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China’s rising economic influence in Africa has been in the works for two decades now. It stretches from infrastructure to the telecoms.

Telecommunications networks funded and built by China are taking over Africa's cyberspace, a dependence that analysts suggest puts Beijing in a position to exert political influence in some of the continent’s countries. Bulelani Jili, a doctoral candidate at Harvard University’s Department of African and African American Studies, told VOA Mandarin in a phone interview that “Huawei is…

'American Airlines is providing the Chinese with a means of accessing [passengers] while they're basically held as a captive audience.'

Austin Bay: Communist China’s calculated lies and calculated buys China knows how to curry below-the-radar favor with international political figures, bureaucrats and opinion leaders — then, when a problem develops threatening Chinese Communist Party interests, use covert influence to stifle criticism or delay a response. Read Article Austin Bay China knows how to curry below-the-radar favor with international political figures, bureaucrats and opinion leaders — then, when a problem de...

Austin Bay: Communist China’s calculated lies and calculated buys China knows how to curry below-the-radar favor with international political figures, bureaucrats and opinion leaders — then, when a problem develops threatening Chinese Communist Party interests, use covert influence to stifle criticism or delay a response. Read Article Austin Bay China knows how to curry below-the-radar favor with international political figures, bureaucrats and opinion leaders — then, when a problem de...

China knows how to curry below-the-radar favor with international political figures, bureaucrats and opinion leaders, then, when a problem develops threatening Chinese Communist Party interests, use covert influence to stifle criticism or delay a response. The most pernicious example of Chinese covert influence in action is the World Health Organizations failure in January and February 2020 to demand Beijing provide a full and accurate accounting of the COVID-19/Wuhan virus epidemic in China, i...

Biden Revokes Trump-Era Bans On Chinese-Owned Tiktok, WeChat President Joe Biden on Wednesday revoked a series of Trump-era executive orders that sought to ban Chinese-owned apps such as TikTok and WeChat, while also directing his Commerce Department to initiate its own review in identifying national security risks associated with the apps. According to the Associated Press, the new executive order “directs the Commerce Department to undertake what officials describe as an ‘evidence-based�...

9 May 2021 Chinese spies could be able to access “sensitive” information in Belgium through investments made into the Liège Airport by the Jack Ma-owned e-commerce giant Alibaba, the country’s justice minister admitted this week. Appearing before a hearing of the House Justice Committee, Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne said that “Chinese intelligence service agents could have access to sensitive and secure areas of the airport”. “Alibaba will also have to obey the Chinese...

Chinese Navy seeks to be more portable ANI | Updated: Apr 19, 2021 10:00 IST Hong Kong, April 19 (ANI): One of Chinas strengths - as an authoritarian communist state - is its ability to wield a whole-of-nation approach to security, diplomatic and economic affairs around the globe. This is seen clearly in its efforts to develop port infrastructure and to carve out opportunities for naval bases in territories far from home. The region most talked about is the...

Opposition calls on Canadian government to stop contracting out visa applications to China-backed company Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Justin Tang/The Canadian Press Opposition MPs are urging the Canadian government to stop contracting out the work of processing visa applicatio...