President Donald Trump struck a conciliatory tone during his trip to
China. He returned from his Beijing summit with Xi Jinping yesterday
full of praise for the rCLgreat leader,rCY who is, in TrumprCOs estimations, rCLan incredible guy.rCY The summit was rCLvery successful, world-renowned, and unforgettable,rCY according to the President, who insisted that rCLa lot of different problems were settled.rCY But thererCOs one problem that hasnrCOt
been addressed: the growing number of Chinese operations on US soil.
Last week Eileen Wang, the mayor of the southern Californian city of
Arcadia agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent of China.
She was once regarded as a rising political star, named rCLwoman of the yearrCY in 2024 by Californian Congresswoman Judy Chu, who applauded her rCLstrong voice, leadership, and dedication to serving her community.rCY Her plea came just two days before a New York man was found guilty of acting
as a Chinese agent, having been accused of operating a rCLsecret police stationrCY on behalf of Beijing.
The latest cases are rCLjust the tip of the iceberg,rCY according to Michael Lucci, the founder of Armor Action, a conservative group that monitors threats from China. While the Washington DC based Center for Strategic
and International Studies warned last week that Beijing has
rCLaggressively ramped up its offensive irregular warfare activities
against the United States.rCY
ChinarCOs espionage and influence operations are extensive. They range
from attempts to intimidate dissidents living in the US to the peddling
of Communist party propaganda, the recruiting of members of the military
to steal state secrets to the theft of artificial intelligence know-how
and the smuggling of top-end chips to train AI models. Late last year, a Chinese national even pleaded guilty to bringing a biological pathogen
into the US. Multiple Chinese-linked biolabs have been found across the country, often in residential areas and with garages filled with
potentially deadly viruses.
Eileen Wang, who could face as many as ten years in jail, ran a website called the US News Center, which described itself as a source of news
for Chinese Americans living in Arcadia, but was accused of pumping out
CCP propaganda. The Department of Justice said a Chinese government
official sent Wang pre-written articles via the WeChat messaging app, a Chinese phone application widely used in the Chinese diaspora. One
article identified by the DoJ denied allegations of well-documented
abuse of ethnic Uyghurs in Xinjiang province.
In the New York case, federal prosecutors alleged that during a visit to China in 2022, Lu Jianwang was tasked with opening an unofficial rCLpolice stationrCY on behalf of the Chinese government in the cityrCOs Chinatown. He began by offering apparently innocuous services to Chinese nationals,
such as help in renewing driversrCO licenses, while using this as a cover
to locate a pro-democracy activist living in the US. According to
Safeguard Defenders, a human rights group, China operates more than 100
of these centers in at least 50 countries, instruments of what they call rCLtransnational repressionrCY against opponents. Lu faces 30 years in jail.
On the eve of TrumprCOs China summit, Beijing was accused of massive intellectual theft from American AI labs, through a process called distillation rCo whereby China illicitly trains its smaller AI models on
the output of larger (and expensively developed) US models. rCLThe US government has information indicating that foreign entities, principally based in China, are engaged in deliberate, industrial-scale campaigns to distill US frontier AI systems,rCY according to a memo written by Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
US prosecutors also claim to have busted an international smuggling ring that funneled advanced chips worth billions of dollars to China in
defiance of export controls. The smugglers allegedly set up an extensive
and lavishly funded network of front companies to get round US
restrictions on the sale of chips.
Last year, the FBI revealed details of a Chinese espionage operation
dubbed Salt Typhoon, whereby BeijingrCOs cyber spies burrowed deep inside the systems of more than a dozen of AmericarCOs largest telecoms
companies, picking off high-value targets and accessing call logs and
text messages. They had even compromised the rCLlawful interceptrCY system that US police and intelligence agencies use to implement court-
authorized surveillance. It was the most extensive and ambitious Chinese cyber espionage operation ever exposed.
