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Quad leaders to expand maritime security cooperation in face of PRC aggression
FORUM Staff Australia, India, Japan and the United States will launch joint Coast Guard patrols in the Indo-Pacific in 2025. The enhanced security cooperation will improve interoperability and boost maritime safety, the leaders of the four member nations of the Quadrilateral partnership, or Quad, announced after their late September 2024 summit in the U.S. The initial Quad-at-Sea Ship Observer Mission…
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Fake news, nonexistent journalists part of Beijing’s information manipulation scheme
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS When United States diplomat Kurt Campbell traveled to the Solomon Islands to counter the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) influence in the South Pacific country, he saw just how far Beijing would go to spread its message. Campbell, now the U.S. deputy secretary of state, woke up one morning in 2022 to a long article in the local…
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Allies, Partners conduct joint naval exercises in South China Sea for Free and Open Indo-Pacific
Reuters The armed forces of five Allies and Partners conducted joint maritime exercises in a portion of the South China Sea in late September. New Zealand joined for the first time. Australia, Japan, the Philippines and the United States also participated in the exercises in Manila’s exclusive economic zone that sought to improve the militaries’ interoperability, the Armed Forces of…
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Hong Kong’s academic freedom suffers under security regime, report says
Voice of America Hong Kong’s national security law, enacted in July 2020, has eroded academic freedom in the former United Kingdom colony, according to a report released in late September 2024. The report, by the international group Human Rights Watch and the United States-based advocacy organization Hong Kong Democracy Council, said university authorities have imposed greater control and limitations on…
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CCP’s bid to train foreign police officers seen as latest ploy in quest for global control
FORUM Staff The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced a plan in early September 2024 to export its law and order model by training 3,000 police officers worldwide. The proposal from the CCP’s public service ministry may seem superficially attractive, when combined with offers of equipment, and especially to other authoritarian regimes that seek to emulate the CCP’s model of absolute…
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U.S., Chinese defense leaders resume military-to-military talks
FORUM Staff United States and People’s Republic of China (PRC) defense leaders reiterated their respective security postures in discussions intended to defuse actions or misunderstandings that could spark a confrontation. The renewed engagements in mid-2024 follow a two-year lull in dialogue and center on issues such as Taiwan, the South China Sea and the PRC’s support of Russian military industries.…
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Beijing’s support of Myanmar’s junta fuels resentment, resistance
Dr. Miemie Winn Byrd The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) backing of Myanmar’s brutal, highly unpopular and illegitimate military junta further exposes Beijing’s hypocrisy and heavy-handed interference in the region. In mid-August 2024, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi met with the head of Myanmar’s junta and reiterated the PRC’s support for its efforts “in implementing the five-point roadmap for ensuring…
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PRC pushes propaganda, manipulated information about human rights abuses
Voice of America The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is using new propaganda campaigns to obscure its human rights abuses against Tibetans and Uyghurs. The PRC recently invited foreign bloggers to Xinjiang in northwest China, home to millions of Uyghurs, a mostly Muslim ethnic minority. It also inaugurated a communication center to produce content spreading PRC-favored information about Tibet, which…
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Philippines to continue Sabina Shoal deployments
Reuters The Philippines will continuously deploy vessels to the contested Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea, the nation’s Coast Guard said after a Philippine ship returned to port after a five-month deployment there. “We will sustain presence over these waters,” Philippine Coast Guard spokesman Jay Tarriela said in mid-September 2024. The Coast Guard vessel BRP Teresa Magbanua deployed to…
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Indonesia enhances anti-drone capabilities with interceptor missiles, rapid-fire cannons
Gusty Da Costa With uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV) posing a growing threat, the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) is refining its anti-drone strategy, including incorporating interceptor missiles and rapid-fire cannons. The increasing number of combat drones and loitering munitions — typically explosives-laden UAVs that can hover above a target for extended periods — means “the drone threat facing Indonesia is quite…
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