin characters.
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Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 27, 2021, 11:45:32 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 27, 2021, 11:45:32 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 28, 2021, 12:15:05 AM
Post by: Anonymous on May 28, 2021, 12:15:05 AM
John Cena, the WWE star-turned actor, was bashed online Tuesday after he posted a video to Chinese social media network Sina Weibo apologizing to the Chinese people for referring to Taiwan as a "country."
While promoting the release of "F9" — the latest installment in the "Fast & Furious" franchise — Cena told Taiwanese broadcaster TVBS that Taiwan would "be the first country to see Fast & Furious 9."
What aspineless wanker. Just In - John Cena To Undergo Experimental Spine Implant Surgery(//https)
LOS ANGELES, CA—Actor and WWE wrestler John Cena announced that he will soon be undergoing a controversial new spine implant surgery after being diagnosed with a tragic case of having no spine.(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://media.babylonbee.com/articles/article-8726-1.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://media.babylonbee.com/articles/a%20...%208726-1.jpg%22%3Ehttps://media.babylonbee.com/articles/article-8726-1.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
The startling revelation that John Cena had no spine unfolded before the nation's eyes this week when what appeared to be a strong, virile American male apologized to the communists in China for some stupid reason.
Doctors at UCLA Medical Center cautioned the wrestler that a full spine implant is highly experimental and untested, since they have never seen such an extreme case that was as bad as Cena's in which the spine was totally absent.
"We've been doing spine surgeries forever, sure," said Dr. Kapla. "The vertebrae and vertebral discs in the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar regions can sustain heavy damage in wrestling and other manly activities. But we've just never seen a case like this where the spine is just gone. He's basically an invertebrate at this point after kowtowing to total communists."
"We don't even know how he is still alive," echoed Dr. Holli who is the leader of the surgical team. "After running all the tests, he appears to be more like a squid or a jellyfish than a grown adult man, but definitely more pathetic. Perhaps he comes closest to a sea cucumber after what happened."
At publishing time, Cena was telling his fans on social media to pray for the Doctor of Thuganomics as he puts his life in the hands of the skilled surgeons at UCLA medical center, ..... but no one could understand him since he was typing in Mandarin characters.
["Bee":wink: Better John]
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 28, 2021, 01:47:07 AM
Post by: cc on May 28, 2021, 01:47:07 AM
He still needs a pair.
Maybe they can also create them from nothing while he is under
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 28, 2021, 12:34:30 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 28, 2021, 12:34:30 PM
The Chinese Communist Party's (CCP's) propaganda mouthpiece has continued to pour millions of dollars into U.S. publications to spread its influence, a new document filed with the Department of Justice has shown.
China Daily, an English-language media outlet controlled by Beijing's propaganda department, spent roughly $3 million on major Western outlets and publishing agencies over the past six months, according to a filing (pdf) dated May 24.
Approximately $1.6 million in advertising dollars went to the Los Angeles Times, Foreign Policy, Financial Times, and Time Magazine. An additional sum of $329,898 went to The Globe and Mail, a Canadian newspaper.
China Daily also disbursed more than $1 million, a majority of which was spent in the United States, to have its newspaper printed. Notable recipients of the disbursements include the Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The Seattle Times, Chicago Tribune, and The Houston Chronicle.
The overall spending for printing, advertising, and other expenses totaled $5.56 million between Nov. 1, 2020, and April 30, marking a jump of roughly $1.1 million compared to half a year earlier.
China Daily was one of more than a dozen Chinese state-run media entities that the State Department designated as foreign missions of the CCP last year, requiring them to register their employees and U.S. properties.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 28, 2021, 09:25:06 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 28, 2021, 09:25:06 PM
Trudeau claims racism when grilled about Chinese military scientists
Apparently, in the eyes of the prime minister, asking what he's doing to ensure espionage isn't happening at Canada's most dangerous and most secure lab is an anti-Asian hate crime.
"In order to work at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, you need a security clearance. In order to work with human pathogens, like Ebola, in that lab, you need a higher level of security clearance," O'Toole said. "Can the prime minister tell this House, how a person with deep connections to the Chinese military obtained a high-level Canadian security clearance?"
As the Globe and Mail reported last week, there have been many collaborations between the NML in Winnipeg and researchers from China, many with ties to the government or military. Feihu Yan, a researcher with the People's Liberation Army's Academy of Military Medical Sciences, was cleared to work at the Level 4 facility, the only one of its kind in Canada.
Most Canadian scientists couldn't get into that lab, but a scientist with the Chinese military was given clearance. Now two of the people he worked with, Dr. Xiangguo Qiu and her biologist husband, Keding Cheng, have been fired with claims that CSIS was concerned they were handing over intellectual property to the Chinese government and the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
These are the types of things that should be questioned, repeatedly, until real answers are given. Yet, as O'Toole and his fellow Conservative MPs raised questions, Trudeau became frustrated and resorted to claims of racism.
O'Toole used all five of his questions at the beginning of question period to ask Trudeau about increasing security at the lab, ensuring that people with ties to China's People's Liberation Army were not given access and more. Each time, Trudeau gave the vaguest of answers and when other Conservative MPs joined the fray, he accused the party of racism.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on May 29, 2021, 01:04:22 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 29, 2021, 01:04:22 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on June 01, 2021, 05:27:42 PM
Post by: Anonymous on June 01, 2021, 05:27:42 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on June 03, 2021, 04:59:04 PM
Post by: Anonymous on June 03, 2021, 04:59:04 PM
Both Hong Kong and Macao have banned anniversary ceremonies.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on June 03, 2021, 05:33:44 PM
Post by: Anonymous on June 03, 2021, 05:33:44 PM
Today is the thirty second anniversary of the Tianamen Square massacre..
Both Hong Kong and Macao have banned anniversary ceremonies.
They are losing their liberties quickly.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Thiel on June 10, 2021, 10:17:10 PM
Post by: Thiel on June 10, 2021, 10:17:10 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on June 11, 2021, 12:36:47 AM
Post by: Anonymous on June 11, 2021, 12:36:47 AM
Republican California Rep. Michelle Steel called on Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to share additional COVID-19 vaccines with Taiwan Wednesday amid China's attempts to block access.
Trump would export vaccines to Taiwan, but I doubt Biden has the balls to do that.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on June 12, 2021, 11:38:27 AM
Post by: Anonymous on June 12, 2021, 11:38:27 AM
China passed a new law that orders all individuals and businesses in China to apply sanctions the regime has launched against foreign counterparts. It also bars companies from complying with foreign restrictions placed on Chinese firms and citizens.
Moreover, the law came into effect on June 10, when the regime's rubber-stamp legislature approved it without a third reading, which is a prerequisite under China's Legislative Law.
"It orders foreign citizens to act against their own homelands, and be loyal to the Chinese Communist Party [CCP]," said Tang Jingyuan, a U.S.-based China affairs commentator, in a phone interview with The Epoch Times on Thursday.
"The timing is key. The CCP passed the law right after President Joe Biden started his Europe trip. Biden will talk with European leaders about the investigation into the origin of the CCP virus, which likely leaked from the Wuhan lab," Li Hengqing, a scholar at the Washington Institute for Information and Strategy, told The Epoch Times on June 10.
Li believes that the CCP virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus, leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Once this fact is verified by the world, other countries will hold the CCP regime accountable, Li said.
New Law
The Chinese rubber-stamp legislature passed and released the "Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law" on June 10.
The law requires that all individuals and organizations in China, no matter their citizenship or registered status, must execute the sanctions that the Beijing regime launched.
Furthermore, clause 12 of the law states: "No organization or individual can enforce or help to enforce the discriminatory restrictive measures that foreign countries use against Chinese citizens and organizations ... Chinese citizens or organizations can file a lawsuit against foreign entities [who are complying with foreign-imposed sanctions], and ask them to stop the infringement and pay compensation for [Chinese] losses."
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on June 15, 2021, 03:39:41 PM
Post by: Anonymous on June 15, 2021, 03:39:41 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on June 19, 2021, 01:36:10 AM
Post by: Anonymous on June 19, 2021, 01:36:10 AM
Top Chinese counterintelligence official defected to US, provided intel on Wuhan lab and China's bioweapons programs: Reports
There are multiple reports that a top Chinese official, who is reportedly "close to" Chinese President Xi Jinping, has defected to the United States. The reports claim that the defector is cooperating with a U.S. intelligence agency, providing eye-opening intel about the Wuhan Institute of Virology and China's bioweapons programs.
There are reports that Dong Jingwei defected from China with his daughter Dong Yang in mid-February, flying from Hong Kong to the United States. Dong landed in California, where he contacted the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency to inform officials that he was defecting and could provide inside information about covert Chinese operations, according to a report from Red State, which says, "Dong then 'hid in plain sight' for about two weeks before disappearing into DIA custody."
Dong is a longtime official in China's Ministry of State Security, also known as the "Guoanbu." The U.S. Department of Justice describes the Ministry of State Security as an "institution similar to the FBI and the Central Intelligence Agency (ClA) combined under one intelligence directorate responsible for counter-intelligence, foreign intelligence, and political security."
Dong's "publicly available background indicates that he was responsible for the Ministry's counterintelligence efforts in China, i.e., spy-catching, since being promoted to vice minister in April 2018," as reported by the Daily Beast and SpyTalk, which is a news site offering analysis on national security topics and U.S. intelligence operations.
"If the stories are true, Dong would be the highest-level defector in the history of the People's Republic of China," the report says.
Dong is "close to" Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to Intelligence Online, a Paris-based newsletter specializing in coverage of the global intelligence community. "He previously headed the Guoanbu in the region of Hebei, which has produced many of Xi's securocrats," the publication reported in 2018.
The Daily Beast report states:
Dong's defection was raised by Chinese officials last March at the Sino-American summit in Alaska, according to Dr. Han Lianchao, a former Chinese foreign ministry official before defecting after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. In a Wednesday tweet, Han, citing an unnamed source, alleged that China's foreign minister Wang Yi and Communist Party foreign affairs boss Yang Jiechi demanded that the Americans return Dong, and U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken refused.
Dong allegedly supplied the U.S. with "information about the Wuhan Institute of Virology that changed the stance of the Biden administration concerning the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic."
Red State reports, "Not only does Dong have detailed information about China's special weapons systems, the Chinese military's operation of the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origins of SARS-CoV-2, and the Chinese government's assets and sources within the United States; Dong has extremely embarrassing and damaging information about our intelligence community and government officials in the 'terabytes of data' he's provided to the DIA."
