[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] [@UPSC011](/creator/twitter/UPSC011) "Nexperia isnt some isolated case its a chapter in CCPs global shopping spree. Between 20162022 while Western markets obsessed over valuations China quietly turned it into opportunity. State-linked funds scooped up distressed firms/entities& suppliers at bargain prices" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979301555833598190) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T21:40Z XX followers, XXX engagements "The numbers are STAGGERING: Between 2018-2022 Chinese investments in strategic sectors surged MORE THAN 40%. Often through SHELL ENTITIES to MASK state involvement. Not transparent business - covert strategic expansion disguised as commercial activity" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979301974823854129) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T21:42Z XX followers, XX engagements "CCP warns Britain will face 'consequences' over super-embassy delay this comes after Keir Starmer postponed planning decision on CCP's massive London embassy complex. But this ISN'T the first threat. Time and again: Warnings intimidation "consequences" over different issues" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979313866015432870) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T22:29Z XX followers, XX engagements "Beijing accuses UK of "disregard for contractual spirit" on embassy approval. CONTRACTUAL SPIRIT This from regime that: Violated Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong broke WTO commitments ignores UNCLOS ruling tears up treaties when convenient" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979313976682123309) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T22:30Z XX followers, XX engagements "Examples 2019: WorldFirst Ant Group/Alibaba (Fintech/payments). 2020: British Steel Jingye Group (Steel/manufacturing). 2021: Philips Domestic Appliances Hillhouse Capital (Consumer electronics). 2021: Sumo Digital Tencent (Gaming)" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979304990654230891) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T21:54Z XX followers, XX engagements "Why can CCP constantly issue threats Becz democratic countries refuse to use similar language tone& aggression to counter it. This complaisance made Beijing believe it can get whatever it wants through intimidation. When only ONE side uses coercive diplomacy it's not dialogue" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979314356379894099) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T22:31Z XX followers, XX engagements "Documented Pattern: CCP threatens consequences over: Uyghur genocide criticism Hong Kong sanctions Taiwan visits COVID investigations Huawei bans South China Sea patrols human rights reports embassy delays. EVERYTHING triggers "consequences" warnings" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979314640216641945) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T22:32Z XX followers, XX engagements "This playbook isn't new - it's CHINA'S playbook. 2010: China suspended Norway relations after Liu Xiaobo won Nobel Peace. 2025: Venezuela does the same. Autocrats worldwide using identical tactics: Can't win argument Cut off dialogue. Can't refute criticism Punish the messenger" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978576273979933092) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-15T21:38Z XX followers, XX engagements "Nobel controversies span over a century. 1906: Theodore Roosevelt won for mediating Russo-Japanese War (while building US empire). Critics asked: Peace prize for an imperialist The questions have never stopped. Who's "deserving" What IS "peace" How "neutral" can ANY prize be" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978580117921124401) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-15T21:53Z XX followers, XX engagements ""2nd World Conference on China Studies brings XXX renowned scholars" - Translation: CCP hosts propaganda festival invites paid puppets to legitimize regime narrative. "Global perspective" means: You can study China from ANY angle as long as you conclude the Party is glorious" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978586640655241232) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-15T22:19Z XX followers, XX engagements "China's people-centered governance philosophy" observed at Party-mass service center. Carlos Martinez (British "political activist" - translation: tankie propagandist) praised "high-quality public infrastructure." Know what else has nice infrastructure Prisons" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978589008616735082) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-15T22:29Z XX followers, XX engagements ""Pursuit of mutual learning through exchanges" - But only approved exchanges. Try hosting conference on Tiananmen Square Uyghur camps Hong Kong crackdown or Taiwan independence. See how "mutual" that learning becomes. It's not dialogue when only ONE narrative is permitted" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978589183498150001) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-15T22:29Z XX followers, XX engagements "16 July 2025: Jewelbug hit large South American government deployed NEW backdoor using Microsoft Graph API and OneDrive for C2. Uses cloud services to blend with normal traffic leaves minimal forensic artifacts complicates post-incident analysis" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978937931151606028) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-16T21:35Z XX followers, XX engagements "Australia and Japan report HEIGHTENED vulnerability to Chinese intrusion attempts - particularly defense supply chains and maritime surveillance systems. Canberra described 2025 as "MOST ACTIVE YEAR YET" for Chinese cyber activity on record" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978944023558488568) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-16T21:59Z XX followers, XX engagements "Trade Commissioner nailed it: Foreign investment is "real investment" if it creates jobs & involves IP sharing - SIMILAR TO WHAT EUROPEAN FIRMS ARE FORCED TO DO IN CHINA. Finally reciprocity Beijing built its tech sector by forcing Western companies to transfer decades of R&D" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978949520114303419) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-16T22:21Z XX followers, XX engagements "Many Western companies BANNED in China still operate R&D facilities THERE & transfer tech. Google can't offer search in China but runs AI research labs in Beijing. Meta blocked but engineers Chinese tech. They're literally help CCP suppress citizens while banned from serving them" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978950727855669718) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-16T22:26Z XX followers, XX engagements "Response comparison: China acquires Nexperia (2018) UK reacts (2022) Netherlands seizes control (2025). China's timeline: Identify strategic