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CCP AbroadPRC Infiltration ActivitiesThe CCP ThreatAmerican Citizens for Taiwan: Be Vigilant: China Will Pit The Local Against The Center

1 week ago423 min

… The deals with Kaohsiung were only part of Beijing’s efforts — it also wooed Nantou and Hualien, local governments run by non-ruling party politicians. The purpose of these policies, generally trade and tourism sweeteners, is to build support for Beijing in local areas, and to create centers of resistance and evasion towards Taiwan’s central government China policy. Beijing has not reserved this policy for Taiwan alone. In fact, it is a strategy that it...

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CCP AbroadForeign AffairsThe CCP ThreatMLI: ICAO Twittergate-Taiwan scandal highlights deeper problems at the UN: J. Michael Cole for Inside Policy

2 weeks ago1185 min

A recent controversy with the Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) amid a coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in China has once again raised questions on whether it is wise to exclude Taiwan from specialized UN agencies. … What was also known was that in recent years, China has successfully installed its own people at the head of specialized UN agencies, including the WHO, Interpol, and, since 2015, at ICAO, in the person of Fang Liu, formerly...

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CCP AbroadPRC Infiltration ActivitiesThe CCP ThreatUS RelationsAFP: Pompeo urges US governors to resist China pressure on Taiwan

2 weeks ago1343 min

Washington (AFP) – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday urged US governors to resist Chinese pressure to shun Taiwan as he warned that Beijing was increasingly taking its diplomatic battle to the local level. In an address to state leaders gathered in Washington, Pompeo said that President Donald Trump’s administration would step up communication with state and local governments about dealing with China. “Don’t make separate individual deals and agreements with China that undermine...

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CCP AbroadForeign AffairsPRC Infiltration ActivitiesThe CCP ThreatUS RelationsPolitico: Pompeo to governors: China is watching you

2 weeks ago1198 min

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had a stark message for the governors gathered in Washington this weekend: The Chinese government is watching them, and other state government officials, more closely than they think. Pompeo told some 44 governors at the National Governors Association winter meeting that they are being individually analyzed by at least one Chinese government-backed think-tank on how malleable they are, and how prone to cooperate with China. And he warned governors to...

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CCP AbroadDiplomatic PartnersForeign AffairsPRC RelationsThe CCP ThreatFocus Taiwan: Eswatini’s ties with Taiwan firm despite pressure from China: MOFA

3 weeks ago1323 min

… MOFA wishes to express its “sincere appreciation and highest respect” to Eswatini for standing up to China’s efforts at suppression, she said, adding that Beijing was “rudely interfering in the economic activities of another country.” In an undated statement reportedly issued by the Chinese embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, Beijing served notice that visa applications by Eswatini citizens for travel to mainland China will now be processed only at the Pretoria embassy, the Times...

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CCP AbroadForeign AffairsPRC RelationsSoft PowerThe CCP ThreatInews: The WHO’s refusal to share coronavirus information with Taiwan is a huge mistake

3 weeks ago1086 min

There are some basic rules for dictatorships. First, they always lie. Second, they always kill people. And third, if they say they aren’t killing people, they’re lying. The obvious, traditional targets for secret police and assassins are those felt to be a threat to the regime: dissidents, rivals and journalists. … This pattern repeats the world over. From the 1984 Ethiopian famine to the shooting down of a passenger plane over Tehran last month, a lack...

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CCP AbroadForeign AffairsPRC Infiltration ActivitiesSoft PowerSouthbound CountriesThe CCP ThreatSydney Morning Herald: WA apologises after China embarrassed over Taiwan dance performance at State Theatre Centre

3 weeks ago1995 min

WA’s taxpayer-owned State Theatre Centre has apologised to the Chinese government after it allowed a Taiwanese performing arts group to hire its facilities. According to the Perth Theatre Trust, the state government body which manages the theatre, the Chinese consul in WA was embarrassed when “a flag was raised that did not align with the Commonwealth’s one-China policy” at a performance of the Taiwanese Acrobatic Troupe. … In March last year, the Perth Theatre Trust’s...

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CCP AbroadForeign AffairsPRC RelationsSoft PowerThe CCP ThreatAxios: UN aviation agency blocks critics of Taiwan policy on Twitter

4 weeks ago1253 min

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has blocked numerous Twitter accounts — including ones belonging to Capitol Hill staffers and D.C.-based analysts — after facing online criticism for excluding Taiwan from membership. Why it matters: Taipei is an international transit hub, and Taiwan’s exclusion means it can’t take part in information sharing and logistical planning as the coronavirus spreads. Context: China views Taiwan as part of its sovereign territory, and it has systematically pushed the...

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CCP AbroadForeign AffairsPRC RelationsSoft PowerThe CCP ThreatForeign Policy: As Wuhan Virus Spreads, Taiwan Has No Say at WHO

1 month ago1885 min

… Taiwan confirmed its first case of the pneumonia on Jan. 21, a potentially fatal illness similar to the deadly SARS outbreak of 2002-2003. The United States confirmed its first case the same day. … But Taiwan is no longer able to attend the World Health Assembly, WHO’s annual policy meeting. China has prevented Taiwan from attending since 2016, after President Tsai Ing-wen was elected for the first time. Since her election, Beijing has stepped...

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CCP AbroadForeign AffairsPRC RelationsSoft PowerThe CCP ThreatThe Diplomat: Taiwan, Shut Out From WHO, Confronts Deadly Wuhan Coronavirus

1 month ago2615 min

Taiwan has confirmed its first Wuhan coronavirus case and closed its borders to all residents of Wuhan amid concerns that the country’s exclusion from the World Health Organization (WHO) is keeping it from receiving timely updates on the deadly epidemic. … Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday urged China to share information on the viral outbreak and said the country’s international airports were enforcing “very strict” epidemic prevention measures. The CDC confirmed that Chinese officials...

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