The Red State report also claims that Dong provided the DIA with information about: "Early pathogenic studies of the virus we now know as SARS-CoV-2, models of predicted COVID-19 spread and damage to the US and the world, financial records detailing which exact organizations and governments funded the research on SARS-CoV-2 and other biological warfare research, names of US citizens who provide intel to China, names of Chinese spies working in the US or attending US universities, financial records showing US businessmen and public officials who've received money from the Chinese government, details of meetings US government officials had (perhaps unwittingly) with Chinese spies and members of Russia's SVR, and how the Chinese government gained access to a CIA communications system, leading to the death of dozens of Chinese people who were working with the CIA."
The report alleges that Dong delivered copies of the contents of the hard drive of Hunter Biden's laptop, "showing the information the Chinese government has about Hunter's pornography problem and about his (and Joe's) business dealings with Chinese entities."
Emmy, AP, and RTNDA Award-winning American journalist Adam Housley said earlier this month that the United States "increased pressure on China in recent days is due to a defector with intimate knowledge."
On the same day as Housley's report, Red State published an article stating, "A person believed to be among the highest-ranking defectors ever to the United States from the People's Republic of China has been working with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) for months," according to sources inside the intelligence community.
"FBI Director Christopher Wray was 'ambushed' with the information, they say, and Langley was also unaware," the Red State report adds. "Sources say DIA leadership kept the defector within their Clandestine Services network to prevent Langley and the State Department from accessing the person, whose existence was kept from other agencies because DIA leadership believes there are Chinese spies or sources inside the FBI, CIA, and several other federal agencies."
A report from the Washington Times in September 2020 claims that another defector, who was a member of the People's Liberation Army, furnished the U.S. with information about China's covert biological weapons program. The defector escaped to Europe and was reportedly "under the protection of a European government security service." "The PLA defector believes that Chinese intelligence has penetrated the U.S. government and is therefore wary of cooperating with the CIA and other Western spy agencies," the report alleges.
The Daily Beast article warns that rumors of defectors are common, "Former Pentagon, State Department, and CIA expert Nicholas Eftimiades, author of Chinese Espionage: Operations and Tactics, called the report 'exactly what it is, a rumor. It happens all the time' in the information warfare between Beijing and anti-communist overseas Chinese."
Mollie Saltskog, a senior intelligence analyst with the Soufan Group, notes, "While significant and certainly useful for our intelligence efforts, one high-level defection will not drastically change our understanding or approach to China. In short, if true, this is potentially significant but not a game changer."
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on June 19, 2021, 03:35:01 PM
Post by: Anonymous on June 19, 2021, 03:35:01 PM
The Chinese communist regime's overseas English mouthpiece media CGTN (China Global Television Network) just finished a 2-month-long worldwide recruitment campaign of global media talents and social media influencers to produce pro-Beijing propaganda that "counters Western narratives." The state-backed media offers rich incentives to attract young participants and has been targeting Western university students, alerting international media and communities.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on June 27, 2021, 12:59:29 PM
Post by: Anonymous on June 27, 2021, 12:59:29 PM
John Donahoe, the new Nike CEO, while speaking to Wall Street analysts, said that "Nike is a brand that is of China and for China"
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on June 28, 2021, 12:47:02 PM
Post by: Anonymous on June 28, 2021, 12:47:02 PM
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is manipulating American companies to help it achieve its aims of shaping public opinion, influencing government decisions, and acquiring U.S. technology, Republican lawmakers warned on June 27.
"U.S. businesses are receiving guidance and direction from Chinese officials to influence business operations, investment strategy, and strategic directions," according to interim findings provided to The Epoch Times by lawmakers on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
The probe also found that U.S. corporate executives and employees practiced "self-censorship," adjusting their business strategies "due to concerns of Chinese opposition."
Some of China's influence came from inside U.S. companies. CCP members, either sitting on the boards or holding executive positions in American firms, are known to be "advancing China's initiatives in acquiring technology and penetrating U.S. markets," according to the interim findings.
The Chinese regime also is keen to get its hands on U.S. technology. According to the findings, U.S. firms have been "manipulated and/or coerced into sharing key technologies with China and helping Beijing acquire sensitive intellectual property, which benefits China-based firms at the expense of U.S. industry."
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on July 19, 2021, 08:49:33 PM
Post by: cc on July 19, 2021, 08:49:33 PM
Republican California Rep. Michelle Steel called on Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to share additional COVID-19 vaccines with Taiwan Wednesday amid China's attempts to block access.
Trump would export vaccines to Taiwan, but I doubt Biden has the balls to do that.
Very good point(s)
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on July 19, 2021, 08:49:58 PM
Post by: cc on July 19, 2021, 08:49:58 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on July 19, 2021, 09:24:32 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 19, 2021, 09:24:32 PM
Joe Biden Is Compromised By China And Here's Your Evidencehttps://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1417243851249512464
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on July 19, 2021, 09:57:01 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 19, 2021, 09:57:01 PM
Joe Biden Is Compromised By China And Here's Your Evidencehttps://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1417243851249512464
This senile sellout has the backs working Americans.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on July 27, 2021, 12:41:20 PM
Post by: cc on July 27, 2021, 12:41:20 PM
The U.S. federal government should have stopped funding research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2015 when China reduced its cooperation with the French in building and operating the lab, according to the leader of an investigation into COVID-19's origins by the State Department under the Trump administration.
In 2015, French intelligence officials warned the U.S. State Department and their own foreign ministry that China was cutting back on agreed collaboration at the lab, former State official David Asher, now a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute think tank, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
By 2017, the French "were kicked out" of the lab and cooperation ceased, leading French officials to warn the State Department that they had grave concerns as to Chinese motivations, according to Asher.
The State Department alleged in January 2021, at the end of the Trump administration, that the Wuhan lab had engaged in classified research on behalf of the Chinese military since at least 2017.
On Thursday, China said it would not allow the World Health Organization (WHO) to inspect the lab further. China has blocked the WHO from accessing important records at the lab.
"The Chinese basically sucked State into its honey pot operation to gain access to U.S. technology, knowledge, and material support. Classic. Just as they have done in every sector," Asher said.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on July 27, 2021, 01:29:50 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 27, 2021, 01:29:50 PM
France Warned US in 2015 About Wuhan Lab It Helped Build, Former COVID-19 Investigator Claims(//https)
The U.S. federal government should have stopped funding research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2015 when China reduced its cooperation with the French in building and operating the lab, according to the leader of an investigation into COVID-19's origins by the State Department under the Trump administration.
In 2015, French intelligence officials warned the U.S. State Department and their own foreign ministry that China was cutting back on agreed collaboration at the lab, former State official David Asher, now a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute think tank, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
By 2017, the French "were kicked out" of the lab and cooperation ceased, leading Frencboat.thecials to warn the State Department that they had grave concerns as to Chinese motivations, according to Asher.
The State Department alleged in January 2021, at the end of the Trump administration, that the Wuhan lab had engaged in classified research on behalf of the Chinese military since at least 2017.
On Thursday, China said it would not allow the World Health Organization (WHO) to inspect the lab further. China has blocked the WHO from accessing important records at the lab.
"The Chinese basically sucked State into its honey pot operation to gain access to U.S. technology, knowledge, and material support. Classic. Just as they have done in every sector," Asher said.
The USA is as much to blame as China.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 13, 2021, 02:14:36 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 13, 2021, 02:14:36 AM
WHO researcher: Wuhan lab worker infected in bat cave 'likely hypothesis' for COVID-19 origin; Chinese researchers tried quashing lab-leak theory amid probe
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 13, 2021, 10:09:09 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 13, 2021, 10:09:09 AM
I say horseshit. It was engineered.
WHO researcher: Wuhan lab worker infected in bat cave 'likely hypothesis' for COVID-19 origin; Chinese researchers tried quashing lab-leak theory amid probehttps://www.theblaze.com/news/who-researcher-wuhan-lab-worker-infected-in-bat-cave-likely-hypothesis-for-covid-19-origin-chinese-researchers-tried-quashing-lab-leak-theory-amid-probe?utm_source=theblaze-7DayTrendingTest&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Blaze%20PM%20Trending%202021-0812&utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%207%20Day%20Engagement
Of course it was engineered.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2021, 12:41:05 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2021, 12:41:05 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 21, 2021, 01:21:05 PM
Post by: cc on August 21, 2021, 01:21:05 PM
I say horseshit. It was engineered.
WHO researcher: Wuhan lab worker infected in bat cave 'likely hypothesis' for COVID-19 origin; Chinese researchers tried quashing lab-leak theory amid probehttps://www.theblaze.com/news/who-researcher-wuhan-lab-worker-infected-in-bat-cave-likely-hypothesis-for-covid-19-origin-chinese-researchers-tried-quashing-lab-leak-theory-amid-probe?utm_source=theblaze-7DayTrendingTest&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Blaze%20PM%20Trending%202021-0812&utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%207%20Day%20Engagement
Of course it was engineered.
Only the very naïve (or totally unaware) would think otherwise
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2021, 02:47:28 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2021, 02:47:28 PM
I say horseshit. It was engineered.
WHO researcher: Wuhan lab worker infected in bat cave 'likely hypothesis' for COVID-19 origin; Chinese researchers tried quashing lab-leak theory amid probehttps://www.theblaze.com/news/who-researcher-wuhan-lab-worker-infected-in-bat-cave-likely-hypothesis-for-covid-19-origin-chinese-researchers-tried-quashing-lab-leak-theory-amid-probe?utm_source=theblaze-7DayTrendingTest&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Blaze%20PM%20Trending%202021-0812&utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%207%20Day%20Engagement
Of course it was engineered.
Only the very naïve (or totally unaware) would think otherwise
The same people that think Dr Death didn't engage gain of function research.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 21, 2021, 03:16:21 PM
Post by: cc on August 21, 2021, 03:16:21 PM
The same people that think Dr Death didn't engage gain of function research.
Fauci was a supporter .. a minor bit player in the overall scheme of it all. And of course that is vile, ... but merely a distraction from the regality of it all
He did not run it by any stretch of imagination .. China created, operated and ran it. It was a 100 % CCP owned China operation.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2021, 03:31:48 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2021, 03:31:48 PM
The same people that think Dr Death didn't engage gain of function research.
Fauci was a supporter .. a minor bit player in the overall scheme of it all. And of course that is vile, ... but merely a distraction from the regality of it all
He did not run it by any stretch of imagination .. China created, operated and ran it. It was a 100 % CCP owned China operation.
That slimy cocksucker funnelled money to the lab when he wasn't supposed to. He fucking knew they were conducting gain -of-fucntion research despite his denials. He knew what this virus was when few other people did. The scumbag who helped create the virus is the guy in charge of protecting Americans from it. Unfucking believable.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 21, 2021, 03:40:34 PM
Post by: cc on August 21, 2021, 03:40:34 PM
The same people that think Dr Death didn't engage gain of function research.
