New cases of alleged chinese academic theft are appearing in the united states amid crackdowns on chinese espionage
There is controversy in switzerland around a secret agreement that allows chinese security agents
To enter the country without official status in order to monitor chinese nationals
And the strength of the relationship between china and russia is now under question
As breaks appear to be forming between the close allies. I'll be going in depth into this
Welcome back everyone first off some breaking news, the justice department announced a chinese national and researcher
at the university of california in los angeles
Has been arrested and charged for destroying evidence and obstructing an fbi investigation
The 29 year old Guan Lei was allegedly seen throwing a damaged hard drive into a dumpster outside his apartment
the fbi recovered the damaged hard drive
Which it said was
Irreparably damaged guan was prevented from boarding a flight to china after he refused an fbi request to examine his computer
Now according to a justice department statement guan is under investigation for potentially sending sensitive u.s. Software or data
to china's national university of defense
Technology and for also lying about his ties to the chinese military in a visa application. a pattern
We're beginning to see more often. Now the chinese university. He was allegedly sending data to also has ties to the ccp military
The justice department says it is quote suspected of procuring
U.s. Origin items to develop supercomputers
with nuclear explosive applications
It also notes the university was placed on the entity list of the department of commerce for quote nuclear
non-proliferation reasons
And in another case announced by the department of justice that same day on august 28th
A chinese national who was conducting research at the university of virginia
was arrested and charged for theft of trade secrets and for accessing a sensitive computer without
Authorization the justice department states that the 34 year old. Haizhou Hu was quote alleged to be in possession of
Bio-inspired research simulation software code that he was not authorized to possess
And which represented the result of years of research and resources in its development by members of the university of virginia
academic community
Who was arrested while attempting to board a flight to china? now what are we seeing here?
there are ongoing cases in the united states around chinese espionage and around academic theft especially when it comes to research and
academia many individuals in these recent cases have been arrested at american universities now, it's very hard to charge someone with
Espionage the amount of information you need to prove is very difficult
So a lot of times individuals seen stealing information or having connections to the chinese military are charged on lighter charges
So for example being charged with trying to destroy information obstructing investigations or trying to take information back to china
But this all ties to the broader picture what the united states is focused on right now
Which is chinese economic theft and also the theft of research
again, we're seeing many many cases of this in a pretty steady stream of cases coming out of the justice department currently and also the
First case we mentioned here is important the individual destroying this hard drive
You might remember a recent episode we talked about these leaked documents giving orders from the chinese communist party to its front operations
Ordering them to begin destroying information
So this does fit into that we can't say for sure whether it's connected, but it does fit in with that
Now another new is a high-profile australian tv host Cheng Lei has been detained in china
lays with the ccp's state-run cgtn
News outlet and details on her arrest are still vague and chinese authorities have not provided information on what's actually happening
now again, she's with
CGTN, that's one of the chinese communist party's main state-run news outlets now
It's important to note in the united states
CGTN also known as china global television network is designated as a foreign mission of the chinese communist party
So not just a foreign entity. It is a foreign mission meaning basically in terms of designation
It is a branch of the chinese communist party. It is an official branch of the chinese system
So not really a normal news outlet and also in context of this. Yes
She's an australian journalist, but she's also with one of the main chinese state-run news outlets
It's not clear why the ccp would arrest one of the anchors a prominent one with one of its main state-run news outlets
This may point to some other changes taking place right now in terms of the ccp cracking down
On its different systems of culture entertainment and information. We do see other cases along the lines of this
Meanwhile in switzerland there has been controversy around a secret agreement that allows chinese security agents to enter the country
Without official status and to then monitor chinese nationals in that country
Under this alleged agreement between switzerland and the ccp
The chinese regime is able to send agents from the chinese ministry of public security to that country for up to two weeks
Without them needing official status where they can then carry out
Investigations on chinese nationals who are in the country illegally. They're allowed to conduct
Interrogations on swiss soil and also work with local authorities to repatriate chinese people now
It's important to note on this
Many chinese people flee china for human rights issues many people who are facing persecution in china have to go through many many different loopholes
to escape china
There are people from hong kong right now trying to escape to taiwan and the chinese communist party has patrol boats looking for them
Many chinese people try to escape china on very legitimate grounds
doesn't mean all of them are under similar situations to that, but there are many who are
And so again this may tie to human rights abuses and the involvement of the swiss government in possible human rights abuses
But the chinese communist party has other programs like this in other countries
in italy
For example chinese police are patrolling in rome under one of the agreements they have with the ccp
And even in the united states, the chinese communist party has had programs like this
Although the trump administration has been pushing back against it the ccp has what they called operation fox hunt
Where they were sending agents from the ministry of state security onto u.s soil to carry out
Investigations and arrests of chinese officials there were reports on this recently actually from the trump administration
The trump administration was accusing the chinese communist party of doing this on the u.s soil under again
