12h ago

Ministry of Public Security directed Milan stalking ring using Fujian diaspora leaders to hunt dissident Teacher Li

Italian prosecutors in Milan concluded an investigation into 10 operatives, including Fujianese business chiefs directed by Chinese police, who ran WeChat tracking cells to hunt and intimidate dissident Teacher Li.

Milan prosecutors and Turin DIGOS anti-terrorism police concluded criminal proceedings against 10 suspects who ran a clandestine surveillance and intimidation ring targeting dissident Li Ying ('Teacher Li').
Indictment evidence proves Chinese police and United Front officials co-opted Milan Fujianese business association leaders, using encrypted WeChat channels and paid scouts to track Li's residences.
The case marks one of Europe's first formal criminal prosecutions charging PRC overseas intelligence proxies with criminal conspiracy and aggravated stalking on sovereign territory.

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Yesterday

Battery giant CATL faces German regulatory complaint over forced labor and toxic pollution at Congolese mines

Thirty Congolese workers and community members filed a formal complaint under Germany's Supply Chain Due Diligence Act against battery giant CATL, alleging severe labor abuses, poverty wages, and toxic sulfur dioxide pollution across its Congolese cobalt operations.

2d ago

Ministry of Commerce restricts tunnel-boring machine exports to weaponize infrastructure supply chains

China's Ministry of Commerce and customs authorities imposed sweeping dual-use export controls on tunnel boring machines, cutterheads, and high-altitude shotcrete equipment, targeting transit corridors and Himalayan border tunnels in nations with active territorial disputes.

3d ago

Ministry of State Security ran California dead-drop spy ring targeting Navy personnel before federal sentencing

A federal judge in Oakland sentenced two Chinese nationals to prison after Ministry of State Security handlers directed them to run cash dead drops in Livermore and photograph Pacific Northwest naval installations to recruit American sailors.

4d ago

Chinese intelligence operatives surveilled Taiwanese president's family in Seattle suburb before LAX arrest

The U.S. Department of Justice charged California realtor Wanying Zhang with acting as an unregistered Chinese agent after she staked out the Seattle home of Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te's son and messaged surveillance footage to handlers in China.

5d ago

General Administration of Customs presses Nepal to form joint committee over Himalayan border ports

China's General Administration of Customs submitted a draft bilateral agreement to Nepal proposing a joint border port committee, seeking operational oversight and smart-port surveillance across six Himalayan crossings.

Oct 27

Ministry of Public Security faces South Pacific setback as Vanuatu winds down police presence

Vanuatu confirmed during bilateral talks in Canberra that its policing cooperation with China's Ministry of Public Security is time-limited and will wind down, choosing a binding security pact with Australia that bars foreign military basing over Beijing's expanding Pacific security footprint.

Oct 26

Ministry of Commerce drafts trade secret rules threatening retaliatory bans against foreign firms

China's Ministry of Commerce unveiled draft provisions on protecting trade secrets, empowering officials to ban imports, freeze investments, and revoke entry visas for foreign personnel accused of harming state security.

Oct 25

National Supervisory Commission offers unenforceable diplomatic assurances to skirt foreign extradition bans

China's National Supervisory Commission and foreign ministry are submitting fraudulent diplomatic assurances of fair trials and no torture to foreign courts to circumvent international extradition bans and expand cross-border repatriations under Operation Sky Net.

Oct 24

Ministry of State Security uses civilian research front to siphon UK university tech

China's Ministry of State Security used a state-linked front entity, the China General Technology Research Institute, to secretly fund over 100 UK-linked academics and harvest sensitive dual-use research in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and covert communications.

Oct 23

Ministry of Commerce throttles yttrium exports to Japan by 98 percent

China's Ministry of Commerce cut yttrium oxide shipments to Japan by nearly 98 percent, triggering warnings from Tokyo that domestic reserves will deplete within months and threatening global semiconductor and aerospace supply chains.

Oct 22

Ministry of Commerce orders EV makers to freeze factory investments in European nations backing tariffs

China's Ministry of Commerce instructed major electric vehicle manufacturers including BYD, SAIC, and Geely to halt heavy asset investments and factory construction across European countries that voted in favor of definitive EU tariffs.

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