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U.S. Intelligence Agency Issues Warning About Chinese Hackers

The National Security Agency (NSA) recently issued a warning about 25 patchable bugs that are being leveraged by Chinese hackers to infiltrate American networks. The vulnerabilities affect products that are mostly used for external web services or remote access. Chinese hacking threat “NSA is aware that National Security Systems, Defense Industrial Base, and Department of ...

Jack Roberts

A hacker.

CCP Agents Charged With Spying in the United States (Part 1)

There has been a “mass mobilization” of CCP agents (Chinese Communist Party) outside of China. One such case involves the arrest of Baimadajie Angwang on September 21. Prior to his recent arrest, Angwang was a Tibetan-American police officer in Queens, New York, and a U.S. Army reservist. He is charged with acting as an illegal ...

Michael Segarty

NYPD officer Baimadajie Angwang.

French Museum Cancels Genghis Khan Exhibition After Chinese Interference

A museum in France recently decided not to go ahead with an exhibition of Mongol leader Genghis Khan. The Château des ducs de Bretagne history museum in the western city of Nantes said it was putting the exhibit about the 13th-century leader on hold for over three years. The Chinese government apparently interfered and asked ...

Nspirement Staff

Château des ducs de Bretagne.

6 More Chinese Media Outlets Classified as Foreign Missions

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently announced that the administration has designated six Chinese media entities as foreign missions. According to Pompeo, this is being done to counter Chinese communist propaganda being spread in the United States. Taking into account these six outlets, the U.S. has classified 15 Chinese media organizations as foreign missions ...

Max Lu

A newspaper on a laptop.

Sweden Bans Huawei From Its 5G Network

The Swedish government has banned Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE from participating in establishing 5G networks in the country. The announcement was made by Swedish telecom authority PTS ahead of the county’s spectrum auction due sometime in November. Huawei’s business in Sweden was around 9.3 percent of the local market share as of September 2020. ...

Nspirement Staff

Red Huawei logo on a glass door.

39 Countries Criticize China for Its Human Rights Violations

Diplomats from 39 Western nations have criticized China at the United Nations for violating the human rights of Uyghur Muslims, as well as compromising the autonomy of Hong Kong. UN Director Louis Charbonneau admitted that the organization must create an international mechanism to track and report rights violations committed by the Chinese regime. China’s human ...

Nspirement Staff

Christoph Heusgen.

U.S. Battle Force: A Fleet of 500 Naval Ships by 2045

Mark Esper, U.S. Defense Secretary, recently announced the country’s naval fleet plans. Dubbed “Battle Force 2045,” Esper revealed that the U.S. Navy might potentially have a fleet of 500 unmanned and manned ships by the year 2045. By 2035, the country could have 355 traditional Battle Force ships. The plan will apparently align with the ...

Nspirement Staff

The USS Bataan returns to its homeport at Norfolk, Virginia.

Democratic ‘Milk Tea Alliance’ Gains Popularity in Southeast Asia

The “Milk Tea Alliance” is a democratic movement supported by citizens from three regions — Taiwan, Thailand, and Hong Kong. Initially, the movement started as an Internet meme to counter the Chinese trolls and nationalists that plague social media. However, the meme soon became a solidarity movement against authoritarian regimes. The Milk Tea Alliance Milk ...

Max Lu

Milk Tea Alliance meme with hands holding bubble tea, Thai iced tea, and milk tea, labeled as Taiwan, Thai, and Hong Kong.