Pompeo: Not Cold War 2.0 – CCP Threat Worse than Soviet Union

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, "What's happening now isn't Cold War 2.0", as the threat China poses to Western countries is in some ways "worse" than that posed by the former Soviet Union.

Addressing the Czech Senate on his first stop of the five-day visit to Central Europe on Wednesday, August 12, Pompeo spoke about "the challenge of resisting the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] threat is in some ways worse" than that during the cold war, because “the CCP is already enmeshed in our economies, in our politics, in our societies in ways the Soviet Union never was.”

In his speech, he recalled the years of Soviet suppression of the Czech Republic. While Russia continues to "undermine" Czech democracy and security using disinformation campaigns and cyberattacks, Pompeo believes that China would pose an even greater threat because of her "campaigns of coercion of control". As an example, he cited the cancellation of the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra's concert tour in China due to Prague Mayor Zdeněk Hřib's pro-Taiwan policies, arguing that this shows that “the CCP leverages economic power to coerce countries".

Pompeo also mentioned that during the Cold War, the Czech Republic, "and others that suffered behind the Iron Curtain, know best of all how deeply communists plunge societies into ruin and repression". He urged Czech senators to "stand up for the sovereignty and freedoms" that the Czech people demanded for their country between 1968 and 1989.

Source: Stand News #Aug13
#US #China #CzechRepublic #SovietUnion #ColdWar #Pompeo #Diplomacy #History #ForeignInfluence

China, Russia 'primary culprits' behind 'Cold War' levels of espionage and foreign interference towards Canada: CSIS

OTTAWA – Canada’s spy agency says that it “observed espionage and foreign interference activity at levels not seen since the Cold War” last year and that many security threats have become “much more serious.”

“The key national security threats facing Canada, namely violent extremism, foreign interference, espionage and malicious cyber activity, accelerated, evolved and in many ways became much more serious for Canadians,” warns Canadian Security Intelligence Service Director (CSIS) David Vigneault in the organization’s 2020 annual report.

Source: NationalPost #Apr12

https://nationalpost.com/news/intelligence-committee-warns-china-russia-targeting-canadian-covid-19-research

#China #Russia #ColdWar #Canada #CSIS

No one want a Cold War, again ... or someone actually wants it?
Well there is one country trying to races past others, threatens others ... is the #ccp actually getting much success?
Well, all we know is that the democracies need to unite and protect the free world.
#fuckccp #boycottchina #ccp #china #coldwar #australia #tradewar #tyranny #supportaustralianwinemakers #aussie #politics #threat #freedom #democracy #diyms #english

Failure to improve US-China relations ‘risks cold war’, warns Kissinger

Former US national security adviser Henry Kissinger has warned that strains between Washington and Beijing pose “the biggest problem” for the world, and a failure to improve them risks a “cold war” between the world’s two largest economies.

“It’s the biggest problem for America; it’s the biggest problem for the world. Because if we can’t solve that, then the risk is that all over the world a kind of cold war will develop between China and the United States,” Kissinger told the McCain Institute’s Sedona Forum on global issues.

Source: The Guardian #May01

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/01/us-china-doomsday-threat-ramped-up-by-hi-tech-advances-says-kissinger

#US #China #Coldwar #Washington #Beijing

Democratic and Republican congressmen on July 28 introduced a bill that aims to revive an arm of the old U.S. #ColdWar arsenal to improve understanding of #China and potentially other strategic rivals of the #UnitedStates.

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As threats of ‘new Cold War’ between U.S. and China intensify, Canada needs firm strategy to adapt

Back in April, prominent U.S. senator Chuck Schumer tabled a sweeping 1,445-page bill that would lay the groundwork for America’s broad strategy to blunt China’s global rise.

The legislation, called the Innovation and Competition Act, identifies strategic industries like quantum computing, advanced semiconductors and pharmaceuticals, where it recommends the U.S. should ramp up public support. It proposes deeper protections for critical minerals, expands research spending, and aims to strengthen cyber defence capabilities, among other things.

Source: National Post #Jul31

https://nationalpost.com/news/as-threats-of-new-cold-war-between-u-s-and-china-intensify-canada-needs-firm-strategy-to-adapt

#China #US #Canada #ColdWar

Johnson may block Chinese takeover of UK’s largest computer chip maker

Boris Johnson may block a Chinese-owned company from purchasing the UK’s largest producer of semiconductors, a senior government adviser has suggested, as they warned Beijing was on the brink of initiating a new “cold war”.

Tony Abbott, the former prime minister of Australia recruited by Johnson to advise on post-Brexit trade, said he was heartened by a review being launched into the takeover of Welsh microchip manufacturer Newport Wafer Fab by Nexperia and suggested it meant the process could be paused.

Johnson had asked his national security adviser, Sir Stephen Lovegrove, to look into the sale after previously being accused of acquiescing to the deal by not scrutinising it more closely, particularly given the semiconductor industry’s geopolitical prominence.

Source: The Guardian #Jul27

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jul/27/chinese-takeover-of-uks-largest-computer-chip-maker-may-be-blocked

#Johnson #UK #Chip #ColdWar

China warns US-UK-Australia pact could ‘hurt their own interests’

China has told the US, the UK and Australia to abandon their “cold war” mentality or risk harming their own interests after the three countries unveiled a new defence cooperation pact.

The trilateral security partnership, named Aukus, was announced on Thursday by the three nations’ leaders via video link, and will include an 18-month plan to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines.

It drew strong political reaction domestically in Australia and the UK, and from France, whose existing $90bn (£65bn) submarine contract with Australia has now come to an abrupt end.

Source: The Guardian #Sep16

https://t.co/BNrgTIE3rU

#China #US #UK #ColdWar #Australia

The World Needs a New Cold War Against the Chinese Regime: Former US Ambassador Sam Brownback | Clip

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The world needs a new #ColdWar against the #Chinese regime, its abuses of human rights, and its plans to export its tyrannical form of government, according to former ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback.

Join host @JoshJPhilipp as we look into this.


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House #Lawmakers say the United States must win a “new #ColdWar” with China. To do it, they’re forming a select committee on China.

Congress overwhelmingly passed a #MilitarySpendingBill. One of the urgent issues: Support for #Taiwan.

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One of America's "diehard China optimists" seems to be changing his tune toward #China. Not long ago, he was still a strong supporter of investing in China. But now he says the U.S. and China have already crossed a line and are on the brink of a #ColdWar.

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The West is bracing for a potential repeat of the #ColdWar, with the fear of it going hot, following new comments from Russian President Vladimir #Putin. China's foreign minister is voicing concern, while also telling the United States to stay out of China-Russia relations.

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