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The #Pentagon will launch military repair hubs in the #IndoPacific countries of Japan, South Korea, Australia, Singapore & the Philippines.
The program stems from an understanding that the U.S. alone cannot compete with #China’s ship-building prowess.
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In a concerted effort to match up to #China’s burgeoning #shipbuilding capability, the #US is courting its Asian allies #Japan and #SouthKorea to help it restart redundant shipyards.
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Reed Smith is closing its Beijing office, becoming the latest in a string of #US #LawFirms to scale back its footprint in #China, amid economic uncertainty, increasing regulatory pressure and fraught US-China relations.
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#US-founded #LawFirm Dechert is considering closing its offices in #HongKong and Beijing, becoming the latest foreign firm to scale back in Greater #China amid a prolonged capital market downturn and growing Sino-US tensions.
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5 current & former employees of UK drugmaker @AstraZeneca have been detained by police in #China for investigation.
One probe is related to the company’s collection of patient data.
The other concerns importing an unapproved drug.
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Beijing’s arrest of the executive of drugmaker #Astellas has had a considerable chilling effect on Japanese business, contributing to a drop in #Japan’s #FDI in #China to the lowest level since at least 2014 and accelerating an exodus of Japanese expats.
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#China’s #ConsulGeneral in #NewYork has been expelled after Linda Sun, a former aide for NY governors Kathy Hochul & Andrew Cuomo, was charged for acting as an #agent for the Chinese govt.
Sun & her husband’s bonds are set respectively at $1.5mn & $500K.
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A former top aide to #NewYork Gov. Kathy Hochul was arrested on federal charges of acting as a secret agent of the Chinese govt.
Linda Sun, 41, is accused of using her high-ranking positions in state govt to serve the #ChineseCommunistParty’s interests
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#Indonesia will deport to the #Philippines dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo who is accused of ties to #criminal syndicates & #moneylaundering.
Guo was arrested along with a Chinese monk & was helped by a former Chinese police officer during her escape.
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The #Philippines’s authority arrested suspended Bamban Mayor Alice Guo & 7 others, incl. her family members.
The arrest order cited Guo’s refusal to appear bf the Senate as having “delayed, impeded & obstructed” the inquiry into human trafficking etc.
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The rapid rise of #China’s homegrown #EV makers is upending the largest passenger car market on the planet and leaving the world’s biggest automakers on the losing end.
@VW warned it could close plants in #Germany for the first time in its history.
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Japan’s two biggest #carmakers – #Toyota and #Honda – announced cutbacks to their operations in #China.
The transition from gas/petrol-powered cars to #EVs continues to take a toll on the auto giants, particularly in China, where EV sales rapidly surge.
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#Malaysia said it would carry out an investigation into the leak of a classified diplomatic note sent by #China in Feb.
In the note, China reportedly asserted that Malaysia's oil & gas exploration in the #SouthChinaSea infringed on China's sovereignty.
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#Australia wrapped up #ASEAN summit failing to explicitly call out #China over a series of incidents in the #SouthChinaSea.
The failure was a nod to countries close to Beijing - Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar - and also to Malaysia’s conciliatory approach.
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A former top aide to #NewYork Gov. Kathy Hochul was arrested on federal charges of acting as a secret agent of the Chinese govt.
Linda Sun, 41, is accused of using her high-ranking positions in state govt to serve the #ChineseCommunistParty’s interests
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in exchange for millions of dollars.
Her husband, Chris Hu, 40, was also arrested in the alleged scheme.
The arrests come six weeks after FBI agents searched the couple's $3.5mn home in Manhasset on Long Island.
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#China remains a complex #intelligence concern in #NewZealand.
Beijing carries out #ForeignInterference activities against NZ’s diverse Chinese communities.
A NZ-based Chinese language news outlet is almost certainly responsive to Beijing’s direction.
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#China’s state-linked influence operation #Spamouflage has become more aggressive in an effort to influence #US political conversations ahead of the 2024 presidential #election.
15 Spamouflage accounts were identified on @X & one on TikTok.
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#US researchers have identified the probable deployment site in #Russia of the 9M370 Burevestnik, a new #nuclear-powered-&-armed cruise #missile touted by Putin as "invincible".
The missile has only 2 partial successes out of 13 known tests since 2016.
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If the #CCP truly believes it has a territorial claim to #Taiwan, it should also try to take back land from Russia.
Beijing’s different approaches to 2 similar historical territorial losses show that its plans to invade Taiwan are geopolitically driven.
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Admiral John Aquilino, head of the US @INDOPACOM, issued a dire warning of possible invasion of #Taiwan by #China as soon as 2027, an act that could spark WWIII.
It's been a goal of #XiJinping to annex Taiwan, by force if necessary.
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#SiliconValleyBank's Chinese JV will become a wholly owned unit of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank.
#China’s financial regulator has agreed SPD to adjust its shareholder ratios so as to hold 100% of the shares, effectively approving SVB exiting the JV.
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#Japan's #Defense Ministry requested a record budget of ¥8.5tn ($59bn) for fiscal Y2025.
The request is aiming to enhance remote island security by deploying unmanned vehicles amid #China's growing military assertiveness.
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#Japan expressed “strong concern” after a Chinese survey ship was confirmed to have briefly intruded into Japanese territorial waters near southwestern Kagoshima Prefecture.
A Japanese military vessel and aircraft were tracking the vessel.
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The #US stands with its ally the #Philippines & condemns the dangerous & escalatory actions by #China against lawful Philippine maritime operations in the vicinity of Sabina Shoal in the #SouthChinaSea on Aug 31.
A China Coast Guard vessel deliberately collided 3 times with
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The #Philippines & #China clashed in disputed waters of the #SouthChinaSea over Manila’s alleged resupply mission for fishermen.
Manila accused Beijing of “unjustifiably” deploying flares from the China-occupied Subi Reef on Aug 22 while a Philippine aircraft was patrolling.
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with a @coastguardph vessel exercising its freedom of navigation in the #Philippines’ EEZ, causing damage to the vessel & jeopardizing the safety of the crew onboard.
This is the latest in a series of dangerous & escalatory actions by #China.
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#Japan expressed “strong concern” after a Chinese survey ship was confirmed to have briefly intruded into Japanese territorial waters near southwestern Kagoshima Prefecture.
A Japanese military vessel and aircraft were tracking the vessel.
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A #China’s #military aircraft was confirmed for the 1st time to have violated #Japan’s territorial airspace.
Japan strongly protested the move.
The move seemed to be intended to probe Japan's response time & erode the capabilities of its fighter jets.
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The #PacificIslands summit has ended in drama after #China’s regional envoy demanded scrapping the language about #Taiwan.
The communique was republished without the offending para.
Only 3 of the 16 countries still have diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
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policing capabilities across the region over the next 5 years.
The PPI comes after #Australia and #NewZealand pledged to step up trans-Tasman defence earlier this month amid “the most complex and challenging strategic circumstances since WWII”.
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#HumanRights groups & the #UN are using Sat's 2yr anniversary of a landmark UN report to call for action.
#China reportedly may have committed crimes against humanity in #Xinjiang.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk's China approach is blamed to be "timid".
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UN #HumanRights chief Volker Turk said #China was violating fundamental rights in #Xinjiang and #Tibet regions and called on Beijing to change course.
"I am engaging with the #HongKong authorities on continuing concerns about national security laws."
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" Saying 'we are engaging with #China' has not been enough."
"The office needs to issue an update on the current situation in #Xinjiang and present a concrete action plan for holding those responsible to account."
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