Investigation: The CCP interfered in the U.S. election through various means
Original title: Investigation reveals how the Chinese Communist Party interfered in the U.S. election
According to a declassified intelligence report and multiple private sector investigations, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) used various means to interfere in the 2022 midterm elections in the United States.
China has orchestrated a range of technical tactics, including retaliating against U.S. lawmakers, promoting divisive content and impersonating American voters online.
Rep. Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin, a well-known China hawk, said that until the Biden administration takes a more serious approach to the CCP, the CCP will continue to interfere in U.S. elections.
Tiffany told The Epoch Times: “Communist China has shown time and time again that they will interfere in U.S. elections at all costs.”
“The Biden administration needs to take a tougher stance on Communist China’s (PRC) interference and espionage activities.” PRC is the abbreviation for the official name of Communist China.
In December 2023, a declassified report released by the Office of the U.S. Director of National Intelligence (DNI) found that the CCP attempted to "influence" U.S. congressional elections, involving Democrats and Republicans who support a tough policy stance against China.
The report also found that the scale and scope of foreign interference in the election exceeded the last midterm election but remained below levels expected in a presidential election year.
The report shows that “the Chinese Communist Party has been more active in campaigning to influence elections than in past election cycles,” in part because they are not afraid of retaliation from the Biden administration.
The report said Chinese officials gave online operators more freedom to interfere in U.S. elections because the Chinese government "believes Beijing will be subject to less scrutiny... because they do not believe the current administration will be as concerned as they feared in 2020." Take severe revenge."
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The DNI report stated that the CCP targets congressional elections because they believe the legislative body is more likely to take actions that are detrimental to the CCP’s “core interests.”
Sam Kessler, a geopolitical consultant at the risk consulting firm North Star Support Group, said that because of this, the Communist Party of China wants to ensure that pro-Communist candidates win elections regardless of their party affiliation.
“The CCP’s influence on the 2022 midterm elections shows that they continue to implement a larger geopolitical strategy to ensure that pro-CCP politicians are elected to Congress,” Kessler told The Epoch Times. The strategy has also been used to paint a negative image of the U.S. democratic political system and electoral process."
The CCP takes action to “punish anti-Communist (candidates) and reward pro-Communist (candidates).”
China has also sought to sow discord among Americans, but has focused primarily on undermining “a select few candidates based on their policy positions.”
The report found that since 2020, senior CCP officials have directed the operation and based it on broad directives to undermine public opinion or congressional policies that may be detrimental to the CCP’s strategic goals.
Kessler described the effort as "part of China's broader strategy to counter U.S. democracy promotion abroad."
He said the Chinese Communist Party acted so brazenly because they believed it was "less scrutinized" since the 2020 election.
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The report stated that in addition to influencing the election, the CCP also covertly used social media accounts, agency websites, paid influencers and public relations companies to manipulate the American public's perception of the CCP.
The findings are consistent with reports released last year by tech giants Meta and Microsoft.
Meta, the parent company of the American social media platform Facebook, announced in August 2023 that it had removed thousands of accounts related to the CCP from its platform, calling these accounts the source of the world’s largest online influence operation.
Meta said that this operation is linked to people associated with Chinese Communist Party law enforcement agencies who are trying to influence the 2022 (U.S.) midterm elections.
Casey Fleming, CEO of risk consulting firm BlackOps Partners, said the move is part of China’s broader “hybrid warfare beyond limits” strategy.
Fleming said in an email to The Epoch Times: “The ongoing CCP influence operations are one of many methods of unrestricted warfare, in which our enemy (Chinese Communist Party) does not follow any rules and is intended to continuously weaken Their main rival (the United States).”
The CCP’s influence operations focus on sowing division in the United States through the use of accounts on multiple platforms, inflaming conflicts on divisive social issues such as abortion and gun control, disparaging democracy and claiming that voting is useless.
Meta said that a total of more than 7,700 Facebook accounts, 900 pages, 15 groups and a small number of Instagram accounts were canceled, all of which were related to the spread of pro-Chinese Communist Party and anti-American propaganda.
The "covert influence operation" is active on more than 50 platforms, including Medium, Pinterest, Quora, Reddit, TikTok, Vimeo, X (the predecessor of Twitter) and YouTube.
The operation also targeted key U.S. allies and partners, including Australia, Japan, Taiwan and the United Kingdom.
Meta said those behind influence operations launder false information through multiple channels in an effort to maintain a persistent online presence.
In one case, an operator from China created and published a 66-page fake research paper on the open resource repository Zenodo. Other operators then created videos on YouTube and Vimeo to promote the fake research. Then, a new article was published citing false studies and embedding the two videos, claiming that the United States has been "concealing the truth about the origins of (the covid virus)."
Finally, the gang planted the final article on multiple platforms and used inauthentic social media accounts to artificially amplify the article links.
Despite these efforts, it is difficult for these actors with Chinese Communist Party backgrounds to extend beyond their own echo chambers, which are largely composed of robots and wumaos, the report said.
"The goal of these malicious operations is often to exploit the physical and cognitive vulnerabilities of a society and its people to divide and conquer," Kessler said.
“It also ties into the Chinese Communist Party’s strategy of sowing division between political parties and American citizens on hot-button issues that come up every election cycle.”
Fleming said Congress should seek to ban foreign influence in the government, business, military and education sectors, including the "weaponization of technology" through social media apps like TikTok.
"Why do we allow foreign countries to exert influence over the United States while our adversaries do not allow us to do so?" he said.
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Chinese Communist hackers impersonate American voters
Microsoft released its own report in September 2023, finding that during the 2022 midterm elections, Chinese hackers impersonated American voters online and used artificial intelligence (AI) to create and promote divisive content.
“Ahead of the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, Microsoft and industry partners discovered Chinese Communist Party-affiliated social media accounts impersonating American voters—a new frontier for Chinese influence operations,” the report reads.
“These accounts impersonated Americans of various political persuasions and responded to comments from real users.”
A report by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future found that China entered a new phase of influence operations in 2022, characterized by the creation of targeted messages for clearly defined audiences segmented based on granular demographic data of.
The report said the new accounts were likely to have received guidance or material support from China’s United Front Work Department, a powerful agency that oversees global influence operations, and the Ministry of State Security, the regime’s top intelligence agency.
Kessler said he expects foreign influence operations targeting the 2024 U.S. presidential election to increase, especially given the current extreme polarization of the U.S. electorate.
"Malign influence and subversive actions from foreign countries have and will continue to pose a significant threat to the overall security of the United States and the international system during the 2024 election," Kessler said.
“All indications are that malign influence operations by China, Russia, Iran and Cuba, among others, will increase efforts to undermine the 2024 election.”
Fleming warned that hostile countries could use artificial intelligence to sow chaos online in the run-up to the November election.
"The American people must assume there will be massive election interference from China, Russia and other hostile countries, increasingly driven by artificial intelligence," he said.
