China is proposing a deal to fund a nearly $3 billion dam project, located in Silicon Valley’s largest water district. What’s motivating the investment? Land grabs, cyber malware, and spies: a communist threat is operating right under our noses, and it’s known as the Chinese Communist Party. Unlike dangers posed by a real war, Beijing’s “weapon” doesn’t take the form of a swift invasion, but rather, a long-term infiltration. Just how deep does the rabbit hole go? Topics in this episode: China Offers to Fund Silicon Valley Dam China’s More Than 300 Foreign Dams and Why Beijing Is Funding Them China’s Stake in the American Power Grid U.S. Countering Chinese Buy Ups of U.S. Land With Bills Influence at China’s Fingertips: Why the U.S. Wants to Ban TikTok China’s Huawei’s New Phone Triggers Concerns Are Electric Cars a Chinese Hacking Risk? ‘Generation That Doesn’t Know What’s Right or Wrong’: Frances Hui on Hong Kong’s Youth Under CCP Control ...Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/china-offers-to-fund-silicon-valley-dam-5485238
The Summit at Camp David has drawn to a close, culminating in a robust show of military alignment among the United States, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. On Aug. 21, Japan unveiled a significant hike in its defense budget for fiscal year 2024, Taiwan revealed a record-setting budget for the upcoming year, and the United States and South Korea commenced expansive joint military drills. These collective moves amplify the strategic posture along the first island chain and serve as tangible manifestations of the commitments made during the summit. At the closing press conference of the summit on Aug. 18, the leaders of the United States, Japan, and South Korea shared a united vision for enhanced trilateral security cooperation and emphasized the role their countries will play in fostering a more secure and prosperous global order.... 
The Hong Kong Education Bureau has recently updated the Chinese Language Curriculum and Assessment Guide for primary and secondary schools, incorporating the term “cultivating cultural self-confidence,” commonly used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The updated guidelines also emphasize the need to “foster students’ awareness of protecting national culture” and have altered the original wording that encouraged the development of “critical” thinking skills. Concerns have arisen among some Hong Kong citizens who previously received education in mainland China, suggesting that the introduction of CCP culture into Hong Kong is undermining the transmission of genuine Chinese traditional culture and hindering students’ ability to think independently when the CCP’s ideology is directly propagated to students through articles in the language course....
A China analyst says Beijing primarily uses three types of media outlets to exert influence overseas and extend control over the Chinese diaspora. He also raised concerns about repeated meetings between Chinese diplomats in Canada and some media outlets that consistently portray the communist regime in a favourable light in their news reporting. Victor Ho, former chief editor of Sing Tao Daily, delineated the three categories of media: overseas branches of Chinese state media, outlets originally from Hong Kong that have succumbed to Beijing’s influence, and overseas media created by Beijing-aligned Chinese groups. “Bringing media leaders and representatives to the consulate signifies that [the meeting is taking place in] an area under Chinese Communist Party (CCP) control,” Mr. Ho said in an interview....