China is already targeting Joe Biden and his team, a top US intelligence official warned, calling it an attack 'on steroids'
By: insider@insider.com (Bill Bostock) 1 hr ago (MSN)
Well didn't see that coming............said no one ever...........look at the highlighted items. Involved in the 2020? You bet
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- China has started targeting President-elect Joe Biden and his team, a top US intelligence official warned at an Aspen Institute summit Wednesday.
- Bill Evanina, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, said his agency had expected the Chinese to "revector their influence campaigns to the new administration."
- Evanina did not give any specifics but said the influence campaign was "on steroids."
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China has already started targeting President-elect Joe Biden and his team, a top US intelligence official warned Wednesday.
Speaking on a panel at the Aspen Institute's virtual Cyber Summit, Bill Evanina, director of the US National Counterintelligence and Security Center, said his agency had expected the attack, and that China is conducting its operation "on steroids."
"We've also seen an uptick, which was planned and we predicted, that China would now revector their influence campaigns to the new administration," he said.
"And when I say that — that malign foreign influence, that diplomatic influence plus-or-on steroids — we're starting to see that play across the country to not only the folks starting in the new administration, but those who are around those folks," he told the panel moderator, Wall Street Journal reporter Aruna Viswanatha.
Evanina did not give any specifics, but said his team would work with the Biden camp to help them identify attacks.
"So that's one area we're going to be very keen on making sure the new administration understands that influence, what it looks like, what it tastes like, what it feels like when you see it," he said.
Business Insider has contacted the Biden campaign for comment.
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You can watch the full panel with Evanina and John Demers, the top national security official at the Department of Justice, here:
During the panel, Demers said that a recent US crackdown on technology theft by Chinese nationals accused of being state agents had resulted in more then 1,000 Chinese researchers leaving the US.
Under Demers, the DOJ is prosecuting a number of people accused of of espionage at the behest of the Chinese government.
One of those, former CIA agent Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, was charged in August with selling secrets to China, including details of how CIA staff communicate, US weapons systems, and CIA staff identities.
Evanina said Wednesday that a large number of Chinese researchers in the US are "here at the behest of the Chinese government."
Demers added that China is the only nation to have "the resources and ability and will" to trouble the US.
During the panel, Evanina said that the US intelligence sector had succeeded in minimizing foreign influence in the 2020election, a sharp contrast to 2016.
Ahead of the 2020 election, Evanina said in a statement on August 7 that China was working to influence the November 3 election, and did not want President Donald Trump to win.
"We assess that China prefers that President Trump - whom Beijing sees as unpredictable - does not win reelection," he said.
"China has been expanding its influence efforts ahead of November 2020 to shape the policy environment in the United States, pressure political figures it views as opposed to China's interests, and deflect and counter criticism of China."
After a notable silence, Chinese President Xi Jinping finally congratulated Biden for winning the election on November 25.
"Promoting the healthy and stable development of China-US relations is not only in the fundamental interests of both peoples, but also meets the common expectation of the international community," Xi said.
Biden's team has already hinted that it will be tough on China when the president-elect is in office. On Wednesday, Jake Sullivan — Biden's pick for national security advisor — sent what appeared to be a message of support to Australia amid its ongoing feud with China.
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China...............'nuff said. Would they go as far as sending out a virus to the world to create havoc even elsewhere? Unintended consequences? Big stretch until you look at the misinformation or "discovery" of their mishandling from the outset. Still, one would hope that even the Chinese weren't THAT hell bent .................
Today National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe is set to make an announcement that China is the #1 threat to the US.
In an interview with The New York Times published Wednesday, Biden said he would not immediately remove the tariffs Trump imposed on China.
'nuff said is correct!
On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill that would ban trading in shares of foreign companies whose audit papers aren’t inspected by U.S. regulators for three consecutive years. The measure passed the Senate in May and is expected to be signed into law by President Trump.
No specifics except one CIA agent a few months ago? That's some attack on steroids. ARE YOU REALLY AFRAID?
Oh, by the way. Were you aware that the USA spies on China?
Sure am. Otherwise we wouldn't know half of the information that they try to hide. How would they know the subject article revelations? Oh, and all of the countries that can, spy on all the other countries they can and guess what. It is and always has been a two way street. Remember the Obama administration on Germany? Yeah me too.
And scared? Hardly. Same as with Russia, Russia, Russia crap in the prior election.
And yes, one agent saying it's on steroids being descriptive of the extent of the "spying" found. Problem?
By the way, your "picture" is spot on. And thanks so much for stopping by.
no.
LOL!
Are you aware the US spies on the whole world (including our allies), US citizens, and sometimes even political opponents?
In that regard I am sure we are just as bad as the CCP.
Of course the CCP regards the US as the #1 threat to China; and takes active counter intelligence steps to lesson US influence in China.
What is funny is the US intelligence agencies have done a pivot from "Russia, Russia, Russia" now that the election is over to China. Wonder if the Democrats and the lemmings on the left will finally see the light and wake up to reality.
Are we to believe that China really has their home made virus under control?
Better to believe your own propaganda, Greg. I wouldn't even waste my time to TRY to challenge the fiction that you must believe.
The only thing we have to fear now is Joe Biden. Will he re-engage with China? Will he rejoin multilateral organizations, including the WHO, and pursue cooperation with China on pandemic management and climate change?
I think so...
Sadly, we can't trust China to fulfill any agreement they might make.
So do I, and the Paris Accord as well.
I'm glad you stayed up with us. Have you heard anything on this sexual misconduct case?
"TAIPEI—A woman who filed a sexual-misconduct case against a well-known TV host was cheered by crowds demonstrating their support for her and China’s fledgling #MeToo movement as a Beijing court heard her case on Wednesday.
The court adjourned without a verdict around midnight. It couldn’t be determined when the court would resume hearing the case."
Zhou Xiaoxuan is accusing Zhu Jun, a host at state broadcaster China Central Television, of forcibly groping and kissing her six years ago.
PHOTO: NOEL CELIS/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES
They are going to listen to her? Are they not?
Which will do absolutely nothing outside of draining the US coffers.
China...the world's worst polluter by far
That's the first I heard of it, Vic. I know that women in China are reticent about affection being demonstrated in public. If I read anything about it here I'll let you know, but it wasn't exactly an attempted or successful rape, and groping was something that even Trump had not exactly criticized, although such thngs are usually taken very seriously here, and the penalty for rape can be a bullet in the back of the rapist's head.
Do let us know if the court resumes the case.
I'll let YOU know, if I find out.
While we're waiting for a result, I did notice this:
It's a start.
It's good to hear it.