asset Acquire Integrate into PRC control structure Extract technology - ALL BEFORE democracies finish debating" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979300186175185335) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T21:35Z XX followers, XX engagements "These tactics are GREY ZONE WARFARE - coercion below armed conflict threshold designed to extract concessions without military engagement. Economic threats diplomatic warnings cyber harassment diaspora pressure. It's hybrid warfare under China's "unrestricted warfare" doctrine" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979314834920607752) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T22:33Z XX followers, XX engagements "So the Dutch govt seized control of Chinese-owned Nexperia over tech-transfer concerns and now EU & US auto firms are panicking about supply shocks. But lets be honest this crisis didnt start today. Its the Wests own naivety that made this mess inevitable" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979295864884728059) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T21:18Z XX followers, XXX engagements "Nexperia Netherlands-headquartered semiconductor firm was ACQUIRED IN 2018 by Wingtech Technology - Chinese company with PARTIAL STATE BACKING. Question nobody asked then: If Nexperia is essential to automotive supply chains why allow Chinese state-backed acquisition" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979295970396639596) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T21:18Z XX followers, XX engagements "The saga exposes YEARS of underestimating strategic value of "low-end" chips. Policymakers dismissed automotive semiconductors as commodity products not critical infrastructure. Meanwhile China identified chokepoints in global supply chains and systematically acquired them" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979296733654921671) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T21:21Z XX followers, XX engagements "ACEA warns: W/O Nexperia chips suppliers can't build components threatens PRODUCTION STOPPAGES. Alternative suppliers exist but homologation + production ramp-up takes MONTHS. Current Nexperia chip stocks: FEW WEEKS. European industry held hostage by Chinese-controlled supplier" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979297212749193595) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T21:23Z XX followers, XX engagements "More examples: 2021: Newport Wafer Fab (Wales) Nexperia. 2021: Maersk Container Industry CIMC/China Investment (Shipping). 2019-2022: Motherson Sumi auto parts China partners (Automotive supply chain). 2019-2020: NEVS/Swedish EV assets Evergrande (Electric vehicles)" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979305266307834117) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T21:55Z XX followers, XXX engagements "The 35%+ surge in strategic sector investments (2020-2022) wasn't market-driven - it was STATE-DIRECTED. CCP identified pandemic as generational opportunity to acquire tech/infra at discounts. Coordinated through state banks SWFs "private" companies with Party committees" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979308042924470480) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T22:06Z XX followers, XX engagements "Why small-to-mid-tier firms They're BELOW radar of national security reviews (which focus on large deals) possess CRITICAL niche technologies (specialized chips automation components) and their distress makes them CHEAP and DESPERATE" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979308291416350768) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T22:07Z XX followers, XX engagements "Despite years of shiny ESG promises European markets are still awash with cotton linked to Uyghur forced labour hundreds of tonnes from Xinjiang traced through 15+ Bangladeshi factories tied to Chinas coercive labour system" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979657019717222612) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-18T21:13Z XX followers, XX engagements "2025 deserves to be called the Year of China's Cyber Warfare. F5 Networks (US) breached. UKs NCSC reports XX% surge in attacks. Taiwan hit with XXX MILLION daily cyberattacks. Now reports say Chinese threat group Jewelbug infiltrated Russian IT network" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978934786648428894) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-16T21:23Z XX followers, XX engagements "The Russia angle is UNPRECEDENTED. Despite "increased military economic diplomatic relations" b/w Moscow & Beijing China still hacked Russian systems. Translation: Xi doesn't do "allies" - only vassals and targets. Even your "no limits partnership" doesn't protect you from CCP" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978935140236587196) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-16T21:24Z XX followers, XX engagements "Jewelbug operated Jan-May 2025 accessing CODE REPOSITORIES & SOFTWARE BUILD SYSTEMS. They could launch supply chain attacks targeting Russian customers. And where did they exfiltrate data YANDEX CLOUD Russia's own cloud service. The irony: Using Russia's infra against itself" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978935569133580613) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-16T21:26Z XXX followers, XX engagements "Jewelbug = CL-STA-0049 (Palo Alto) = Earth Alux (Trend Micro) = REF7707 (Elastic Security). Active since Q2 2023 targeting government tech logistics manufacturing telecom across APAC and LATAM. Russia marks expansion beyond traditional targets" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978935740383006758) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-16T21:27Z XXX followers, XX engagements "Jewelbug tactics: Dumped credentials established persistence via scheduled tasks cleared Windows Event Logs to erase traces. Classic APT playbook - get in quietly stay hidden long-term cover tracks meticulously. Five months undetected in Russian network proves effectiveness" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978937494340002130) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-16T21:34Z XX followers, XX engagements "16 Oct-Nov 2024: Attacked Taiwanese company using DLL side-loading to drop SHADOWPAD - backdoor EXCLUSIVELY used by Chinese hacking groups. Also hit South Asian IT provider. Pattern clear: Taiwan APAC LATAM now Russia. Jewelbug operates globally with unified toolset" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978938306738941953) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-16T21:37Z XX followers, XX engagements "Toolset reveals sophistication: KillAV (disable security software) EchoDrv (exploit kernel vulnerability via BYOVD attack) LSASS/Mimikatz (credential dumping) PrintNotifyPotato (privilege escalation) EarthWorm SOCKS tunneling (used by Gelsemium Lucky Mouse Velvet Ant)" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978938770905780518) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-16T21:39Z XX