Fauci was a supporter .. a minor bit player in the overall scheme of it all. And of course that is vile, ... but merely a distraction from the regality of it all
He did not run it by any stretch of imagination .. China created, operated and ran it. It was a 100 % CCP owned China operation.
That slimy cocksucker funnelled money to the lab when he wasn't supposed to. He fucking knew they were conducting gain -of-fucntion research despite his denials. He knew what this virus was when few other people did. The scumbag who helped create the virus is the guy in charge of protecting Americans from it. Unfucking believable.
Agreed .. . Slimy tool for China he is
Still, he's merely a distraction from the fact that it was and remains a 100 % CCP owned and operated China operation.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2021, 03:52:05 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2021, 03:52:05 PM
The same people that think Dr Death didn't engage gain of function research.
Fauci was a supporter .. a minor bit player in the overall scheme of it all. And of course that is vile, ... but merely a distraction from the regality of it all
He did not run it by any stretch of imagination .. China created, operated and ran it. It was a 100 % CCP owned China operation.
That slimy cocksucker funnelled money to the lab when he wasn't supposed to. He fucking knew they were conducting gain -of-fucntion research despite his denials. He knew what this virus was when few other people did. The scumbag who helped create the virus is the guy in charge of protecting Americans from it. Unfucking believable.
Agreed .. . Slimy tool for China he is
Still, he's merely a distraction from the fact that it was and remains a 100 % CCP owned and operated China operation.
I'm not so sure that Peking knew what was going on at the Wuhan lab anymore than presidents Obama and Trump knew what Dr Fauci was doing..
There is a deep state in China too that doesn't share all information with the central government.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 21, 2021, 03:54:41 PM
Post by: cc on August 21, 2021, 03:54:41 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2021, 04:19:51 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2021, 04:19:51 PM
I was born in Hubei province even though I moved to Shenzhen when I was 1 year old. Hubei a middling province. It's no Guangdong(very rich), but it's no Gansu province either. I know they have been less successful at rooting out illegality than richer more transparent provinces.
I find it hard to believe the Standing Committee Members of the central government would know anything about the lab in Wuhan. There is a real lack of accountability in the less developed regions of China.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2021, 07:56:38 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2021, 07:56:38 PM
deep state of bureaucrats makes sense and is quite possible .. still the CCP is capable of literally anything
And it seems the deep state in the States is capable of literally anything too. Fauci will never be held accountable.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 24, 2021, 11:44:43 AM
Post by: cc on August 24, 2021, 11:44:43 AM
Apple's list of censored words is sneaking into their services offered in both Hong Kong and Taiwan. The revelation comes from a recent report that shows the tech giant's tendency to toe the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) line is now becoming standard in regions where the regime wishes to assert its control.
"Apple widely censors political content in mainland China, including broad references to Chinese leadership, China's political system, names of dissidents, independent news organizations, and general terms relating to democracy and human rights," said CitizenLab in a report issued on Aug. 18.
Blocked words in Japan, Canada, and the United States are related to vulgar, racist, or derogatory content. "Government-mandated political censorship is rare," the report said.
But in mainland China, over 40 percent of the keywords refused in engraving services are politically motivated, such as the Chinese characters for "freedom of the press."
The Chinese names of The Epoch Times and Voice of America are among the censored contexts.
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Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 24, 2021, 02:16:24 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 24, 2021, 02:16:24 PM
Apple's China Censorship Sneaks Into Hong Kong and Taiwan, Report(//https)
Apple's list of censored words is sneaking into their services offered in both Hong Kong and Taiwan. The revelation comes from a recent report that shows the tech giant's tendency to toe the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) line is now becoming standard in regions where the regime wishes to assert its control.
"Apple widely censors political content in mainland China, including broad references to Chinese leadership, China's political system, names of dissidents, independent news organizations, and general terms relating to democracy and human rights," said CitizenLab in a report issued on Aug. 18.
Blocked words in Japan, Canada, and the United States are related to vulgar, racist, or derogatory content. "Government-mandated political censorship is rare," the report said.
But in mainland China, over 40 percent of the keywords refused in engraving services are politically motivated, such as the Chinese characters for "freedom of the press."
The Chinese names of The Epoch Times and Voice of America are among the censored contexts.
[Apple has always been and profits to be China's Bitch]
Apple could be the most sycophantic American company.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 25, 2021, 05:30:29 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 25, 2021, 05:30:29 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Odinson on August 25, 2021, 06:39:50 PM
Post by: Odinson on August 25, 2021, 06:39:50 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 25, 2021, 08:19:12 PM
Post by: cc on August 25, 2021, 08:19:12 PM
I miss this kind of transparency.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REWeBzGuzCc
There might be something wrong with me
I understood it all
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 25, 2021, 08:30:36 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 25, 2021, 08:30:36 PM
I miss this kind of transparency.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REWeBzGuzCc
Who knows
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 28, 2021, 07:08:23 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 28, 2021, 07:08:23 AM
The 17-agency U.S. intelligence community announced it reached an inconclusive assessment regarding the origins of COVID-19, including whether the virus leaked from a Chinese lab, following a 90-day investigation that was ordered earlier this year by President Joe Biden, according to a summary of the findings.
Agency officials said (pdf) the Chinese regime is still unwilling to cooperate in their probe to obtain answers about the origins of the virus. The regime would need to fully cooperate with a U.S. investigation in order to determine whether the virus came from a laboratory or not.
"China's cooperation most likely would be needed to reach a conclusive assessment of the origins of COVID-19," their report stated. "Beijing, however, continues to hinder the global investigation, resist sharing information and blame(s) other countries, including the United States."
"These actions reflect, in part, China's government's own uncertainty about where an investigation could lead as well as its frustration the international community is using the issue to exert political pressure on China."
Intelligence officials, the summary added, are still conflicted about whether the virus leaked from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, in 2019, or whether it was transmitted by an animal to a human. Intelligence agencies said that the two theories are possible, said the report released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Friday.
"All agencies assess that two hypotheses are plausible: natural exposure to an infected animal and laboratory-associated incident," the report said, adding that the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus "probably emerged and infected humans through an initial small-scale exposure that occurred no later than November 2019."
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Odinson on August 28, 2021, 04:16:30 PM
Post by: Odinson on August 28, 2021, 04:16:30 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 28, 2021, 04:40:13 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 28, 2021, 04:40:13 PM
Sorry about the music but there is no version of this without the music.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUQm7UqF-YA&t=5s
I don't know about his policies, but Ronald Reagan looked and sounded like a leader.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Odinson on August 28, 2021, 06:29:46 PM
Post by: Odinson on August 28, 2021, 06:29:46 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 28, 2021, 08:51:04 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 28, 2021, 08:51:04 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 28, 2021, 09:39:19 PM
Post by: cc on August 28, 2021, 09:39:19 PM
Bush I never liked ... lackluster bureaucrat
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 28, 2021, 09:41:22 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 28, 2021, 09:41:22 PM
I followed things closely then, and found him to be the right man at the right time .. on many issues
Bush I never liked ... lackluster bureaucrat
I don't think IHJ likes conservatives like former president Reagan.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 28, 2021, 09:54:34 PM
Post by: cc on August 28, 2021, 09:54:34 PM
I never saw conservative in him .. I saw him as an outsider and his own man ... one of the parallels in him to Trump
Just like Trump, old school conservatives hated him and tried to thwart him often .. but he had a hide as thick as Trump and let no one stop him
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 28, 2021, 10:03:09 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 28, 2021, 10:03:09 PM
Ya, I get that.
I never saw conservative in him .. I saw him as an outsider and his own man ... one of the parallels in him to Trump
Just like Trump, old school conservatives hated him and tried to thwart him often .. but he had a hide as thick as Trump and let no one stop him
I don't remember much about Ronald Reagan..
I know Asian anti communists liked him.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 29, 2021, 07:49:00 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 29, 2021, 07:49:00 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 29, 2021, 09:02:00 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 29, 2021, 09:02:00 PM
Ya, I get that.
I never saw conservative in him .. I saw him as an outsider and his own man ... one of the parallels in him to Trump
Just like Trump, old school conservatives hated him and tried to thwart him often .. but he had a hide as thick as Trump and let no one stop him
He gave the biggest amnesty in American history to illegal aliens. He supported bad trade deals. He stuck America's nose into every conflict around the world like Bill Clinton did. He was a union buster. Trump had the backs of workers. Reagan put a knife in the backs of workers and twisted it.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Frood on August 29, 2021, 09:04:05 PM
Post by: Frood on August 29, 2021, 09:04:05 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 30, 2021, 11:03:07 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 30, 2021, 11:03:07 AM
Reagan was decent... not the best but definitely not the worst.
I associate him with the end of the cold war.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on August 30, 2021, 12:30:24 PM
Post by: cc on August 30, 2021, 12:30:24 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 30, 2021, 06:01:48 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 30, 2021, 06:01:48 PM
Yes. While it officially ended under Bush, it was Reagan forcing offensive and defensive items hard that put the USSR in a very weak position leading to / speeding up it's ultimate collapse
President Reagan meeting with General Secretary Gorbachev.....that's what I think of when I think of Ronald Reagan.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Odinson on August 30, 2021, 08:20:25 PM
Post by: Odinson on August 30, 2021, 08:20:25 PM
Escaped to Finland.
The Mycenean army wont be far behind.
Not bad... I´d die for her.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 30, 2021, 08:37:01 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 30, 2021, 08:37:01 PM
Alexei Navalnyis spokeswoman has escaped from house-arrest.
Escaped to Finland.
The Mycenean army wont be far behind.
Not bad... I´d die for her.:laugh3: (//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://image.newsru.com/v2/01/2021/04/a/abf30178df35582ef64e75e4dd6c4cbf.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://image.newsru.com/v2/01/2021/04/%20...%206c4cbf.jpg%22%3Ehttps://image.newsru.com/v2/01/2021/04/a/abf30178df35582ef64e75e4dd6c4cbf.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
What does this have to do with China?
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Odinson on August 30, 2021, 08:42:33 PM
Post by: Odinson on August 30, 2021, 08:42:33 PM
Alexei Navalnyis spokeswoman has escaped from house-arrest.
Escaped to Finland.
The Mycenean army wont be far behind.
Not bad... I´d die for her.:laugh3: (//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://image.newsru.com/v2/01/2021/04/a/abf30178df35582ef64e75e4dd6c4cbf.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://image.newsru.com/v2/01/2021/04/%20...%206c4cbf.jpg%22%3Ehttps://image.newsru.com/v2/01/2021/04/a/abf30178df35582ef64e75e4dd6c4cbf.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
What does this have to do with China?