Chinese espionage is like an enormous vacuum cleaner, hoovering up technology and information on a colossal scale. It utilizes multiple intelligence-gathering techniques, both formal and informal. And it has
been at the heart of ChinarCOs decades long program of economic and
military modernization.
Under Xi, China has become more ambitious and brazen. While all states
seek to exert influence rCo it is, after all the stuff of all diplomacy rCo ChinarCOs operations are mostly clandestine, operating in the shadows, usually through front organizations and individuals. It methodically
targets politicians, influential businesspeople and academics who might
be useful to the party. Overseas Chinese individuals and organizations
have been a particular target.
After Eileen Wang agreed to plead guilty in Arcadia, assistant US
attorney Bill Essayli said: rCLThis plea agreement is the latest success
in our determination to defend the homeland against ChinarCOs efforts to corrupt our institutions.rCY But is America really doing enough to counter these Chinese threats? Democrat Senator Mark Warner, vice chairman of
the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, last year warned that a politically-driven purge of the FBI is damaging the BureaurCOs ability to take on Beijing. A quarter of FBI agents have been redeployed from counterterrorism, cyber and espionage to immigration roundups.
Concerns have also been raised about the state of the USrCOs digital defenses. David Mussington, a former head of Infrastructure Security at
the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the agency
tasked with protecting AmericarCOs most critical systems, has warned that while adversaries are pouring money into enhancing their cyber
abilities, the Trump administration has gutted CISA. Its budget has been
cut by nearly half and a third of its staff has been fired.
rCLWe made some fantastic trade deals,rCY Trump said as he left China. Yet little of the detail has been released, while national security seems
not to have been mentioned at all. BeijingrCOs operations on American soil are only going to intensify until its leaders decide to act.
Ian Williams
On 5/16/2026 11:06 AM, Julian wrote:
President Donald Trump struck a conciliatory tone during his trip to
China. He returned from his Beijing summit with Xi Jinping yesterday
full of praise for the rCLgreat leader,rCY who is, in TrumprCOs estimations,
rCLan incredible guy.rCY The summit was rCLvery successful, world-renowned, >> and unforgettable,rCY according to the President, who insisted that rCLa
lot of different problems were settled.rCY But thererCOs one problem that >> hasnrCOt been addressed: the growing number of Chinese operations on US
soil.
Last week Eileen Wang, the mayor of the southern Californian city of
Arcadia agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent of China.
She was once regarded as a rising political star, named rCLwoman of the
yearrCY in 2024 by Californian Congresswoman Judy Chu, who applauded her
rCLstrong voice, leadership, and dedication to serving her community.rCY
Her plea came just two days before a New York man was found guilty of
acting as a Chinese agent, having been accused of operating a rCLsecret
police stationrCY on behalf of Beijing.
The latest cases are rCLjust the tip of the iceberg,rCY according to
Michael Lucci, the founder of Armor Action, a conservative group that
monitors threats from China. While the Washington DC based Center for
Strategic and International Studies warned last week that Beijing has
rCLaggressively ramped up its offensive irregular warfare activities
against the United States.rCY
ChinarCOs espionage and influence operations are extensive. They range
from attempts to intimidate dissidents living in the US to the
peddling of Communist party propaganda, the recruiting of members of
the military to steal state secrets to the theft of artificial
intelligence know-how and the smuggling of top-end chips to train AI
models. Late last year, a Chinese national even pleaded guilty to
bringing a biological pathogen into the US. Multiple Chinese-linked
biolabs have been found across the country, often in residential areas
and with garages filled with potentially deadly viruses.
Eileen Wang, who could face as many as ten years in jail, ran a
website called the US News Center, which described itself as a source
of news for Chinese Americans living in Arcadia, but was accused of
pumping out CCP propaganda. The Department of Justice said a Chinese
government official sent Wang pre-written articles via the WeChat
messaging app, a Chinese phone application widely used in the Chinese
diaspora. One article identified by the DoJ denied allegations of
well-documented abuse of ethnic Uyghurs in Xinjiang province.
