Quote (Thor123422 @ Jun 3 2018 04:28am)

Sure would be nice if we had an executive that could communicate that goal to the rest of the world.

unfortunately, he's busy pissing off our allies with tariffs.

Quote (Ghot @ Jun 3 2018 02:35am)

It should already be obvious to the rest of the world. It IS obvious to the countries surrounding the South China Sea already.

IF China gets control of the entire SCS AND keeps going the way they are economically... well I suck at using chopsticks. :/

Quote (Thor123422 @ Jun 3 2018 04:48am)

Unfortunately, we don't live in Should Land. The world needs real leadership.

Quote (Ghot @ Jun 3 2018 03:25am)

True, since we all know there are no real people left, just mindless zombies. :/

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former officer with the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency was arrested over the weekend for allegedly trying to spy on the United States for China, the Justice Department said on Monday.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation took Ron Rockwell Hansen, 58, into custody on Saturday while he was on his way to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to get a connecting flight to China.

The department said he has been accused of trying to transmit national defense information to China and with receiving “hundreds of thousands of dollars” while acting illegally as an agent for the Chinese government.

Quote (Ghot @ Jun 4 2018 05:06pm)

Ex-defense intelligence officer arrested over alleged spying for China

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-justice-china-spying/ex-defense-intelligence-officer-arrested-over-alleged-spying-for-china-idUSKCN1J02X9





And so it begins. Cold War version 2.

Quote (Plaquelord @ Jun 4 2018 07:20pm)

wonder what that guy knows for hundreds of thousands of dollars ....

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Despite sustained Australian lobbying, the row intensified last month when Australia’s Treasury Wine Estates Ltd, the world’s biggest listed winemaker, said it faced delays at Chinese customs and Canberra said “four or five” other wine exporters had since experienced similar problems.

Before the latest comments, analysts had suggested Australia may be forced into offering a concession to Beijing, such as allowing Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] to bid to build the country’s 5G telecommunications network.

Such a move would mark a significant about-turn after Canberra banned the Chinese company from bidding to build Australia’s broadband network in 2012, citing concerns over Huawei’s rumoured close ties to China’s government.

Australia has yet to rule Huawei out of the running, and the Chinese firm has ramped up public lobbying.

“Companies like Huawei are privately owned, not owned by any committee or any government, and should be looked at and put into a competitive tendering,” John Lord, chairman of Huawei’s Australia unit, told Australian Broadcasting Corp radio on Monday.