Operation fox and where we're sending agents with the ministry of state security to look for chinese officials in the united states
They were accused recently that if these agents were not able to find these individuals they were going to their family members
Urging them to turn in their family members or encourage them to commit suicide. This was recently again called out by the trump administration
Meanwhile, the chinese communist party is saying it wants czech republican senate speaker Milos Vystrcil
To pay a quote heavy price after he made an unofficial trip to taiwan and during a speech in taiwan
He stated his support for the taiwanese people and for their freedom and declared quote
I am a taiwanese which received a standing ovation
Now his phrase invoked former u.s president. John f kennedy who told people in west berlin back in
1963 that quote I am a berliner for the ccp
This will be taken as an invocation of the fall of the berlin wall
And is a hint at the collapse of the communist system in china afterwards chinese state councilor wang
Yi
Criticized the czech politician quoted by the foreign ministry stating according to reuters quote
The chinese government and chinese people won't take a lawsuit fair attitude or sit idly by it will make him pay a heavy price
For his short side of behavior and political opportunism
But czech authorities don't appear to be folding actually seems to be the opposite
Czech foreign minister tomas Petříček responded on twitter stating that quote minister Wang's statement has crossed the line
Such strong words don't belong in relations between two sovereign countries
Again what are we seeing here? The chinese communist party has been doing this wolf warrior diplomacy
Again, they're using this hard-line stance on criticizing other countries anytime
They do anything that remotely offends the chinese communist party and every single time. They've been doing this just about it has backfired
again, when the australian government was calling for investigations to the origin of the ccp virus the chinese communist party shot back at them and
Criticized them for it and even threatened trade relations with australia what happened with that?
australia, not only started to break away from the chinese communist party but joined this new quad alliance against the ccp mainly with the
United states japan and india and so things like this are having the opposite effect
Now the chinese communist party has been moving away to some extent from this wolf warrior diplomacy stance
But it seems they cannot fully break away from it
It seems in some regards they become so used to acting like this that they're still doing it
And again, this is very likely going to have the opposite effect in the czech republic
And now for the broader stories for today now first off the relationship between russia and china shifted after the cold war
the ccp which had been formed under soviet influence
Now plays a dominant role while russia and its many leaders who starkly remember the old days now play the subordinate role
But as the ccp faces internal and external crisis and as the chinese regime is becoming more aggressive on the world stage
How long will this relationship last?
The national interest points out in a recent story some important points on this and note that in 2008
When both countries saw the us financial crisis the ccp had determined the decline of the united states had begun
And that it could abandon its narrative of a peaceful rise
soon after the chinese communist party began its aggressive takeover of the south china sea and the east china sea
And russia made a similar move around that same time as well when at the munich security conference in 2007
Russia, also set out on a new push to assert its claims over post-soviet regions that included georgia and ukraine
Now in these claims the united states is seen as the main impediment
and russia and china have worked together to challenge u.s authority at the united nations through the brics block and through other means
So far the report notes russia has been willing to keep a junior status to the ccp
Which is an exception to relationships between the two countries historically
And the report also notes that tensions from the two countries are likely going to come about when the ccp pushes too far
And when russia sees that the ccp challenges its strategic interests even more so than the united states and u.s allies
Whose only real demand from moscow is to end its aggression
And already there are signs this break may now be happening on one front of this
The chinese communist party is unhappy about the treaty of beijing where way back in
1689 the two countries adjusted their borders in favor of russia
recently the russian embassy in beijing posted a statement celebrating the
160-year anniversary of that treaty in the chinese communist party's state-run news that the global television network
Shot back at that report calling it the quote unequal treaty of beijing
And it also noted the former chinese name of that city in that region and since then as well
The chinese communist party has hinted at other disputes with russia such as with historical treaties around
tajikistan and disagreements over the independence of kazakhstan
These have caught the attention of russia as well
Now the broader context of this is important
When it comes right now to the chinese communist party itself xi jinping himself
The head of the ccp is allegedly being called up by other top members of the ccp
This is in relation again to the recent top-level meeting
They just had this beidaihe meeting and also to the purges that have followed that meeting
Now a lot of the criticism has been around xi jinping's different decisions when it comes to wolf warrior
Diplomacy where you have this hard-line diplomatic stance that has pushed away countries. For example
Like india japan and so on to even align with the united states
It comes to different policies as ccp has made again hard-line diplomatic policies new pushes into the south and east china seas
And also to other measures for example trade measures that have caused other countries to push back against the chinese communist party
It seems a lot of these initiatives are having the opposite effect. They are backfiring
Xi jinping is being accused right now by other top ccp leaders
Of making initiatives that are having the opposite effect and they believe that decades of work soft power work by the ccp
Are now falling to pieces
Russia sees this happening
They're seeing the chinese communist party is breaking all of its international ties creating enemies everywhere and that even internally it's destabilized
Also, look at the other pictures of this chinese communist party influence and subversive measures are deteriorating
