How Emmanuel Macron sold European security interests for dirty Chinese Communist money:

France got few bribes (cognac) from China, but Macron allowed the Chinese dictator to publicly lie to his face about China not providing military assistance to Russian war crimes in Ukraine.…

I co-authored chapter 10 of this report (w/Valentin Weber)

Facial recognition: The Role of European Providers in China’s Facial Recognition Apparatus

As with semiconductors,🇪🇺must ensure that these technologies do not diffuse to🇨🇳, where they could be misused to infringe human rights

What is Russia up to, and how does Russian encroachment work. Masterfully explained in this short clip. Personally stolen from Velina Tchakarova, who got it from Eto Buziashvili

OK, if I get this right, then the EU will subsidize Serbian collaboration with China on 'developing human resources' that will facilitate 'European integration' with Chinese characteristics. Doesn't Commission see? We're such geopolitical geniuses! Ursula von der Leyen Josep Borrell Fontelles

Opposition parties issued a press release Wednesday morning, alleging that employees of Serbian state-owned companies were instructed to skip work and join the sizable crowd welcoming Xi.

politico.eu/article/xi-jin…

🧵1) #China has a lot more missiles — with #US warships and bases in its sights - SPECIAL REPORT

American warships and bases in the Pacific are within reach of an increasingly worrying threat, a daunting missile force unlike any the US has faced in combat before.

China's…

Besides Israeli and US diplomacy, Hungarian Jewish organizations have also protested against the government-controlled National University of Public Service’s hosting of Ahmedinejad. Viktor Orbán’s famous pledge of “zero tolerance for anti-semitism” doesn’t seem to work, again.🤷🏻‍♂️

#Serbia #China sign MoU on cooperation in the development of human resources of Min. for European Integration. This is not a joke. This is for real.

'In that victory of 1945, Ukrainian soldiers in the Red Army took huge losses — greater than American, British and French losses combined. It was disproportionately Ukrainians who fought their war to Berlin in the uniform of the Red Army.' amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/05/08…

🤝 #RSAC is about partnerships. NÚKIB Director Lukas Kintr met with White House Office of the National Cyber Director National Cyber Director Harry Coker to discuss ongoing 🇨🇿🇺🇸 cooperation in cybersecurity, including efforts to protect critical infrastructure and latest steps against malicious cyber actors

“The EU has reached a deal to seize profits from Russia’s frozen assets to fund weapons and aid for Ukraine within months. EU senior diplomats meeting on Wednesday agreed a compromise on using the estimated €4.4bn windfall profits to aid Ukraine” theguardian.com/world/article/…

On the frontpage of the major pro-governmental portal today in Hungary. A Xi Jinping op-ed: “China and Hungary are stepping on the Golden Water Road Together”.
Celebrating 75 years of bilateral ties- established between two communist regimes
In 1949.
Tribute to Mao and Rakosi.

🇺🇸U.S. Cyber Command Dpt Commander LTG William J. Hartman on international partnerships in cyberspace recalled this morning at #RSAC that 🇺🇦Ukraine participated for the first time in NATO CCDCOE Locked Shields cyber exercise in a joint team with 🇨🇿Czech Republic NÚKIB

Here's your daily reminder that Orbán's government is not only singling out & waging smear campaigns against Hungarian reporters but also against foreign correspondents, such as the BBC's great Nick Thorpe. He angered Orbán's press guy by simply covering Hungarian domestic politics.

Today I spoke to TVP World about the ultimate failure of French President Emmanuel Macron on China policy.

France got petty deals with Chinese Communists and allowed the Chinese dictator to publicly lie about how China does not support Russian war machine.

1/ Britové v čele s Churchillem vyvíjeli na Američany tlak, aby své jednotky přítomné v západních Čechách nechali pokračovat dále na Prahu. 6. května 1945 po osvobození Plzně se nalézaly jen 80 km od hlavního města, kdežto Rudá armáda 180 km.⬇️
medium.seznam.cz/clanek/mirosla…

little wombat is itchy

“To get around this, The Economist has adjusted SIPRI’s estimates for military purchasing-power parity (PPP), with help from Peter Robertson, a researcher at the University of Western Australia. This makes defence budgets comparable” economist.com/graphic-detail…

China's cyber war on the West escalating telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/0…

UK expels Russian defence attaché for spying

The UK will expel Russia’s defence attaché for spying and remove diplomatic status from properties in the UK that it believes Russia has used to gather intelligence.

(the Financial Times reports)

Major step.