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Bloomberg: Confucius Institutes to be designated as Foreign Mission of the PRC

Sources close to the U.S. Department of State told Bloomberg that the Confucius Institute U.S. Centre was to be designed as a foreign mission of the PRC. Shortly after the news was published, the State Department made the official announcement on Thursday, August 13. Such action further escalates the tension between China and the U.S.

Confucius Institutes with heavy presence in universities and colleges around the world, have been established for more than ten years, dedicated to promoting Chinese culture. However, many Western countries recently question the ulterior motive of the institutes using their teaching as a tool to expand political influence. The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) of the U.S. released a report last year that the institutes are used as a propaganda tool controlled by China and have too much control over the institutes in America. Universities and colleges are called on to close their Confucius Institutes.

If the State Department of U.S. requires Confucius Institutes to register as “foreign missions”, it means that the institutes are “substantially owned or effectively controlled” by the Chinese government. According to the Foreign Missions Act, these organisations need to register all personnel roster and their property holdings in the U.S. with the U.S. State Department. They have to follow administrative requirements and to be ruled that similar to embassies and consulates.

Source: Stand News #August13

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#Japan Should Not Ignore #TikTok Data Security Risks
Liberal Democratic Party Proposal on Restricting the Use as early as September

Followed by the ban on the use of TikTok in India and the request from the U.S. on the parent company of TikTok for selling the local business of ByteDance, the Ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s Tax Panel Chief of Japan Akira Amari, said that Japan should not ignore the data security risks from the use of TikTok.

During the interview on Fuji Television Network on Aug 16, Amari pointed that other countries such as the United Kingdom, India and the U.S. are aware of the data security risks of TikTok, which the Japanese government should not ignore. “Japan cannot just stand beside and watch because many countries have pointed out the risks,” he said.

Amari added, Japanese companies should assume that partnerships with Chinese firms would lead to data leakage. If Japan compromised on data security, other countries, who supported freedom, democracy and the rule of law, might rule out Japan, which posed a crisis to Japan. “Japan is the country with the least sense of crisis,” said Amari.

#TikTok #Japan #Amari #AkiraAmari #Security #DataSecurity #LiberalDemocraticParty

Source: Stand News #Aug16

#InternationalTribunal #CCPControl #ChinaInfluence
Chinese Ambassador to Hungary Becomes Judge in International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea 

On 25 August, Duan Jielong, nominated by the Chinese Communist Party government, was named the new judge to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (#ITLOS) in Hamburg, Germany.

The Tribunal is an "independent judicial body" established by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (#UNCLOS) to adjudicate maritime disputes "arising out of the interpretation and application of the Convention". 

Duan, currently the PRC's ambassador to Hungary, received 149 votes in the first round of election and was therefore elected. His term will start on October 1, 2020 with an appointment of 9 years.

Since its establishment in 1996, the Tribunal has had 4 judges from the PRC.

[Editor's note: On 12 July 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled that China had violated the UNCLOS in South China Sea]

Source: Now News #Aug25

#DuanJieLong #Judge

#StandWithMongolia #CCPControl
Mongolians Strike in bid to Prevent Beijing from Eradicating Their Mother Tongue in Schools

Source: Societas Linguistica Hongkongensis #Sept3

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In the era of surveillance, face-recognising cameras intrude ou rlives. Have you wondered, how close are we to mass surveillance?

This photo was taken at Tai Po Complex in Hong Kong. Hikvision cameras are placed in the entrances and exits to monitor the temperature of passersby.

The US government had blacklisted this company earlier because it worked with the CCP to monitor minorities in Xinjiang with its face recognising technology.

In this sick city, we are only one step away from the digital prison.

Source: Siu-kin Wong Facebook #Sept5
#Hikvision #FailedState #SocialCreditSystem #CCPControl

#MassSurveillance #CCPControl
Chinese company with CCP's Military and Intelligence Network Surveys the World

A Chinese company, Zhenhua Data, with links to Beijing's military and intelligence networks has been amassing a vast database of detailed personal information on prominent and influential figures, including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, members of the royal family, Australian Prime Minister Morrison and Indian Prime Minister Naomohan Modi, military officers, celebrities, entrepreneurs, journalists, accountants, academics, scientists, as well as criminals and politically sensitive people.

The database of 2.4 million people has been leaked from the Shenzhen-based company is believed to be used by China's intelligence service, the Ministry of State Security. Of the 250,000 records recovered, there are 52,000 on Americans, 35,000 Australians, 10,000 Indian, 9,700 British, 5,000 Canadians, 2,100 Indonesians, 1,400 Malaysia and 138 from Papua New Guinea.

While much of the information has been "scraped" from open-source material, some profiles have information which appears to have been sourced from confidential bank records, job applications and psychological profiles. The company is believed to have sourced some of its information from the so-called "dark web".

One intelligence analyst said the database goes much further that of "Cambridge Analytica”, suggesting a complex global operation using artificial intelligence to trawl publicly available data to create intricate profiles of individuals and organisations, potentially probing for compromise opportunities.

The database was leaked to a US academic based in Vietnam, Professor Chris Balding, who until 2018 had worked at the elite Peking University before leaving China citing fears for his physical safety.

