China Watch Thread

[Lancer]

I'm not sure if that's the case for CCP members though. Thinking I heard something a while back about their being labeled a terrorist organization. Not certain...

[Lancer]

In txt...
"Major leak 'exposes' members and 'lifts the lid' on the Chinese Communist Party

Sky News Australia

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Major leak 'exposes' members and 'lifts the lid' on the Chinese Communist Party

A major leak containing a register with the details of nearly two million CCP members has occurred – exposing members who are now working all over the world, while also lifting the lid on how the party operates under Xi Jinping, says Sharri Markson.
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Ms Markson said the leak is a register with the details of Communist Party members, including their names, party position, birthday, national ID number and ethnicity.

“It is believed to be the first leak of its kind in the world,” the Sky News host said.

“What's amazing about this database is not just that it exposes people who are members of the communist party, and who are now living and working all over the world, from Australia to the US to the UK,” Ms Markson said.

“But it's amazing because it lifts the lid on how the party operates under President and Chairman Xi Jinping”.

Ms Markson said the leak demonstrates party branches are embedded in some of the world’s biggest companies and even inside government agencies.

“Communist party branches have been set up inside western companies, allowing the infiltration of those companies by CCP members - who, if called on, are answerable directly to the communist party, to the Chairman, the president himself,” she said.

“Along with the personal identifying details of 1.95 million communist party members, mostly from Shanghai, there are also the details of 79,000 communist party branches, many of them inside companies”.

Ms Markson said the leak is a significant security breach likely to embarrass Xi Jinping.

“It is also going to embarrass some global companies who appear to have no plan in place to protect their intellectual property from theft. From economic espionage,” she said.

Ms Markson said the data was extracted from a Shanghai server by Chinese dissidents, whistleblowers, in April 2016, who have been using it for counter-intelligence purposes.

“It was then leaked in mid-September to the newly-formed international bi-partisan group, the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China- and that group is made up of 150 legislators around the world.

“It was then provided to an international consortium of four media organisations, The Australian, The Sunday Mail in the UK, De Standaard in Belgium and a Swedish editor, to analyse over the past two months, and that's what we've done".

Ms Markson said it, “is worth noting that there's no suggestion that these members have committed espionage - but the concern is over whether Australia or these companies knew of the CCP members and if so have any steps been taken to protect their data and people”."

They aren't going to dox the members but the people that got this information certainly will, and rightfully so. All of these people should be sent back to where they came from.

Wanted to bring this important news up...

[Ming]

I'm not sure if that's the case for CCP members though. Thinking I heard something a while back about their being labeled a terrorist organization. Not certain...

The Communist Party of the Philippines/New People's Army has been declared a terrorist organization... but not the CPP as a whole

[Kidlicious]

I'm not sure if that's the case for CCP members though. Thinking I heard something a while back about their being labeled a terrorist organization. Not certain...

No, because they have special privilege. So much privilege that no one talks about it.

[Lancer]

Heard something though...see what happens I guess.

[Kidlicious]

Last time I checked, it isn't against the law to be a member of the communist party in the US.
Now I'm sure you will start screaming about how I support the CPP, but all I'm saying is that it isn't against the law here.
Maybe other countries should start treating registered Republicans like Nazi collaborators based on your logic.

I'm not talking about citizens. That's why I said they should be sent back. We already do that to people that belong to other extremist organizations. Members of the CCP get special privilege.

[-Jrabbit]

Isn't that Trump's job?

[Ming]

No, because they have special privilege. So much privilege that no one talks about it.

And what "special privileges" are those... Anybody can join whatever party they want in the US... even Trumps Con Job Republican party.

[Ming]

I'm not talking about citizens. That's why I said they should be sent back. We already do that to people that belong to other extremist organizations. Members of the CCP get special privilege.

Gee... let's throw out all the Jews, Muslims, Russians, Chinese and everybody else you don't like...

[Lancer]

Spaghetti Western, Ming, if you are bored nuf. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrE4Pgf0t68

[Kidlicious]

Gee... let's throw out all the Jews, Muslims, Russians, Chinese and everybody else you don't like...

I have no problem with any of those people, so stop smearing people because ... I guess you have no problem with communists attacking our country. Because that's what they are doing.

[Ming]

That's what you are assuming they are doing. People that are PROVEN to be hurting this country are another thing. But until then, they have the same rights you and I have. Just because they are members of some party you don't like doesn't mean they should be tossed out.

[Kidlicious]

That's what you are assuming they are doing. People that are PROVEN to be hurting this country are another thing. But until then, they have the same rights you and I have. Just because they are members of some party you don't like doesn't mean they should be tossed out.

No. They don't have a right to be in this country if they are enemies of this country and they aren't citizens, nor do I want them here. But you do?

[Ming]

I support the actual laws of this country. And unless you can point out a specific law that states they aren't allowed here...

[Kidlicious]

Once again you aren't addressing what I'm actually saying. I said they get special privilege. Of course there is no current law that prohibits them from being here. But there is nothing wrong with using the law to send them back.

[Ming]

And what law is that?