Council debates rarely echo through international politics. But a failed motion in Cumberland, Sydney, has done just that—thanks to a group that claims to speak for Chinese Australians, but whose loyalties may lie farther afield. The “Fuqing” How a CCP-Linked Community Group Mobilised to Try Stifle a Cultural Motion in Sydney
Council debates rarely echo through international politics. But a failed motion in Cumberland, Sydney, has done just that—thanks to a group that claims to speak for Chinese Australians, but whose loyalties may lie farther afield. The “Fuqing” 
A third person has been charged under Australia’s foreign interference laws. The Chinese woman has been accused of allegedly spying on a Canberra-based Buddhist group on behalf of Beijing. The woman, who is also an Australian permanent resident, was arrested