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China’s Biggest Enemy Isn’t America, India, Or Japan! Xi’s Purge Is Slowing The PLA Faster Than Anyone Else EurAsian Times
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One of America’s major national security threats is the cozy relationship between many American corporations and the Chinese government. Microsoft is one of the worst offenders in this regard, as proven by a new report released last week. It adds to the growing evidence that the tech giant is far too close with America’s chief geopolitical foe to be trusted with handling critical infrastructure.
The report, compiled by Nathan Picarsic of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and Horizon Advisory, reveals a disturbing picture about the tech giant. “Over three decades, the company has built a vast commercial, research, and engineering presence in China, one that now intersects directly with the PRC’s intelligence, surveillance, and military-industrial ecosystem,” the study notes.
American Greatness has previously covered Microsoft’s suspicious ties to the Chinese Communist Party. In August, the Department of War severed ties with a Microsoft cloud service program that relied on Chinese engineers. “The use of Chinese nationals to service Department of Defense cloud environments? It’s over,” Secretary of War Pete Hegesth said at the time. The new report references this tawdry connection, as well as several other “risky engagements.”
China admits police killed 12 in Urumqi riots The Denver Post
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Anti-China Protests Rock South Korea as Ex-President Sounds Alarm Vision Times
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Japan protests after China military jet locks radar on Japanese aircraft Meridian Magazine
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China Donates $1 Million to Somalia as Worsening Drought Threatens Millions Horseed Media
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Concerns Over China’s Military Readiness Amid Anti-Corruption Purges Maritime Fairtrade
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How Chinese criminal networks fuel illicit markets across the Americas Brookings
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Silenced by China, Hong Kong struggles to voice its grief over the Tai Po fire disaster Taipei Times
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The Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control holds a hearing on Chinese drug trafficking through Latin America to the United States on Tuesday, December 9.
The hearing seeks to “uncover how the Chinese mafia drives synthetic opioid trafficking to the United States in the context of increased Chinese investment and trade with Latin America and the Caribbean.”
The hearing comes as Democrats continue to claim that the Trump administration is issuing illegal orders in their strikes against narco-terrorist drug boats in the Carribean.
China Erupts: Furious Workers Riot As Factories Collapse Under Trump’s Tariffs AOL.com
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CCP Media Signals Leadership ‘Can Rise and Fall’ as Douyin Users Defy Censorship Vision Times
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The tariffs will apply to goods from China and other nations. Washington has been pressuring Mexico to move away from dealing with China.
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Protests erupt in China’s Guizhou province over cremation mandate The Guardian
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President Donald Trump spoke with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping by telephone on Monday and said he has accepted an invitation from Xi to visit Beijing in April for a face-to-face meeting.
The Chinese government officially announced the phone call between Trump and Xi first, describing it as an upbeat and friendly conversation about issues including Ukraine, Taiwan, and international trade.
“As far as I know, the call was initiated by the U.S. side, and the atmosphere was positive, friendly, and constructive. Communication between the two heads of state on issues of common concern is very important for the stable development of China-U.S. relations,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Tuesday morning.
According to the Foreign Ministry, Xi stressed during the call that China’s authority over Taiwan is an “integral part of the postwar international order,” and suggested the U.S. and China should “jointly safeguard the victory of World War 2.”
Those of us paying attention noticed that among the illegals flowing over our borders during Biden’s Handlers’ term were thousands—perhaps tens of thousands—of military aged, fit Chinese men. We also took note that no one enters or leaves China without the commie’s consent, and the people showing up at our borders didn’t walk across the Pacific. The Biden DHS was eventually forced to grudgingly admit that at least some of those guys just might be members of the Chinese military. They didn’t inform us what they did with them, so we can reasonably believe most, if not all, remain in American and we have no idea of their locations or identities.
We also know China, through various cutouts, has been buying up large swaths of American farmland, and plenty of that adjacent to military installations. The Bidenites were unconcerned, even helpful to the commies. Sure, a few congressmen raised alarms, but our number one international “competitor” undergoing a massive military buildup to include intercontinental ballistic nuclear missiles, continues to buy land in places that allow them to spy on our military installations—and worse.
Space-Guided Supremacy: How China’s Satellite Systems Strengthen its Missile and Hypersonic Forces Small Wars Journal
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If you judge by the actions of the Fourth Plenum, you’d have had reason to believe Chairman Xi staved off the challenge to his authority. After it was confirmed by Chinese state press that Ma Xingrui, one of Xi’s strongest lieutenants, has been detained by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), it appears he did not completely silence real dissent from within. The CCDI is controlled by military leadership.