China?
About as much as Gorbachev.
And Bush.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 30, 2021, 09:02:39 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 30, 2021, 09:02:39 PM
Alexei Navalnyis spokeswoman has escaped from house-arrest.
Escaped to Finland.
The Mycenean army wont be far behind.
Not bad... I´d die for her.:laugh3: (//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://image.newsru.com/v2/01/2021/04/a/abf30178df35582ef64e75e4dd6c4cbf.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://image.newsru.com/v2/01/2021/04/%20...%206c4cbf.jpg%22%3Ehttps://image.newsru.com/v2/01/2021/04/a/abf30178df35582ef64e75e4dd6c4cbf.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
What does this have to do with China?
China?
About as much as Gorbachev.
And Bush.
That's a little different.....the discussion about the cold war went off on a tangent....this is intentionally off topic.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Odinson on August 30, 2021, 09:27:17 PM
Post by: Odinson on August 30, 2021, 09:27:17 PM
Alexei Navalnyis spokeswoman has escaped from house-arrest.
Escaped to Finland.
The Mycenean army wont be far behind.
Not bad... I´d die for her.:laugh3: (//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://image.newsru.com/v2/01/2021/04/a/abf30178df35582ef64e75e4dd6c4cbf.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://image.newsru.com/v2/01/2021/04/%20...%206c4cbf.jpg%22%3Ehttps://image.newsru.com/v2/01/2021/04/a/abf30178df35582ef64e75e4dd6c4cbf.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
What does this have to do with China?
China?
About as much as Gorbachev.
And Bush.
That's a little different.....the discussion about the cold war went off on a tangent....this is intentionally off topic.
The title does not mention China specifically.
The pariah means the outcast which could mean Russia.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 30, 2021, 09:48:12 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 30, 2021, 09:48:12 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Odinson on August 30, 2021, 10:38:22 PM
Post by: Odinson on August 30, 2021, 10:38:22 PM
I think it's understood by anyone what has read this thread the country is China.
Yeah well... Nice little chat.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 30, 2021, 10:39:50 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 30, 2021, 10:39:50 PM
I think it's understood by anyone what has read this thread the country is China.
Yeah well... Nice little chat.
It was very nice...next time we chat I'll offer you tea.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Odinson on August 30, 2021, 10:59:01 PM
Post by: Odinson on August 30, 2021, 10:59:01 PM
I think it's understood by anyone what has read this thread the country is China.
Yeah well... Nice little chat.
It was very nice...next time we chat I'll offer you tea.
:laugh:
The title should read vs the China.
I didnt read the thread.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 30, 2021, 11:28:35 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 30, 2021, 11:28:35 PM
I think it's understood by anyone what has read this thread the country is China.
Yeah well... Nice little chat.
It was very nice...next time we chat I'll offer you tea.
:laugh:
The title should read vs the China.
I didnt read the thread.
Okay Odi.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 31, 2021, 05:37:36 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 31, 2021, 05:37:36 AM
Yes. While it officially ended under Bush, it was Reagan forcing offensive and defensive items hard that put the USSR in a very weak position leading to / speeding up it's ultimate collapse
In fighting the Cold War American presidents subsidized workers in countries like South Korea, Japan, and Singapore and sold out American workers.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on August 31, 2021, 08:08:56 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 31, 2021, 08:08:56 AM
Yes. While it officially ended under Bush, it was Reagan forcing offensive and defensive items hard that put the USSR in a very weak position leading to / speeding up it's ultimate collapse
In fighting the Cold War American presidents subsidized workers in countries like South Korea, Japan, and Singapore and sold out American workers.
Stop, Odi is claiming foul.....your post is not related to the thread title.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 10, 2021, 04:29:07 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 10, 2021, 04:29:07 PM
hina's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is at the center of Xi Jinping's foreign and economic policy, and a significant component of Beijing's push for global expansion.
So far, 139 countries have joined the various components, including the Digital Silk Road, Health Silk Road, and Maritime Silk Road.
The BRI (also known as "One Belt, One Road") consists of a series of linked infrastructure programs, including physical roads and ports, as well as telecommunication and banking. The basic model is that Chinese state-owned banks loan money to developing countries that use the funds to pay Chinese companies to build their infrastructure. BRI membership comes with a vague promise that BRI projects will increase a country's GDP by more than the amount needed to repay its debt. But so far, the vast majority of BRI projects have failed to make other countries rich. In fact, BRI debt is weighing down the economies of some of the world's poorest nations. Twenty-three percent of BRI countries said that BRI debt is increasing their foreign debt to unsustainable levels.
The BRI links 100 economies and 6 economic corridors:
New Eurasia Land Bridge: A rail link through Kazakstan, Russia, Belarus and Poland.
China, Mongolia, Russia Economic Corridor: This includes rail links and the steppe road, connecting with the Eurasia Land Bridge.
China, Central Asia, West Asia Economic Corridor: This links Kazakhstan, Kyrgyztan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, and Turkey.
China, Indochina Peninsula Economic Corridor: This consists of Vietnam, Thailand, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Cambodia, Burma (also known as Myanmar), and Malaysia.
China, Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): This stretches from China's Xinjiang region to Gwadar Port in Pakistan.
China, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar Economic Corridor
The U.S.-China trade war had already damaged the Chinese economy and the lockdowns caused further retractions. In early 2020 alone, more than 240,000 businesses declared bankruptcy. Consequently, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is focusing so much on reviving China's domestic economy that it may not have the resources nor the motivation to return to the BRI.
The completion of the BRI seems much less likely than it did in 2013 when Xi Jinping, and much of the world, believed that a CCP-led world order was an inevitability. With the BRI unravelling, the CCP's plans of supplanting the United States as the world's dominant power has been dealt a severe setback.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 11, 2021, 08:32:36 AM
Post by: Anonymous on September 11, 2021, 08:32:36 AM
While the incompetent US administration stumbles from one disaster to the next, China is building it's soft and hard power globally. Though the New Silk Road seems less likely today than it did a decade ago.China's Belt and Road Faces Pandemic Economy
hina's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is at the center of Xi Jinping's foreign and economic policy, and a significant component of Beijing's push for global expansion.
So far, 139 countries have joined the various components, including the Digital Silk Road, Health Silk Road, and Maritime Silk Road.
The BRI (also known as "One Belt, One Road") consists of a series of linked infrastructure programs, including physical roads and ports, as well as telecommunication and banking. The basic model is that Chinese state-owned banks loan money to developing countries that use the funds to pay Chinese companies to build their infrastructure. BRI membership comes with a vague promise that BRI projects will increase a country's GDP by more than the amount needed to repay its debt. But so far, the vast majority of BRI projects have failed to make other countries rich. In fact, BRI debt is weighing down the economies of some of the world's poorest nations. Twenty-three percent of BRI countries said that BRI debt is increasing their foreign debt to unsustainable levels.
The BRI links 100 economies and 6 economic corridors:
New Eurasia Land Bridge: A rail link through Kazakstan, Russia, Belarus and Poland.
China, Mongolia, Russia Economic Corridor: This includes rail links and the steppe road, connecting with the Eurasia Land Bridge.
China, Central Asia, West Asia Economic Corridor: This links Kazakhstan, Kyrgyztan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, and Turkey.
China, Indochina Peninsula Economic Corridor: This consists of Vietnam, Thailand, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Cambodia, Burma (also known as Myanmar), and Malaysia.
China, Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): This stretches from China's Xinjiang region to Gwadar Port in Pakistan.
China, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar Economic Corridor
The U.S.-China trade war had already damaged the Chinese economy and the lockdowns caused further retractions. In early 2020 alone, more than 240,000 businesses declared bankruptcy. Consequently, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is focusing so much on reviving China's domestic economy that it may not have the resources nor the motivation to return to the BRI.
The completion of the BRI seems much less likely than it did in 2013 when Xi Jinping, and much of the world, believed that a CCP-led world order was an inevitability. With the BRI unravelling, the CCP's plans of supplanting the United States as the world's dominant power has been dealt a severe setback.https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/chinas-belt-and-road-faces-pandemic-economy_3986667.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2021-09-10&mktids=6abe19cb35999bcba2e507074014bee2&est=dT344NN9kHu42v60Z4I4quivjU3%2FetM7wznFRq681AYIV0SpJRqf28kRIGh%2FOUMNAw%3D%3D
The CCP has dreamt of reviving the Silk Road for the past thirty years.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on September 11, 2021, 11:47:35 AM
Post by: cc on September 11, 2021, 11:47:35 AM
............... BRI membership comes with a vague promise that BRI projects will increase a country's GDP by more than the amount needed to repay its debt. But so far,Quote from: seoulbro post_id=420223 time=1631305747 user_id=114
the vast majority of BRI projects have failed to make other countries rich.
In fact, BRI debt is weighing down the economies of some of the world's poorest nations.
Yes. This has been known for some time but not talked about much.
They are greatly harming many poor countries, but the plan was mainly to control them via dependence and that works
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 11, 2021, 02:41:45 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 11, 2021, 02:41:45 PM
............... BRI membership comes with a vague promise that BRI projects will increase a country's GDP by more than the amount needed to repay its debt. But so far,Quote from: seoulbro post_id=420223 time=1631305747 user_id=114
the vast majority of BRI projects have failed to make other countries rich.
In fact, BRI debt is weighing down the economies of some of the world's poorest nations.
Yes. This has been known for some time but not talked about much.
They are greatly harming many poor countries, but the plan was mainly to control them via dependence and that works
Reverse imperialism.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 16, 2021, 12:31:26 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 16, 2021, 12:31:26 PM
The United States, the UK, and Australia on Sept. 15 announced a new trilateral security partnership for the Indo-Pacific, amid rising Chinese assertiveness in the region.
The first move under this partnership, called "AUKUS," would be for the United States and the UK to help Australia acquire nuclear-powered submarines, according to a joint statement by the three governments.
The new security alliance was announced by President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison during a joint virtual press conference from each of their capitals.
Morrison said the submarines would be built in the city of Adelaide in close cooperation with the United States and the UK, and stressed that Australia will not be fielding nuclear weapons.
"We will continue to meet all our nuclear non-proliferation obligations," he said.
The alliance is also set to enhance information sharing in key technologies between the three countries.
"AUKUS will bring together our sailors, our scientists, and our industries to maintain and expand our edge in military capabilities and critical technologies, such as cyber, artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, and undersea domains," Biden said.
While China was not specifically mentioned by the leaders, the communist regime loomed large over the announcement, which comes as the Biden administration seeks to enhance alliances to push back against an array of threats posed by the communist regime.
