East Asia and Pacific Region

US bans arms exports to Hongkong

The US will bar the export of weapons and sensitive technology to Hong Kong, as it revokes the territory’s special trade status in response to China’s imposition of national security legislation on the Asian financial hub. Mike […]

Cyber

Chinese Spy Risks His Life to Defect to Australia

For the first ever, a PRC spy blow up his cover, Wang “William” Liqiang, a Chinese spy has risked his life to defect to Australia and is now offering a treasure trove of unprecedented inside intelligence on how China conducts espionage, political interference, debt diplomacy, military operations and grease payments to foreign politicians, civilians and military leaders. […]