The next target appears to be Cai Qi, the director of the Central Office, who hasn’t been seen or heard from in several weeks. Should Cai Qi not re-emerge, the move would be seen as the military seeking to assert more sovereignty apart from CCP leadership, which is the source of Xi’s power over the military at present.
CCP Under Siege: Zhang Youxia Personally Detains Xi Loyalist Cai Qi Vision Times
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Political shockwaves are once again rippling through Beijing as two of leader Xi Jinping’s most powerful lieutenants — men once seen as untouchable — are now rumored to be under direct scrutiny from China’s military investigators. According to reports, former Xinjiang Party Secretary Ma Xingrui has reportedly been taken away for a probe by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI).
Meanwhile, Politburo Standing Committee member and Central Office (Zhongban) Director Cai Qi (who hasn’t been seen in public for weeks) remains radio silent. Now, new reports allege that on Nov. 8, military discipline inspectors escorted him out of a Guangzhou hotel. The Politburo acts as China’s top ruling body.
Analysts believe the military is zeroing in on two of the most sensitive posts in the Party-state system: Cai Qi, director of the Central Office (who oversees the Central Guard Bureau), and Wang Xiaohong, China’s minister of public security — the two most important positions tied directly to physical control of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) top ranks.
The Dutch government on Wednesday said it suspended its intervention at Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia, following constructive talks with Chinese authorities.
“We see this as a show of goodwill,” Dutch Economy Minister Vincent Karremans said in a statement, posted on social media platform X.
Guinea-Conakry, China Sign Alumina Refinery Deal Energy Capital & Power
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Diplomatic dispute deepens between Tokyo and Beijing over Taiwan remarks by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
China will again ban all imports of Japanese seafood as a diplomatic dispute between the two countries escalates, Japanese media report.
Japanese public broadcaster NHK and Kyodo News agency said on Wednesday that the seafood ban follows after China earlier this month lifted import restrictions on Japanese marine products, which were imposed by Beijing in 2023 after the release of treated radioactive water from Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea.
The term “smart city” fails to fully capture the integrated data system that is the Pudong New Area of Shanghai. Chinese authorities call it the “city brain,” a centrally controlled A.I. center that surveils and manages the city and its inhabitants. It offers a disturbing preview of future urban governance, built on a previously unimaginable level of monitoring and control. Since 2017, this system has linked hundreds of government databases to tens of thousands of sensors, effectively turning an entire urban district into a single, real-time data object.
Officials defend the surveillance for its tangible rewards: cleaner neighborhoods, faster emergency response, smoother traffic, and better protection for isolated seniors. Those benefits help explain why many citizens accept the system. But the costs are equally real. It normalizes penetrating, constant visibility, the steady expansion of behavior-based penalties, and an infrastructure that is also used for political and social control.
How Xi’s ongoing battle against PLA corruption shapes China’s military future South China Morning Post
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A former top aide to New York’s Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul is accused of secretly spying for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) while collecting millions in kickbacks and enjoying a lavish lifestyle, federal prosecutors say.
Linda Sun, 41, who also served under former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, allegedly used her high-ranking state positions to advance Beijing’s interests and influence both governors to act favorably toward China, according to The Daily Mail.
Prosecutors allege that despite earning an official government salary of $145,000, Sun and her husband, Chris Hu, 42, funneled millions they earned from spying for the Chinese Communist Party.
Russia will issue government bonds denominated in Chinese yuan for the first time next month, the Finance Ministry announced Wednesday.
The ministry said it would offer two series of OFZ bonds, each worth 10,000 yuan ($1,400), with maturities ranging from three to seven years and interest payments every six months.
Investors will be able to buy and receive payments either in yuan or rubles, it said in a statement.
Order placements are scheduled for Dec. 2, with the sale itself planned for Dec. 8.
The Finance Ministry did not specify the total amount of its yuan bonds, saying it would be determined after assessing investor demand. Reuters reported last month that the ministry was preparing to issue up to 400 billion rubles ($4.9 billion) worth of yuan bonds.
China’s nuclear carrier could mount a Mach 5 hypersonic railgun to hunt missiles Interesting Engineering
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BEIJING: China said on Monday (Nov 10) it would suspend for one year “special port fees” on US vessels “simultaneously” with Washington’s pause on levies targeting Chinese ships, as a fragile trade truce between the superpowers continues to take shape.
The United States and China have been involved in a volatile trade and tariff war for months, but agreed to walk back some punitive measures after presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump met last month in South Korea.
At one point, duties on both sides had reached prohibitive triple-digit levels, hampering trade between the world’s two largest economies and snarling global supply chains.
The suspension of the port fees, which applied to ships operated by or built in the United States that visited Chinese ports, began at 1.01pm (5.01am GMT) on Monday, a transport ministry statement said.
China Lifts Export Restrictions on Critical US Materials Discovery Alert
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