followers, XX engagements "Taiwan's National Security Bureau warns of RISING Chinese cyberattacks on govt depts. Beijing's "online troll army" spreads fabricated content to undermine trust in Taiwan's government and sow US distrust. Cyber warfare + information warfare = comprehensive hybrid strategy" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978939104755687917) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-16T21:40Z XX followers, XX engagements "Real strategic implication: China is installing long-term dependencies & vulnerabilities in Russia. When Moscow acts independently CCP can leverage these cyber toeholds as coercion tools. It's not partnership - it's building leverage for future subordination. Digital kompromat" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978940944696090898) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-16T21:47Z XX followers, XX engagements "Bottom line: 2025 proves NO ONE is safe from CCP cyber operations - not allies (Russia) not adversaries (Taiwan/US/UK) not neutral parties (LATAM). Beijing hacks everyone stores everything waits patiently. "No limits partnership" with Russia Xi still plants backdoors" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978941069149483266) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-16T21:48Z XX followers, XX engagements "Lets take this opportunity to discuss CCP-linked hacker groups doing Beijing's dirty work from Latin America to Asia. This isn't data theft anymore - it's INFLUENCE INFRASTRUCTURE DISRUPTION and PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE. Coordinated. Precise. Relentless" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978942030060331506) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-16T21:52Z XX followers, XX engagements "October 2025: Chinese hackers infiltrated F5 NETWORKS - major US CYBERSECURITY PROVIDER - for nearly a YEAR. Exposed critical data and internal architecture. The uncomfortable irony Firms SECURING America's digital perimeter aren't beyond Beijing's reach" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978942361800499530) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-16T21:53Z XX followers, XX engagements "Across Taiwan Strait Taiwans intel agency reports 2.8M cyberattacks per day many traced to PRC-linked groups. Add to that troll farms pushing REAL-TIME disinfo seeding pro-CCP narratives across SM. Dual strategy: Overwhelm government systems AND erode public confidence" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978943206289965344) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-16T21:56Z XX followers, XX engagements "UK's NCSC reports XX% SURGE in cyberattacks vs 2024 names China among "most sophisticated and capable" threat actors. Targets: Retail healthcare DEFENSE networks. Discovered botnet of 260000+ infected routers/IoT devices operated by China-linked company" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978943518941802850) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-16T21:57Z XX followers, XX engagements "Early 2025: Czechia publicly accused Chinese APT31 of LONG-RUNNING cyber-espionage campaign against its Foreign Ministry. Part of broader pattern targeting European diplomatic networks. European Parliament and ENISA warn of "state-directed cyber activity" escalating across EU" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978943893958701343) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-16T21:59Z XX followers, XX engagements "Latin America: Quieter but equally concerning. Chinese cyber operators targeted financial networks and telecom systems in Brazil Chile Venezuela - nations with deepening Beijing ties. Attacks cloaked as "technical exchanges" or "data cooperation initiatives."" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978944244791296452) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-16T22:00Z XX followers, XX engagements "Africa: APT41 (Wicked Panda) attacked Southern African government IT services - custom malware credential harvesting sensitive corporate data theft. Phantom Taurus launched espionage campaign against African governments/telecom using NET-STAR malware for strategic intelligence" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978944465206161695) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-16T22:01Z XX followers, XX engagements "South Africa alone: 17000+ ransomware detections. Most targeted African country. Pattern: CCP exploits African nations' limited cybersecurity capacity to establish persistent access map critical infra gather intel on resource sectors political dynamics & Western partnerships" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978944930568405498) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-16T22:03Z XX followers, XX engagements "EU's motivation comes from DECADES of frustration with China conditioning market access on JVs & MANDATORY tech transfers. Want to sell cars in China Form JV hand over IP. Want mfg there Transfer technology first. EU finally says "two can play" and Beijing screams foul" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978947394055069778) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-16T22:13Z XX followers, XX engagements ""China supports trade cooperation based on market principles for win-win results" China's "market principles": Foreign firms MUST form joint ventures (51%+ Chinese ownership) transfer core technology train Chinese competitors then watch as local firms steal IP & undercut you" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978947937997590569) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-16T22:15Z XX followers, XX engagements "Asymmetry CCP LOVES: Democratic world chooses not to reciprocate authoritarian practices. CCP blocks Google X Wikipedia YouTube. But TikTok WeChat operate freely in West. CCP bans info flow IN while flooding propaganda OUT. Democrats play fair; autocrats exploit fairness" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978950348048920683) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-16T22:25Z XX followers, XX engagements "Examples Tesla required to build Shanghai factory share battery tech. Airbus must produce in China transfer aviation systems. Volkswagen forced into JVs now Chinese EVs dominate using Western tech. Pattern: Extract knowledge replicate domestically phase out foreign partner" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1978951101488447740) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-16T22:28Z XX followers, XX engagements "2021: Nexperia took FULL CONTROL of Newport Wafer Fab in South Wales UK. Govts treated it as "business as usual". Rarely examined: Strategic implications of Chinese control over European semiconductor production. That CHANGING COMPLACENCY enabled current crisis" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979296240463475078) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T21:19Z XX followers, XX engagements ""Low-end" chips narrative was DECEPTIVE. Automotive semiconductors are CRITICAL - modern vehicles