My latest @thejamestownfdn.bsky.social on PRC #Consular Pop-ups in Canada 📍105 gray zone activities in 22 cities across 11 provinces 📍All PRC consulates & the PRC Embassy in Canada are involved 📍Sub-national #UnitedFront work targeting most provincial capitals ⚡️x 8 jamestown.org/consular-pop...

My latest @thejamestownfdn.bsky.social on PRC #Consular Pop-ups in Canada 📍105 gray zone activities in 22 cities across 11 provinces 📍All PRC consulates & the PRC Embassy in Canada are involved 📍Sub-national #UnitedFront work targeting most provincial capitals ⚡️x 8 jamestown.org/consular-pop...

My latest @japantimes.co.jp on Chinese consulates’ #GrayZone operations in Japan (and yes, Xue Jian is involved🙃) 📍60 gray zone pop-up events across 25 prefectures + 21 cities in Japan (2017-2025) 📍PRC Embassy in Japan + 5 PRC #Consulates involved ⚡️x 5 www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...

A Tactical Framework to Counter and Prevent Transnational Repression w/ @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social by me & @marcuskolga.bsky.social @kentonthibaut.bsky.social nthibaut.bsky.social @nosumacero.bsky.social y.social @lisandranovo.bsky.social Threads⚡️x 7 www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-res...

On Global Taiwan Institute's podcast tdy discussing Chinese #HybridWarfare targeting #Taiwanese citizens via the issuance of ID cards, why cracking down has been proven so controversial (policy gaps & vulnerabilities) + Policy Recommendations Links below💬 mailchi.mp/globaltaiwan...

#PLAN & #CCG sailing in the usual “standard, professional and lawful manner” huh? Source: X @jaytaryela

My latest @aspi-org.bsky.social The Strategist on Tailored Psychological Warfare: A #Deepfake Video of Hong Kong Activists 📍Significance > a more tailored & comprehensive approach of psychological warfare 📍An early test for China's future ops Threads⚡️x 7 www.aspistrategist.org.au/tailored-psy...

My latest @thejamestownfdn.bsky.social on Taiwan Bounty: PRC Cross-Agency Operations Target Taiwanese Military Personnel 📍PRC's latest #HybridWarfare (Psychological warfare + Lawfare + IOs) targeting Taiwan's ICEFCOM 📍Tactics/ Agendas/ Implications Key findings⚡️x 7 jamestown.org/program/taiw...

My latest @globaltaiwan on PRC ID Cards and #HybridWarfare – Accumulated Impact on Taiwan & How to Counter It 📍How PRC cross-domain operations drive Taiwanese towards its "reunification" goal – Legally & Cognitively 📍Policy recommendations Threads Below⚡️x 12 globaltaiwan.org/2025/06/prc-...

New blog: The Slow Collapse of Critical Thinking in OSINT due to AI "OSINT used to be a thinking game. Now it’s becoming a trusting game and that should terrify you." #OSINT #OSINT4good #AI Read the blog here: www.dutchosintguy.com/post/the-slo...

Today @nytimes.com Imagine China knowing all US plans, and be able to “pre-empt, outflank or outsmart the Americans” in a potential Taiwan invasion — many thanks to such ridiculously unprofessional #OPSEC practices. Inspiring really🎃 nytimes.com/2025/03/27/b...

China 🇨🇳 uses threat of defamation to silence academic + think tank research into disinformation and other topics... www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/t...

Numerous indicators in cross-domain operations have been signaling China’s incrementing strategies to actively prepare for a potential war on Taiwan (& US) This new underground command bunker is just one of them. And I'm sure there's more coming. We are running out of both time and options.

Excited to share the news that I have been selected to join the #PacificForum Young Leaders Program (YLP)! I look forward to connecting with inspiring policy specialists and contributing to the conversations on #Indo-Pacific security and geopolitical challenges:)

My report @ChinaBriefJT on PRC Consulates Gray Zone 'Pop-Up’ Events is cited by @newyorktimes.com yesterday! Happy to share more data on these gray zone activities upon request:) Read the full report here💬 jamestown.org/program/dipl...

THREAD: How China is influencing local elections in New York City, mobilizing organizations via a local power broker known as "The King of Brooklyn" (布鲁克林之王）to ensure that candidates who voice sympathy for Taiwan, or for Hong Kong democracy, are either defeated or never get elected. (1/x)

【FULL REPORT】PRC Consulates Gray Zone ‘Pop-up’ Events in New York & Beyond on Jamestown China Brief 📍90+ pop-ups in 15 cities across 7 states at non-designated diplomatic facilities eg. restaurants 📍Tactics/ Agendas/ Implications Key findings—Threads Below⚡️ jamestown.org/program/dipl...

What Trump's return would mean for Taiwan: 1. Uncertainty in US-Taiwan relations. It is unclear if Trump's comments on Taiwan (stealing the US semiconductor industry, calling Taiwan the mob, dissatisfaction with Taiwan's defense spending) will lead to a cooler tone on Taiwan.

