UK immigration officer among two men guilty of working for Chinese intelligence BBC Two men first in British history to be found guilty of spying for China The Guardian UK to summon Chinese Ambassador after spying convictions Reuters Border Force officer and retired Hong Kong police superintendent found guilty of spying for China Sky News China exploited WFH to … Read more
LONDON (AP) — A Chinese woman who was found with 5 billion pounds ($6.6 billion) in Bitcoin after defrauding more than 128,000 people in China in a Ponzi scheme was sentenced by a U.K. court on Tuesday to over 11 years in prison. Police said the investigation into Zhimin Qian, 47, led to officers recovering … Read more
BEIJING (AP) — China’s coast guard accused a Philippine ship of deliberately ramming one of its vessels on Tuesday near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. The Philippines denied it, saying China’s forces used powerful water cannons that damaged its ship and injured a crew member. A Chinese coast guard statement said … Read more
Country steps up crackdown on online scammers, who lure victims using promises of romance to invest in fake cryptocurrency investments. Nigeria has deported 102 foreign nationals, including 60 Chinese and 39 people from the Philippines, who were convicted of “cyber-terrorism and internet fraud”, according to the country’s anticorruption agency. The announcement by Nigeria’s Economic and … Read more
TOKYO (AP) — Japan has demanded China stop flying its fighter jets abnormally close to Japanese intelligence-gathering aircraft, which it said was happening repeatedly and could cause a collision. Japan’s Defense Ministry said a Chinese JH-7 fighter-bomber flew as close to 30 meters (98 feet) to a YS-11EB electronic-intelligence aircraft of the Japan Air Self-Defense … Read more
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Foreign Office said Tuesday it has summoned the Chinese ambassador to protest after a Chinese warship used a laser against a German aircraft in the Red Sea. The surveillance aircraft was part of the EU mission Aspides, which is intended to better defend civilian ships against attacks by Houthi rebels based … Read more
What Does Pakistan’s Use of a New Chinese Fighter Jet Mean for the Future? NPR China’s military exports perform poorly in India-Pakistan skirmish Indo-Pacific Defense FORUM Dragon-Scorpion Nexus: How China Is Using Pakistan To Suppress India & Emerge The “Big Boss Of Asia”: OPED EurAsian Times The dragon’s shadow on India-Pak conflict The Tribune Geopolitics of China-Pakistan’s Relations SpecialEurasia Source … Read more
The Trump administration will revoke visas for Chinese students, including those connected Chinese Communist Party. The United States will begin revoking visas for Chinese students. The State Department said this will include those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party as well as those studying in “critical fields”, though it did not provide details. This … Read more
Hong Kong CNN — Visitors to a centuries-old tourist site in eastern China were sent scrambling after hundreds of roof tiles came loose and cascaded more than two stories to the ground. The Fengyang Drum Tower—built in 1375 and used to announce the beginning of ceremonies and the time of day—is one of the largest … Read more
Social media campaign depicts fictional scenes of officials becoming disillusioned with ruling Chinese Communist Party. The CIA has launched a Chinese-language social media campaign calling on government officials in China to switch sides and leak secrets to the United States. The two videos released on Thursday depict fictional scenes involving Chinese officials who approach the … Read more