In the New York case, federal prosecutors alleged that during a visit
to China in 2022, Lu Jianwang was tasked with opening an unofficial
rCLpolice stationrCY on behalf of the Chinese government in the cityrCOs
Chinatown. He began by offering apparently innocuous services to
Chinese nationals, such as help in renewing driversrCO licenses, while
using this as a cover to locate a pro-democracy activist living in the
US. According to Safeguard Defenders, a human rights group, China
operates more than 100 of these centers in at least 50 countries,
instruments of what they call rCLtransnational repressionrCY against
opponents. Lu faces 30 years in jail.
On the eve of TrumprCOs China summit, Beijing was accused of massive
intellectual theft from American AI labs, through a process called
distillation rCo whereby China illicitly trains its smaller AI models on
the output of larger (and expensively developed) US models. rCLThe US
government has information indicating that foreign entities,
principally based in China, are engaged in deliberate, industrial-
scale campaigns to distill US frontier AI systems,rCY according to a
memo written by Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office
of Science and Technology Policy.
US prosecutors also claim to have busted an international smuggling
ring that funneled advanced chips worth billions of dollars to China
in defiance of export controls. The smugglers allegedly set up an
extensive and lavishly funded network of front companies to get round
US restrictions on the sale of chips.
Last year, the FBI revealed details of a Chinese espionage operation
dubbed Salt Typhoon, whereby BeijingrCOs cyber spies burrowed deep
inside the systems of more than a dozen of AmericarCOs largest telecoms
companies, picking off high-value targets and accessing call logs and
text messages. They had even compromised the rCLlawful interceptrCY system >> that US police and intelligence agencies use to implement court-
authorized surveillance. It was the most extensive and ambitious
Chinese cyber espionage operation ever exposed.
Chinese espionage is like an enormous vacuum cleaner, hoovering up
technology and information on a colossal scale. It utilizes multiple
intelligence-gathering techniques, both formal and informal. And it
has been at the heart of ChinarCOs decades long program of economic and
military modernization.
Under Xi, China has become more ambitious and brazen. While all states
seek to exert influence rCo it is, after all the stuff of all diplomacy
rCo ChinarCOs operations are mostly clandestine, operating in the shadows, >> usually through front organizations and individuals. It methodically
targets politicians, influential businesspeople and academics who
might be useful to the party. Overseas Chinese individuals and
organizations have been a particular target.
After Eileen Wang agreed to plead guilty in Arcadia, assistant US
attorney Bill Essayli said: rCLThis plea agreement is the latest success
in our determination to defend the homeland against ChinarCOs efforts to
corrupt our institutions.rCY But is America really doing enough to
counter these Chinese threats? Democrat Senator Mark Warner, vice
chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, last year
warned that a politically-driven purge of the FBI is damaging the
BureaurCOs ability to take on Beijing. A quarter of FBI agents have been
redeployed from counterterrorism, cyber and espionage to immigration
roundups.
Concerns have also been raised about the state of the USrCOs digital
defenses. David Mussington, a former head of Infrastructure Security
at the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the agency
tasked with protecting AmericarCOs most critical systems, has warned
that while adversaries are pouring money into enhancing their cyber
abilities, the Trump administration has gutted CISA. Its budget has
been cut by nearly half and a third of its staff has been fired.
rCLWe made some fantastic trade deals,rCY Trump said as he left China. Yet >> little of the detail has been released, while national security seems
not to have been mentioned at all. BeijingrCOs operations on American
soil are only going to intensify until its leaders decide to act.
Ian Williams
Trump left Beijing empty-handed, literally. On Friday.
Apparently, the Trump team dumped Chinese gifts, badges before leaving Beijing. Why?
You guessed it!
The US delegation discarded every item handed out by Chinese officials before boarding Air Force One in Beijing. The directive was absolute -
no item of Chinese origin was permitted in the aircraft.
