CMPR
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Conflicts - Tensions
CCP’s oversight of nuclear submarines renews concerns
FORUM Staff The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) questionable judgment in managing its nuclear-powered and potentially nuclear-armed submarines has persisted under General Secretary Xi Jinping. CCP submarine officers usually hail from Chinese military academies with the lowest entrance exam score requirements, the news website Business Insider reported in April 2024. The lower educational standards, coupled with the operational stresses of submarine…
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Dubious safety record taints CCP’s pursuit of deploying floating nuclear plants in South China Sea
FORUM Staff The prospect of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) fortifying occupied reefs and artificial maritime features in the South China Sea with electricity generated by floating nuclear power plants (FNPP) is raising environmental, safety and geopolitical concerns. The CCP’s recent history of egregious discharges from land-based nuclear power plants overshadows its scheme to deploy barge-mounted plants in fragile marine…
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President Biden affirms importance of Taiwan Strait peace, security in call with Xi
FORUM Staff United States President Joe Biden raised Indo-Pacific security concerns during his recent telephone conversation with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping, including maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and the importance of freedom of navigation in the South China Sea. During the nearly two-hour conversation, President Biden also “emphasized the U.S.’s enduring commitment to…
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Free and Open Indo-Pacific/FOIP
PLA’s coordinated coercion aims to erode international law
FORUM Staff International leaders have for years denounced China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) for unsafe intercepts of military aircraft in international airspace and risky maneuvers on the high seas, as well as the Chinese coast guard and maritime militia’s aggressive tactics in the waters of sovereign nations. The coercive and dangerous moves are part of a concerted attempt to discourage…
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CCP spreads false narratives about bioweapons to distract from party’s biometrics data collection
FORUM Staff The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) false claims that the United States is developing biological weapons are a core element of the CCP’s malign disinformation campaigns against the U.S. and its Allies and Partners. In fabricating such claims, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) purposely ignores its ethnic-based research involving the Roma peoples and Slavic minorities. In fact, the…
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Far East territorial dispute tests PRC-Russia ties
FORUM Staff With his authoritarian regime already isolated and weakened because of its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin now has stirred up discord in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the most important of Moscow’s few remaining backers. The flare-up centers on an intractable territorial dispute over Russia’s Far East, which is home to Moscow’s Pacific Fleet…
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Global Commons
CCP’s espionage threatens military, critical infrastructure systems worldwide
FORUM Staff To modernize its military under General Secretary Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has sought to steal critical industrial and military information and advanced technologies from foreign corporations, governments, militaries and universities through a range of techniques, according to defense experts. “The behavior we’re talking about here goes well beyond traditional espionage,” Mike Burgess, director general of…
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Chinese surveillance, DNA collection companies highlight perils of Xi’s military-civilian fusion strategy
FORUM Staff The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) hired a company to surveil its detractors abroad, steal other nations’ data and promote CCP narratives on social media, according to February 2024 news reports. CCP authorities contracted the Chinese cybersecurity firm I-Soon to hack networks across Central and Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan to help the party-state control dissidents and repress…
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Amid PRC coercion, Taiwan Relations Act supports peace, stability across Taiwan Strait
FORUM Staff The message, delivered during recent face-to-face meetings between United States and People’s Republic of China (PRC) defense officials, has not changed: The U.S. remains committed to its longstanding “One China” policy, guided by the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA). Michael Chase, U.S. deputy assistant defense secretary for China, Taiwan and Mongolia, reaffirmed the importance of peace and stability across…
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CCP’s missile silo expansion triggers regional concerns
FORUM Staff The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) menacing military buildup, epitomized by a rapid and opaque expansion of missile silos, has sparked concern across the Indo-Pacific about Beijing’s intentions for its growing arsenal of weapons of mass destruction. Those worries are heightened by CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping’s ongoing purge of military leaders and rocket scientists, and by questions over…
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