Beyond Balloons: The Other Threats Posed by China, and What Can Be Done to Counter Them

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“Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon,” So would A.A. Milne, the great writer, want us to believe. Milne can be trusted. this line This was long before China became involved in balloon-making. You are probably familiar with the famous Chinese balloon, which was recently seen traversing several U.S. States, including Montana and Alaska before it was destroyed in South Carolina. Chinese Communist Party (CCP), quickly criticizing the quick-fire response, claimed that the balloon was just a weather device that had been diverted. The balloon was not a meteorological device, but a surveillance instrument. The Chinese threat still exists, though the balloon may be gone. The threat from China posed by CCP was never as strong as it is now.

Mira RicardelA geopolitical expert told me by, that the CCP “is both an economic competitor and military adversary.” Xi Jinping’s policies of “civil-military fusion” The United States cannot now separate China’s military and international ambitions from their economic goals. As a military view, Ms. Ricardel pointed out that China continues to increase its PLA presence at the South China Sea and threaten Taiwan. As U.S. General Mike Minihan recently warnedIt seems that war with China on Taiwan is inevitable. The decorated general said that the United States could be at war with China in the next two-years. Ms. Ricardel (an employee of The Chertoff GroupSecurity and technology firm Xerox noted that the CCP is expanding its intercontinental missile stockpile, in addition to “deploying dual-use advanced technologies, and expanding its presence and capabilities in space.” Was there surveillance or data harvesting? CCP “actively engaging in surveillance and espionage, intrusive cyber activities, to include attacks, and intellectual property theft,” She said. Beijing has also increased its influence on allegedly private businesses, like ByteDance which is the company behind TikTok. Trojan horse This was designed to accumulate a lot of data.

China also has purchased many other countries over the years. a lot of foreign companies There are many other things to consider. foreign landThis includes prime American farmland. Ms. Ricardel spoke of all these activities. “are aimed at advancing China’s military and economic capabilities and serve to threaten the security of the United States.” She was accompanied by Adam IslesCCP is the security risk management expert. “a highly capable cyber adversary” This continues to spend hundreds of million on the development of high-skilled offensive cyber corporations “and a networ