Biden also stressed the need to maintain a "free and open Indo-Pacific," a thinly-veiled reference to Beijing's growing military aggression in the South China Sea and elsewhere that has drawn international condemnation.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 17, 2021, 12:02:06 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 17, 2021, 12:02:06 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 17, 2021, 04:53:54 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 17, 2021, 04:53:54 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 22, 2021, 09:33:33 AM
Post by: Anonymous on September 22, 2021, 09:33:33 AM
The cascading crackdowns have been swift and puzzling, with some likening the Party's attempts at social engineering to that which occurred during the Cultural Revolution, a decade-long period from 1966 when the regime's first helmsman, Mao Zedong, sought to reassert his control within the Party by launching a mass campaign to destroy traditions, beliefs, and social mores.
A "profound revolution" is underway in China, declares nationalist essayist Li Guangman, a former editor for an obscure state newspaper. In a recent commentary quickly promoted on prominent Chinese state media websites, he hailed the regime's campaign as a "return to the original intent of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ... and the essence of socialism," and offered up two potential targets: housing and medicare.
To Robert Atkinson, economist and founder of Washington-based think tank Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, some of the measures mark the latest efforts by Beijing to curb freedom of expression. He cited the ban on "effeminate actors" and gaming restrictions as examples.
"You get the sense that what Xi is saying is, 'No, we don't want a society that's individualistic. Your job as a Chinese citizen is to support and follow the state,'" Atkinson told The Epoch Times.
"The goal of Chinese society is not to make people happy, it's to make the state powerful," he said.
Xi is becoming the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on September 22, 2021, 10:10:46 AM
Post by: cc on September 22, 2021, 10:10:46 AM
"The goal of Chinese society is not to make people happy, it's to make the state powerful,
Xi is becoming the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao.
Absolutely .. in fact because of increasing money, more powerful than Mao who was mainly powerful inside China
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 22, 2021, 10:43:25 AM
Post by: Anonymous on September 22, 2021, 10:43:25 AM
"The goal of Chinese society is not to make people happy, it's to make the state powerful,
Xi is becoming the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao.
Absolutely .. in fact because of increasing money, more powerful than Mao who was mainly powerful inside China
I don't know about that.....Mao had the complete trust of the military..
No leader since has had that enviable trust.....he may get there though.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on September 22, 2021, 10:47:30 AM
Post by: cc on September 22, 2021, 10:47:30 AM
From tech to entertainment to private tutoring, few sectors have been left untouched in the regime's campaign to tighten control
China's tech behemoths are handing months of profits to the regime in Beijing to demonstrate loyalty to the Communist Party. Popular actors have been erased from internet history with their devoted online fan groups disbanded. Young gamers now are allowed no more than three hours of playtime per week.
Across Chinese classrooms, 147,000 newly minted inspectors have been deployed to oversee the national dissemination of the ideology of China's top leader, Xi Jinping.
Be it e-commerce, entertainment, education, or gaming, few areas of Chinese society have been left unscathed amid Beijing's torrent of regulatory activity in recent months. As authorities clamped down on the offending actors, stock markets tumbled with hundreds of billions wiped out, while companies and individuals have scrambled to assess the new rules, lest they tread on the regime's toes.
The cascading crackdowns have been swift and puzzling, with some likening the Party's attempts at social engineering to that which occurred during the Cultural Revolution, a decade-long period from 1966 when the regime's first helmsman, Mao Zedong, sought to reassert his control within the Party by launching a mass campaign to destroy traditions, beliefs, and social mores.
A "profound revolution" is underway in China, declares nationalist essayist Li Guangman, a former editor for an obscure state newspaper. In a recent commentary quickly promoted on prominent Chinese state media websites, he hailed the regime's campaign as a "return to the original intent of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ... and the essence of socialism," and offered up two potential targets: housing and medicare.
As with past measures, the Chinese regime has framed the series of actions as necessary for the public good.
It looks like the "opening days" of a cultural revolution, said June Teufel Dreyer, a political science professor at the University of Miami.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 26, 2021, 09:27:39 AM
Post by: Anonymous on September 26, 2021, 09:27:39 AM
Several prominent professors at American colleges have participated in China's talent acquisition program, according to leaked documents from a Chinese regional authority. The professors worked with the Thousand Talents Program (TTP), a controversial state-backed recruitment plan criticized by U.S. officials for its role in transferring Western research and technology to China.
Two of the professors work at Carnegie Melon University, and another at University of California, Berkeley. All three are experts in biomedical research and development. Their names will not be included in this report.
The leaked documents, obtained from multiple municipal government agencies in Xi'an city of central China's Shaanxi province, further listed names of other recruited experts from abroad, funding details, and objectives for the local TTP.
Chinese talent programs, including the TTP, have recruited thousands of experts from around the world since 2008, when the program was introduced by Beijing. The plans offer up to hundreds of thousands of dollars in incentives for overseas professionals to research and work in China for a period of time each year. Xi'an's program specifically targets biomedical engineering experts, while others programs have focused on other technological fields including advanced manufacturing, aerospace engineering, and new materials.
These state-run programs have drawn intensifying scrutiny in recent years amid growing alarm among U.S. officials that the plans could facilitate the flow of American intellectual property and know-how to China. A raft of American and Chinese researchers have also been prosecuted in the United States for allegedly hiding their links to such programs while receiving federal grant money.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 26, 2021, 09:28:00 AM
Post by: Anonymous on September 26, 2021, 09:28:00 AM
Several prominent professors at American colleges have participated in China's talent acquisition program, according to leaked documents from a Chinese regional authority. The professors worked with the Thousand Talents Program (TTP), a controversial state-backed recruitment plan criticized by U.S. officials for its role in transferring Western research and technology to China.
Two of the professors work at Carnegie Melon University, and another at University of California, Berkeley. All three are experts in biomedical research and development. Their names will not be included in this report.
The leaked documents, obtained from multiple municipal government agencies in Xi'an city of central China's Shaanxi province, further listed names of other recruited experts from abroad, funding details, and objectives for the local TTP.
Chinese talent programs, including the TTP, have recruited thousands of experts from around the world since 2008, when the program was introduced by Beijing. The plans offer up to hundreds of thousands of dollars in incentives for overseas professionals to research and work in China for a period of time each year. Xi'an's program specifically targets biomedical engineering experts, while others programs have focused on other technological fields including advanced manufacturing, aerospace engineering, and new materials.
These state-run programs have drawn intensifying scrutiny in recent years amid growing alarm among U.S. officials that the plans could facilitate the flow of American intellectual property and know-how to China. A raft of American and Chinese researchers have also been prosecuted in the United States for allegedly hiding their links to such programs while receiving federal grant money.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 26, 2021, 04:39:39 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 26, 2021, 04:39:39 PM
China's recruitment program has been the most successful theft ring of all time.Distinguished US Professors Participated in Controversial Chinese Recruitment Plan: Leaked Documents
Several prominent professors at American colleges have participated in China's talent acquisition program, according to leaked documents from a Chinese regional authority. The professors worked with the Thousand Talents Program (TTP), a controversial state-backed recruitment plan criticized by U.S. officials for its role in transferring Western research and technology to China.
Two of the professors work at Carnegie Melon University, and another at University of California, Berkeley. All three are experts in biomedical research and development. Their names will not be included in this report.
The leaked documents, obtained from multiple municipal government agencies in Xi'an city of central China's Shaanxi province, further listed names of other recruited experts from abroad, funding details, and objectives for the local TTP.
Chinese talent programs, including the TTP, have recruited thousands of experts from around the world since 2008, when the program was introduced by Beijing. The plans offer up to hundreds of thousands of dollars in incentives for overseas professionals to research and work in China for a period of time each year. Xi'an's program specifically targets biomedical engineering experts, while others programs have focused on other technological fields including advanced manufacturing, aerospace engineering, and new materials.
These state-run programs have drawn intensifying scrutiny in recent years amid growing alarm among U.S. officials that the plans could facilitate the flow of American intellectual property and know-how to China. A raft of American and Chinese researchers have also been prosecuted in the United States for allegedly hiding their links to such programs while receiving federal grant money.https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/distinguished-us-professors-participated-in-controversial-chinese-recruitment-plan-leaked-documents_4001056.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2021-09-26&mktids=e0f7162bfab4e00dc62a3f6f8f0ddfb9&est=I%2BMB52oCWSI7OCQ14kDsaDqHBLhRQmEKE2V6cl%2BfcnLM5ZHBSEq519caKHRsONyzTQ%3D%3D
I know......China plays dirty.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Gaon on September 26, 2021, 09:37:44 PM
Post by: Gaon on September 26, 2021, 09:37:44 PM
China's recruitment program has been the most successful theft ring of all time.Distinguished US Professors Participated in Controversial Chinese Recruitment Plan: Leaked Documents
Several prominent professors at American colleges have participated in China's talent acquisition program, according to leaked documents from a Chinese regional authority. The professors worked with the Thousand Talents Program (TTP), a controversial state-backed recruitment plan criticized by U.S. officials for its role in transferring Western research and technology to China.
Two of the professors work at Carnegie Melon University, and another at University of California, Berkeley. All three are experts in biomedical research and development. Their names will not be included in this report.
The leaked documents, obtained from multiple municipal government agencies in Xi'an city of central China's Shaanxi province, further listed names of other recruited experts from abroad, funding details, and objectives for the local TTP.
Chinese talent programs, including the TTP, have recruited thousands of experts from around the world since 2008, when the program was introduced by Beijing. The plans offer up to hundreds of thousands of dollars in incentives for overseas professionals to research and work in China for a period of time each year. Xi'an's program specifically targets biomedical engineering experts, while others programs have focused on other technological fields including advanced manufacturing, aerospace engineering, and new materials.
These state-run programs have drawn intensifying scrutiny in recent years amid growing alarm among U.S. officials that the plans could facilitate the flow of American intellectual property and know-how to China. A raft of American and Chinese researchers have also been prosecuted in the United States for allegedly hiding their links to such programs while receiving federal grant money.https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/distinguished-us-professors-participated-in-controversial-chinese-recruitment-plan-leaked-documents_4001056.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2021-09-26&mktids=e0f7162bfab4e00dc62a3f6f8f0ddfb9&est=I%2BMB52oCWSI7OCQ14kDsaDqHBLhRQmEKE2V6cl%2BfcnLM5ZHBSEq519caKHRsONyzTQ%3D%3D
They recruit leading experts from Israel.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 26, 2021, 11:57:12 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 26, 2021, 11:57:12 PM
China's recruitment program has been the most successful theft ring of all time.Distinguished US Professors Participated in Controversial Chinese Recruitment Plan: Leaked Documents
Several prominent professors at American colleges have participated in China's talent acquisition program, according to leaked documents from a Chinese regional authority. The professors worked with the Thousand Talents Program (TTP), a controversial state-backed recruitment plan criticized by U.S. officials for its role in transferring Western research and technology to China.