“Election interference is a direct threat to our democratic process and, ultimately, our freedoms.”
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Xi Jinping is shocked to be diagnosed with cancer. Is the prediction of the CCP’s disintegration being fulfilled?
On 24 January 2024, a bombshell news suddenly spread on the Internet that Xi Jinping was seriously ill. A Chinese netizen posted on the Internet that she graduated from a top medical university and is currently working as a nurse in a tertiary hospital in Beijing. A very close classmate of hers told her that Xi Jinping went to the 301 Hospital for a CT scan because he had lost weight recently. During the examination, it was found that there was a shadow on the pancreas, indicating that he might have pancreatic cancer.
This netizen also emphasized that Xi Jinping has not shown up for seven days and has lost weight, so everyone can take a look. Coincidentally, Xi Jinping seemed to have heard his call, so on the same night, the Chinese Communist Party media also released news that Xi Jinping personally met with the president of Uzbekistan and two other national leaders. Is this a coincidence? Or are the party media deliberately trying to refute the rumours? It is not clear yet.
However, it is true that Xi Jinping suddenly disappeared from the public after January 17 and did not appear in public again until January 24, when it was reported that he had cancer. What is he busy with these days?
Moreover, we saw that when Xi Jinping attended the APEC summit in November last year, he was indeed quite plump, and his belly was obviously sticking out of his suit. When he met with foreign leaders on January 24, his face seemed a little more haggard, and his belly seemed less prominent. Of course, this basis of judgment is only a reference, and there is no way to confirm that he has cancer. Moreover, the Chinese Communist Party authorities will never respond or disclose the health status of the party leader, so it is difficult for us to verify it.
There are two clues worth noting. The first one was on 18 May 2023, well-known critic Chen Pokong broke the news that he had obtained exclusive domestic news that Xi Jinping not only suffered from a brain tumour, but also stage III pancreatic cancer. He was bedridden. Although this news is inaccurate, the revelations given by insiders mentioned pancreatic cancer, which coincides with the revelations made by a nurse in Beijing this time. This may not be groundless. Maybe Xi really suffered from a related disease and someone else found out about it and broke the news.
The second clue is a bit metaphysical. The well-known British prophet Craig Hamilton-Parker made a prediction for 2024 at the end of last year. He said that he saw that Xi Jinping was ill and that his condition was serious, but it was concealed. . This point is consistent with the revelations made by the Beijing nurse.
Parker also predicted that Xi Jinping's illness is likely to lead to his resignation, and that internal divisions within the CCP will lead to regime instability, and eventually a second revolution will break out in China. Parker believes that Xi Jinping may not die, but everyone will see the end of the Chinese Communist Party and China becomes a democratic country. However, he also emphasized that China's democratization does not necessarily occur in 2024.
Okay, using prophecies to discuss the political situation of the Chinese Communist Party seems a little more mysterious, but it is also very interesting. Parker predicted that Xi Jinping was seriously ill, which coincided with the Beijing nurse’s revelations this time. Parker predicted that China would move towards democratization in the future, and the 47 images in "Tui Bei Tu" happened to predict China's new emperor and new political situation in the future. It mentioned that "there is no king or emperor to determine the world, and the first person from the field" .
"There is no king or emperor to determine the universe." That is to say, no one can call himself a king or emperor, but he can rule the earth and stabilize the world. In other words, this person is probably a leader and public servant elected by a democratic government, so he is not a king or an emperor. But he has the power to rule the country. From this point of view, Parker's prediction also echoes "Tui Bei Tu". And "the first man from the fields" should be a hint about the identity of the new emperor. It is probably an anagram, but we will not interpret it here to prevent someone in Beijing from using this clue to do bad things.
Seeing this, judging from these ancient prophecies and today's revelations, assuming that the news of Xi Jinping's serious illness is true, it will open a new opportunity for the disintegration of the CCP and the democratization of China. However, we can imagine that if Xi Jinping is really seriously ill, what will he do next?
First, he is likely to be seriously ill and lose control of his life time, so he may become very impatient. Not only his personality will become impatient and anxious, but he will also become impatient in political decision-making. For example, he may become impatient. If you are eager to make achievements and leave your name in history, you are likely to make some misjudgments and wrong decisions.
Second, if Xi Jinping is seriously ill, other political opponents within the CCP will definitely receive the news, which will likely prompt the anti-Xi faction to "take advantage of your illness to kill you." In the future, more intense and more brutal political struggles are likely to break out within the CCP, or even coups, assassinations, etc.
This may just fulfill the prediction of the 46 elephants in "Tui Bei Tu" that "the golden sword is hidden in the east gate, and the warriors enter the imperial palace through the back door." This happens to be the palace coup that Xi is most afraid of, and it is also the one he wants to ruthlessly cleanse the entire rocket. The main reason was that he was afraid of a coup, but he did not expect that a coup was likely to happen.
Third, Xi Jinping may be eager to make meritorious deeds, or to cover up the news of his illness or the internal strife in the CCP court. It is not ruled out that he may suddenly launch an overseas military conflict at some point to divert public attention and divert attention. Focus at home and abroad.
Coincidentally, Nostradamus, the great French prophet in the 16th century, also predicted in his "Hundred Poems" that there would be a maritime war in 2024, and that there would be "red opponents" setting off "battles and Naval War" "putting fear into the sea."
Then think about who the “red opponent” is? Do you think of the Communist Party? Is "initiating a naval war" consistent with what we just talked about, initiating overseas conflicts? What’s even more incredible is that Nostradamus predicted that an earthquake would occur in 2024, and on the first day of this year, a major earthquake occurred in Japan. So, will these predictions from ancient and modern times and at home and abroad be fulfilled one by one this year?
In particular, the CCP is now in its worst economic predicament in 40 years, with lingering shadows of deflation, real estate collapse, and local government debt collapse. If Xi becomes seriously ill at this time, he wants to cover up the news and shift the focus. If so, then it cannot be ruled out that he will take a risk and initiate a maritime conflict.
So, everyone must be curious. If the "red opponent" mentioned by Nostradamus wants to launch a naval battle, where will the battle be? Is it the Taiwan Strait? Is the CCP going to launch a full-scale invasion of Taiwan? I don't think so. After all, we have analyzed it many times with you. Now Beijing does not have enough strength to take over Taiwan. If it rashly launches a large-scale war, it may also lead to the collapse of the CCP's economy and the coup of the Beijing regime. Therefore, it is basically impossible for the CCP to invade in an all-out way. Taiwan.
Therefore, I have previously analyzed and predicted with you that the CCP is likely to choose to have a maritime conflict with the Philippines in the South China Sea, or a conflict with Japan over the Diaoyu Islands. However, these conflicts will be relatively small in scale and the risks are relatively controllable, so as to avoid the spread of war. to mainland China. Especially now that the dispute between China and the Philippines over the sovereignty of the South China Sea is very fierce, it is more likely that the conflict will go off.
