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[Kidlicious]

Infiltration in the UK

"Leaked files expose mass infiltration of UK firms by Chinese Communist Party including AstraZeneca, Rolls Royce, HSBC and Jaguar Land Rover


By Jake Ryan and Jonathan Bucks and Holly Bancroft For The Mail On Sunday17:38 EST 12 Dec 2020 , updated 23:26 EST 12 Dec 2020

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• Loyal members of Chinese Communist Party are working in British consulates, universities and for some of the UK's leading companies, The Mail on Sunday can reveal
• Leaked database of 1.95m registered party members reveals how Beijing's malign influence now stretches into almost every corner of British life, including defence firms, banks and pharmaceutical giants
• Some members, who swear oath to 'guard Party secrets, be loyal to the Party, work hard, fight for communism throughout my life...and never betray the Party', are understood to have jobs in British consulates..."

[Kidlicious]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9046783/Leaked-files-expose-mass-infiltration-UK-firms-Chinese-Communist-Party.html

[Ming]

McCarthyism is still alive and well... Let the Witch Hunt continue.
In Kidland, all communists need to be thrown out of the country or treated like Nazi's...
Maybe Russia and China should start treating all Republicans the same way...

[Kidlicious]

McCarthyism is still alive and well... Let the Witch Hunt continue.
In Kidland, all communists need to be thrown out of the country or treated like Nazi's...
Maybe Russia and China should start treating all Republicans the same way...

These are actual communists. You might want to take a refresher course on McCarthyism.

[Ming]

Maybe you should as well...
Again, it's not illegal to be a communist in this country...
So you agree that Russia, China and any other communist country should treat Americans like criminals since they support a different way of life and have been fighting against communists for years...

[Kidlicious]

I didn't say it was illegal, so stop with all the red herrings. I don't want communists in my government andvI don't want any of them working in my company. That's not McCarthyism. Being a communist isn't a protected identity.

Why do you want communists in your country Ming? Do you want a communist country? How about Nazis? They go hand in hand. Whereever you get communists you get Nazis.

[Ming]

I want people to be equally protected by the LAW.
I don't believe in witch hunts and treating people differently simply because they believe in communism.
Again, do you think All communist countries should throw all Americans out and treat them differently simply because they believe in a different way of life?
Or is this just another example from you where it's ok for you to treat somebody differently than you want them to treat you?

[Kidlicious]

You don't want people treated equal Ming, or does that include Nazis white supremacists?

No. You're just a communist sympathizer.

This is what McCarthyism is. You're a communist sympathizer. McCarthyism would be if you and others we investigated for being a communist. You could be reported to the government. It is not just refusing to allow left-wing extremists loyal to foreign powers to infiltrate society.

[Ming]

Blah blah blah... now it's everybody that disagrees with you and supports the actual laws of this country is a communist sympathizer.
Blah blah blah...
Should Americans in Communist Countries be persecuted and thrown out simply because they believe in capitalism?
Or is America the only country allowed to discriminate due to political affiliations?

[Kidlicious]

I knew you would deny being a communist sympathizer while you sympathize with communists. You're so predictable.

[Ming]

Typical response, just pull stuff out of your ass
I want the law followed.
And you still haven't answered the question
Should Americans in Communist Countries be persecuted and thrown out simply because they believe in capitalism?
Or is America the only country allowed to discriminate due to political affiliations?

[Kidlicious]

No you shouldn't throw Americans out of your country, because there is nothing about being an American that is dangerous to your society unless your society is anti-American, in which case you need to change your society.

[Kidlicious]

Yes, I know it's last year.

"Weaponizing Biotech: How China's Military Is Preparing for a 'New Domain of Warfare'Under Beijing's civil-military fusion strategy, the PLA is sponsoring research on gene editing, human performance enhancement, and more.


ELSA B. KANIA and WILSON VORNDICK

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AUGUST 14, 2019

• COMMENTARY
• CHINA
• BIOWARFARE

We may be on the verge of a brave new world indeed. Today’s advances in biotechnology and genetic engineering have exciting applications in medicine — yet also alarming implications, including for military affairs. China’s national strategy of military-civil fusion (军民融合) has highlighted biology as a priority, and the People’s Liberation Army could be at the forefront of expanding and exploiting this knowledge.

The PLA’s keen interest is reflected in strategic writings and research that argue that advances in biology are contributing to changing the form or character (形态) of conflict. For example:

• In 2010’s War for Biological Dominance (制生权战争), Guo Jiwei (郭继卫), a professor with the Third Military Medical University, emphasizes the impact of biology on future warfare.
• In 2015, then-president of the Academy of Military Medical Sciences He Fuchu (贺福初) argued that biotechnology will become the new “strategic commanding heights” of national defense, from biomaterials to "brain control" weapons. Maj. Gen. He has since become the vice president of the Academy of Military Sciences, which leads China’s military science enterprise.
• Biology is among seven "new domains of warfare" discussed in a 2017 book by Zhang Shibo (张仕波), a retired general and former president of the National Defense University, who concludes: “Modern biotechnology development is gradually showing strong signs characteristic of an offensive capability,” including the possibility that “specific ethnic genetic attacks” (特定种族基因攻击) could be employed.
• The 2017 edition of Science of Military Strategy (战略学), a textbook published by the PLA’s National Defense University that is considered to be relatively authoritative, debuted a section about biology as a domain of military struggle, similarly mentioning the potential for new kinds of biological warfare to include “specific ethnic genetic attacks.”

These are just a few examples of an extensive and evolving literature by Chinese military scholars and scientists who are exploring new directions in military innovation.

Following these lines of thinking, the PLA is pursuing military applications for biology and looking into promising intersections with other disciplines, including brain science, supercomputing, and artificial intelligence. Since 2016, the Central Military Commission has funded projects on military brain science, advanced biomimetic systems, biological and biomimetic materials, human performance enhancement, and “new concept” biotechnology..."

[Ming]

No you shouldn't throw Americans out of your country, because there is nothing about being an American that is dangerous to your society unless your society is anti-American, in which case you need to change your society.

Gee... they could say the same thing... American are a danger to their society, and that we need to change not them.
No, I'm SUPPORTING THEM OR ON THEIR SIDE, but you can't say they can't do to Americans what you want to do with them. That's just typical Kid.
KID, I can do this but you can't do the same thing.

[Kidlicious]

Gee... they could say the same thing... American are a danger to their society, and that we need to change not them.
No, I'm SUPPORTING THEM OR ON THEIR SIDE, but you can't say they can't do to Americans what you want to do with them. That's just typical Kid.
KID, I can do this but you can't do the same thing.

I said they shouldn't. It's their own country.

[Ming]

We should and they shouldn't... got it.
It's only OK when it's your opinion.