Two of the professors work at Carnegie Melon University, and another at University of California, Berkeley. All three are experts in biomedical research and development. Their names will not be included in this report.
The leaked documents, obtained from multiple municipal government agencies in Xi'an city of central China's Shaanxi province, further listed names of other recruited experts from abroad, funding details, and objectives for the local TTP.
Chinese talent programs, including the TTP, have recruited thousands of experts from around the world since 2008, when the program was introduced by Beijing. The plans offer up to hundreds of thousands of dollars in incentives for overseas professionals to research and work in China for a period of time each year. Xi'an's program specifically targets biomedical engineering experts, while others programs have focused on other technological fields including advanced manufacturing, aerospace engineering, and new materials.
These state-run programs have drawn intensifying scrutiny in recent years amid growing alarm among U.S. officials that the plans could facilitate the flow of American intellectual property and know-how to China. A raft of American and Chinese researchers have also been prosecuted in the United States for allegedly hiding their links to such programs while receiving federal grant money.https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/distinguished-us-professors-participated-in-controversial-chinese-recruitment-plan-leaked-documents_4001056.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2021-09-26&mktids=e0f7162bfab4e00dc62a3f6f8f0ddfb9&est=I%2BMB52oCWSI7OCQ14kDsaDqHBLhRQmEKE2V6cl%2BfcnLM5ZHBSEq519caKHRsONyzTQ%3D%3D
They recruit leading experts from Israel.
I would not doubt it. Israel is a small country, but it has a big talent pool.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 27, 2021, 09:33:18 AM
Post by: Anonymous on September 27, 2021, 09:33:18 AM
The expansive campaign targets dissidents who have fled China and those who hold a different point of view from the regime. Beijing's tactics include spying, threatening, harassment, physical assaults, and piling pressure on relatives who remain in China, according to the nearly 650-page report by the Institute for Strategic Studies of Military Schools (IRSEM), an independent agency affiliated with the French Ministry of Armed Forces.
The report presents a comprehensive look into Chinese influence operations worldwide.
The regime also directly places pressure on at least nine foreign states, demanding the arrest of individuals in those countries who are wanted by Chinese authorities.
About 60 million ethnic Chinese live outside of China, with the United States seeing the fastest-growing Chinese population, according to the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, an administrative body under China's cabinet-like State Council that liaises with overseas Chinese.
To the regime, that population is a "priority target" for influence operations, because they have easier access to uncensored views critical of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and are likely to spread such information to their relatives in mainland China, according to the report.
Most overseas Chinese are not fifth columnists. But, with threats against family members in China, that could change.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on September 30, 2021, 11:47:49 AM
Post by: Anonymous on September 30, 2021, 11:47:49 AM
Psychological warfare. Public opinion warfare. Legal warfare.
Known as the "three warfares" doctrine and relatively unknown in the West, these concepts serve as key strategies guiding the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in its quest to win a war against the free world without firing a single shot.
Psychological warfare seeks to demoralize the enemy; public opinion warfare seeks to shape the hearts and minds of the masses; legal warfare seeks to use systems of law to deter enemy attacks.
This explanation was set out in a recently released 650-page report that provides a comprehensive illustration of the Chinese communist regime's global influence operations. The French-language report was published by the Institute for Strategic Studies of Military Schools (IRSEM), an independent agency affiliated with the French Ministry of Armed Forces.
Combined with another key CCP doctrine called "United Front" work, these principles have undergirded a breathtaking campaign by the Chinese regime to expand its influence and infiltration into Western democracies, the report stated.
United Front, described by the CCP's first leader Mao Zedong as a "magic weapon," is a policy that, according to the report, involves the regime "eliminating its internal and external enemies, controlling groups that may challenge its authority, building a coalition around the Party to serve its interests, and projecting its influence abroad."
The report comes amid rising pushback from the West against CCP aggressions, including its severe human rights abuses, rampant theft of intellectual property, economic coercion, and military assertiveness.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 01, 2021, 10:43:12 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 01, 2021, 10:43:12 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Thiel on October 01, 2021, 11:26:51 PM
Post by: Thiel on October 01, 2021, 11:26:51 PM
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lol, China is scared of little potato.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 05, 2021, 10:46:36 AM
Post by: Anonymous on October 05, 2021, 10:46:36 AM
Through heavy state subsidies and international lobbying efforts, Beijing has embedded Huawei's technology in a wide array of infrastructure around the world. However, Western governments are becoming increasingly aware of the security threats, including data gathering and industrial espionage, allegations that Huawei has repeatedly denied.
Illicit Data Collecting and Espionage
Many Chinese state-owned telecommunications companies are heavily subsidized—especially Huawei—to win overseas contracts, the report said. Consequently, Huawei has brought legitimate security concerns to countries using its technology, or where its employees carry out clandestine operations.
In 2019, the United States found that Huawei had access to 4G network equipment through backdoors installed in its system since 2009. The details were disclosed to the United Kingdom and Germany the same year.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on October 05, 2021, 12:35:52 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 05, 2021, 12:35:52 PM
No kidding.Beijing Groomed Telecom Giant Huawei to Expand China's Global Influence: Report
Through heavy state subsidies and international lobbying efforts, Beijing has embedded Huawei's technology in a wide array of infrastructure around the world. However, Western governments are becoming increasingly aware of the security threats, including data gathering and industrial espionage, allegations that Huawei has repeatedly denied.
Illicit Data Collecting and Espionage
Many Chinese state-owned telecommunications companies are heavily subsidized—especially Huawei—to win overseas contracts, the report said. Consequently, Huawei has brought legitimate security concerns to countries using its technology, or where its employees carry out clandestine operations.
In 2019, the United States found that Huawei had access to 4G network equipment through backdoors installed in its system since 2009. The details were disclosed to the United Kingdom and Germany the same year.https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/beijing-grooms-telecom-giant-huawei-to-expand-chinas-global-influence-report_4024627.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2021-10-05&mktids=6b5f60ed4f77f63f07bf743a69dcd1f0&est=WSnjxmwvkhbFD%2F1GpxmPqlc3OJSkbkh5G79%2ByvC2Kx5ylcbVOHRQmQFPyxOppXd6Gg%3D%3D
They are at war to bring our way of life to heel. They are winning every battle too.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 01, 2021, 06:51:08 AM
Post by: Anonymous on December 01, 2021, 06:51:08 AM
How seriously does the arrival of "peak coal" in China impact its strategic viability?
China's coal reserves, the essence of its energy security, are now in decline.
More than half of China's energy is delivered by coal. Domestic oil production had already peaked in 2013. In 2020, China produced 3.9 million barrels a day of domestic oil, but consumes 14.2 million barrels.
This arrival in 2021 of "peak coal" in China was forecast in 2013 by Australian scientist David Archibald, who noted in The Wentworth Report on Nov. 26: "Cheap coal has been the Chicom's [Chinese communist] source of strength, enabling them to threaten most of their neighbors and bully others as far away as Lithuania. But peak coal has arrived on schedule for the Chicoms and they are now staring into the abyss of rapidly declining coal production."
"Coal consumption at 4,000-million tonnes per annum is the energy equivalent of 50-million barrels of oil per day, which in turn is half of world daily oil consumption. The cost of resource extraction tends to rise strongly once half the resource is extracted. The Chicoms are halfway through their initial coal endowment, and are now entering a world of hurt," he wrote.
Archibald indicated that China could do what the West did in the 1950s and '60s: turn to nuclear power. However, despite its massive commitment to nuclear power stations, Beijing has not built enough reactors to compensate for the loss of domestic coal. And it would be difficult to build nuclear power stations at a sufficient rate to compensate for the decline in coal.
And he noted: "Apart from underwriting their export industry, cheap power from coal also keeps China fed. China uses 393 kg/hectare of nitrogen fertilizer to produce an average of six tonnes of grain per hectare. Nitrogenous fertilizer in China is made using coal as the energy source."
"Chicom coal production is now concentrated in three of [mainland] China's 23 provinces: Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Inner Mongolia. Production from other provinces in aggregate peaked a decade ago. China started importing coal once its own production costs rose above the price of imported coal. Imports have risen to about 10 percent of Chinese coal consumption.
rchibald noted that some coal reserves in Xinjiang were being developed, but that the region was too far from the demand centers on the east coast for transport by train. So three ultra-high voltage lines were built, operating on direct current. This technology has very low transmission losses.
He also noted that Xinjiang was also where China had expanded its silicon smelting industry to meet the global demand for photovoltaic panels. Making polysilicon wafers takes 117 kWh of power per kg. Some 45 percent of the world's polysilicon is now made in Xinjiang. Peak coal for China means that renewable energy will become too expensive for the rest of the world to install.
China's declining coal production makes it easier for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to claim that it is moving toward a reduction in carbon emissions by reducing coal mining. But Beijing has little choice in the matter. It will increase the rate of mining of what coal remains in mainland China, to stave off short-term problems.
The declining demand for steel on world markets and within China's own market—exacerbated by the present glut in steel—means that less coal will be needed for steel production. Again, this enables Beijing to portray its "climate change" commitments in a virtuous light, but it merely reflects a declining pace of economic activity in the country.
The chance for Xi Jinping to exploit this "virtue" of coal reduction could have been made at the recent COP26 conference on climate change held in Glasgow, Scotland, from Oct. 31 to Nov. 12, but it was not.
Xi was one of the major world leaders not to attend COP26. He was reluctant to leave China at a delicate time for the CCP and his own career. Xi was shoring up support for his re-election at the October 2022 20th Party Congress, so that he could win an unprecedented third term—essentially a lifetime term—as the CCP leader.
He was attempting that balancing act at a time when China was running out of the hard currency required to ensure continued strategic growth for the Party and the State. Xi has been attempting to project the image that communist China continues to be a "rising power" when, in fact, its economy has been in serious decline since about 2015.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 01, 2021, 04:25:28 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 01, 2021, 04:25:28 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 25, 2021, 07:24:37 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 25, 2021, 07:24:37 PM
On Nov. 23, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported that China's domestically produced automotive chips are primarily used in less complex vehicle components such as body electronics, while it relies heavily on imports for advanced chips used in complex vehicle features such as electronic stability control, in-vehicle networks, and advanced driver assistance systems.
The report said that China's "heavy reliance on import channels [for advanced chips] could fatally endanger its auto industry and national economy."