have 1000+ chips controlling everything from brakes to batteries. Dismissing them as "commodity products" while China systematically acquired capacity was strategic blindness" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979299590017777783) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T21:32Z XX followers, XX engagements "Europe alone saw DOZENS of small-to-mid-tier chip and automation firms acquired UNDER THE RADAR. Africa and Latin America witnessed Chinese takeovers in telecom and data-center infra. Exploitating liquidity crunches and regulatory paralysis in open markets to capture CHOKEPOINTS" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979302688493048178) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T21:45Z XX followers, XX engagements "This opportunistic expansion and silent capability building laid foundation for CCP's CURRENT LEVERAGE in: Global manufacturing rare-earth supply semiconductor production. Influence now DIFFICULT TO UNWIND precisely because it was built while world was too distracted to notice" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979304607756226829) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T21:52Z XX followers, XX engagements "2019-2021: CRRC rolling stock acquisitions (Rail/transport). 2019-2022: Philippine & SEA telecom/infrastructure minority investments by China funds and hundreds of other smaller tech startups across Europe and North America" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979306219454992865) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T21:59Z XX followers, XX engagements "Europe & US LARGELY UNDERESTIMATED scale of CCP's opportunism seeing it as "commercial competition" rather than STRATEGIC ENCROACHMENT. Fatal misreading. Result Chinese entities quietly ENTRENCHED across: Semiconductor supply chains EV components advanced mfg networks" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979306649358852454) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T22:00Z XX followers, XX engagements "The proposed "super-embassy" near Tower of London would be MASSIVE - reportedly larger than any other embassy in UK. Raises obvious questions: Why does China need such enormous diplomatic presence Intelligence collection Surveillance infrastructure Influence operations center" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979314951400624351) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T22:33Z XX followers, XX engagements "Also it's not new Australia rejected Chinese embassy plans near Parliament House (2022) citing security concerns. Netherlands blocked expansion near sensitive sites. Pattern: Beijing wants strategic locations massive facilities minimal oversight" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979315357761573054) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T22:35Z XX followers, XX engagements "Irish Labour Senator Nessa Cosgrove: No workers suffering should be woven into our clothes. Labour pushing a bill to force companies to show real commitment to ending forced labour. But heres the truth: without legal enforcement and criminal penalties they wont act" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979658803756069046) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-18T21:20Z XX followers, XX engagements "Why does this keep happening Becz Western brands still buy from Chinese suppliers directly or via Bangladesh & ASEAN intermediaries. Their supply chain audits are performative theatre built to miss forced-labour links. Its not oversight its outsourced morality" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979659837786177559) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-18T21:24Z XX followers, XX engagements "2022 UN report accused China of severe human rights violations in Xinjiang: Torture rape forced abortions sterilization - acts amounting to CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. December 2024 footage shows Uyghur labourers working at Esquel and Jiangsu Lianfa facilities" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979657781520298326) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-18T21:16Z XX followers, XX engagements "Brands like MUJI even DEFENDED use of Xinjiang cotton claiming it's "excellent quality." Uniqlo (Fast Retailing) initially denied forced labour only changed stance under pressure. IKEA Zara C&A Esprit - all documented sourcing from Xinjiang-linked suppliers" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979660095182274959) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-18T21:25Z XX followers, XX engagements "Hong Kong installing 60000 AI facial recognition cameras by 2028 - because nothing says "global financial hub" like turning your city into a open-air prison. It's like trying to run a luxury hotel while installing bars on every window" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1975666557977248001) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-07T20:56Z XXX followers, XX engagements ""SmartView programme for public safety" - Orwell called he wants his euphemisms back. China already operates 600+ MILLION surveillance cameras nationwide (54% of global total per IHS Markit). Hong Kong's just joining the panopticon franchise. Very "One Country Two Systems."" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1975666767466012941) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-07T20:57Z XXX followers, XXX engagements "US auto industry ALSO affected. Alliance for Automotive Innovation (GM Toyota Ford VW Hyundai) warns disruption could impact US production AS SOON AS NEXT MONTH. Spillover effects across industries. One Dutch company seizure threatens global automotive supply chains" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979297546477711492) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T21:24Z XX followers, XX engagements "CCP's response "Firmly opposes overstretching national security concept and discriminatory actions." RICH coming from country that: Blocks foreign tech firms citing "security" forces tech transfers restricts data flows bans semiconductors over "security concerns."" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979297803164651575) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T21:25Z XX followers, XX engagements "Wingtech Technology statement: "Dutch government's freeze based on unsubstantiated 'national security' grounds." UNSUBSTANTIATED China's National Intelligence Law (2017) REQUIRES companies to support state intelligence work. Civil-Military Fusion MANDATES tech sharing with PLA" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979297922303824122) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T21:26Z XX followers, XX engagements "Wingtech: "We'll not yield to external political pressure" Translation: We'll weaponize legal systems & economic leverage to reverse democratic decisions. Also Wingtech: Operates under regime that has NO independent judiciary & executes political decisions through "courts."" