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This week’s issue examines the fall-out of the Chinese Communist Party’s ever-expanding intelligence collection campaign that used dirigibles (guided balloons) and what that means for the new cold war between the United States and the Peoples’ Republic; the growing bipartisan consensus in the United States to wage this cold war; and much more.
For Americans, this past week should bring into focus an unpleasant reality: The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is engaged in a cold war against us and we are only just beginning to recognize it.
February 7, 2023 via The Hill via Hoover Daily Report
China and America are drifting towards a cold war. Distrust is turning into something far more disruptive: a contest between two irreconcilable powers, each sure that the other is bent on thwarting its rival’s core ambitions and interests.
February 7, 2023 via The Economist via China's Global Sharp Power Weekly Alert
The Chinese spy balloon shot down by the U.S. military over the Atlantic Ocean was capable of collecting communications signals and was part of a fleet of surveillance balloons directed by the Chinese military that had flown over more than 40 countries across five continents, the State Department said Thursday. It would be relatively easy for signals-collection devices to get data on what mobile phones are in use around a military base, current and former officials say.
February 9, 2023 via New York Times via China's Global Sharp Power Weekly Alert
After House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced his Democratic appointments to a select committee on the threat posed by China, the top Republican chairing the panel, GOP Rep. Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin, gave Jeffries some surprising feedback: his stamp of approval.
February 10, 2023 via CNN via China's Global Sharp Power Weekly Alert
A permanent split with Chinese apps was less disruptive than many expected.
February 6, 2023 via Rest of the World via China's Global Sharp Power Weekly Alert
Spy balloon effort operates in Hainan province off China’s south coast and has for years collected information on military assets in several countries, officials said.
February 7, 2023 via Washington Post via China's Global Sharp Power Weekly Alert
It’s been a year since Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin announced the “no-limits” friendship between China and Russia, but is it one between equals?
February 7, 2023 via The Economist’s Drum Tower Podcast via China's Global Sharp Power Weekly Alert
Articles that illuminate the lack of personal freedom and political liberty under the Chinese Communist Party.
February 12, 2023 via undefined via China's Global Sharp Power Weekly Alert
The Chinese Communist Party seeks to control information technology as a means to shape and censor the communications and opinions of its own people, as well as the communications of individuals beyond China's borders.
February 12, 2023 via undefined via China's Global Sharp Power Weekly Alert
China is the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases and generates enormous pollution and environmental degradation. This section highlights the activities carried out by entities controlled by the Chinese Communist Party that harm our environment.
February 12, 2023 via undefined via China's Global Sharp Power Weekly Alert
The Chinese Communist Party wages a series of foreign interference and coercion campaigns and this section provides articles and reports explaining those actions, as well as the damage they do abroad.
February 12, 2023 via undefined via China's Global Sharp Power Weekly Alert
This section documents the myriad abuses that the Chinese Communist Party commits against its own people in violation of its commitments under the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
February 12, 2023 via undefined via China's Global Sharp Power Weekly Alert
This section highlights articles and reports on the harmful impacts of the commercial and economic policies employed by the Chinese Communist Party.
February 12, 2023 via undefined via China's Global Sharp Power Weekly Alert
Articles on the comprehensive military modernization and expansion program undertaken by the Chinese Communist Party, which supports an increasingly aggressive foreign policy and threatens the safety of China's neighbors.
February 12, 2023 via undefined via China's Global Sharp Power Weekly Alert
The section describes how the Chinese Communist Party employs its foreign infrastructure and development program to further its strategic interests abroad and in international institutions.
February 12, 2023 via undefined via China's Global Sharp Power Weekly Alert
This section collects opinion pieces from across the world commenting on the harms caused by the activities of the Chinese Communist Party and provides insight into the various solutions that experts and leaders suggest we pursue to protect our interests.
February 12, 2023 via undefined via China's Global Sharp Power Weekly Alert
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