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CANADA

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‘Disconcerting’ That Federal Department Awarded RCMP Equipment Contract to Company With Beijing Ties: Trudeau

Trudeau was referring to a CBC News report published on Dec.7 saying that in October 2021 the federal government awarded a contract worth nearly $550,000 to Sinclair Technologies, an Ontario-based company controlled by China-based company Hytera Communications.

“I find it disconcerting that while parts of the government security agencies were advising us, as a government, and as Canadians, that we have to be very careful about foreign interference in our institutions—in our structures, in the way we do business and keep Canadians safe—that other parts of the civil service were signing contracts that have questionable levels of security for our operations and our national security institutions like the RCMP,” Trudeau told reporters while speaking at a press conference in Montreal on Dec. 7.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) owns about 10 percent of Hytera Communications through an investment fund, according to the CBC report. The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) blacklisted Hytera last year, along with several other Chinese companies, saying it poses “an unacceptable risk” to U.S. national security.

The Canadian government contracted Sinclair Technologies to provide the RCMP with a radio frequency filtering system that was designed, in part, to shield the federal police’s land-based radio communications from eavesdropping.

Trudeau said that the federal government will “absolutely” be investigating the contract.

AUSTRALIA

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Former Australian PM Issues Warning to Beijing on Taiwan Issue

Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has warned that a war over Taiwan will cripple China’s economy and make it suffer far more than Western countries.

In a speech at the Hudson Institute on Dec. 7, Morrison warned of a “mutually assured destruction” if conflicts break out between Washington and Beijing over Taiwan Strait.
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“And the appetite for détente could be as much about securing breathing space as it is to avoid conflict,” he said.
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping reiterated recently that he would not renounce the use of force on Taiwan, a self-ruled democracy that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has long regarded as a renegade province.

“We will never promise to renounce the use of force, and we reserve the option of taking all measures necessary,” Xi said at the opening of the 20th Party Congress, a twice-a-decade-event, on Oct. 16.

Xi also warned President Joe Biden not to cross the red line over Beijing’s claims to Taiwan on the sidelines of the G20 in Bali, Indonesia, last month.

However, Morrison said a war in the Taiwan Strait would cripple China’s economy, for example, by disrupting supply chains and causing financial markets to panic and possibly collapse.
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“We know Chinese ports account for 40 percent of shipping volume in the world’s top 100 ports.

“Six of the largest ships transit through the Taiwan Strait. What would happen to the movement of capital?”
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“The potential impact of sanctions would be a devastation to the Chinese economy and more so than it would be in western countries,” he said.

Morrison called on like-minded countries to work together to protect the world order and increase regional certainty while reducing their dependence on China’s economy.

USA

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Jim Jordan Alleges Hunter Biden Connected With 150 ‘Suspicious Activity Reports’

Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son, and the president’s brother, Jim Biden, have 150 Suspicious Activity Reports filed against them, according to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio).

Only two of the reports are public, Jordan said in an interview that aired on Newsmakers by NTD and The Epoch Times on Dec. 7.

While most Americans have never heard the term “Suspicious Activity Report” it often involves an investigation into fraud or money laundering.

A Suspicious Activity Report is filed by a financial institution—such as a bank—with the U.S. Treasury Department and it is the result of the institution noticing money moving from person to person or account to account abnormally.

According to Jordan, the Biden administration—via the Treasury Department—has refused to comply with requests to access the reports. But when Republicans take back control of the U.S. House on Jan. 3, Jordan said they’ll be able to override that obstruction.
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“[There’s a] politicization of the Justice Department, based on the fact that we’ve had 14 agents come to us as whistleblowers.”

In each of the above situations, truth and investigations were suppressed, Jordan claimed, because Democrats controlled House Committees and could limit Republicans’ actions. But because Republicans gained command of the House following the midterm elections, they’re in charge of selecting new committee chairs and the shackles will be off, he said.

Importantly, Republicans elected Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) as the Oversight Committee Chairman. And starting in January 2023, Jordan said, Comer has indicated he wants to get to the bottom of the 150 Suspicious Activity Reports.