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979298341625188676) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T21:27Z XX followers, XX engagements "CSIA: "Opposes abuse of 'national security' concept and discriminatory restrictions on Chinese enterprises." Meanwhile in China: Foreign semiconductor firms face forced JVs tech transfer requirements data localization restricted market access discriminatory procurement" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979298507615015333) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-17T21:28Z XX followers, XX engagements "The suppliers: Esquel Group & Jiangsu Lianfa Textiles both maintain extensive operations in Xinjiang. Their customers Major Irish retailers incl. TESCO & PENNEYS (Primark). Xinjiang produces nearly ONE-THIRD of world's cotton. Every shirt potentially woven by enslaved Uyghur" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979657510266278363) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-18T21:15Z XX followers, XX engagements "Tesco Penneys Marks & Spencer all promised to STOP sourcing from Xinjiang. Investigation reveals they CONTINUE through Bangladesh intermediaries. Systemic loopholes and weak certification systems allow untraceable cotton to flood production lines" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979658018397802978) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-18T21:17Z XX followers, XX engagements "But Woo is just the visible tip of a much deeper iceberg. Like the UK Canada faces extensive CCP infiltration across politics business academia and community groups. The machinery of influence runs wide and it runs deep" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979676171584581928) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-18T22:29Z XX followers, XX engagements "Canada has: Chinese "police stations" operating illegally (Toronto Vancouver) United Front-controlled "community groups" WeChat censorship on Canadian soil Confucius Institutes in universities state-owned enterprises in infrastructure. Infiltration speedrun: Any% completion" [X Link](https://x.com/UPSC011/status/1979676600502460494) [@UPSC011](/creator/x/UPSC011) 2025-10-18T22:30Z XX followers, XX engagements
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"Nexperia isnt some isolated case its a chapter in CCPs global shopping spree. Between 20162022 while Western markets obsessed over valuations China quietly turned it into opportunity. State-linked funds scooped up distressed firms/entities& suppliers at bargain prices"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T21:40Z XX followers, XXX engagements
"The numbers are STAGGERING: Between 2018-2022 Chinese investments in strategic sectors surged MORE THAN 40%. Often through SHELL ENTITIES to MASK state involvement. Not transparent business - covert strategic expansion disguised as commercial activity"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T21:42Z XX followers, XX engagements
"CCP warns Britain will face 'consequences' over super-embassy delay this comes after Keir Starmer postponed planning decision on CCP's massive London embassy complex. But this ISN'T the first threat. Time and again: Warnings intimidation "consequences" over different issues"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T22:29Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Beijing accuses UK of "disregard for contractual spirit" on embassy approval. CONTRACTUAL SPIRIT This from regime that: Violated Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong broke WTO commitments ignores UNCLOS ruling tears up treaties when convenient"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T22:30Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Examples 2019: WorldFirst Ant Group/Alibaba (Fintech/payments). 2020: British Steel Jingye Group (Steel/manufacturing). 2021: Philips Domestic Appliances Hillhouse Capital (Consumer electronics). 2021: Sumo Digital Tencent (Gaming)"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T21:54Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Why can CCP constantly issue threats Becz democratic countries refuse to use similar language tone& aggression to counter it. This complaisance made Beijing believe it can get whatever it wants through intimidation. When only ONE side uses coercive diplomacy it's not dialogue"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T22:31Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Documented Pattern: CCP threatens consequences over: Uyghur genocide criticism Hong Kong sanctions Taiwan visits COVID investigations Huawei bans South China Sea patrols human rights reports embassy delays. EVERYTHING triggers "consequences" warnings"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T22:32Z XX followers, XX engagements
"This playbook isn't new - it's CHINA'S playbook. 2010: China suspended Norway relations after Liu Xiaobo won Nobel Peace. 2025: Venezuela does the same. Autocrats worldwide using identical tactics: Can't win argument Cut off dialogue. Can't refute criticism Punish the messenger"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-15T21:38Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Nobel controversies span over a century. 1906: Theodore Roosevelt won for mediating Russo-Japanese War (while building US empire). Critics asked: Peace prize for an imperialist The questions have never stopped. Who's "deserving" What IS "peace" How "neutral" can ANY prize be"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-15T21:53Z XX followers, XX engagements
""2nd World Conference on China Studies brings XXX renowned scholars" - Translation: CCP hosts propaganda festival invites paid puppets to legitimize regime narrative. "Global perspective" means: You can study China from ANY angle as long as you conclude the Party is glorious"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-15T22:19Z XX followers, XX engagements
"China's people-centered governance philosophy" observed at Party-mass service center. Carlos Martinez (British "political activist" - translation: tankie propagandist) praised "high-quality public infrastructure." Know what else has nice infrastructure Prisons"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-15T22:29Z XX followers, XX engagements
""Pursuit of mutual learning through exchanges" - But only approved exchanges. Try hosting conference on Tiananmen Square Uyghur camps Hong Kong crackdown or Taiwan independence. See how "mutual" that learning becomes. It's not dialogue when only ONE narrative is permitted"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-15T22:29Z XX followers, XX engagements
