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C.A. Yeung @redditiosymboli.bsky.social · Apr 29

Check this link for the full ICIJ report on China’s transnational machinery of repression.

www.icij.org/investigatio...

Inside China’s machinery of repression — and how it crushes dissent around the world - ICIJ

Interviews with more than 100 victims in 23 countries, along with internal government documents, reveal the sinister tactics China uses to silence critics beyond its borders.

www.icij.org

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C.A. Yeung @redditiosymboli.bsky.social · Apr 29

Chinese regime enlisted Jack Ma’s help in an intimidation campaign to press a businessman to help in the purge of a top official. This is just one of the stories revealed in an ICiJ report on the sinister tactics China uses to silence critics beyond its borders.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma implicated in intimidation campaign by Chinese regime

Billionaire appears to have been asked to pressure friend to return to China to help pursue out-of-favour official

www.theguardian.com

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C.A. Yeung @redditiosymboli.bsky.social · Apr 27

The FBI is offering $10 million for information about the China-state hacking group tracked as Salt Typhoon and its intrusion last year into sensitive networks belonging to multiple US telecommunications companies

arstechnica.com/security/202...

FBI offers $10 million for information about Salt Typhoon members

FBI accepts tips by TOR in likely attempt to woo China-based informants.

arstechnica.com

C.A. Yeung @redditiosymboli.bsky.social · Apr 15

Australian officials are investigating reports that Russia has lodged an official request to base several long-range aircraft in Indonesia, just 1300 kilometres away from the Australian mainland.

www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Vladimir Putin seeks access to Indonesian air force base: reports

Australian officials are investigating reports that Russia is seeking to base several long-range aircraft in Indonesia, just 1300 kilometres from Darwin.

www.smh.com.au

C.A. Yeung @redditiosymboli.bsky.social · Apr 1

Six Hong Kong government officials responsible for the implementation of national security laws have been sanctioned by the USA for undermining Hong Kong’s autonomy.

www.state.gov/u-s-sanction...

U.S. Sanctions Six Individuals for Undermining Hong Kong’s Autonomy - United States Department of State

Beijing and Hong Kong officials have used Hong Kong national security laws extraterritorially to intimidate, silence, and harass 19 pro-democracy activists who were forced to flee overseas, including ...

www.state.gov

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C.A. Yeung @redditiosymboli.bsky.social · Mar 29

Singapore has a problem: China had set up a “back door” into Western markets via financial intermediaries – such as trading firms, shell companies, and holding companies, including in Singapore and elsewhere – to act as the listed buyer for restricted goods

www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...

Chipping away at controls: Singapore’s challenge with China-linked companies

A tech fraud case has again put the Southeast Asian nation in the spotlight.

www.lowyinstitute.org

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C.A. Yeung @redditiosymboli.bsky.social · Mar 28

An investigation by Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice found SMIC uses Samoan companies to recruit Taiwanese engineers. Others Chinese firms pretend to be Taiwanese or Singaporean companies to evade scrutiny.

asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tec...

SMIC, other Chinese companies accused of illegal operations in Taiwan

Massive six-city investigation comes amid concerns over Beijing aggression

asia.nikkei.com

C.A. Yeung @redditiosymboli.bsky.social · Mar 26

Chinese tech firm has been trying to recruit recently laid-off U.S. government workers, according to job ads and a researcher who uncovered the campaign.

www.reuters.com/world/china/...

Exclusive: Secretive Chinese network tries to lure fired federal workers, research shows

A network of companies operated by a secretive Chinese tech firm has been trying to recruit recently laid-off U.S. government workers, according to job ads and a researcher who uncovered the campaign.

www.reuters.com

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C.A. Yeung @redditiosymboli.bsky.social · Mar 21

A hot topic of discussion on China’s social media today is military invasion of Australia. This follows the unannounced military exercises that the PLA’s navy conducted off the coast of Australia last month

chinadigitaltimes.net/2025/03/tran...

Translation: “Why is Everyone Talking About China ‘Seizing’ Australia?”

Following China’s unannounced naval exercises off the coast of Australia late last month, there has been a noticeable increase in Chinese social media content promoting the invasion (or “nabbing/seizi...

chinadigitaltimes.net

C.A. Yeung @redditiosymboli.bsky.social · Mar 19

An elaborated comment on the case

substack.com/@wlyeung3913...

W L Yeung on Substack

I received several requests for my comment on a very disturbing incident that involves an anonymous bounty letter sent to some random residents in the Australian city of Melbourne asking for help in t...

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C.A. Yeung @redditiosymboli.bsky.social · Mar 19

Self-exiled Hong Kongers in Australia face daily threats and harassment for speaking out against Beijing. A bounty letter sent to random residents in Melbourne targeting Kevin Yam mark the latest instance of efforts to silence critics abroad

asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Int...