"China is absolutely building out a massive surveillance state both domestically and internationally.” “I think it speaks to the broader threat of what China is doing and how they are surveilling, monitoring and seeking to influence… not just their own citizens, but citizens around the world." Professor Balding told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Source: ABC #Sep15

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-14/chinese-data-leak-linked-to-military-names-australians/12656668

#Zhenhua #CCPControl #MassSurveillance #BigBrother

#CCPControl
China blocks Wikimedia Foundation’s accreditation to World Intellectual Property Organization

China blocked the Wikimedia Foundation’s application for observer status at the World Intellectual Property Organization (#WIPO) on September 23, 2020.

As a United Nations (#UN) organization, WIPO develops international treaties on copyright, IP, trademarks, patents and related issues.

China was an "official observer" of the WIPO and was the only country to raise objections to the accreditation of Wikimedia.

In their last-minute objections, China claimed Wikimedia’s application was 'incomplete' and suggested that the Foundation was carrying out 'political activities' via the volunteer-led Wikimedia Taiwan chapter.

Despite that the Wikimedia's application was supported by the UK and the US, due to China's block, the Foundation's application for observer status has been suspended and will only be reconsidered in 2021.

Source: The Wikimedia Foundation #Sept24

#Wikipedia

#CCPControl #Censorship
Museum in France Postpones Exhibition of Genghis Khan in Protest of Censorship by Chinese Authorities

In France, the Château des Ducs de Bretagne, which houses the Nantes History Museum, has announced that a collaborative exhibition with China about Genghis Khan and the Mongol Emperor has been postponed to 2024, and the Museum is going to stop collaborating with China.

The museum’s director, Bertrand Guillet, described the decision of postponing the exhibition as an ethical choice and accused the Chinese authorities of their continuous interference and censorship of the exhibition’s content.

The Chinese authorities asked for the removal of the terms such as “Genghis Khan”, “Emperor”, and “Mongolian language”. They also demanded the power over the context, maps, content, and contact information etc.

The Museum in France indicated that the context of the exhibition was completely censored by the Chinese and biased perspectives were added into the context for political needs. After discussions with several historians and professionals, the Museum decided to halt the project to defend the values of human, science, and ethics. Contents will be replaced by collections from Europe and America and the Museum hoped that the essence of the exhibition can be preserved.

Source: Stand News #Oct13

#Nantes #GenghisKhan #ChâteauDesDucsDeBretagne #Museum

#CCPControl #CCPThreat #Censorship
China Reprimands Indian TV Stations for Broadcasting Stories About Taiwan

Although China repeatedly condemns "foreign interference", its embassy in India has recently issued a letter, reprimanding a local English-language news channel i WION for "violating the one China policy" by broadcasting Taiwan-related Interview.

Source: Twitter #Oct23

https://twitter.com/palkisu/status/1319507856060682240?s=21

#India #China #Intimidation #WION #Taiwan

#MassSurveillance #ChineseCharacteristics #CCPControl
Chinese Communist Party leader Urges the World to Implement Controversial #HealthCode

According to China state broadcaster, Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping called on the world during the G20 summit for the implementation of a health code.

In Hong Kong alone, the Health Code proposal has sparked controversy for its potential infringement of privacy and freedom and issues with the collection and the storage of personal data by the authorities.

On November 19, 2020, Xi also said at the Apec CEO Dialogues that China must rely on a growth model driven by innovation while continuing to deepen so-called supply-side reforms.

Xi also said globalisation is "irreversible" and that China will not engage in "de-coupling".

Throughout 2020, China has come under criticism, particularly from the US, for the coronavirus outbreak.

Source: RTHK #Nov19
#WuhanPneumonia

#FakeNews #CCPLies #CCPControl
No ‘Negative’ News: How China Censored the Coronavirus

In 2020, the whole world has been extensively affected by COVID-19, which was originally called "Wuhan Pneumonia" at the early stage of the outbreak because of its alleged origin. The pandemic has led to the lockdown of many countries, the suspension of economic activities and the separation of families.

In an investigative report published by The New York Times on Dec 19, 2020, it was revealed that the Chinese Communist Party government stage-managed what appeared online in the early days of the outbreak and downplayed the severity of the coronavirus.

The New York Times wrote,

“At a time when digital media is deepening social divides in Western democracies, China is manipulating online discourse to enforce the Communist Party’s consensus.

To stage-manage what appeared on the Chinese internet early this year, the authorities issued strict commands on the content and tone of news coverage, directed paid trolls to inundate social media with party-line blather and deployed security forces to muzzle unsanctioned voices."

For example, regarding the death of the whistleblower Dr. Li Wenliang, who had been threatened and prosecuted by the Chinese authorities, on Feb 7, 2020, China "ordered news websites not to issue push notifications alerting readers to his death. They [Chinese authorities] told social platforms to gradually remove his name from trending topics pages. And they activated legions of fake online commenters to flood social sites with distracting chatter, stressing the need for discretion".

The New York Times also found that "Chinese officials tried to steer the narrative not only to prevent panic and debunk damaging falsehoods domestically. They also wanted to make the virus look less severe — and the authorities more capable — as the rest of the world was watching."

According to Xiao Qiang, a research scientist at the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley, and the founder of China Digital Times,

“China has a politically weaponized system of censorship; it is refined, organized, coordinated and supported by the state’s resources. It’s not just for deleting something. They also have a powerful apparatus to construct a narrative and aim it at any target with huge scale.”

“This is a huge thing,” he added. “No other country has that.”

Source: New York Times #Dec19

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/19/technology/china-coronavirus-censorship.html

#CyberSpace #Xi #WaterArmy #WuhanPneumomia #Manipulation #COVID19 #Christmas2020