Newly declassified documents highlight concerning links between Chinese military researchers and U.S.-based labs, raising national security questions.
Newly declassified documents highlight concerning links between Chinese military researchers and U.S.-based labs, raising national security questions. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Declassified documents released in a Senate committee report allege that a Chinese military scientist secretly shipped coronavirus-related vials to a Minnesota research laboratory in 2018, more than a year before the COVID-19 pandemic emerged. DETAIL: According to a declassified Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents intercepted three vials wrapped in a paper towel and sealed with wax from a courier at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. The courier identified the sender as Yusen Zhou, a…Open
The Pentagon has blacklisted Alibaba, one of China's biggest tech companies, over its links to the People's Liberation Army. Alibaba is also a key partner in the upcoming Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Xi might decide now is the time to make his move while the Americans are occupied in Iran – but there are a host of negatives “The Iran war weakens deterrence in Asia, undercuts confidence of US allies and partners, and makes conflict with China more likely.” That’s become an article of faith among those opposing the US fight with Iran. The US military – the navy in particular – is indeed smaller than it should be, and much American combat power is deployed to the Middle East. There is no deployable aircraft carrier in the Western Pacific, and the sole forward-based Marine amphibious unit, the 31st MEU, is deployed to Iran. As troubling, the Iran war is draining war stocks – especially long-range precision missiles and…Open
Balakitan gives troops from Philippines, US, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and France real combat training – and a lot of it In the Balikatan military exercise, taking place in the Philippines, troops from the Philippines, US, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and France have been getting real combat training – and a lot of it. It’s conducted with China in mind – even if nobody will say so. That’s the etiquette. Furthermore, the forces are training in the area that would be part of the “operational area” in the event the People’s Liberation Army moves against Taiwan. This includes the northern Philippines facing the South China Sea and the Luzon Strait, also known as the Bashi Channel, between Taiwan and…Open
Xi Jinping spent 13 years building a military to rival that of the United States. But the stronger the Chinese forces grew, the less he trusted the generals he had handpicked to run them.
More evidence comes in pointing to Xi Jinping having purged the ranks of the PLA and CCP. Reports say the Chinese Communist Party disciplined 983,000 party and government officials last year .
By reaching back to Maoist tactics of “rectification,” the Chinese leader is signaling that control over the gun requires a state of perpetual cleansing.
New video "illustrates the real gulf between the Chinese elites who want what is best for their banks and the Chinese citizens who want what's best for their country," an official said,