However, Parker predicted that the location of the conflict would be in the Taiwan Strait. He predicted in the program on January 15 that the CCP is likely to have a plane or submarine collision with the United States or the Taiwanese military in the Taiwan Strait. Then the CCP will make things worse and may send troops to capture a certain place in Taiwan. Outer islands, but the CCP will eventually fail.
Because the Taiwan government will resolutely defend its territory, and Japan and other allies will also intervene to help defend Taiwan, the CCP will not only be unable to "unify" Taiwan by force, but will also be defeated after conquering Taiwan's outer islands.
Okay, this is Parker's prophecy, it's more metaphysical, will it happen? We don't know, and we certainly hope it doesn't happen. But whether it is Parker’s prediction or my speculation, they all believe that the CCP may provoke a small-scale naval conflict, not a full-scale war to invade Taiwan, and it will ultimately be unable to capture Taiwan.
All these maritime conflicts and world chaos are related to Xi Jinping's serious illness. These chaos will step by step lead the CCP to the end of division and disintegration, and will lead China to the new life of freedom and democracy.
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The anti-communist pianist became popular. Is patriotic pink abandoned by the Communist Party?
The confrontation between British pianist Brendan Kavanagh and the CCP’s Little Pink has been a hot topic in the international media these days. We won’t go into detail about their dispute. I believe everyone already knows the whole story.
Although the piano at London's St. Pancras train station, where the conflict occurred, was temporarily closed, people supporting Kavanagh immediately came to the scene and held up slogans demanding that the piano be reopened and "end permeation of communism". Later, the authorities complied with public opinion and reopened the piano, and Kavanagh also announced in the media that he would return to the scene on Friday and continue to play the piano.
However, we have said that no matter what the CCP does, the results will be counterproductive. It is the same this time. Wherever the little pink "Patriot Boxers" cause trouble, it will become a scene of overturning and a new anti-communist resort.
For example, after the piano was restored to use this time, friends from Hong Kong immediately came to play two songs, the theme song of the musical "Les Misérables" "Do You Hear the People Sing?" and the classic national anthem "May Glory Be to Hong Kong" sung to protest the Hong Kong's anti-extradition bill.
Then more people came to play and sing "May Glory Be to Hong Kong" live, spreading the determination of Hong Kong people to resist the CCP to the international community, and exposing the CCP's tyranny of persecuting human rights to the world through music and art. This piano was given by the famous singer Elton John, and overnight it became a world-famous anti-communist piano. Who created all this glory? The little wolf warrior of the Chinese Communist Party.
In fact, this group of people are not ordinary little pinks. They have been dug out. Among them is Leng Xuenian, a teacher at the Confucius Institute, who is also the "Roaring Brother" in the video. He is also a member of the Financial Times consultant. Another one is Zhang Ning, a former China Daily reporter. She is also the host of various events at the Chinese Embassy in the UK and has close contacts with British political circles.
As we all know, the CCP regards the media not only as a propaganda agency, but also as an intelligence agency. In other words, many people who work in the CCP media often have some kind of intelligence status, that is, spies, spies or "agents."
Zhang Ning is a journalist with a background in the Chinese Communist Party’s foreign propaganda. He has such a close relationship with the Chinese Embassy and is trusted by the Chinese Communist Party. His background is definitely not simple. Brother Roar was born in a Confucius Institute. The Confucius Institute itself is a disguised intelligence unit and secret service agency, and he also broke into the "Financial Times", a large British media. What is his purpose? Are they infiltrating all walks of life overseas and collecting intelligence for the CCP? very possible.
Perhaps this is why they were so worried about being caught in Kavanagh's live broadcast, and why they got furious and forced Kavanagh to delete the scene. Because overseas spies are most afraid of having their identities exposed. They were preparing to film an overseas Spring Festival Gala program. If they were photographed holding the CCP’s blood flag and engaging in activities, then the whole world would know that they were members of the CCP and their “agents” or the identity of the "secret agent" will be exposed.
However, it is obvious that they want to use the laws and arrogance of the Chinese Communist Party to put pressure on British pianists. This is like using the sword of the Ming Dynasty to kill the officials of the Qing Dynasty. Not only will they not be right, they will also create a political storm. Therefore, it is estimated that this incident was too big and had a very bad international impact on the CCP, and so the CCP also cut them off and threw them away.
As we all know, "Hong Kong 01" is an establishment media that is very close to Beijing. It writes reports and guides public opinion based on Beijing's political trends, so it is often nicknamed "Red Media 01." At the beginning, "Hong Kong 01" reported this incident from a perspective that was biased towards the CCP, saying that Kavanagh "insulted China" and that is why the Roaring Brothers resisted.
However, this turmoil has become known to the whole world, and "Hong Kong 01" finally turned the tide. On 25 January 2024, they finally reported the identities of these agents. Of course, they did not disclose the depth of the relationship between this group of people and the CCP. They only disclosed their names and professional titles. This information was reported by other media. , the media is just "following up and making up."
However, this gesture is actually very tricky. Why did "Hong Kong 01" change its direction? Why do you want to swing the knife at your own people? In fact, two things were revealed. First, the top leaders of the Communist Party of China realized that something was wrong and wanted to cut off and throw away these people. They blamed this Wolf Warrior conflict on them, saying that it was a personal behavior and had nothing to do with the party, and created a fire prevention line. Wire.
Second, after "Hong Kong 01" learned about this trend, it quickly jumped from the "pro-communist" perspective to the "seemingly neutral" perspective. Like other overseas media, it wrote about the identities of these people in order to create a "Hong Kong" perspective. 01” is neutral to prevent these little warriors from dragging down their brand.
Therefore, this group of little wolf warriors originally wanted to export the CCP's "me-only" gangster values to the UK through fierce fighting, but they did not expect that it ended up accidentally causing a world-class farce, and instead the CCP lost them. I guess it would be difficult for them to go undercover overseas or climb up within the party.
So this story tells us: Never follow the CCP. No matter how hard you work for the CCP or how "patriotic" you are today, when the day you lose your use value, you will be the first person abandoned by the CCP.
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China's Little Pink makes Xi Pooh famous globally, attacks British pianist and "Apologises to the Chinese"
Image : Pianist Kavanagh (right) returns to the scene with a Winnie the Pooh doll and portrait (reproduced from X)
Chinese pinkette Liu Mengying had a conflict with pianist Brendan Kavanagh at a London station. Recently, Kavanagh came to the scene with a Winnie the Pooh doll to ridicule, and also contacted Huang Mingzhi to seek cooperation. The scene is an opportunity to let the whole world see the Chinese people that are jokers. On 29 January 2024, Liu Mengying apologized to the Chinese people through social media, admitting that she did not handle the matter well and became a global laughing stock.
