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China’s Unity Through Erasure Should Worry Central Asia
China’s growing efforts to increase control over the Turkic states of Central Asia was the dominant, if little discussed, outcome of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on September 1. Beijing wants its relationship with the Central Asian states to be one of vassals thankful for China’s “protection” and economic integration.
China’s Unity Through Erasure Should Worry Central Asia
The SCO may serve legitimate Central Asian interests, but it should not become the vehicle through which Beijing’s definitions of security, political loyalty, and ethnic identity become normalized across the Turkic world.
Australia is flying blind on Chinese drone data
Australian foreign minister Penny Wong didn’t just pledge valuable surveillance drones to the Philippines this week; she pledged technology made in Australia and the United States, not in China. This means a decision was made to ensure the most trusted tech would be used, even if it would be more expensive than the most widely available Chinese technology.
Critical mineral, rare earth elements, mining, China
CRITICAL MINERALSEven Out of China’s Hands, Mines Still Rely on Its Equipment Published 14 November 2025 The landmark critical minerals agreement between Australia and the United States is vital to both nations’ security and sovereignty. But the agreement signed carries an inherent vulnerability. The very partnership designed to reduce China’s coercive leverage is increasingly relying on Chinese technology to give effect to its objectives.
Even Out of China’s Hands, Mines Still Rely on Its Equipment
The landmark critical minerals agreement between Australia and the United States is vital to both nations’ security and sovereignty. Like AUKUS, it is about competing with China. But to enable it we now need also to look beyond building mines and processing. This is because the agreement signed carries an inherent vulnerability. The very partnership designed to reduce China’s coercive leverage is increasingly relying on Chinese technology to give effect to its objectives.
Daily review 13/06/2025
Daily review 13/06/2025 Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:30 pm, June 13th, 2025 - No comments Categories: Daily review - Tags: Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other … Related Posts
Editors' picks for 2024: 'Australia’s climate ambitions have a modern slavery problem: examining the origins of our big batteries'
Originally published on 6 September 2024. Republication of this report today follows news on 6 January 2025 that the US Defense Department had added CATL to its list of companies that work with the Chinese military. Several big battery projects in Australia vital for storing renewable energy to meet the nation’s climate goals are highly likely to be using materials sourced through the forced labour of Uyghur and other Turkic ethnic groups in China, ASPI research has found.
Australia's climate ambitions have a modern slavery problem: examining the origins of our big batteries
Several big battery projects in Australia vital for storing renewable energy to meet the nation’s climate goals are highly likely to be using materials sourced through the forced labour of Uyghur and other Turkic ethnic groups in China, ASPI research has found. ASPI has examined the supply chains for big battery projects across various Australian states and found that, even when the batteries are sourced from US-based companies, critical components are still obtained from Chinese suppliers.
Gaming Public Opinion
The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) embrace of large-scale online influence operations and spreading of disinformation on Western social-media platforms has escalated since the first major attribution from Silicon Valley companies in 2019. While Chinese public diplomacy may have shifted to a softer tone in 2023 after many years of wolf-warrior online rhetoric, the Chinese Government continues to conduct global covert cyber-enabled influence operations.
China’s Militarisation of Meteorological Balloons
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs was quick to claim that a spy balloon breaching U.S. territorial airspace and flying close enough to military sites to monitor them was ‘a civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes’ that had accidentally wandered off course.
China, balloons, espionage | Homeland Security Newswire
CHINA WATCHChina’s Militarization of Meteorological Balloons Published 21 February 2023 Beijing’s spy balloon is a clear example of an emerging technology developed for military and intelligence operations but that crucially evolved out of civilian and scientific programs. China’s balloon-technology programs contain sober lessons about Beijing’s incremental acquisition of foreign intellectual property and its technology partnerships with Western research institutions.
China, balloons, espionage | Homeland Security Newswire
CHINA WATCHChina’s Militarization of Meteorological Balloons Published 20 February 2023 Beijing’s spy balloon is a clear example of an emerging technology developed for military and intelligence operations but that crucially evolved out of civilian and scientific programs. China’s balloon-technology programs contain sober lessons about Beijing’s incremental acquisition of foreign intellectual property and its technology partnerships with Western research institutions.
China’s militarisation of meteorological balloons
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs was quick to claim that a spy balloon breaching US territorial airspace and flying close enough to military sites to monitor them was ‘a civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes’ that had accidentally wandered off course.
Cultural erasure
The Chinese Government has embarked on a systematic and intentional campaign to rewrite the cultural heritage of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). It’s seeking to erode and redefine the culture of the Uyghurs and other Turkic-speaking communities—stripping away any Islamic, transnational or autonomous elements—in order to render those indigenous cultural traditions subservient to the ‘Chinese nation’.
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