"16 July 2025: Jewelbug hit large South American government deployed NEW backdoor using Microsoft Graph API and OneDrive for C2. Uses cloud services to blend with normal traffic leaves minimal forensic artifacts complicates post-incident analysis"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-16T21:35Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Australia and Japan report HEIGHTENED vulnerability to Chinese intrusion attempts - particularly defense supply chains and maritime surveillance systems. Canberra described 2025 as "MOST ACTIVE YEAR YET" for Chinese cyber activity on record"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-16T21:59Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Trade Commissioner nailed it: Foreign investment is "real investment" if it creates jobs & involves IP sharing - SIMILAR TO WHAT EUROPEAN FIRMS ARE FORCED TO DO IN CHINA. Finally reciprocity Beijing built its tech sector by forcing Western companies to transfer decades of R&D"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-16T22:21Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Many Western companies BANNED in China still operate R&D facilities THERE & transfer tech. Google can't offer search in China but runs AI research labs in Beijing. Meta blocked but engineers Chinese tech. They're literally help CCP suppress citizens while banned from serving them"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-16T22:26Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Response comparison: China acquires Nexperia (2018) UK reacts (2022) Netherlands seizes control (2025). China's timeline: Identify strategic asset Acquire Integrate into PRC control structure Extract technology - ALL BEFORE democracies finish debating"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T21:35Z XX followers, XX engagements
"These tactics are GREY ZONE WARFARE - coercion below armed conflict threshold designed to extract concessions without military engagement. Economic threats diplomatic warnings cyber harassment diaspora pressure. It's hybrid warfare under China's "unrestricted warfare" doctrine"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T22:33Z XX followers, XX engagements
"So the Dutch govt seized control of Chinese-owned Nexperia over tech-transfer concerns and now EU & US auto firms are panicking about supply shocks. But lets be honest this crisis didnt start today. Its the Wests own naivety that made this mess inevitable"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T21:18Z XX followers, XXX engagements
"Nexperia Netherlands-headquartered semiconductor firm was ACQUIRED IN 2018 by Wingtech Technology - Chinese company with PARTIAL STATE BACKING. Question nobody asked then: If Nexperia is essential to automotive supply chains why allow Chinese state-backed acquisition"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T21:18Z XX followers, XX engagements
"The saga exposes YEARS of underestimating strategic value of "low-end" chips. Policymakers dismissed automotive semiconductors as commodity products not critical infrastructure. Meanwhile China identified chokepoints in global supply chains and systematically acquired them"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T21:21Z XX followers, XX engagements
"ACEA warns: W/O Nexperia chips suppliers can't build components threatens PRODUCTION STOPPAGES. Alternative suppliers exist but homologation + production ramp-up takes MONTHS. Current Nexperia chip stocks: FEW WEEKS. European industry held hostage by Chinese-controlled supplier"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T21:23Z XX followers, XX engagements
"More examples: 2021: Newport Wafer Fab (Wales) Nexperia. 2021: Maersk Container Industry CIMC/China Investment (Shipping). 2019-2022: Motherson Sumi auto parts China partners (Automotive supply chain). 2019-2020: NEVS/Swedish EV assets Evergrande (Electric vehicles)"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T21:55Z XX followers, XXX engagements
"The 35%+ surge in strategic sector investments (2020-2022) wasn't market-driven - it was STATE-DIRECTED. CCP identified pandemic as generational opportunity to acquire tech/infra at discounts. Coordinated through state banks SWFs "private" companies with Party committees"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T22:06Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Why small-to-mid-tier firms They're BELOW radar of national security reviews (which focus on large deals) possess CRITICAL niche technologies (specialized chips automation components) and their distress makes them CHEAP and DESPERATE"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T22:07Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Despite years of shiny ESG promises European markets are still awash with cotton linked to Uyghur forced labour hundreds of tonnes from Xinjiang traced through 15+ Bangladeshi factories tied to Chinas coercive labour system"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-18T21:13Z XX followers, XX engagements
"2025 deserves to be called the Year of China's Cyber Warfare. F5 Networks (US) breached. UKs NCSC reports XX% surge in attacks. Taiwan hit with XXX MILLION daily cyberattacks. Now reports say Chinese threat group Jewelbug infiltrated Russian IT network"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-16T21:23Z XX followers, XX engagements
"The Russia angle is UNPRECEDENTED. Despite "increased military economic diplomatic relations" b/w Moscow & Beijing China still hacked Russian systems. Translation: Xi doesn't do "allies" - only vassals and targets. Even your "no limits partnership" doesn't protect you from CCP"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-16T21:24Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Jewelbug operated Jan-May 2025 accessing CODE REPOSITORIES & SOFTWARE BUILD SYSTEMS. They could launch supply chain attacks targeting Russian customers. And where did they exfiltrate data YANDEX CLOUD Russia's own cloud service. The irony: Using Russia's infra against itself"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-16T21:26Z XXX followers, XX engagements
"Jewelbug = CL-STA-0049 (Palo Alto) = Earth Alux (Trend Micro) = REF7707 (Elastic Security). Active since Q2 2023 targeting government tech logistics manufacturing telecom across APAC and LATAM. Russia marks expansion beyond traditional targets"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-16T21:27Z XXX followers, XX engagements
"Jewelbug tactics: Dumped credentials established persistence via scheduled tasks cleared Windows Event Logs to erase traces. Classic APT playbook - get in quietly stay hidden long-term cover tracks meticulously. Five months undetected in Russian network proves effectiveness"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-16T21:34Z XX followers, XX engagements