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Bricktop on December 25, 2021, 07:46:19 PM
Post by: Bricktop on December 25, 2021, 07:46:19 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on December 25, 2021, 07:54:04 PM
Post by: cc on December 25, 2021, 07:54:04 PM
The West's dependence on Chinese factories could fatally effect our entire socio-economic survival.
Yes and I and I'm guessin you & Seoul knew that from when it first started
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 25, 2021, 07:56:17 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 25, 2021, 07:56:17 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Bricktop on December 25, 2021, 08:07:14 PM
Post by: Bricktop on December 25, 2021, 08:07:14 PM
The West's dependence on Chinese factories could fatally effect our entire socio-economic survival.
Yes and I and I'm guessin you & Seoul knew that from when it first started
Years ago, when Western businesses closed their factories in the home countries to move to cheaper labour in China, I vocally predicted that their greed for more profit will end in tears for us all.
With a snap of their fingers, China could cut off supplies of many items and commodities we depend on every day. Whilst China may deny itslef western money, it is far better placed to ride the wave of disruption than we are.
The utterly stupid corporate dollar chasers have completely failed to understand China's culture and political ambition.
There is NOT a way in hell that the CCP did not carefully map out a transition to an industrial powerhouse feeding from capitalism without a clear picture of how they would politically capitalise on our utter naivety and greed.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on December 25, 2021, 08:17:30 PM
Post by: cc on December 25, 2021, 08:17:30 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 25, 2021, 09:02:41 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 25, 2021, 09:02:41 PM
Agree 100 across the board - and yes I also saw it as the dumbest thing we could do from the gitgo
Both leftists and conservatives supported this.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on December 25, 2021, 09:33:35 PM
Post by: cc on December 25, 2021, 09:33:35 PM
Agree 100 across the board - and yes I also saw it as the dumbest thing we could do from the gitgo
Both leftists and conservatives supported this.
That's true. Seems they both were suicidal .. like whytf make China a power .. not to mention do yourself a great deal of harm
It was mind boggling to figure why .. then & predictable disaster now
Thinking a commie state would play nice is preposterous / stupidity personified ... and why give up jobs>> duh
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on December 25, 2021, 09:53:05 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 25, 2021, 09:53:05 PM
Agree 100 across the board - and yes I also saw it as the dumbest thing we could do from the gitgo
Both leftists and conservatives supported this.
That's true. Seems they both were suicidal .. like whytf make China a power .. not to mention do yourself a great deal of harm
It was mind boggling to figure why .. then & predictable disaster now
Thinking a commie state would play nice is preposterous / stupidity personified ... and why give up jobs>> duh
The powers lied, lied, lied. Anybody could see how this would turn out.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on January 03, 2022, 01:53:57 PM
Post by: cc on January 03, 2022, 01:53:57 PM
Apple has never once produced a special event item for any other culture or religion.
Yet somehow China with death camps gets these year-after-year-after-year.
(sorry, site does not support image hot-linking)
Screw Apple - It always was a sell out
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Bricktop on January 03, 2022, 05:00:16 PM
Post by: Bricktop on January 03, 2022, 05:00:16 PM
Even the most Australian of Australian brands, RM Williams, moved it's clothing manufacturing to China.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on January 03, 2022, 07:49:37 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 03, 2022, 07:49:37 PM
It's not just American corporations. "Australian manufacturing" is now an oxymoron - the only thing we "manufacture" are holes in the ground after we dig up iron ore for China.
Even the most Australian of Australian brands, RM Williams, moved it's clothing manufacturing to China.
They are materials the world desperately needs. They are also a source of a lot of revenue for governments and good mortgage paying jobs. Canada has so much resource wealth, but Trudeau it's better for the planet if Russia and OPEC supply the world and keep the jobs and revenue.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Bricktop on January 03, 2022, 07:58:33 PM
Post by: Bricktop on January 03, 2022, 07:58:33 PM
The real issue is that it can only employ a certain number of people and with automation and robotic equipment that number grows ever smaller.
There is a well understood danger in putting all your economic eggs in one basket, as we discovered some years ago when the orders for Australian iron stopped. It didn't take long for the mining industry to ask for government handouts to survive. Our economy is far too focused on digging holes and selling the result to other countries to become wealthy.
As the oil producing countries will discover in the not too distant future, selling stuff you're lucky enough to be sitting on is not a solid plan for the future development of your nation's wealth.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on January 22, 2022, 03:59:53 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 22, 2022, 03:59:53 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on January 22, 2022, 04:22:43 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 22, 2022, 04:22:43 PM
Chip manufacturing giant Intel has announced plans to pour more than $20 billion into constructing two factories in Ohio. With global supply chains being stragled thanks to probelms in China, other countries have to leave China too.
The developed countries of East Asia and Western countries should never have allowed ourselves to become dependent on any single country........especially China.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on January 22, 2022, 06:53:59 PM
Post by: cc on January 22, 2022, 06:53:59 PM
Influencers told to extol country's virtues on social media despite diplomatic boycotts of Beijing Games over human rights record
An army of western social media influencers, each with hundreds of thousands of followers on TikTok, Instagram or Twitch, is set to spread positive stories about China throughout next month's Winter Olympics.
Concerned about the international backlash against the Beijing Games amid a wave of diplomatic boycotts, the government has hired western PR professionals to spread an alternative narrative through social media.
In November, as Joe Biden contemplated a diplomatic boycott, Vipinder Jaswal, a US-based Newsweek contributor and former Fox News and HSBC executive, signed a $300,000 contract with China's consulate general in New York to "strategise and execute" an influencer campaign promoting the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics in the US.
The contract, which has been registered with the US Department of Justice, lays out a detailed public relations strategy. According to the agreement, between 22 November and 13 March, when the Winter Paralympics end, each influencer will be asked to produce three to five "deliverables", meaning content that is crafted to fit the targeted audience. Jaswal claims his company has received up to 50 pitches from influencers ranging from former Olympians to entrepreneurs.
The contract states that 70% of the content will be culture-related, including Beijing's history, cultural relics, modem life of people and new trends. Another 20% will highlight "cooperation and any good things in China-US relations", including high-level bilateral changes and positive outcomes.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Bricktop on January 22, 2022, 07:06:41 PM
Post by: Bricktop on January 22, 2022, 07:06:41 PM
Personally, I think any attempt to polish the global turd that is China is a waste of money.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on January 22, 2022, 07:29:55 PM
Post by: cc on January 22, 2022, 07:29:55 PM
Allow that many people are very gullible and very unaware of the world & it's players .. many have no idea of china's endgame
All internal politics, i.e. how govts react are a often factor of "public feeling" (including the gullibles) ... & thus china is hellbent on influencing public feeling
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on January 23, 2022, 02:04:29 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 23, 2022, 02:04:29 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on January 23, 2022, 02:48:28 PM
Post by: cc on January 23, 2022, 02:48:28 PM
Tik Tok and bitchute. They are the only sources of information and facts one needs.
Yes. I trust no others
No one can fool me
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Bricktop on January 23, 2022, 05:00:32 PM
Post by: Bricktop on January 23, 2022, 05:00:32 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on January 23, 2022, 08:17:04 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 23, 2022, 08:17:04 PM
Morrison's 76,000 WeChat followers were notified his page had been renamed "Australian Chinese new life" earlier this month. The change was made without the government's knowledge, Sydney's The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported.
Joint Parliamentary Committee on Intelligence and Security Chair James Paterson accused the Chinese Communist Party of censoring the prime minister with elections due by May.
Paterson, who is a member of Morrison's conservative Liberal Party, called on all lawmakers to boycott the platform, which is owned by Chinese technology giant Tencent.
"What the Chinese government has done by shutting down an Australian account is foreign interference of Australian democracy in an election year," Paterson told Sydney Radio on 2GB.
"No politician should be on WeChat and legitimizing their censorship," Paterson added.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on January 23, 2022, 08:48:31 PM
Post by: cc on January 23, 2022, 08:48:31 PM
Tik Tok and bitchute. They are the only sources of information and facts one needs.
Yes. I trust no others
No one can fool me
Challenge accepted!!!
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on January 28, 2022, 11:38:50 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 28, 2022, 11:38:50 AM
A quick review of communist China's calculated territorial imperialism in the South China Sea helps clarify Beijing's calculated economic, political and criminal imperialism in sub-Saharan Africa.
In 2016 the Hague's international tribunal ruled that China had seized islets and "sea features" in the South China Sea belonging to the Philippines. It had also plundered Filipino fishing resources.
The ruling invoked the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, a treaty China had signed. Yet Beijing ignored the verdict. Chinese diplomats contend in Southeast Asia, China is recovering "stolen" territory.
That defense is rubbish—propaganda to blur a wicked case of aggression by an imperial Great Power (China) at the expense of a weak neighbor.
China's "lost land" scam can't mask or excuse its imperialism in vulnerable sub-Saharan Africa.
Almost two decades ago prescient human rights groups, developmental aid advocates and savvy accountants began warning sub-Saharan African nations that China's elaborate promises of direct economic investment and generous loan arrangements were anything but altruistic. China's offers of technical assistance to build much-needed infrastructure were suspect. Aid advisers pointed out China typically insisted on using state-owned Chinese construction companies and Chinese workers, which denied local workers opportunities to acquire modern construction skills.
The prescient critics got this right: China's strategic goal wasn't development, but guaranteed access to natural resources to supply its industrial economy, especially with strategic minerals found in Congo like cobalt and coltan (refined tantalum).
Manufacturing mobile phones and computers requires coltan. Producing rechargeable batteries requires cobalt. China makes many electric vehicles (EVs) but one has special political importance: "city-town" mini-EVs. Domestic demand is huge. The deal the Chinese Communist Party makes with the Chinese people is they get modern goodies if they don't challenge CCP control.
It takes roughly 22 pounds of cobalt to make an electric car battery. Congolese minerals make China's economy whir and help preserve CCP power.
Congo's so-called "China Deal" is a detailed and hideous example of the CCP dictatorship's self-serving and ultimately malevolent imperialism in Africa.
In 2020 Congolese officials estimated Chinese companies controlled around 70 percent of Congo's mineral deposits and mining-related industry.
The leaked 2021 report alleged that China has invested less than one billion dollars in infrastructure projects, about half of what should have been invested by 2021.
The people of Congo are being cheated, and one of the cheats is China.