Liu Mengying said: "I'm really sorry for not being able to show off to us and causing trouble for everyone." However, Kavanagh's image of holding a Winnie the Pooh, reminiscent of "Xi Winnie", has spread around the world. Come. Liu Mengying said that she was really cowardly at the beginning, but she did not admit her mistakes. She insisted that Kavanagh caused trouble maliciously by relying on his influence. She even uttered racially discriminatory remarks, thinking that Kavanagh was not worthy of being called a "pianist" or "a pianist gentleman". She lamented that she was a low-key person, and now she had to face pornographic searches, online violence, and even her work was affected.
Image : CCP China’s little pink star Liu Mengying apologized to the Chinese people on social media. (Photo taken from IG)
Although she apologized, many Chinese people held on to her saying "I am also British" in the video, believing that she was British at heart. She also emphasized her Chinese nationality, making herself two-faced. Liu Mengying emphasized that her request did not exceed the scope of her personal rights. She also emphasized that she only asked the other party to mosaic or delete the video if they were photographed. "It became what they said I was using China's right to protect portraits to ask the British to comply."
In fact, no matter how much Liu Mengying argued and apologized, the matter could have been easily solved. "If they don't want to be photographed, they can leave." Kavanagh's comment is very pertinent.
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The British pianist fired for the second time and questioned: What can the Chinese teach me not to do in London?
British pianist Brendan Kavanagh's live broadcast of a piano performance at St. Pancras Station in London was interrupted by people holding Chinese five-star flags. The other party said that Kavanagh had infringed on his portrait rights, and the two sides had a dispute. . After the video was exposed, it caused a lot of discussion, but Kavanagh, who was still very angry, went on the show to criticize the Chinese little pink again. He exaggeratedly said: "Oh my god! A group of Chinese people actually told me what I can't do in London. I I feel like that’s enough!”
Image : British pianist Kavanagh (right) plays against Chinese little pink. (Reproduced from X)
What Kavanagh thinks is exaggerated is that if the group of Chinese people feel that their image rights have been violated, they can just walk away. They have no right to ask them to stop filming, which is why the two parties can't argue. However, after all this trouble, Kavanagh is very glad that he took this video, because it can let the world know how excessive the unreasonable demands of the Chinese little pink are.
According to the British "Daily Mail" report, Kavanagh said on a show recently that after he had a conflict with a Chinese, two police officers came to deal with it. At the moment of the incident, Kavanagh had clearly told China Little Pink that he was in London and that what he was doing was absolutely fine. Unexpectedly, China Little Pink actually repeated three times: "I am British too," which is impressive. Kavanagh recalled that after the police went to deal with it, one of the female police officers asked him to stop the live broadcast, saying that he was currently handling a case and it was not suitable for live broadcast, but Kavanagh ignored it and choked the female police officer: "Listen! This is a public place. The place, this is Britain, it’s a free country.”
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U.S.-Chinese Intelligence Director: US support for Ukraine surprises CCP leader
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Image : On 30 January 2024, CIA Director William Burns (featured) wrote an article stating that Xi Jinping, the leader of the Communist Party of China, is the most concerned about the Russia-Ukraine war among all leaders, and he was surprised by the intensity of the United States' support for Ukraine. (Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director William Burns wrote an article stating that CIA research found that the leader of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping, is the most concerned about the Russia-Ukraine war among all leaders. The level of support surprised him.
On 30 January 20240, William Burns published an article titled "Spies and Statecraft" on the "Foreign Affairs" website, revealing Xi Jinping's power game in the eyes of U.S. intelligence officials.
The article said that the CIA will carefully study Xi's remarks, but is more concerned about his actions. As Xi enters his third term, he has more power than any predecessor since Mao Zedong and has taken increasingly threatening actions.
“Instead of using this power to strengthen and revitalize the international system that enabled China’s transformation, (Xi) seeks to rewrite it,” Burns said.
"Xi's increasing repression at home and aggression abroad, from his open-ended partnership with (Russian President) Putin to his threat to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, cannot be ignored," he said.
Burns noted in the article that no one has followed U.S. support for Ukraine more closely than Xi Jinping. “The CCP tends to regard the United States as a declining power, and the international leadership shown by the United States on the Ukrainian issue surprised the CCP.”
He said the United States was willing to take economic pain to counter Putin's aggression in Ukraine and had the ability to rally allies to join in and provide support, contradicting Beijing's belief that the United States is in decline.
In addition, close to China’s coast, the United States’ relationships with allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region have given them a clearer understanding of Beijing.
Burns said that the United States' continued material support for Ukraine does not come at the expense of Taiwan. On the contrary, the United States sends an important message that the United States is determined to help Taiwan.
After the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war, the international community was concerned about the potential threat that the Chinese Communist Party might use force against Taiwan. The Chinese Communist Party has been using military and military force to intimidate Taiwan, seeing it as a target of "reunification". In the just-concluded Taiwan election, the anti-communist Lai Ching-te was elected as the new president, which is good news for the United States and its allies supporting Taiwan.
Burns said that the CCP is the only opponent the United States faces that is both willing to reshape the international order and has the economic, diplomatic, military and technological strength to do so. "While Russia may pose the most immediate challenge to the United States, China (the Chinese Communist Party) is the greater long-term threat."
He said that over the past two years, the CIA has devoted more resources to intelligence collection, operations and analysis related to the (communist) Communist Party around the world.
“In the past two years alone, the proportion of our overall budget dedicated to China projects has more than doubled. We are recruiting and training more Mandarin speakers while increasing our efforts to compete with China around the world, from Latin America to Africa to the Indo-Pacific.”
Burns said that in 2021, the CIA established a new mission center specifically targeting the CCP, providing a central mechanism to coordinate work against China, which has now extended to every corner of the CIA.
"Competition with Beijing will remain Washington's top priority, but the United States cannot escape other challenges," Burns said.
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The Philippines and Vietnam strengthen security cooperation in the South China Sea and target the CCP
On Tuesday (30 January 2024), Vietnam and the Philippines agreed to strengthen coastal patrol cooperation in the South China Sea and target the CCP.
During his state visit to Vietnam, Philippine President Marcos announced that Vietnam and the Philippines agreed to strengthen cooperation between the coast guards of the two countries to prevent incidents in the South China Sea.
Philippine President Marcos Jr.: “Vietnam remains the Philippines’ only strategic partner in the ASEAN region. I hope this meeting will provide further opportunities to strengthen our bilateral relations to promote peace and prosperity in our two countries and the region. Although Maritime cooperation is the foundation of our strategic partnership and our bilateral relationship has been expanded in various areas of cooperation."
This move by Vietnam and the Philippines is meant to jointly target the CCP. Earlier this month, when the United States and the Philippines conducted military exercises in the South China Sea, the CCP also conducted joint exercises in the South China Sea.
The exercises come after China and the Philippines were locked in a month-long tense standoff around the disputed area, with ships from the two countries colliding and Chinese coast guard ships firing water cannons at Philippine ships.