A lot of its different methods when it comes to overseas work when it comes to front operations
They are being exposed by the united states and by other countries the u.s justice department
The fbi are looking into all the chinese communist parties different methods for influencing universities
They're looking at the ccp say trade theft. They're looking at different chinese businesses
For example when it comes to data theft and possible exposure of u.s data to the chinese communist party
They're looking at the fact that many chinese companies operating on the stock exchange
Are not being held to the same auditing standards as western companies. The chinese communist party's different measures
It's different soft power initiatives and it's different methods of subverting the west all of them are being exposed. All of them are deteriorating
And so what is russia seeing? they're seeing that one of its main allies
The chinese communist party is burning nearly all of its bridges when it comes to diplomacy
When it comes to business and when it comes to foreign influence and for russia as well
They remember what happened with the soviet union. They remember the downfall they remember the internal fighting
They remember what happened to its economy when the rest of the world did not see the collapse of the soviet union coming
These russian individuals who many of whom still have influence in the country
Knew exactly what took place behind the scenes and very likely looking at china right now and seeing the exact same things now happening
And so what's their interest right now?
Is it to align with the ccp as the chinese communist party goes and makes enemies with just about every major player in the world
Or is it to say begin distancing from the ccp even as a chinese communist party becomes more hostile towards russia as well
with these territorial claims
This raises an important question while the ccp's powers are diminishing
What is the interest of russia to maintain its ties with the ccp?
Would it still side with the ccp if the chinese communist party is say separating itself from the rest of the world dividing itself
If the ccp's different methods different things it's doing for decades are now deteriorating and being exposed
Is it in the interest of russia to continue siding with this?
And again when it comes to the ccp's different methods of subversion
When it comes to its territorial claims when it comes to ideological subversion again
Russia knows how these games are played because during the soviet union russia was doing many of the same things
It knows what the ccp is doing when the chinese communist party does these things it not only knows exactly what it's up to
Especially when it calls out russia on these things as well. For example these territorial disputes
But it also knows the outcome of the trajectory the ccp is on
Because again the trajectory the ccp is on is pretty much the same things that led to the collapse of the soviet union
They would know this above any other country
Meanwhile, the ccp's programs under the belt and road initiative. This one belt one road initiative are coming under greater scrutiny
This is as the impact of these programs are now being seen the ccp has been doing it long enough
Now where countries can look and see what the results of this program are and see exactly what they've been doing
Through its programs of debt traps designed to seize resources and infrastructure and through its use of bribes to foment corruption
The chinese communist party is being accused now of subjugating third world nations
A report from the non-partisan think tank gatestone institute which focuses on international policy
Says the economic benefits the csp has brought to countries in africa and latin america through the program are questionable
It states quote a few of these bilateral packages appear contrived
to imprison already impoverished states into realms of permanent economic vassalage to china
Through the belt and road initiative the ccp benefits from commerce and from seizing local assets when the country's default on their debts
And again these debts are done in a way where pretty much they're designed to not be able to be paid back
And the chinese communist party has been using this as well to gain control over natural resources including oil
And as the ccp gains deeper influence in these countries
It also gains deeper control over their political systems often to the detriment of human rights as well
Report notes that many islamic countries under the influence of the belt and road initiative have been silent on the ccp's abuses of muslim uighurs
Even as the united states is considering declaring its abuses a genocide
The report notes that some muslim countries have even praised the ccp's abuses of muslim uighurs
And it also notes that quote not one
Muslim majority state voted to condemn treatment of the uyghurs in support of the west's u.n resolution to publicly sanction beijing
Of all countries in the world you would expect them to be at the forefront of this and they are silent on the ccp's abuses
meanwhile, it characterizes the chinese regime's loan agreement under this program again as a form of racketeering and notes for example that
When sri lanka failed to meet its debt obligations under its agreement with the ccp
the chinese communist party used that to seize its port of
Hambanthota
Venezuela, for example sends the ccp oil instead of its inflated currency
Ecuador for example sends about 90 percent of its oil to china and the report notes quote
Perhaps even below the world price market and similar issues have been seen in other countries as ccp has roped in
through this initiative
The report states that the ultimate goal of the belt and road initiative quote appears to be geared toward replacing the existing political
Military and economic dimension of the west's liberal democratic order again
Not surprisingly with one dominated solely by the communist party of china
What are we seeing here? now when it comes to the chinese communist party again
This is a communist state
if the communist party controls the country if you're a communist party member and you have to be
If you're going to be with the ccp
and if you have any influence within its political system or its business system if your business gets big enough
You have to have a communist party liaison
You would have to register into the communist party and possibly a lot of your employees as well
Would have to register under the communist party
If you're a communist party member, it means a few things you have to pay party dues
Which means you give money to the communist party and you also have to join its weekly study sessions of communist texts
These people are well versed in communist doctrine. now part of that. What is one of the main stated goals of communism?