"16 Oct-Nov 2024: Attacked Taiwanese company using DLL side-loading to drop SHADOWPAD - backdoor EXCLUSIVELY used by Chinese hacking groups. Also hit South Asian IT provider. Pattern clear: Taiwan APAC LATAM now Russia. Jewelbug operates globally with unified toolset"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-16T21:37Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Toolset reveals sophistication: KillAV (disable security software) EchoDrv (exploit kernel vulnerability via BYOVD attack) LSASS/Mimikatz (credential dumping) PrintNotifyPotato (privilege escalation) EarthWorm SOCKS tunneling (used by Gelsemium Lucky Mouse Velvet Ant)"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-16T21:39Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Taiwan's National Security Bureau warns of RISING Chinese cyberattacks on govt depts. Beijing's "online troll army" spreads fabricated content to undermine trust in Taiwan's government and sow US distrust. Cyber warfare + information warfare = comprehensive hybrid strategy"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-16T21:40Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Real strategic implication: China is installing long-term dependencies & vulnerabilities in Russia. When Moscow acts independently CCP can leverage these cyber toeholds as coercion tools. It's not partnership - it's building leverage for future subordination. Digital kompromat"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-16T21:47Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Bottom line: 2025 proves NO ONE is safe from CCP cyber operations - not allies (Russia) not adversaries (Taiwan/US/UK) not neutral parties (LATAM). Beijing hacks everyone stores everything waits patiently. "No limits partnership" with Russia Xi still plants backdoors"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-16T21:48Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Lets take this opportunity to discuss CCP-linked hacker groups doing Beijing's dirty work from Latin America to Asia. This isn't data theft anymore - it's INFLUENCE INFRASTRUCTURE DISRUPTION and PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE. Coordinated. Precise. Relentless"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-16T21:52Z XX followers, XX engagements
"October 2025: Chinese hackers infiltrated F5 NETWORKS - major US CYBERSECURITY PROVIDER - for nearly a YEAR. Exposed critical data and internal architecture. The uncomfortable irony Firms SECURING America's digital perimeter aren't beyond Beijing's reach"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-16T21:53Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Across Taiwan Strait Taiwans intel agency reports 2.8M cyberattacks per day many traced to PRC-linked groups. Add to that troll farms pushing REAL-TIME disinfo seeding pro-CCP narratives across SM. Dual strategy: Overwhelm government systems AND erode public confidence"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-16T21:56Z XX followers, XX engagements
"UK's NCSC reports XX% SURGE in cyberattacks vs 2024 names China among "most sophisticated and capable" threat actors. Targets: Retail healthcare DEFENSE networks. Discovered botnet of 260000+ infected routers/IoT devices operated by China-linked company"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-16T21:57Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Early 2025: Czechia publicly accused Chinese APT31 of LONG-RUNNING cyber-espionage campaign against its Foreign Ministry. Part of broader pattern targeting European diplomatic networks. European Parliament and ENISA warn of "state-directed cyber activity" escalating across EU"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-16T21:59Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Latin America: Quieter but equally concerning. Chinese cyber operators targeted financial networks and telecom systems in Brazil Chile Venezuela - nations with deepening Beijing ties. Attacks cloaked as "technical exchanges" or "data cooperation initiatives.""
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-16T22:00Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Africa: APT41 (Wicked Panda) attacked Southern African government IT services - custom malware credential harvesting sensitive corporate data theft. Phantom Taurus launched espionage campaign against African governments/telecom using NET-STAR malware for strategic intelligence"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-16T22:01Z XX followers, XX engagements
"South Africa alone: 17000+ ransomware detections. Most targeted African country. Pattern: CCP exploits African nations' limited cybersecurity capacity to establish persistent access map critical infra gather intel on resource sectors political dynamics & Western partnerships"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-16T22:03Z XX followers, XX engagements
"EU's motivation comes from DECADES of frustration with China conditioning market access on JVs & MANDATORY tech transfers. Want to sell cars in China Form JV hand over IP. Want mfg there Transfer technology first. EU finally says "two can play" and Beijing screams foul"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-16T22:13Z XX followers, XX engagements
""China supports trade cooperation based on market principles for win-win results" China's "market principles": Foreign firms MUST form joint ventures (51%+ Chinese ownership) transfer core technology train Chinese competitors then watch as local firms steal IP & undercut you"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-16T22:15Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Asymmetry CCP LOVES: Democratic world chooses not to reciprocate authoritarian practices. CCP blocks Google X Wikipedia YouTube. But TikTok WeChat operate freely in West. CCP bans info flow IN while flooding propaganda OUT. Democrats play fair; autocrats exploit fairness"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-16T22:25Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Examples Tesla required to build Shanghai factory share battery tech. Airbus must produce in China transfer aviation systems. Volkswagen forced into JVs now Chinese EVs dominate using Western tech. Pattern: Extract knowledge replicate domestically phase out foreign partner"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-16T22:28Z XX followers, XX engagements
"2021: Nexperia took FULL CONTROL of Newport Wafer Fab in South Wales UK. Govts treated it as "business as usual". Rarely examined: Strategic implications of Chinese control over European semiconductor production. That CHANGING COMPLACENCY enabled current crisis"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T21:19Z XX followers, XX engagements
""Low-end" chips narrative was DECEPTIVE. Automotive semiconductors are CRITICAL - modern vehicles have 1000+ chips controlling everything from brakes to batteries. Dismissing them as "commodity products" while China systematically acquired capacity was strategic blindness"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T21:32Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Europe alone saw DOZENS of small-to-mid-tier chip and automation firms acquired UNDER THE RADAR. Africa and Latin America witnessed Chinese takeovers in telecom and data-center infra. Exploitating liquidity crunches and regulatory paralysis in open markets to capture CHOKEPOINTS"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T21:45Z XX followers, XX engagements
"This opportunistic expansion and silent capability building laid foundation for CCP's CURRENT LEVERAGE in: Global manufacturing rare-earth supply semiconductor production. Influence now DIFFICULT TO UNWIND precisely because it was built while world was too distracted to notice"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T21:52Z XX followers, XX engagements