Marcos met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, affirming the bilateral relations between Vietnam and the Philippines and hoping to further strengthen cooperation.
During Marcos’ two-day visit to Vietnam, Vietnam may make a five-year trade commitment to provide up to 2 million metric tons of white rice to the Philippines to ensure “under the impact of climate change, large-scale epidemics and other external events.” food security.
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The unemployed in the economic recession have exhausted their savings. Chinese people still have difficulty finding jobs
Although the change in the statistical method makes the youth unemployment rate officially announced by the Chinese Communist Party look less scary than last year, in reality it is still difficult for young people to find a job. The unspoken rule of the "35-year-old threshold" in society makes it more difficult for middle-aged people to find a job again once they lose their jobs.
The number of fresh university graduates in CCP China in 2024 will reach a record high of 11.79 million. At the same time, under severe deflationary pressure, CCP China is facing a serious situation of weak domestic demand, shrinking investment, sluggish enterprises, and high unemployment.
On January 25, a post titled "Beijing has never been as depressed as it is now" went viral on the Internet. The article reads: "The job opportunities that really support a large number of ordinary Beijing citizens are no longer available in the technology, education, finance, culture, foreign investment, and tourism industries."
The article stated that as the capital of Beijing, the Internet technology industry used to develop very strongly in Haidian District, but that is no longer the case; Xicheng’s financial district is basically “dead” under strong supervision; the education industry is now known as "The worst industry"...
A man named Liu talked about the situation in Shanghai in a telephone interview with The Epoch Times on January 30. He said that about half of the shops in Shanghai are now closed, and some foreign-funded enterprises have left. “The Japanese have left. The Taiwanese are gone, and so are the Americans, and many people are unemployed."
He said: "I sometimes go shopping on Sichuan North Road. It is very depressed and many shops are closed. There is no way. The current environment is like this."
Several young Chinese people recently gave interviews to American media and described their own difficult experiences in finding jobs in the past two years. One of them, a female college student who graduated in 2019, once worked in private tutoring in Hangzhou with a monthly salary of 7,000 yuan. However, after the official crackdown on the domestic education and training industry in 2021, she tried her best to take the civil service examination. After spending all her savings, she relied on her parents' financial support to survive. After 20 months of studying and preparing for the exam, I was able to get a position in the Yan'an Municipal Transportation Bureau, and the monthly salary was only about 3,000 RMB.
Another female college student who will graduate in 2023 failed to find a job after submitting dozens of resumes. She accepted an unpaid internship for several months before getting a full-time position.
In fact, under the background of China's economic downturn, it is not only difficult for young people to find employment, but also for middle-aged people who are "old and young". Because of the unspoken rule of the "35-year-old threshold" in society, it is more difficult for these middle-aged people to find a job again once they lose their jobs.
The "Job Market Hotspots Express for the First Quarter of 2023" released by the Chinese headhunting website "Zhilian Recruitment" in May last year disclosed that polls showed that about 85% of white-collar workers believe that the "35-year-old threshold" does exist, and 46.8% of them believe that it has been passed. It is indeed difficult to find a job at the age of 35.
The above-mentioned survey pointed out that practitioners in the Internet, finance, and cultural industries are more worried about the "35-year-old threshold"; 52.9% of respondents in the IT, communications, electronics, and Internet industries believe that there is a "35-year-old threshold" and have said that they have passed the 35-year-old threshold. It is difficult to find a job at the age of 18.
The "Regulations on the Recruitment of Civil Servants" revised by the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in 2019 even explicitly stipulates that applicants for civil servants must be "over 18 years old and under 35 years old."
Last year, a large number of unemployed middle-aged men and women pretended to go to work in order not to worry their families, and carried their families to "Starbucks" to kill time every day. This became a hot topic in China.
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CCP China officially accepts Taliban’s credentials
After the Chinese Communist Party’s ambassador submitted the “credentials” to the Taliban, Xi Jinping accepted the “credentials” submitted by the Taliban’s ambassador to Beijing in Beijing, once again recognizing the “legitimacy” of the terrorist organization’s regime. sex". Netizens ridiculed the "complicit gang".
China Central Television reported that on Tuesday (30 January 2024), Xi Jinping accepted the letters of credence submitted by the newly appointed ambassadors of 42 countries to Beijing at the Beijing Great Hall. Karimi, the "Afghan Ambassador to China" sent by the Taliban, is one of them.
CCTV broadcast footage of Xi Jinping stretching out his hands to take the "credentials" from Karimi, and showed the subsequent group photo of the two.
The so-called "letter of credence" is a letter of introduction or letter of appointment submitted to the receiving country when a country dispatches an ambassador or minister to another country. This is a formal document from the head of state of the sending country to the head of state of the receiving country.
The CCP's acceptance of the Taliban's so-called "credentials" means recognition of the Taliban regime.
On 13 September 2023, the CCP became the first regime to send a new ambassador to the Taliban after it seized power again. On the same day, the CCP's newly appointed ambassador to Afghanistan, Zhao Xing, arrived and submitted his "letter of credence" to the Taliban, which represented the CCP's official recognition of the Taliban regime.
Prior to this, no country recognized the Taliban regime. Although a few countries still have diplomatic missions in Afghanistan, no country has sent a new ambassador. After the original ambassador's term expires, these countries will only appoint "Charges d'affaires" who do not need to submit "letters of credence".
Now that the CCP has accepted the Taliban's "credentials", it has once again triggered the ridicule of "birds of a feather flock together" and "cockroaches looking for bed bugs".
Netizens on the the Axis powers in the first issue were a bit unbearable.
The Taliban is a terrorist organization designated by the United Nations. Although Russia has close ties with the Taliban, it has not yet officially removed the Taliban from the list of terrorist organizations, nor has it recognized the Taliban regime. Therefore, some netizens ridiculed the CCP, "Goose (Russia) identifies the Taliban as a terrorist organization, and now (the CCP) becomes an unfilial son."
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Many Western countries restrict Chinese students studying abroad. Analysis: Responding to the CCP’s infiltration
Recently, Western countries such as the United States and Canada have tightened entry inspections for Chinese students. Some scholars have analyzed that the CCP’s penetration in the West has encountered resistance from democratic countries. The CCP’s evil deeds have affected ordinary international students in China.
On 28 January 2024, the Chinese Embassy in the United States admitted in a statement that every month, dozens of international students and other Chinese people going to the United States are taken away and questioned by border law enforcement officers when they enter the United States, and their visas are even cancelled and deported back to the country.
Li Yuanhua, a historian in Australia: "The main reason is that the CCP uses overseas students as spies. The free world, led by the United States, has seen the harm the CCP has done to the world and adopted technical isolation or blockade. If some of them involve in high-tech, then they will definitely restrict Chinese students, especially high-level students, such as doctoral students, who are exposed to core technologies. They are actually more careful."
