CHINESE MULTIDOMAIN WAR AGAINST INDIA

 

US Secretary Blinken vows to keep the Indo-Pacific region free and open amid ‘complex’ challenges
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday vowed to keep the Indo-Pacific region free and open, and hopes to deepen efforts with South-east Asian nations to tackle “complex challenges” affecting the region.
“We share a vision of an Indo-Pacific that is free, open, prosperous, secure, connected and resilient,” he told foreign ministers in Jakarta at the 56th Asean Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and related meetings, which started on Tuesday and ended on Friday.
“That means a region where countries are free to choose their own paths and their own partners, where problems are dealt with openly, not through coercion, where rules are reached transparently and applied fairly.

China and the Chinese mafias overseas: quid pro quo

A vast alliance of diaspora gangsters with Chinese authorities plagues Europe as it does the Americas.

China has tried to insert its spies in Britain’s secret services

MPs report that successive governments failed to address Beijing’s threat because economic interests took precedence

 

China has tried to infiltrate British intelligence agencies with its spies as part of a “prolific and aggressive” espionage campaign, a report revealed.

Beijing’s activities are so extensive that it has penetrated every sector of the economy, an influential group of MPs said. The damning assessment by the intelligence and security committee (ISC) concluded that successive governments had failed to address the threat because economic interests took precedence.

It said Chinese investment in the nuclear sector meant Britain’s electricity could one day be held to ransom if relations between the countries deteriorated. It warned of a “nightmare scenario” where China had technological supremacy and could exert political and economic influence at all levels.

A Chinese company has access to fast-track visas despite its surveillance equipment being deemed a security risk, The Times can reveal.
In November the UK government banned Hikvision, the security camera manufacturer, from providing equipment on official sites in Britain.
Oliver Dowden, then the Cabinet Office minister, told the House of Commons that the ban was because of “current and future possible security risks associated with the installation of visual surveillance systems on the government estate”.
He advised departments to stop using equipment produced by companies subject to China’s national intelligence law, under which “any organisation or citizen shall support, assist and co-operate with the state intelligence .

 

Chinas Multi Domain War against Own Citizens

Hong Kong Takes Its Crackdown Abroad
Authorities question families, place hefty bounties on overseas activists. After crushing dissent at home, Hong Kong is turning its focus to activists who have continued their resistance to the Beijing-led crackdown from overseas.

Germany urges companies to ‘de-risk’ from China, emphasizes it is not seeking a decoupling
Germany on Thursday said that de-risking from China is “urgently needed” but emphasized it is “not pursuing a decoupling.”
“China’s economic strategy aims to make it less dependent on other countries, while making international production chains more dependent on China,” the foreign ministry said in a 64-page report.“This is having an impact on European and global security,” the report warned.

Anti-China melodrama toxic chicken soup for India: Global Times editorial
By Global Times

China hopes that India can fully appreciate China's goodwill and sincerity and remain cautious about the "anti-China melodramas" becoming a toxic influence in Indian society.