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While the U.S. intelligence community toils to identify the exact origins of the SARS-COV2 (COVID-19) virus in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), there are additional reasons to be concerned about Beijing’s work in the life sciences, especially biotechnology. Indeed, the U.S. State Department and the Department of Defense (DOD) have publicly noted their unease with the PRC’s dual-use research and development (R&D) in biotechnology that may have offensive military purposes.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said that his country reserves its right to take “all measures necessary” to prevent “interference by outside forces" concerning Taiwan.

For instance, Global Times reported on January 5, 2020 that

For instance, Global Times reported on January 5, 2020 that

Coming soon to oceans near you.

While China is aggressively expanding its military, a new report from the National Defense University has exposed areas of possible concern for the People’s Liberation Army.

The U.S. Department of Defense considers China the pacing threat to the United States as its military buildup, economic coercion, and political warfare threaten the U.S.-led world order that serves the interests of Americans.[1] 

One of the most salient issues that surfaced in this study is the projected medium-term increase in the vulnerability of silo-based ICBMs to attack by precision conventional weapons.

In a separate email to Melanie Joly, Canadas Global Affairs Minister , GTC said, it has the moral obligation to call upon the govt of Canada, to act swiftly.

An old missionary student of China once remarked that Chinese history is “remote, monotonous, obscure, and-worst of all-there is too much of it.” China has the longest continuous history of any country in the world—3,500 years of written history. And even 3,500 years ago China’s civilization was old!