Li Yuanhua, a historian living in Australia, analyzed that the United States restricted the entry of Chinese students in order to cope with the CCP’s increasing infiltration.
Li Yuanhua: “The CCP’s infiltration is multi-faceted, including the CCP has always had an organization called the Overseas Students and Scholars Association. Some people have actually become citizens of the country where they live, but it (the CCP) still wants to have friendships. You, you are required to join its organizations, including the past "Thousand Talents Plan" of the CCP. The CCP has done too many bad things in recent years, so all countries have to guard against it. People who want to study abroad, please pay attention. First, you don’t join the party. Secondly, it’s best if all the other party members in your family quit (the party).”
Recently, the Canadian Federal Court ruled that a Chinese student from the University of Waterloo should be denied entry because the engineering student might engage in espionage.
Sheng Xue, a Chinese-Canadian writer: "International students from China have encountered many social problems, including directly committing criminal crimes, showing off their wealth, and driving luxury cars to go racing. Many international students must report to the local embassy or consulate of the Chinese Communist Party. Reports are made regularly, and the CCP also drives Chinese students to engage in spies or informants in Canada. This is indeed the CCP’s evil deeds and the people’s suffering.”
Canada announced on 22 January 2024 that due to a shortage of apartments, the number of international students enrolled this year will be 35% lower than last year, including Chinese students, who ranked second. However, Chinese-Canadian writer Sheng Xue believes that the main reason for restricting Chinese students is to prevent the CCP’s ideology from corroding Canada.
Sheng Xue: “If Chinese people want to truly get rid of the persecution and control of the CCP, they must break away from the CCP’s ideology in their behaviour and truly become a free person with conscience and compassion. Of course, democratic countries will be very willing to accept such Chinese people.”
Previously, the Canadian government announced a list of sensitive technology research areas and blacklisted 103 institutions from China, Russia and Iran, including 85 Chinese universities and institutions.
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Xi's steps are obviously unsteady when he expresses condolences to veteran military leaders! Veteran military leader who was rumored to be under investigation also showed up
The Military Commission of the Communist Party of China held a New Year's performance to express condolences to veteran military leaders on 29 January 2024. Xi Jinping, the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who has been involved in rumors of poor health recently, appeared, but his steps were obviously unsteady; Xu Qiliang, the former vice chairman of the Central Military Commission who was rumored to be under investigation, also appeared.
CCTV reported on 30 January 2024 that the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China held a performance to express condolences to veteran military cadres stationed in Beijing to welcome the New Year in Beijing on the 29th. Xi Jinping attended, and Zhang Youxia, He Weidong, Liu Zhenli, Miao Hua, and Zhang Shengmin also participated.
News footage showed that although Xi Jinping was smiling, his steps were stumbling.
Rumors about Xi Jinping's poor health have been circulating recently. On the X platform, a post about Xi Jinping suffering from pancreatic cancer went viral. One of the photos used to prove Xi's poor health was a photo of him attending the farewell ceremony for Zhang Kehui's body on 17 January 2024. At that time, Xi looked haggard and thin.
When he visited France as an intern to review the honour guard in March 2019, he walked slowly and seemed unable to move his legs. When attending a press conference, Xi found it difficult to sit down and stand up, and needed to hold the armrests of the chair with his hands to support his body.
At the end of 2021, it was reported that Xi was rushed to the hospital for treatment due to "cerebral hemorrhage". In May 2022, the British "Daily Mail" disclosed that Xi was suspected of suffering from a "brain aneurysm" but he was unwilling to undergo surgery and hoped to treat it through other methods.
Commentator Zhou Xiaohui wrote an article earlier this month saying that there is insufficient evidence to say that Xi has pancreatic cancer based on his status on 17 January. He cannot rule out that this is a public opinion war launched by political opponents within the CCP.
However, commentator Wang Youqun believes that Xi's physical condition should be expected. Although Xi tried every possible means to prevent coups, mutinies, and assassinations, Xi had made too many enemies and was unable to prevent them. Xi's nerves are tense every day. How can his body not be in trouble? Looking at the whole of China and the whole world, nothing is going well in the CCP’s domestic and foreign affairs. Can Xi’s body and mind be in harmony?
Image : On 29 January 2024, the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China held a New Year's performance to express condolences to veteran military leaders. Xu Qiliang (third from left, front row), the former vice chairman of the Central Military Commission who was rumored to be under investigation, appeared. (Video screenshot)
In addition, CCTV news footage also showed that among the retired military leaders who watched the performance, they could be confirmed to include former Vice Chairman of the Military Commission Xu Qiliang, Fan Changlong and others. Former Military Commission member Li Zuocheng was also present, but former Minister of National Defense Wei Fenghe could not confirm whether join.
In Xi Jinping’s wave of purges of the military since last year, a large number of current or retired generals, including Defense Minister Li Shangfu and Rocket Force Commander Li Yuchao, have been involved in serious troubles. Former top military officials Xu Qiliang and Wei Fenghe were also involved in rumours of their dismissal.
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The Hong Kong government activates the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law, and the legal provisions are strict and vague
Following the "Hong Kong National Security Law", the Hong Kong government has introduced 23 pieces of legislation related to national security in the "Basic Law". The consultation document states that the national security definitions of Hong Kong and the Chinese Communist Party are consistent, and it is recommended to add "rebellion crimes" and "overseas interference crimes".
For "espionage" related crimes, it is illegal to publish internal information in advance; it is also illegal to fail to report "treasonous" intentions. If the document is passed, how will Hong Kong's rule of law and freedom be affected?
The Hong Kong government announced on Tuesday (January 30) the launch of a legislative consultation on Article 23 of the Basic Law. The document has nine chapters, covering acts such as treason, rebellion, incitement to rebellion, espionage and theft of state secrets, with the intention of endangering China's sovereignty, unity or The threat of force to territorial integrity is regarded as one of the crimes of "treason", and it is also illegal to fail to report the intention of "treason".
At the same time, it is recommended to amend and add a number of crimes, such as the crime of "inciting intent", which targets the use of words and publications to incite hatred or contempt for China and the Hong Kong government, or Chinese residents; improper disclosure, early release or citation of internal information and sensitive information as crimes related to state secrets; it is recommended that accepting benefits from overseas organizations and providing financial support to organizations should be regarded as crimes related to "espionage"; it is also recommended to add the crime of "overseas interference" to include cooperation with overseas organizations. The interference of forces in Hong Kong's elections, legislation and court work is classified as a violation of national security.
Chief Executive Li Jiachao said that Hong Kong faces "overseas" and "domestic" national security risks and must legislate as soon as possible to safeguard national security.
Li Jiachao: "Foreign agents and Hong Kong independence thinkers, lone wolf attacks and latent confrontations are lurking in Hong Kong society. Foreign intelligence groups, including the US CIA and British intelligence units, will do a lot of work against China and Hong Kong, we must do a good job in safeguarding national security as soon as possible."
