HOODWINKING GLOBAL COMMUNITIES
China Has an Intelligence Gathering Architecture Unlike Any Other: Harsh V. Pant and Anant Mann, The Print, Sept. 15, 2020 — Despite China’s global imprint and its dramatic rise over the last few decades, its intelligence services have managed to avoid global scrutiny. The paucity of information on Chinese covert operations and their objectives remains a challenge for the world considering the many dimensions of contemporary warfare. Chinese Intelligence Services (CIS) have thus far managed to hoodwink the global community and propagate a narrative of supreme secrecy by not subscribing to the general practice of providing a singular representational name or acronym for its intelligence services. Accordingly, analysts have attempted to theorise the CIS to better understand them and to delineate their functions so as to create calculated projections of their evolving stakes and interests.
New Chinese Missile Silo Fields Discovered: Shannon Bugos and Julia Masterson, Arms Control Association, September 2021 — China is constructing at least 250 new long-range missile silos at as many as three locations, fueling concerns that it aims to substantially expand its nuclear weapons arsenal. Beijing’s rapid nuclear buildup, recently revealed through open-source intelligence analysis, could significantly impact the Biden administration’s Nuclear Posture Review and arms control and strategic stability talks between the United States and Russia.
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The Chinese Balloon Story Is Even Bigger Than It Seems: Byron York, Washington Examiner, Feb. 6, 2023
The China Surveillance-Balloon Story Is Not Getting Better: Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, Feb. 6, 2023
Balloon vs. Satellite; China and Its Wayward Balloon: C. Zachary Hofer and Carter Palmer, Defense & Security Monitor, Feb. 6, 2023
China Held Taiwan War Council in October, General’s Memo Reveals: Bill Gertz, Washington Times, Feb. 2, 2023
Senior Defense Official Holds a Background Briefing on High-Altitude Surveillance Balloon: U.S. Dept. of Defense, Transcript, Feb. 2, 2023 — Brigadier General Pat Ryder: Good evening, everyone. Brigadier General Pat Ryder here, the Pentagon press secretary. So thank you very much for joining us a little bit later in the day. I’m going to go over a couple of ground rules first. I’ll provide you then with an on-the-record statement. And then I’ll turn it over our senior defense official.
Why Wasn’t the Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon Shot Down Over Canada?: Daniel Otis, CTV News, Feb. 6, 2023 — Critics say the U.S. and Canada had ample time to shoot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon as it drifted across North America for a week, although it’s unlikely Canadian jets could have done the job.
Chinese Balloon Had Tools to Collect Communications Signals, U.S. Says: Edward Wong, NY Times, Feb. 9, 2023 — The Chinese spy balloon shot down by the U.S. military over the Atlantic Ocean was capable of collecting communications signals and was part of a fleet of surveillance balloons directed by the Chinese military that had flown over more than 40 countries across five continents, the State Department said Thursday.
China Sends Spy Balloons Over Military Sites Worldwide, U.S. Officials Say: Julian E. Barnes, Edward Wong, Helene Cooper and Chris Buckley, NY Times, Feb. 8, 2023 — American intelligence agencies have assessed that China’s spy balloon program is part of a global surveillance effort that is designed to collect information on the military capabilities of countries around the world, according to three American officials.
Biden and the Chinese Spy Balloon: Editorial Board, WSJ, Feb. 5, 2023 — President Biden and his Boswells are taking a victory lap after his decision to shoot down a Chinese surveillance balloon that spent at least a week over U.S. territory.
House Members to Receive Classified Briefing on Chinese Spy Balloon on Thursday: Nathan Worcester, Epoch Times, Feb. 8, 2023 — Multiple Congressional staffers have confirmed to The Epoch Times that Congressional representatives will be briefed on the morning of Feb. 9 regarding the Chinese spy balloon that flew over the United States last week.
Former Trump officials say they were never informed of Chinese spy balloon surveillance: Kerryi Picket, The Washington Times, Feb. 6, 2023 — Mike Pompeo, who first served as director of the CIA and later as secretary of state under former President Trump, pushed back on claims from the Biden administration that China sent spy balloons over the U.S. in the Trump era.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/opposition-parties-chinese-balloon: National Post, Feb. 6, 2023 — Opposition parties say the public deserves answers about a Chinese balloon’s incursion over Canadian territory as the Trudeau government remains largely mum about its time in Canada.