seize the means of production who controls the means of production and what are the means of production?
Well factories who controls the world's factories?
natural resources who controls the world's natural resources
supply chains shipments and so on the chinese communist party if they do not already control it they're making
Significant efforts to gain control over it and under the one belt one road initiative again
We're seeing an active program to again seize the means of production
seize control the local industries gain control of the natural resources
And to use this initiative as an inroad and it also uses this program as a way to build inroads into these countries
Where they bring in all their critical infrastructure basically gain control of this critical infrastructure oftentimes in the country's default on their debts
And through this through these different programs to export the ccp's form of government into these countries
Again, they gain control over the resources
They gain control over the production who controls the means of production this also ties to the bigger picture of industrial warfare
When it comes to different countries competing for who controls manufacturing
Now who controls manufacturing as a person who controls the economy?
and this is important because whichever country wins the
Industrial war whichever country controls the means of production whichever country controls the global industry
Is the one that controls jobs innovation and economy
And again, what does it mean to subjugate a country? What does it mean? What does subjugation mean historically, right?
It means these countries swear allegiance to another country
They give some of their own natural resources to that country and they follow the laws and systems of that country to an extent
The chinese communist party through its one belt one road initiative
Requires this of these countries if they're going to be part of it and the chinese communist party again
Is being accused of using this to bring these countries under permanent vassalage
Now in related news the Epoch times recently received leaked documents from china
Which show how the ccp uses organizations known as the quote european and american alumni associations
As tools to use its students in its belt and road initiative and for civil diplomacy
this program uses overseas students and manages the
Association through its united front work department which in turn is managed through the central committee of the chinese communist party
the official website of the alumni association
Shows it has around 42 local organizations and claims it has 220,000 members
the leaked document shows that during an association meeting back in october 2019
A member of the ccp standing committee in Henan who was also the minister of the united front work department liu xiuhua
Spoke at its inaugural meeting and stated the association should continue to expand and reach more overseas students
Experts scholars and entrepreneurs and he also gave orders to quote
Implement the decisions from these central provincial and municipal party committees and take the work of overseas students
As a new focus for united front work
In august 2016 the ccp's general office of the central committee published a report that was summarized by china scope
That states the first role of the association is to quote establish a database
Of returned overseas students and receive timely updates about the returned overseas students and then to quote
Create a think tank
Including the overseas students and once this was completed it was directed to use these networks to work on civil diplomacy
And to serve the belt and road initiative
What are we seeing here? The chinese communist party is using these overseas students in its united front work programs
And it's also taking these students monitoring them
And using them to organize think tanks according to these documents and also previous reports we've seen on this
It can then use these think tanks to influence local politics and to benefit its different interests in this case
the one belt one road initiative
An important on this as well. It says it has
220 000 members
220 000 including overseas students experts scholars and entrepreneurs this means very likely
220 000 people involved in the ccp program
Operating overseas or operating under the ccp's interest to subjugate and influence other countries
Also in a nicer note, we received a very nice letter from senator rick scott. It says here quote. Joshua
Thanks for talking about problems of communist China. rick. so senator if you are watching. Thank you very much. We appreciate the support
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