He emphasized that the Article 23 legislation was not aimed at individual countries, but was intended to provide ways to deal with violations when someone commits crimes. He also said that Article 23 can effectively safeguard national security and provide a stable business environment, which will definitely be beneficial to economic development.
Image : On 30 January 2024, Hong Kong government officials announced the launch of a public consultation on the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law. AP Photo
Image : The Hong Kong government announced the launch of legislative consultation on Article 23 of the Basic Law on the morning of the 30th, and Chief Executive Li Jiachao held a press conference. (Reuters)
Xu Zhifeng: There are many gray areas in crimes such as treason. Supporting Taiwan may be considered treason.
Exiled former member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, Hui Chi-feng, said that the recommendations in Article 23 of the Basic Law are much stricter than those in 2003, and there are a lot of ambiguities and gray areas. Special attention is paid to the recommendations of "treason" crimes, and it may be illegal to support Taiwan in the future.
Xu Zhifeng: "There are many dangerous places, such as treason, and there are gray areas. For example, in the relatively sensitive issue of Taiwan, because many Hong Kong people support Taiwan, the current document does not talk about retroactive effect. Once a conflict or war breaks out in the Taiwan Strait, Will those who have visited Taiwan to watch elections and expressed support for Taiwan in the past be considered treason? It is difficult for Hong Kong people to draw the line, and it is easy to fall into the wrongful trap."
Xu Zhifeng said that the new proposal has many pitfalls. Taking the crime of "foreign interference" as an example, the definition of "foreign forces" is not clearly stated, and it is easy for Hong Kong people to fall into the wrongful trap.
Xu Zhifeng: "The foreign intervention discussed in Article 23 in 2003 used the word 'enemy'. Now Article 23 has changed to use the word 'foreign forces'. The scope has been expanded a lot. People like me who are doing foreign lobbying People and groups, or Hong Kong groups established by Hong Kong immigrants around the world, may all become "foreign forces". These Hong Kong groups have organized many activities and many Hong Kong people participated. Will all of them be illegal? Chance?"
State secrets and espionage crimes are in line with China and the Chinese-style national security concept is moved to Hong Kong
Li Enhao, a researcher at the Asian Law Center of Georgetown University in the United States, said that the Hong Kong government used a lot of vague concepts in the consultation document, but many of the contents are the same as China’s national security concept. It is tantamount to using this 23-article legislative consultation to Completely transfer Chinese legal concepts to Hong Kong.
Li Enhao: "The Hong Kong government has officially incorporated mainland China's National Security Law and the overall national security concept into Hong Kong's local laws. The content of counter-intelligence crimes is in line with the mainland's counter-intelligence law. The definition of state secrets is in line with that of the mainland." Mainland China’s definition is also the same, not only including defense and diplomacy, but also some information about economic and social development, all of which are considered state secrets, which is actually the same as Mainland China’s definition of confidentiality.”
He said that if the Hong Kong government's proposal is adopted, it will not only affect Hong Kong's business environment, but also criticize and accuse the activities of foreign political parties, human rights and non-governmental organizations without defining what "external forces" are, which will put Hong Kong society at odds with each other. Contact with foreign civil society has been further severed.
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Why does the Hong Kong government insist on going its own way? Analysis: Xi Jinping is uneasy and needs to tighten control
The Article 23 legislation suddenly launched a public consultation on Tuesday. Even though the international community is worried about the legislation, which may trigger another wave of immigration and the flight of foreign capital, the authorities still insist on going their own way. Analysts believe that the reason is that Xi Jinping feels that he cannot control the current situation and feels uneasy. The only way is to strengthen control, just as China also revised the "Counterespionage Law" earlier.
Last week, many countries in the United Kingdom and the United States asked the Hong Kong government to repeal the National Security Law in the United Nations. The Economist also recently pointed out that Hong Kong has been "Chinese" and is becoming less and less like an international city, but there is still no way to stop it. The Hong Kong government pushed forward 23 pieces of legislation, saying it was to "fill loopholes": "A safe and stable environment will definitely be beneficial to economic development. The flow of people must also be aimed at safe and stable places."
Hong Kong's economy is in slump and its relations with Western countries are also very poor. Why does the Hong Kong government insist on going its own way? Wu Ruiren, an associate researcher at the Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica, believes that the legislation is unnecessary: "If I say a relatively crude word, it would be to take off your pants and fart. Isn't the current legal network closed enough?"
He believes that the reason why the CCP does this is mainly due to Xi Jinping's uneasiness: "Because China's economy is not good, there are many problems in all aspects, and its relations with the world are getting more and more stale. His suspicions are getting more and more serious, and everything is under control. He has no way to follow If the whole world declares war, the only way is to tighten control. I don’t think Beijing cares much about what happens to Hong Kong, but it needs Hong Kong to maintain some kind of role outside the country.”
Wu Jianzhong, secretary-general of the Taiwan Taoist Society, estimates that it is important for China to advocate "dare to fight" in order to maintain the stability of the CCP regime. Wu Jianzhong said: "Basically, he is already an enemy of all countries in the world, but Xi Jinping made these considerations because of his own insecurity. But we must also see China's bureaucracy. After Xi Jinping said, "Do it when it's time to do it," which indirectly led to the legislative behavior of these bureaucrats who flattered them and tried to fawn over them."
The consultation period runs until February 28, and the government aims to complete the legislation before the Legislative Council resumes its summer vacation.
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International media: Tightening of restrictions on Hong Kong
There has been no reaction from international politicians for the time being. As for overseas media, such as Taiwan's "Liberty Times" bluntly stated that "tightening the clampdown on Hong Kong"; "Reuters" mentioned that some business people, diplomats and scholars are paying close attention to the development of the situation, and legislation may be It will have a profound impact on Hong Kong, the financial center; CNBC described it as "tightening the national security law."
In fact, international concerns are not unreasonable. At the press conference on Tuesday, Li Jiachao repeatedly pointed the finger at foreign countries, saying that intelligence agencies including the CIA and the UK had conducted a large amount of intelligence work against China and Hong Kong. He also pointed out that Hong Kong had experienced the 2019 During the "black violence" in 2016, foreign agents and "Hong Kong independence" ideas are still lurking in Hong Kong society.
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Li Jiachao points the finger at Britain and the United States: In fact, we are just protecting ourselves
Are Western democracies such as the United Kingdom and the United States enemies of Hong Kong? Li Jiachao responded: "Actually, we are just protecting ourselves. We are very happy that no one or country will target us or create risks for us, and that is what we should do, because I think the world should coexist peacefully."
As for Chapter 7 of Article 23, which involves the "Crime of Overseas Intervention" with extraterritorial effects, the international community has criticized the Hong Kong government from time to time in the past, especially during the "anti-extradition" movement. This undoubtedly raises concerns about whether it is easy to fall into the legal system. However, Li Jiachao said that he always welcomes different opinions on the government. The standard for violating the law is whether there is "intention" and "intention".