President Donald Trump struck a conciliatory tone during his trip to
China. He returned from his Beijing summit with Xi Jinping yesterday
full of praise for the rCLgreat leader,rCY who is, in TrumprCOs estimations, rCLan incredible guy.rCY The summit was rCLvery successful, world-renowned, and unforgettable,rCY according to the President, who insisted that rCLa lot of different problems were settled.rCY But thererCOs one problem that hasnrCOt
been addressed: the growing number of Chinese operations on US soil.
Last week Eileen Wang, the mayor of the southern Californian city of
Arcadia agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent of China.
She was once regarded as a rising political star, named rCLwoman of the yearrCY in 2024 by Californian Congresswoman Judy Chu, who applauded her rCLstrong voice, leadership, and dedication to serving her community.rCY Her plea came just two days before a New York man was found guilty of acting
as a Chinese agent, having been accused of operating a rCLsecret police stationrCY on behalf of Beijing.
The latest cases are rCLjust the tip of the iceberg,rCY according to Michael Lucci, the founder of Armor Action, a conservative group that monitors threats from China. While the Washington DC based Center for Strategic
and International Studies warned last week that Beijing has
rCLaggressively ramped up its offensive irregular warfare activities
against the United States.rCY
ChinarCOs espionage and influence operations are extensive. They range
from attempts to intimidate dissidents living in the US to the peddling
of Communist party propaganda, the recruiting of members of the military
to steal state secrets to the theft of artificial intelligence know-how
and the smuggling of top-end chips to train AI models. Late last year, a Chinese national even pleaded guilty to bringing a biological pathogen
into the US. Multiple Chinese-linked biolabs have been found across the country, often in residential areas and with garages filled with
potentially deadly viruses.
Eileen Wang, who could face as many as ten years in jail, ran a website called the US News Center, which described itself as a source of news
for Chinese Americans living in Arcadia, but was accused of pumping out
CCP propaganda. The Department of Justice said a Chinese government
official sent Wang pre-written articles via the WeChat messaging app, a Chinese phone application widely used in the Chinese diaspora. One
article identified by the DoJ denied allegations of well-documented
abuse of ethnic Uyghurs in Xinjiang province.
In the New York case, federal prosecutors alleged that during a visit to China in 2022, Lu Jianwang was tasked with opening an unofficial rCLpolice stationrCY on behalf of the Chinese government in the cityrCOs Chinatown. He began by offering apparently innocuous services to Chinese nationals,
such as help in renewing driversrCO licenses, while using this as a cover
to locate a pro-democracy activist living in the US. According to
Safeguard Defenders, a human rights group, China operates more than 100
of these centers in at least 50 countries, instruments of what they call rCLtransnational repressionrCY against opponents. Lu faces 30 years in jail.
On the eve of TrumprCOs China summit, Beijing was accused of massive intellectual theft from American AI labs, through a process called distillation rCo whereby China illicitly trains its smaller AI models on
the output of larger (and expensively developed) US models. rCLThe US government has information indicating that foreign entities, principally based in China, are engaged in deliberate, industrial-scale campaigns to distill US frontier AI systems,rCY according to a memo written by Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
US prosecutors also claim to have busted an international smuggling ring that funneled advanced chips worth billions of dollars to China in
defiance of export controls. The smugglers allegedly set up an extensive
and lavishly funded network of front companies to get round US
restrictions on the sale of chips.
Last year, the FBI revealed details of a Chinese espionage operation
dubbed Salt Typhoon, whereby BeijingrCOs cyber spies burrowed deep inside the systems of more than a dozen of AmericarCOs largest telecoms
companies, picking off high-value targets and accessing call logs and
text messages. They had even compromised the rCLlawful interceptrCY system that US police and intelligence agencies use to implement court-
authorized surveillance. It was the most extensive and ambitious Chinese cyber espionage operation ever exposed.