Australian foreign minister condemns Hong Kong 'bounty letters'

Hong Kong police silent on letters offering reward for information on dissident

asia.nikkei.com

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C.A. Yeung @redditiosymboli.bsky.social · Mar 6

US DoJ indicted 12 Chinese nationals for cyber crimes. On the list are 2 MPS officials, 8 i-Soon employees and 2 members of the notorious APT27. Check this press release for their names.

www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

Justice Department Charges 12 Chinese Contract Hackers and Law Enforcement Officers in Global Computer Intrusion Campaigns

The Justice Department, FBI, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and Departments of State and the Treasury announced today their coordinated efforts to disrupt and deter the malicious cyber activiti...

www.justice.gov

C.A. Yeung @redditiosymboli.bsky.social · Feb 17

UK-based lawyers for Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai targeted by Chinese state.
Barristers at Doughty Street Chambers say they have been subject to surveillance, hacking and rape threats.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

UK-based lawyers for Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai targeted by Chinese state

Exclusive: Barristers at Doughty Street Chambers say they have been subject to surveillance, hacking and rape threats

www.theguardian.com

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C.A. Yeung @redditiosymboli.bsky.social · Feb 10

The Sincerity Group is a part of the Australasian Business Centre 澳亚商务中心 with members from major pro-China community and business groups, including the WA Australia China Friendship Society represented by Glenn Dewhurst, a former local politician who served as the Mayor of the city of Gosnell.

C.A. Yeung @redditiosymboli.bsky.social · Feb 10

Another director of the Sincerity Group, Ting Zhang 张霆, is the founder of the WA Association of Chinese Engineers 西澳华人工程师协会. The Association’s inauguration is widely covered by websites linked to CCP UFWD.

www.chinaqw.com/hqhr/2014/11...

www.chinaqw.com

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C.A. Yeung @redditiosymboli.bsky.social · Feb 10

The Sincerity Group is a property developer headed by Liaoliang Zhu (Leon) 朱嘹亮. Zhu is active in the pro-China community network in Perth and is the President of the WA Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce 西澳大利亚浙江总商会会长.

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C.A. Yeung @redditiosymboli.bsky.social · Feb 10

Australia's Global Lithium Resources is pressing the government to halt a takeover attempt by investors from the Sincerity Group 籴信集团. My research indicates that these investors have close links to Perth’s pro-China united front network.

www.reuters.com/markets/comm...

Australia's Global Lithium seeks government help, alleging Chinese control attempt

Australia's Global Lithium Resources is pressing the government to halt what it calls a takeover attempt by Chinese investors of its cornerstone asset ahead of a shareholder meeting this week.

www.reuters.com

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C.A. Yeung @redditiosymboli.bsky.social · Feb 5

Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek has been banned from Australian government systems and devices, following an assessment by intelligence agencies that the software poses an “unacceptable risk” to national security.

Security ban for DeepSeek AI www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/polit...

www.theaustralian.com.au

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C.A. Yeung @redditiosymboli.bsky.social · Feb 5

Taiwan’s top diplomat in Canberra has said Taipei stands by to offer Australia advice in tackling disinformation campaigns as the nation braces for a surge in conspiracy theories and fake news in the run up to the Federal election.

thenightly.com.au/politics/aus...

Taiwan offers advice for Australia to help fight fake news

Taiwan’s top diplomat in Canberra says Taipei stands by to offer advice in tackling disinformation campaigns as Australia braces for a surge in conspiracy theories and fake news ahead of the election.

thenightly.com.au

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C.A. Yeung @redditiosymboli.bsky.social · Jan 31

Is this another sign that Beijing is preparing for war?

Satellite images suggest that China’s military is building a massive complex in western Beijing that US intelligence believes may serve as a wartime command centre

www.ft.com/content/f376...

China builds huge new wartime military command centre in Beijing

Complex will be bigger than Pentagon and include bombproof bunkers for leaders, say US intelligence officials

www.ft.com

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MW Hyde @mwhyde.bsky.social · Jan 6

The Taiwanese navy should have boarded and seized this ship and arrested the captain.

It's staggering what the Chinese government is allowed to get away with around the world. What a fiasco.

Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · Jan 6

Cable cutting ship route ....

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C.A. Yeung @redditiosymboli.bsky.social · Jan 3

The USA is sanctioning a China-based cybersecurity company Integrity Technology Group 北京永信至诚科技集团 for its involvement in malicious botnet operations

www.state.gov/sanctioning-...

Sanctioning PRC Cyber Company Involved in Malicious Botnet Operations - United States Department of State

The United States is imposing sanctions today on the Beijing-based cybersecurity company Integrity Technology Group, Incorporated (Integrity Tech), which has links to the People’s Republic of China (P...

www.state.gov

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C.A. Yeung @redditiosymboli.bsky.social · Dec 24

Merry Christmas!

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C.A. Yeung @redditiosymboli.bsky.social · Dec 24

So I ended up depositing the money in the bank and reimbursed the University with a personal check. So it is impossible to trace even if the Chinese side paid for Carr’s trip. Note, they usually will not pay for air tickets directly. It’s usually through a cash reimbursement later.

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C.A. Yeung @redditiosymboli.bsky.social · Dec 24

My experience of dealing with China based institutions is that they reimburse guest travel expenses by handing out cash to them. That happened to me once. The university paid for the air ticket. When I handed over the cash to our admin people. They refused to accept and said that its against rules

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