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CNN reveals: Xi Jinping made another promise to Biden
CNN exclusively reported on 30 January 2024 that Xi Jinping told President Joe Biden at the San Francisco Summit last November that Beijing would not interfere in this year’s U.S. presidential election, and Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, reiterated the matter during a meeting with national security adviser Jake Sullivan in Thailand.
Biden and Xi Jinping held a two-hour meeting at the Filoli estate in California's San Francisco Bay Area in November 2023. CNN exposed the content that neither US nor Chinese officials reported at the time.
Citing sources, CNN reported that Biden was the first to bring up this topic, and Xi Jinping responded briefly; when Wang Yi and Sullivan met in Bangkok, Thailand, on the 26th and 27th, Sullivan mentioned the matter again, and Wang Yi reiterated Xi Jinping's remarks to Sullivan. Biden’s assurance that Beijing would not interfere in the U.S. elections this fall.
CNN reported that in recent months, meetings between senior U.S. and Chinese officials have repeatedly discussed China's interference or influence in the U.S. election, which reflects the tension in U.S.-China relations and U.S. officials' wariness of external interference in the election.
In 2016, Russian intelligence agencies took advantage of the U.S. presidential election to hack into the Democratic National Committee's broadcast emails to undermine then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's election; since then, intelligence agents from Iran, Cuba, and China have also followed suit in investments trying to influence the U.S. election, but it is still Russia that takes the biggest action.
U.S. intelligence officials told CNN that Russia has always been more active than CCP China in interfering in U.S. elections; however, there are signs that Beijing's attitude is becoming more aggressive, especially targeting American voters and candidates.
CNN reported that since 2020, senior Chinese officials have aimed to strengthen divisions in American society and instructed Chinese spies to redouble their efforts to influence and shape U.S. policies and public opinion in favor of Beijing. These influence operations include China’s use of fake social accounts, revealing attacked US politicians through cyber attacks. U.S. intelligence agencies and Microsoft have both issued warnings.
The report analyzed that even if Beijing is willing to exercise restraint, Chinese hackers still have influence. In the past few months, U.S. national security officials have publicly warned that Chinese cyber spies have been hiding in U.S. maritime and transportation computer networks. If China invades Taiwan, Beijing can interfering with U.S. military response.
CNN reported on the 29th that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Justice are cooperating through court orders to combat Chinese hackers targeting critical U.S. infrastructure.
A senior NSA official told CNN last week that no new foreign efforts to interfere in the U.S. election have been seen so far, but U.S. officials are prepared that foreign forces such as Russia, Iran and China will try to disrupt the election through propaganda, cyberattacks or other means. American voters.
Christopher Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the Department of Homeland Security, told CNN that the United States is facing a chaotic environment of geopolitics and domestic politics, which will allow all kinds of external threats. Threat actors have the opportunity and motivation to interfere in this year’s election; furthermore, powered by artificial intelligence (AI), the influence operations facing this year’s election will be different than before.
Apollo commentator Wang Duran said that Xi Jinping made a major commitment to the United States, which he made to Obama, namely the demilitarization of the South China Sea. Everyone knows what happened later.
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Is the Houthi spokesperson actually raised by the CCP? During the U.S.-China negotiations in Bangkok, Beijing deliberately showed its trump card
Image : Before the meeting between Wang Yi and Sullivan, there were a lot of rumuors on the Chinese Communist Party’s Internet about Houthi armed spokesman Yahya. There is news that Yahya had trained in CCP China. The picture shows Yahya. Picture: Reprinted from Xinhuanet
Chinese Communist Foreign Minister Wang Yi and U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan recently met in Bangkok, Thailand. Both sides discussed the issue of Houthi armed attacks on the Red Sea. Before the meeting between the two, a large number of rumours circulated on the Chinese Communist Party’s Internet about Houthi armed spokesman Yahya. Analysts say that the purpose of releasing this news about Yahya having been trained in China is to emphasize its influence on the Middle East issue and increase its leverage in negotiations with the United States.
According to the "News Talk" program under "New Tang Dynasty Television", Sullivan and Wang Yi had a 12-hour meeting in Bangkok on the 26th and 27th. According to the statement issued by the two sides after the meeting, the two sides conducted "strategic and thoughtful" dialogues on multiple issues such as the Taiwan Strait issue, the South China Sea issue, the Russia-Ukraine war, the Middle East, North Korea and anti-drugs. In addition, the United States also persuaded Beijing to restrain and stop the Houthi armed forces’ attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea by putting pressure on Iran, but it did not make much progress.
The report pointed out that before the meeting between Sullivan and Wang Yi, multiple accounts of the Chinese Communist Party’s short video platform Douyin, as well as accounts such as NetEase’s self-media “Zhi Qiu Kan Shi” began to hype, claiming that Houthi armed spokesman Yahya had once studied in China, he can speak Chinese, understand "Sun Tzu's Art of War", and graduated from "Shijiazhuang Army Academy". Report analysis pointed out that under the CCP’s strict information control environment, these videos and posts were still circulated on the CCP’s Internet, indicating official tacit approval of their dissemination.
Image : Chinese Communist Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) and U.S. National Security Advisor Sullivan hold talks in Bangkok. Picture: Reprinted from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China
Current affairs commentator Yokogawa said that a large number of leaders of some rebel organizations and terrorist organizations in troubled regions in the Middle East and Africa were trained in China. The training of opponents or leaders in these regions is a long-term goal of the CCP planning. Yokogawa said that it is difficult for ordinary people to obtain this information, so the information circulating on the Internet is likely to be released by the CCP itself.
Yokogawa pointed out that China has two purposes for proactively releasing information. The first is because China lacks bargaining chips when negotiating with the United States, and the initiative falls in the hands of the United States. Therefore, it needs to let the United States know that it has other bargaining chips besides drugs. The reason for releasing the news that Ye Kaiya was trained in China is to let the United States know that China's help is essential if it wants to solve the problem of Houthi attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea. Another purpose is to educate the domestic people on nationalism and let them know that the CCP has many friends and a lot of strength that can control the confrontation with the United States.
Current affairs commentator Tang Jingyuan said that in addition to the Houthis, the CCP actually has more "truck cards." The current four major hot topics in the world: the Russo-Ukrainian war, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Houthi armed attack on the Red Sea, and the situation in North Korea, trace back to the end that the CCP plays a major role. Senior think tanks of the Chinese Communist Party have publicly stated in the past that creating enemies for the United States is a means for CCP China to compete with the United States. If the Houthis, Hamas, etc. do not have CCP's support behind them, they may not dare to compete with Western countries led by the United States as their enemies.
Image : Some commentators believe that the Chinese Communist Party deliberately released the news that Yahya had been trained in China to emphasize CCP's influence on the Middle East issue and use it as a bargaining chip in negotiations with the United States. Picture: Reprinted from Visual China
