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Arch Dornan

Oh, lovely. They've sent me a mo-ron.
I think it’s increasingly likely to be in the cards. How long it lasts depends on who the military sides with- more so then in the USA if the same where to happen here.
( How’s that lack of a second amendment doing for you, UK? Or have you run out of butter knives to ban?)
After sharp implements (lol like that stopped prisoners making a shiv) will they ban blunt weapons too?
 

Arch Dornan

Oh, lovely. They've sent me a mo-ron.


Is it normal for police in the West to secure a suspect to just sit down and talk face to face but without the bindings for interrogation? This looks rather extreme unless the suspect was rather uncooperative in being taken in.
 
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Well, here's an article in "High Risk Collaborations" with universities that are more or less research fronts for the PLA.

Forty-three Chinese universities should be considered ‘very high’ or ‘high’ risk collaborators because of their involvement in research for military and defence purposes, according to an Australian think tank. The risk assessment comes just weeks after the Australian government released guidelines to help universities reduce the threat of foreign entities leveraging research activities on campus against Australia’s interests.

A report published on 25 November by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) in Canberra details how China is using its universities to boost its military prowess. The institute also launched a database that classifies the level of risk — from very high to low — posed by research partnerships with some 160 Chinese universities, security institutions and defence industry groups.

Chinese institutions were included based on their links to defence agencies and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), says Alex Joske, the Canberra-based author of the report, who also worked on the database. Some of those connections include security credentials for participating in classified defence or weapons-technology projects; military or defence agreements with the PLA or other defence industry agencies; records of the institution’s involvement in surveillance research; and whether graduates subsequently join security or intelligence agencies.

Existing partnerships between many of the Chinese institutions and foreign universities are also listed in the database, which relied mainly on publicly available sources such as university or government-agency websites, according to the report.

The database, which was partly funded by the US Department of State, is important because it provides specific intelligence about and evidence for the risk posed by collaborations, says Frank Pieke, chief executive of the Mercator Institute for China Studies, a China–Europe think tank in Berlin. This includes details about the Chinese universities that have dedicated defence laboratories, which fund military research.

Due diligence
Pieke says that awareness of the potential risks of collaborating with some Chinese universities is rising globally, but that some universities have not heeded advice to restrict collaborations on the basis of national security. Australian institutes have made more progress in addressing these risks than have countries such as the United States or Germany, says Pieke.

Last month, an Australian government-led task force released guidelines for universities considering collaborations with international partners, to reduce the risk of foreign interference. The guidelines, which include performing due diligence on potential collaborators, were created amid growing concern from some politicians and academics over projects between Chinese universities and Australian researchers that have potential military or surveillance uses.

Joske says the database, which will be updated over time, should allow universities to improve their due diligence when assessing potential research partners.

The Chinese government has not yet commented directly on the ASPI analysis, but an editorial in the state-owned China Daily newspaper called the report's claims “sheer nonsense”. However, the article states that the report calls for Australian universities to be barred from partnering with the Chinese institutions in the report, which it does not.

China has repeatedly denied interfering in other countries’ internal affairs. Officials have instead emphasized that relations between China and Australian universities have facilitated student exchange, and contributed to research.
 

Husky_Khan

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So it seems like Chinese state media are trying to do a PR defense regarding the Uighur kerfuffle:


Hmmm... from the description of the video...

CGTN said:
Horrific stabbings and bombings rocked the land once known as a commercial hub on China's ancient Silk Road.

So they're arguing that Xinjiang being a commercial hub back in ancient times is somehow a valid positive now? Well... either now or then I guess widespread slavery then or now can be construed as an argument for describing the area as a "commercial hub."
 

Husky_Khan

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From the Joe Rogan podcast, Ed Calderon only talked about it briefly but apparently some of those armed vigilante/self defense groups combating the local cartels were sponsored by illegal Chinese mining interests.

 

prinCZess

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China funding locals who are inclined towards them in Mexico wouldn't be too surprising--it's a pattern they've already established in Africa to some moderate success. Hell, their various repossessions and attempts to build-out with OBOR have that exact thing standing in the background as the unspoken threat to folks if they don't entertain Chinese concerns.

One could speculate it's just a lasting cultural attitude, since it fits the pattern of Chinese national influence across Asia in earlier times...Or, I suppose, just point out it's a 'typical' part of industrialization and rise (the US, USSR, England, France, and who-knows how many others all practiced similar things).
 

Urabrask Revealed

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So who should the USA finance then? Cartels are out of the question, local rebel cells are in the claws of China, so CIA gotta make new rebels, I guess?
 

Cherico

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We need a government capable of imposing order in Mexico. That’s what’s in our interest.

Mexico has that capability right now.

Thing is mexico's goal shouldn't be getting rid of the cartels its stopping the violence and doing that is doable. You find the most violent psychopaths and you murder the fuck out of them, then you strike the next most violent and then you tell the least violent people that you will look the other way as long as they keep things underwraps.

You keep doing this until the most violent cartel members are dead. Then you ignore the less violent ones unless they cross that thresh hold of violence then you kill them.

Sure it affects America badly because the cartels will continue to pour drugs into their communities but that isn't your problem.
 

prinCZess

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Are you saying those posts were...
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Quarantined?

Ohhh boy, people are dying from this and I'm making bad jokes on the internet. That's a bit embarrassing.

In non-viral China news/matters: University of Minnesota student jailed in China for tweets critical of government
A Chinese student at the University of Minnesota has been arrested in China and sentenced to six months in prison for tweets he posted while in the United States, according to a Chinese court document viewed by Axios. Some of the tweets contained images deemed to be unflattering portrayals of a "national leader."
PRC is seeking-out critical media posted by citizens while overseas and punishing them for it in China.
Which...I and I would hope the rest of the planet would object to, but that countries will probably be quiet or restrained about criticizing because of Chinese economic influence (similar to Hong Kong protests).
This seems like a running conundrum.
 

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