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28 Apr, 4 tweets, 2 min read
#Chinese Businessman to Admit Smuggling Marine Tech from #US to #China

Qin Shuren is pleading guilty to illegally exporting equipment that officials say could help China as it builds an undersea drone armada
wsj.com/articles/busin…
2) On Wednesday, Mr. Qin is set to plead guilty in federal court to felony charges that he illegally procured more than $100,000 in U.S. marine technology for a Chinese military research institute.
3) U.S. officials and court documents filed in the case describe Mr. Qin as a cog in Beijing’s grand plan to build an undersea drone armada—one built in part on acquiring advanced U.S. and allied technology—that is emerging as a threat to American naval might.
4) In the Pacific, Indian and Arctic oceans, Beijing is deploying growing numbers of advanced sea drones, forming sensor networks that U.S. officials believe could track American submarines.

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#Chinese Smart TV-Maker Accused of Spying on Owners' Other Devices

The smart televisions spy on its users by scanning their homes for other devices connected to the wifi network every few minutes, owners of the devices have reported on social media.
rfa.org/english/news/c…
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#China's airline suspends cargo flights bringing medical supplies to #India

State-run Sichuan Airlines has suspended all its cargo flights to India for 15 days, disrupting traders' efforts to get much-needed oxygen concentrators & other medical supplies😲
wionews.com/india-news/chi…
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My take: Make no mistake, this is intentional, trying to hurt India during its pandemic crisis.
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27 Apr
THREAD: #China responds to #US alliances with ‘wolf warrior’ defiance. Will it backfire?

"China pick fights with so many other countries, they make threats & they’ve kind of driven everyone else into our arms. It looks very self-defeating, overreaching"
latimes.com/world-nation/s…
2) Beijing pick fights with so many other countries, they make threats & they’ve kind of driven everyone else into our arms. It looks very self-defeating, overreaching, which makes you wonder, how is Xi Jinping making decisions? Is he living in an echo chamber?”
3) “There’s an elevated sense of confidence in that the Chinese believe they have weathered the storm of COVID & the storm of the Trump administration”.

China believes itself the “relative winner,” she said, and thus it can speak to the U.S. and its allies as it likes.
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1) #China's latest warships pose regional and #US threat: #Taiwan analyst

Su Tzu-yun says new Type 094 nuclear submarine can launch missile strike on US west coast from #SouthChinaSea
taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4186427 Image
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3) On April 24, Xi Jinping attended a handover ceremony in Hainan for a trio of new navy warships. They comprise the Type 094A ballistic missile nuclear submarine Changzheng 18, Type 055 guided-missile destroyer Dalian, and the Type 075 amphibious assault ship Hainan.
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timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/anti-…
2) Even American civil society, lawmakers, and businesses are joining the denunciation of Washington amid reports that the US is sitting on huge stockpiles of vaccines though demand is plateauing or dropping across America, which has ked to many vaccinations centers shutting down
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GREED!!!
theintercept.com/2021/04/23/cov…
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