Imperialism with Chinese characteristics? Yes.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on January 28, 2022, 11:55:03 AM
Post by: cc on January 28, 2022, 11:55:03 AM
China has been building this scheme for decades
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on January 28, 2022, 11:57:06 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 28, 2022, 11:57:06 AM
China gets any cooperation it wants by bouildin infrastructure projects in these land by providing the capital. Once they cannot pay back the loans China demands and gets access to anything it wants ... these countries have become captive
China has been building this scheme for decades
Bribery works pretty well too.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on January 28, 2022, 11:59:54 AM
Post by: cc on January 28, 2022, 11:59:54 AM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on January 28, 2022, 03:36:03 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 28, 2022, 03:36:03 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on February 03, 2022, 12:15:12 PM
Post by: cc on February 03, 2022, 12:15:12 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on February 03, 2022, 01:09:16 PM
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They are whores for China.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on March 09, 2022, 03:45:49 PM
Post by: Anonymous on March 09, 2022, 03:45:49 PM
A Chinese state-sponsored hacking group successfully compromised the computer networks of at least six U.S. states between May 2021 and February 2022.Quote
CNBC reported cybersecurity firm Mandiant's findings that detail how the hackers employed by the Chinese government were able to exploit vulnerabilities in web applications used by these state governments to gain access to their networks.
The group that hacked the state networks is known as APT41. It is a state-sponsored espionage organization that takes advantage of flaws in software to exploit existing security vulnerabilities. The group is able to adapt its approach to hacking using different methods.
The Mandiant research said, "APT41's recent activity against U.S. state governments consists of significant new capabilities, from new attack vectors to post-compromise tools and techniques."
Mandiant said, "APT41 has primarily used malicious ViewStates to trigger code execution against targeted web applications. Within the ASP.NET framework, ViewState is a method for storing the application's page and control values in HTTP requests to and from the server. The ViewState is sent to the server with each HTTP request as a Base64 encoded string in a hidden form field. The web server decodes the string and applies additional transformations to the string so that it can be unpacked into data structures the server can use. This process is known as deserialization."
Mandiant is not the first tech company to sound the alarms about the threat posed to American cyber sovereignty by APT41.
Researchers from BlackBerry have previously identified APT41 as "a prolific Chinese state-sponsored cyberthreat group."
In the fall of 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted five Chinese nationals for crimes related to computer intrusions that affected over 100 private companies in the U.S. and abroad. Some of those who were indicted were part of APT41.
Mandiant said on Tuesday that APT41 appeared "undeterred" by 2020 indictment and that the group's goals remain "unknown."
The Mandiant researchers said, "Overall goals of APT41's campaign remain unknown. Their persistence to gain access into government networks, exemplified by re-compromising previous victims and targeting multiple agencies within the same state, show that whatever they are after it is important. We have found them everywhere, and that is unnerving."
In February, FBI Director Christopher Wray accused the Chinese government of "trying to steal" information and technology. Wray extended the accusation to condemn the Chinese Communist Party for launching cyber attacks against Western corporations.
In 2021, the U.S., European Union, NATO, and other allied leaders blamed the Chinese government for directing and sponsoring a massive cyberattack on the Microsoft Exchange email servers.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on March 28, 2022, 10:12:29 PM
Post by: Anonymous on March 28, 2022, 10:12:29 PM
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on April 01, 2022, 08:12:46 PM
Post by: Anonymous on April 01, 2022, 08:12:46 PM
China Is Running Out of Water and That's Scary for AsiaQuote
Of all Bejing's problems — demographic decline, a stifling political climate, the stalling or reversal of economic reforms — dwindling natural resources may be the most urgent.
Thousands of rivers have disappeared, while industrialization and pollution have spoiled much of the water that remains. By some estimates, 80% to 90% of China's groundwater and half of its river water is too dirty to drink; more than half of its groundwater and one-quarter of its river water cannot even be used for industry or farming.
This is an expensive problem. China is forced to divert water from comparatively wet regions to the drought-plagued north; experts assess that the country loses well over $100 billion annually as a result of water scarcity. Shortages and unsustainable agriculture are causing the desertification of large chunks of land. Water-related energy shortfalls have become common across the country.
The government has promoted rationing and improvements in water efficiency, but nothing sufficient to arrest the problem. This month, Chinese authorities announced that Guangzhou and Shenzhen — two major cities in the relatively water-rich Pearl River Delta — will face severe drought well into next year.
In 2005, Premier Wen Jiabao stated that water scarcity threatened the "very survival of the Chinese nation." A minister of water resources declared that China must "fight for every drop of water or die." Hyperbole aside, resource scarcity and political instability often go hand in hand.
Heightened foreign tensions may follow. China watchers worry that if the Chinese Communist Party feels insecure domestically, it may lash out against its international rivals. Even short of that, water problems are causing geopolitical strife.
For years, China has tried to solve its resource challenges by coercing and impoverishing its neighbors.
By building a series of giant dams on the Mekong River, Beijing has triggered recurring droughts and devastating floods in Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand and Laos that depend on that waterway. The diversion of rivers in Xinjiang has had devastating downstream effects in Central Asia.
A growing source of tension in the Himalayas is China's plan to dam key waters before they reach India, leaving that country (and Bangladesh) the losers. As the Indian strategic analyst Brahma Chellaney puts it, "China's territorial aggrandizement in the South China Sea and the Himalayas ... has been accompanied by stealthier efforts to appropriate water resources in transnational river basins."
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on April 01, 2022, 08:40:04 PM
Post by: Anonymous on April 01, 2022, 08:40:04 PM
China will cause droughts and famines in neighboring countries because they screwed up their own country.China Is Running Out of Water and That's Scary for AsiaQuote
Of all Bejing's problems — demographic decline, a stifling political climate, the stalling or reversal of economic reforms — dwindling natural resources may be the most urgent.
Thousands of rivers have disappeared, while industrialization and pollution have spoiled much of the water that remains. By some estimates, 80% to 90% of China's groundwater and half of its river water is too dirty to drink; more than half of its groundwater and one-quarter of its river water cannot even be used for industry or farming.
This is an expensive problem. China is forced to divert water from comparatively wet regions to the drought-plagued north; experts assess that the country loses well over $100 billion annually as a result of water scarcity. Shortages and unsustainable agriculture are causing the desertification of large chunks of land. Water-related energy shortfalls have become common across the country.
The government has promoted rationing and improvements in water efficiency, but nothing sufficient to arrest the problem. This month, Chinese authorities announced that Guangzhou and Shenzhen — two major cities in the relatively water-rich Pearl River Delta — will face severe drought well into next year.
In 2005, Premier Wen Jiabao stated that water scarcity threatened the "very survival of the Chinese nation." A minister of water resources declared that China must "fight for every drop of water or die." Hyperbole aside, resource scarcity and political instability often go hand in hand.
Heightened foreign tensions may follow. China watchers worry that if the Chinese Communist Party feels insecure domestically, it may lash out against its international rivals. Even short of that, water problems are causing geopolitical strife.
For years, China has tried to solve its resource challenges by coercing and impoverishing its neighbors.
By building a series of giant dams on the Mekong River, Beijing has triggered recurring droughts and devastating floods in Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand and Laos that depend on that waterway. The diversion of rivers in Xinjiang has had devastating downstream effects in Central Asia.
A growing source of tension in the Himalayas is China's plan to dam key waters before they reach India, leaving that country (and Bangladesh) the losers. As the Indian strategic analyst Brahma Chellaney puts it, "China's territorial aggrandizement in the South China Sea and the Himalayas ... has been accompanied by stealthier efforts to appropriate water resources in transnational river basins."https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-12-29/china-s-water-shortage-is-scary-for-india-thailand-vietnam?utm_medium=cpc_social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=BLOM_ENG_EDITORL_Y0469_FB_SO_WENG_EVERGREENX_LALXX_00XXXXCPA_2LFB_XXXX_SUBPGVISITXXX_X1844_Y0469_XXXEN_ALLFOA_WATE_E3_EN_PG_NFLINKS&dclid=CjkKEQjwxZqSBhCtvqLlwpSJ1I0BEiQAdgqafSE4i_OZewQl3ZNdqRJ7OQPMwwxogTYH_5JsC7SXxpHw_wcB
China is a very bad neighbour.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on April 07, 2022, 10:20:35 AM
Post by: Anonymous on April 07, 2022, 10:20:35 AM
India's power sector has been targeted by hackers in a long-term operation thought to have been carried out by a state-sponsored Chinese group, a U.S.-based private cybersecurity company says in a new report
BANGKOK -- India's power sector has been targeted by hackers in a long-term operation thought to have been carried out by a state-sponsored Chinese group, a U.S.-based private cybersecurity company detailed in a new report.
Over the last several months, the Insikt Group, the threat research division of Massachusetts-based Recorded Future, said it has collected evidence that hackers targeted seven Indian state centers responsible for carrying out electrical dispatch and grid control near a border area disputed by the two nuclear neighbors.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: Anonymous on April 07, 2022, 10:41:29 AM
Post by: Anonymous on April 07, 2022, 10:41:29 AM
The US is far from a perfect neighbour, but it could be worse. How would you like to have China for a neighbour.Chinese hackers reportedly target India's power grid
India's power sector has been targeted by hackers in a long-term operation thought to have been carried out by a state-sponsored Chinese group, a U.S.-based private cybersecurity company says in a new report
BANGKOK -- India's power sector has been targeted by hackers in a long-term operation thought to have been carried out by a state-sponsored Chinese group, a U.S.-based private cybersecurity company detailed in a new report.
Over the last several months, the Insikt Group, the threat research division of Massachusetts-based Recorded Future, said it has collected evidence that hackers targeted seven Indian state centers responsible for carrying out electrical dispatch and grid control near a border area disputed by the two nuclear neighbors.https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/chinese-hackers-reportedly-target-indias-power-grid-83928423
I wish China was not next door to Tauwan.
Title: Re: Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah
Post by: cc on May 20, 2022, 02:35:01 PM
Post by: cc on May 20, 2022, 02:35:01 PM
Canada is banning China's Huawei Technologies and ZTE, another Chinese company, from participating in the country's 5G wireless networks, citing national security concerns.
Telecommunication companies in Canada will not be permitted to include any products or services from these telecommunications companies in their networks. Providers who already have this equipment installed will be required to cease its use, and remove it.
Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Francois-Philippe Champagne and Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino made the announcement about prohibiting these "high-risk vendors," in Ottawa on Thursday.
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Post by: Anonymous on May 20, 2022, 03:49:39 PM
Post by: Anonymous on May 20, 2022, 03:49:39 PM
Finally, sighCanada banning Chinese telecom giant Huawei, ZTE from 5G networks(//https)
Canada is banning China's Huawei Technologies and ZTE, another Chinese company, from participating in the country's 5G wireless networks, citing national security concerns.
Telecommunication companies in Canada will not be permitted to include any products or services from these telecommunications companies in their networks. Providers who already have this equipment installed will be required to cease its use, and remove it.
Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Francois-Philippe Champagne and Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino made the announcement about prohibiting these "high-risk vendors," in Ottawa on Thursday.