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Thursday, May 28, 2020

China Builds Massive Spying Capacity in Africa

State-linked firms have built almost 200 government buildings on the continent

The Chinese government has established an unparalleled spying capacity in Africa by encouraging Chinese companies such as Huawei to construct government buildings across the continent, according to a recent report.

The report, published by the conservative Heritage Foundation, found that Chinese firms—many of which are state-owned or linked to the government—have built or renovated 186 government buildings in Africa. Many were constructed in the last two decades. Senior Policy Analyst Joshua Meservey, the report's author, said the buildings are "a likely vector for Chinese spying," given the Chinese government's history of using such buildings to spy on its inhabitants.

"Beijing may have better surveillance access to Africa than anywhere else in the world," the report reads. "The Chinese government could use the information it harvests to advantage its companies competing against American and other firms, glean insights into U.S. security assistance and counterterrorism programs, and recruit or influence senior African government officials."

The report comes at a time of heightened U.S. interest in China’s activities in Africa, where the communist regime has undertaken hundreds of infrastructure projects in a bid for influence. The U.S.-China Economy and Security Review Commission—a bipartisan body sanctioned by Congress to research China-related issues—held a full-day hearing earlier this month to evaluate China’s strategic aims in Africa.

"The Chinese development model [in Africa] often serves to enrich the PRC and expand its perceived sphere of influence," Christopher Maloney, a senior official at the U.S. Agency for International Development, said during the hearing.

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Of course they will control and treat them like they do their own citizens!!!! Got to have a good credit score (social score) to buy food in china!!!! And guess who wants it here in America???? Your god TRUMP!!!!

Anonymous said...

Just a strange thing to do, what on earth could China or anybody learn from Africa? How to dig up diamonds or grubs to eat? How a Lion eats a native?

Anonymous said...

Meanwhile Trump is too obsessed with Obama to think ahead in the future. This is the guy you want combating a communist enemy where their citizens are an expendable resource?

Anonymous said...

That's where they are sending the task force that Mayor Jake is being deployed with. Something must be going on down there.

Anonymous said...

The flip side to this is China will straighten out those God awful s*** hole countries as the President called them because they are s*** holes. They are all lawless and not one self sufficient. Wild animals act more civilized then the humans that inhabit that area of the world. This is China's goal to turn the uncivilized into lawful slave wage factory workers or else they will face a firing squad in the towns' squares and all forced to watch and cheer. The bad part is the rest of the world doesn't need China taking over such a large part of the world.

Anonymous said...

" Anonymous said...
Meanwhile Trump is too obsessed with Obama to think ahead in the future. This is the guy you want combating a communist enemy where their citizens are an expendable resource?

May 28, 2020 at 11:39 AM"


where are you getting your info on China because you are way off base. China's citizens are most certainly not an expendable resource. The citizens are their biggest resource and they know it. The citizens forced to work slave wages is what made China world powerhouse. They have been facing labor shortages for years. This is why they hid the coronavirus from the world. They wanted to vacuum up supplies to have for themselves to protect their workers and what was left sell for inflated prices. The 2nd goal in keeping it hidden was to level the playing field. They knew with their factories having to close they would be hit hard economically and they wanted the virus to spread to level the economic plying field

Anonymous said...

Never fear Jake Day will soon be on top of the cituation. The first gay parade will chase the Chinese out of Africa