Page 3 - Exposing How News Today

 Posted By Ruth King on December 14th, 2020 The UK’s new MI5 director, Ken McCallum, said that countries such as China and Russia were no longer focused just on traditional espionage activities, such as stealing government secrets, but also on targeting Britain’s economy, infrastructure, and academic research, while seeking to undermine its democracy. China’s ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming, later denied threatening the UK by making still a...

"While American local governments value such "exchanges" for financial and cultural reasons, exchange (交流) has always been viewed as a practical political tool by Beijing, and all of Chinas exchange organizations have been assigned political missions". — Chinas Influence & American Interests, Report of the Working Group on Chinese Influence Activities in the United States, by the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and the Center on US-China Relations at the Asia Society in New Yor...

In recent years, China, under President Xi Jinping, has seen substantial growth and sought a greater leadership role in world affairs. New equations have emerged domestically as well. As Xi fortifies his hold over the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the country, repressive policies in Tibet and Xinjiang and excessive curbs on academic freedom can pose potential political threats. At the same time, issues like ecological degradation and widening wealth disparities may add to Xi’s challenges....