A Republican on the House China committee is asking an international body of port authorities and port system operators to stop promoting a Chinese logistics information-sharing platform, arguing that China could exploit its data for its strategic advantage. In a Nov. 3 letter to the International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA), Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.) expressed concerns about the Chinese platform called LOGINK, which was constructed and implemented by several Chinese government ministries, including transportation, commerce, and public security. LOGINK began working with the IPCSA in 2017 and joined the world body’s “Network of Trusted Networks” in 2022. “For 16 years, the Chinese Communist Party has used LOGINK as an inside informant on the movements and cargo of commercial ships and the holes in our supply chain in order to gain a competitive foothold in global trade,” Ms. Steel said in a statement accompanying her letter. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched what would become LOGINK in 2007....Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/house-republican-raises-concerns-about-chinas-logistics-management-platform-5523356
The unexpected death of former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Oct. 27 has been widely questioned, with many believing that he was made to appear to have died of a heart attack. Gao Guangjun, a former lecturer at the People’s Public Security University of China, revealed that Chinese leader Xi Jinping had set up a specialized assassination department during his second term, accentuating his mentality of managing the country with intelligence agents. After the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 20th National Congress, Chen Wenqing, secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, and Wang Xiaohong, public security minister, were appointed to the Central Secretariat as part of the staffing for Xi Jinping’s third term. The presence of two officials with public security backgrounds among the seven members of the Central Committee implies that the CCP is increasingly attempting to maintain control over the country through the use of police forces and covert intelligence agencies....
Scam methods are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Recently, advertisements have appeared on YouTube channels suspected to be AI fabrications showing well-known people promoting products or services and ways to invest. The person’s visual appearance and sound of the voice seem correct, but they are actually fabrications. Around three years ago, Mr. Chan, a Hong Kong resident, received an anonymous call from a person claiming to be an HSBC bank employee. The caller asserted that Mr. Chan’s PayMe mobile wallet account would be upgraded and that a verification code would be sent to his mobile phone, allowing customer confirmation for the upgrade to proceed. You might wonder why Mr. Chan believed the caller was a bona fide HSBC employee, but the caller could quote a lot of Mr. Chan’s personal details, including his full name in both Chinese and English and his ID card number. After the verification code was successfully sent to the mobile phone, the caller asked Mr. Chan to read out the verification code. Because Mr. Chan was not in any way suspicious of the caller’s credentials, he read out the verification code to the caller. Mr. Chan then assumed that this confirmation would enable the upgrade of his PayMe account....
The Chinese communist regime’s Ministry of National Security has issued a rare warning to punish those who speak negatively about the Chinese economy. China observers believe this shows that the Chinese economy has reached a dangerous point, and that investors no longer have confidence in the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). At the same time, capital flight is accelerating. China’s Ministry of State Security posted an article on its official account on the Chinese social media platform WeChat on Nov. 2, pledging to “actively participate in protecting the country’s financial stability and closely monitor risks in the industry.” It warned that it is necessary to “clearly understand the many risks and challenges facing its financial security.”...