Australian Ambassador to China Graham Fletcher (L) walks out from an entrance to the Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court after being refused access to the trial of Australian academic Yang Jun on espionage charges in Beijing on May 27, 2021.

The two frequently referred to each other as “brother,” and according to court filings, the officer and his colleagues treated Li to a hot spring in Beijing in December 2014.

In May 1989, Tang participated in a peaceful demonstration of thousands of factory workers in Changchun city in support of students participating in a hunger strike demonstration in Beijing.

The individual expressed fear of "serious repercussions" if identified—including job loss, social exclusion, and retribution from Beijing—citing the United Front Work Department’s (UFWD) infiltration of some Chinese Canadian community organizations.

As a mooted $600 million taxpayer-backed deal for a Papua New Guinea-based (PNG) rugby league team edges closer, Labor ministers have had to justify the expense and the potential threat from Beijing.

The New York Times published a series of articles on Aug. 16 aimed at painting a misleading picture of Shen Yun Performing Arts, a classical Chinese dance and music performance company that is warmly received as it tours around the world each year. In the articles, The New York Times quickly expanded to include the […]

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The ICIJ referred to these Beijing-backed NGOs as “GONGOs” or "government-organized nongovernmental organizations." Ten of these GONGOs receive more than 50 percent of their funding from Beijing, the ICIJ noted.

Before the summit, the IPAC revealed that Beijing tried to stop IPAC members from traveling to Taiwan through coercion and other acts of interference.

Beijing is targeting Canadian political aides in the hope of covertly influencing their bosses by controlling event schedules, shaping talking points, and handling requests from community groups, according to newly released documents.

Beijing seems unable to get out of its own way.

Beijing warned New Zealand about progressing with its plans to join the AUKUS alliance.

(Daniel GARCIA/AFP via Getty Images) Beijing, however, had been pushing the previous government of President Alberto Ángel Fernández to escalate military pressure on the Falklands and to reassert Argentina’s claims forcefully in order to coerce the UK

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul responds to reporters at a press conference on Sept. 4 about the case of her former senior staff member Linda Sun being charged as a foreign agent for the Chinese communist regime.

News Anaylsis Palestinian factions, including Fatah and the terrorist organization Hamas, have agreed to form a government after talks hosted by Beijing.

The Chinese communist regime has stepped up its pressure on the Philippines to give up sovereign rights, days after the island nation's president signed two maritime laws that angered Beijing, according to Filipino Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro.

However, little was said about how Beijing would finance such spending.

While increasing tariffs on Beijing, Trump advised on April 9 that he would halt reciprocal global tariffs for 90 days.

However, the U.S. and Australia consider the Indian Ocean a secondary priority compared to the South China Sea, where Beijing has taken a more aggressive stance.

One study shows that Beijing has given China's EV manufacturers at least $231 billion in state aid over 15 years, from 2009 until the end of 2023.

Since the January election, Beijing has increased pressure on Taiwan. A CCP spokesman stated on Jan. 25 that "Taiwan will never be a country.”

The question on the mind of thinking Australians is whether history is about to repeat itself with their government’s apparent fawning toward the communist dictatorship in Beijing.

Tay was also the target of a Beijing-linked transnational repression operation during the election campaign, according to Canadian intelligence officials.

The Albanese government's adoption of key recommendations from the Varghese Review, including the defunding of a prominent Australian think tank known for its critical stance towards Beijing, has sparked controversy.

Efforts to forcibly repatriate its nationals, which Beijing refers to as "persuasion to return" to China, are part of the regime's broader operations to combat telecommunication fraud committed by Chinese living abroad, according to Safeguard Defenders

A report on Beijing’s disinformation and interference operations in Canada says a systematic “kill chain” approach is needed to address these growing threats. “Kill chain” refers to a phase-based strategy that identifies the stages of foreign interference and provides tailored countermeasures for each stage, according to a report co-published by the advocacy groups DisinfoWatch and […]

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Commentary Beijing is doing a lot of work to keep banks and provinces solvent.

The move serves to create a bulwark against Beijing establishing a military or police presence in the Pacific nation, which lies a few hundred metres north of Australia.

With a faltering economy reported by many China watchers, Beijing understands the need for foreign investment (money, technology, no tariffs) to prime the pump.