Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching accuses a wealthy Chinese-Australian property developer and businessman Chau Chak Wing as the mysterious “puppeteer” behind the foiled foreign interference plot towards the Australian elections. On February 14, 2022, Senator Kitching used parliamentary privilege during a Senate Estimates hearing to make her statement alleging Dr. Chau Chak Wing, one of Australia’s ...
The results of the U.S. 2020 election on November 3 are still pending. Despite the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) efforts to downplay reports on the U.S. election, netizens in mainland China are anxious about the outcome. Many of them still wait with unprecedented enthusiasm. On November 5, four topics related to the U.S. election were ...
The presidential election in Taiwan is scheduled to be held next month. And China is furiously trying to manipulate it through disinformation so that the pro-Beijing camp can win and lay the foundation for the “One China” plan, where Taiwan reunites with the mainland under communist rule. However, the Taiwanese government has taken measures to ...
A group of Chinese hackers backed by Beijing hacked into telecommunication companies, stealing textual content of “geopolitical interest,” according to a new report by cybersecurity firm, FireEye. Names of the countries, companies, and individuals subject to the hack have not been revealed. Phone hackers The hacking job was done by the infamous APT41 group through ...
A new study from researchers at The University of Manchester investigates the sophisticated network of agents on Twitter who work to distribute fake news during election campaigns. The paper — “Political Astroturfing on Twitter: How to Coordinate a Disinformation Campaign” — was published in the journal Political Communication. “Astroturfing” comes from how agents appear to ...
A report prepared by a cross-party committee of Canadian MPs has pegged China as one of the most significant national security cyber threats to the country. It accuses Beijing of mobilizing Chinese students and using businesspeople to influence Canada’s politics. The Chinese threat to Canada “China is known globally for its efforts to influence Chinese ...
With a view to increasing its influence in Oceania, the Chinese Communist Party is reportedly intervening in New Zealand politics. Experts warn of dire consequences to the country’s sovereign society if Beijing’s manipulative strategies are not countered strongly. China and New Zealand politics The debate over Chinese designs to subvert New Zealand politics came into ...
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