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So the facts of the case are...

* Famous professor accepted money from China, then lied to authorities

* Famous professor also had DoD contracts which prohibit such connections without disclosure

* China is known for its IP transfer, strategic threats to both US power and democracy, and use of non-traditional intelligence sources, which is why such regulations about disclosure are required

Seems pretty reasonable. I'd imagine any government would want to know who they're working with before cutting them a check. If someone at AWS was moonlighting for Google Cloud, no one would bat an eye if they were fired, taken to court, and sued for everything they were worth.




How is China a strategic threat to 'democracy'? China isn't supporting 'color revolutions' of its own kind.


China has stated that Western ideals like democracy are incompatible with their vision of the world. They have stated they will oppose democracy, everywhere, especially on other countries behalf.


[Citation needed]


This seems to support the idea that the CCP is opposed to democracy https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-xi-idUSBRE...


It doesn't say anything supporting "they have stated they will oppose democracy, everywhere, especially on other countries behalf".



It cannot provide 'further support' because the previous link doesn't provide any support at all.

This new link doesn't support that statement either.

Moreover, I've checked one quotation and it turned out to be taken completely out of context.

I invite you to provide specific facts that support the statement you are defending.


Source: a great number of President Xi's speeches. A quick google search will get you many hits.


Just as I thought -- no source, no citation.


I named a source: President Xi. Perhaps you should do some research, you are clearly ignorant.


Perhaps you shouldn't make unsubstantiated statements.


China has been making illegal donations to Australian politicians and bribing Japanese politicians.


I don't see how it makes China 'a strategic threat'.


It shows that it is actively working to undermine democratic functions.


No, it doesn't. Politicians are bribed all the time, mostly by the citizens of their country.


Not in western democracies. Australia and Japan are the 12 and 20th least corrupt in the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index#2...


But politicians are among most corrupt public servants in Australia.

"The phenomenon has also been studied by the Australian National University, which produced a report called Perceptions of Corruption and Ethical Conduct (2012), which concluded: "there is a widespread perception that corruption in Australia has increased" and that "the media, trade unions and political parties were seen as Australia's most corrupt institutions."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Australia


That measure explicitly measures perception of corruption, not actual corruption.

A low rating could just mwan high corruption covered by effective propaganda directed at the masses that lack the means to meaningfully engage in corruption.


You must be willfully ignorant if you don't see all of China's work to influence Western countries in ways that are favourable to China, despite their despicable track record in ... I don't know, lots of things regarding human rights and individual freedoms.

And yeah, yeah. The US isn't perfect either, but I'm not afraid of the US using their influence to take away or undermine democracy in Germany.


Not in Germany, but in Africa, Latin America end Middle East, US has a history of undermining democracy.


And what have actually China done 'to take away or undermine the democracy' in Western countries?




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