Chinese espionage is like an enormous vacuum cleaner, hoovering up technology and information on a colossal scale. It utilizes multiple intelligence-gathering techniques, both formal and informal. And it has
been at the heart of ChinarCOs decades long program of economic and
military modernization.
Under Xi, China has become more ambitious and brazen. While all states
seek to exert influence rCo it is, after all the stuff of all diplomacy rCo ChinarCOs operations are mostly clandestine, operating in the shadows, usually through front organizations and individuals. It methodically
targets politicians, influential businesspeople and academics who might
be useful to the party. Overseas Chinese individuals and organizations
have been a particular target.
After Eileen Wang agreed to plead guilty in Arcadia, assistant US
attorney Bill Essayli said: rCLThis plea agreement is the latest success
in our determination to defend the homeland against ChinarCOs efforts to corrupt our institutions.rCY But is America really doing enough to counter these Chinese threats? Democrat Senator Mark Warner, vice chairman of
the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, last year warned that a politically-driven purge of the FBI is damaging the BureaurCOs ability to take on Beijing. A quarter of FBI agents have been redeployed from counterterrorism, cyber and espionage to immigration roundups.
Concerns have also been raised about the state of the USrCOs digital defenses. David Mussington, a former head of Infrastructure Security at
the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the agency
tasked with protecting AmericarCOs most critical systems, has warned that while adversaries are pouring money into enhancing their cyber
abilities, the Trump administration has gutted CISA. Its budget has been
cut by nearly half and a third of its staff has been fired.
rCLWe made some fantastic trade deals,rCY Trump said as he left China. Yet little of the detail has been released, while national security seems
not to have been mentioned at all. BeijingrCOs operations on American soil are only going to intensify until its leaders decide to act.
Ian Williams
On 5/16/26 11:06 AM, Julian wrote:
President Donald Trump struck a conciliatory tone during his trip to
China. He returned from his Beijing summit with Xi Jinping yesterday
full of praise for the rCLgreat leader,rCY who is, in TrumprCOs estimations,
rCLan incredible guy.rCY The summit was rCLvery successful, world-renowned, >> and unforgettable,rCY according to the President, who insisted that rCLa
lot of different problems were settled.rCY But thererCOs one problem that >> hasnrCOt been addressed: the growing number of Chinese operations on US
soil.
Last week Eileen Wang, the mayor of the southern Californian city of
Arcadia agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent of China.
She was once regarded as a rising political star, named rCLwoman of the
yearrCY in 2024 by Californian Congresswoman Judy Chu, who applauded her
rCLstrong voice, leadership, and dedication to serving her community.rCY
Her plea came just two days before a New York man was found guilty of
acting as a Chinese agent, having been accused of operating a rCLsecret
police stationrCY on behalf of Beijing.
The latest cases are rCLjust the tip of the iceberg,rCY according to
Michael Lucci, the founder of Armor Action, a conservative group that
monitors threats from China. While the Washington DC based Center for
Strategic and International Studies warned last week that Beijing has
rCLaggressively ramped up its offensive irregular warfare activities
against the United States.rCY
ChinarCOs espionage and influence operations are extensive. They range
from attempts to intimidate dissidents living in the US to the
peddling of Communist party propaganda, the recruiting of members of
the military to steal state secrets to the theft of artificial
intelligence know-how and the smuggling of top-end chips to train AI
models. Late last year, a Chinese national even pleaded guilty to
bringing a biological pathogen into the US. Multiple Chinese-linked
biolabs have been found across the country, often in residential areas
and with garages filled with potentially deadly viruses.
Eileen Wang, who could face as many as ten years in jail, ran a
website called the US News Center, which described itself as a source
of news for Chinese Americans living in Arcadia, but was accused of
pumping out CCP propaganda. The Department of Justice said a Chinese
government official sent Wang pre-written articles via the WeChat
messaging app, a Chinese phone application widely used in the Chinese
diaspora. One article identified by the DoJ denied allegations of
well-documented abuse of ethnic Uyghurs in Xinjiang province.