"2019-2021: CRRC rolling stock acquisitions (Rail/transport). 2019-2022: Philippine & SEA telecom/infrastructure minority investments by China funds and hundreds of other smaller tech startups across Europe and North America"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T21:59Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Europe & US LARGELY UNDERESTIMATED scale of CCP's opportunism seeing it as "commercial competition" rather than STRATEGIC ENCROACHMENT. Fatal misreading. Result Chinese entities quietly ENTRENCHED across: Semiconductor supply chains EV components advanced mfg networks"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T22:00Z XX followers, XX engagements
"The proposed "super-embassy" near Tower of London would be MASSIVE - reportedly larger than any other embassy in UK. Raises obvious questions: Why does China need such enormous diplomatic presence Intelligence collection Surveillance infrastructure Influence operations center"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T22:33Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Also it's not new Australia rejected Chinese embassy plans near Parliament House (2022) citing security concerns. Netherlands blocked expansion near sensitive sites. Pattern: Beijing wants strategic locations massive facilities minimal oversight"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T22:35Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Irish Labour Senator Nessa Cosgrove: No workers suffering should be woven into our clothes. Labour pushing a bill to force companies to show real commitment to ending forced labour. But heres the truth: without legal enforcement and criminal penalties they wont act"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-18T21:20Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Why does this keep happening Becz Western brands still buy from Chinese suppliers directly or via Bangladesh & ASEAN intermediaries. Their supply chain audits are performative theatre built to miss forced-labour links. Its not oversight its outsourced morality"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-18T21:24Z XX followers, XX engagements
"2022 UN report accused China of severe human rights violations in Xinjiang: Torture rape forced abortions sterilization - acts amounting to CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. December 2024 footage shows Uyghur labourers working at Esquel and Jiangsu Lianfa facilities"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-18T21:16Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Brands like MUJI even DEFENDED use of Xinjiang cotton claiming it's "excellent quality." Uniqlo (Fast Retailing) initially denied forced labour only changed stance under pressure. IKEA Zara C&A Esprit - all documented sourcing from Xinjiang-linked suppliers"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-18T21:25Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Hong Kong installing 60000 AI facial recognition cameras by 2028 - because nothing says "global financial hub" like turning your city into a open-air prison. It's like trying to run a luxury hotel while installing bars on every window"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-07T20:56Z XXX followers, XX engagements
""SmartView programme for public safety" - Orwell called he wants his euphemisms back. China already operates 600+ MILLION surveillance cameras nationwide (54% of global total per IHS Markit). Hong Kong's just joining the panopticon franchise. Very "One Country Two Systems.""
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-07T20:57Z XXX followers, XXX engagements
"US auto industry ALSO affected. Alliance for Automotive Innovation (GM Toyota Ford VW Hyundai) warns disruption could impact US production AS SOON AS NEXT MONTH. Spillover effects across industries. One Dutch company seizure threatens global automotive supply chains"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T21:24Z XX followers, XX engagements
"CCP's response "Firmly opposes overstretching national security concept and discriminatory actions." RICH coming from country that: Blocks foreign tech firms citing "security" forces tech transfers restricts data flows bans semiconductors over "security concerns.""
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T21:25Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Wingtech Technology statement: "Dutch government's freeze based on unsubstantiated 'national security' grounds." UNSUBSTANTIATED China's National Intelligence Law (2017) REQUIRES companies to support state intelligence work. Civil-Military Fusion MANDATES tech sharing with PLA"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T21:26Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Wingtech: "We'll not yield to external political pressure" Translation: We'll weaponize legal systems & economic leverage to reverse democratic decisions. Also Wingtech: Operates under regime that has NO independent judiciary & executes political decisions through "courts.""
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T21:27Z XX followers, XX engagements
"CSIA: "Opposes abuse of 'national security' concept and discriminatory restrictions on Chinese enterprises." Meanwhile in China: Foreign semiconductor firms face forced JVs tech transfer requirements data localization restricted market access discriminatory procurement"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-17T21:28Z XX followers, XX engagements
"The suppliers: Esquel Group & Jiangsu Lianfa Textiles both maintain extensive operations in Xinjiang. Their customers Major Irish retailers incl. TESCO & PENNEYS (Primark). Xinjiang produces nearly ONE-THIRD of world's cotton. Every shirt potentially woven by enslaved Uyghur"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-18T21:15Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Tesco Penneys Marks & Spencer all promised to STOP sourcing from Xinjiang. Investigation reveals they CONTINUE through Bangladesh intermediaries. Systemic loopholes and weak certification systems allow untraceable cotton to flood production lines"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-18T21:17Z XX followers, XX engagements
"But Woo is just the visible tip of a much deeper iceberg. Like the UK Canada faces extensive CCP infiltration across politics business academia and community groups. The machinery of influence runs wide and it runs deep"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-18T22:29Z XX followers, XX engagements
"Canada has: Chinese "police stations" operating illegally (Toronto Vancouver) United Front-controlled "community groups" WeChat censorship on Canadian soil Confucius Institutes in universities state-owned enterprises in infrastructure. Infiltration speedrun: Any% completion"
X Link @UPSC011 2025-10-18T22:30Z XX followers, XX engagements
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