In the New York case, federal prosecutors alleged that during a visit
to China in 2022, Lu Jianwang was tasked with opening an unofficial
rCLpolice stationrCY on behalf of the Chinese government in the cityrCOs
Chinatown. He began by offering apparently innocuous services to
Chinese nationals, such as help in renewing driversrCO licenses, while
using this as a cover to locate a pro-democracy activist living in the
US. According to Safeguard Defenders, a human rights group, China
operates more than 100 of these centers in at least 50 countries,
instruments of what they call rCLtransnational repressionrCY against
opponents. Lu faces 30 years in jail.
On the eve of TrumprCOs China summit, Beijing was accused of massive
intellectual theft from American AI labs, through a process called
distillation rCo whereby China illicitly trains its smaller AI models on
the output of larger (and expensively developed) US models. rCLThe US
government has information indicating that foreign entities,
principally based in China, are engaged in deliberate, industrial-
scale campaigns to distill US frontier AI systems,rCY according to a
memo written by Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office
of Science and Technology Policy.
US prosecutors also claim to have busted an international smuggling
ring that funneled advanced chips worth billions of dollars to China
in defiance of export controls. The smugglers allegedly set up an
extensive and lavishly funded network of front companies to get round
US restrictions on the sale of chips.
Last year, the FBI revealed details of a Chinese espionage operation
dubbed Salt Typhoon, whereby BeijingrCOs cyber spies burrowed deep
inside the systems of more than a dozen of AmericarCOs largest telecoms
companies, picking off high-value targets and accessing call logs and
text messages. They had even compromised the rCLlawful interceptrCY system >> that US police and intelligence agencies use to implement court-
authorized surveillance. It was the most extensive and ambitious
Chinese cyber espionage operation ever exposed.
Chinese espionage is like an enormous vacuum cleaner, hoovering up
technology and information on a colossal scale. It utilizes multiple
intelligence-gathering techniques, both formal and informal. And it
has been at the heart of ChinarCOs decades long program of economic and
military modernization.
Under Xi, China has become more ambitious and brazen. While all states
seek to exert influence rCo it is, after all the stuff of all diplomacy
rCo ChinarCOs operations are mostly clandestine, operating in the shadows, >> usually through front organizations and individuals. It methodically
targets politicians, influential businesspeople and academics who
might be useful to the party. Overseas Chinese individuals and
organizations have been a particular target.
After Eileen Wang agreed to plead guilty in Arcadia, assistant US
attorney Bill Essayli said: rCLThis plea agreement is the latest success
in our determination to defend the homeland against ChinarCOs efforts to
corrupt our institutions.rCY But is America really doing enough to
counter these Chinese threats? Democrat Senator Mark Warner, vice
chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, last year
warned that a politically-driven purge of the FBI is damaging the
BureaurCOs ability to take on Beijing. A quarter of FBI agents have been
redeployed from counterterrorism, cyber and espionage to immigration
roundups.
Concerns have also been raised about the state of the USrCOs digital
defenses. David Mussington, a former head of Infrastructure Security
at the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the agency
tasked with protecting AmericarCOs most critical systems, has warned
that while adversaries are pouring money into enhancing their cyber
abilities, the Trump administration has gutted CISA. Its budget has
been cut by nearly half and a third of its staff has been fired.
rCLWe made some fantastic trade deals,rCY Trump said as he left China. Yet >> little of the detail has been released, while national security seems
not to have been mentioned at all. BeijingrCOs operations on American
soil are only going to intensify until its leaders decide to act.
Ian Williams
like what's the problem here even?
am i really supposed care what chinese people say in a free society?
it's a free society! speak/press/believe/assemble about whatever the
fuck you want!
oh wait i forgot ur a eurocuck and u don't know what freedom is
glad we fucking overthrew ur dumbass landlord centuries ago Efc|Efc+Efc|Efc+Efc|Efc+
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