My part II on PRC Consulates Gray Zone ‘Pop-up’ Events in New York & Beyond on Jamestown China Brief 📍Influence operations + Case Studies 📍Pop-ups >> Cognitive Warfare reinforcing consular gray zone activities & Xi Jinping’s Ideological Campaign Threads ⚡️x 12 jamestown.org/program/part...

My latest on Jamestown Foundation China Brief -- PRC Consulates Gray Zone ‘Pop-up’ Events in New York & Beyond 📍90+ pop-ups in 15 cities across 7 states at non-designated diplomatic facilities eg. shopping malls/ restaurants 📍Agendas & Implications Threads⚡️x 12
 jamestown.org/program/dipl...

Bookstores Become Sites of Subtle Protest Against Xi Jinping "[P]lacing Xi’s works next to other books to make a political point has become a relatively common, low-key mode of political dissent." chinadigitaltimes.net/2024/06/book...

My latest @ChinaBriefJT -- Hong Kong Gray Media's Influence Operation on Article 23 📍Top 5 #GrayMedia in #HongKong & their specialties 📍State affiliations 📍How they coordinate & incorporate legal/ cognitive warfare tactics for IOs Threads Below⚡️ x 15 jamestown.org/program/the-...

China is stepping up its Hybrid Warfare -- the world needs Cross-Domain #Deterrence against Beijing's aggression in the #Taiwan Strait — my latest on The Diplomat Threads below ⚡️💬 x 8 thediplomat.com/2024/05/with...

My latest @MLInstitute -- Full report on #TikTok 📍How does Beijing view TikTok? 📍What's special? TikTok vs other Chinese/ Western social media - surveillance & IOs 📍Influence Operations x Cognitive Warfare on TikTok - Case studies Threads below⚡️x 15 macdonaldlaurier.ca/tik-tok-chin...

Threads finally starts its own fact-checking program

😶This hashtag explained a lot

Facebook takes on TikTok with a new, vertical-first video player

My latest on Jamestown China Brief -- Deepfakes with Chinese characteristics - projects 3 trends on how the PRC could weaponize #deepfakes for IOs in 2024 1/ Smear Campaigns + Spamouflage 2/ “Tell the Hong Kong Story Well” 3/ Electoral Interference Threads Below⚡️x 10 jamestown.org/program/deep...

Taking advantage of a natural disaster to advance PRC’s claim on Taiwan — unsurprising but it’s really a revolting habit, Beijing

⚠️ DOJ charges on the #Hackers of the #APT31 Group  #APT31Group — 📍A part of a cyberespionage program  📍Run by the #PRC Ministry of State Security 📍Targeted thousands of 🇺🇸 🌎 individuals + companies 📍Eg. White House & DOJ officials, Members of #IPAC, and Hong Kong pro-democracy #activists

My latest Global Taiwan Institute -- Decoding Beijing’s #GrayZone Tactics  China’s Gray Zone #Tactics help create favorable, if not, necessary conditions for its “reunification” ambition prior to kinetic warfare — it’s an early stage of #war. Threads Below⚡️💬 x 10 globaltaiwan.org/2024/03/deco...

My latest @irpp.bsky.social on Canada’s needs for #Deepfakes legislation:) Threads Below📍💬 x 16 policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ma...

New Op-ed @MLI :) Taiwan’s decentralized network presents a compelling model for the world to learn from in terms of countering China's foreign interference. Looking back in CAN 🇨🇦 – we have none of these. So here's 10 #PolicyRecommendations  macdonaldlaurier.ca/ten-things-t...

Super interesting read!
 Especially for the potential use of #LLM to combat #hashjacking and act as an audience response simulator to provide insights on how #StratCom products could be shaped🤔 Got some new ideas on what we can do with it🤫 stratcomcoe.org/publications...

2024 First op-ed in The Diplomat —on Taiwan’s recent satellite alert and how Beijing leverages information manipulation tactics to spin the narratives toward its strategic agenda. (1/5)  thediplomat.com/2024/01/beij...

Biden just called Xi a Dictator at the San Francisco media conference--did he accidentally drink truth serum or something loll--or is this another calculated slip of the tongue🌚

The Kuomintang (KMT) and the Taiwan People's Party (TPP) reached consense to run together for the upcoming Taiwan presidential election (1/5)

🥲

可惜了 李克強不是胡耀邦 也成為不了胡耀邦 中國人還有能輸的前提下就不會爆發第二場白紙革命 十年退讓在此 到死後訃告也要被用作讚揚習功勞 如果再讓你活一遍 你還會作一樣的選擇嗎

!!!!

Informative report from GAO on the future verification challenges facing nuclear arms control. www.gao.gov/assets/gao-2...

BRICS host & security: ohh no we overestimated Xi’s language abilities

Roadblocks Musk established to hamper Twitter data scraping/ analysis: 1) Removal of state-affiliated entities' labels 2) Blue ticks for any paid subscribers = anyone $$ 3) Removal of Hamilton 2.0 Dashboard API access 4) Putting TweetDeck behind a paywall

Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM Canada)—a unit at Global Affairs Canada (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) that specializes in identifying and responding to foreign threats to democracies—detected an information operation on WeChat targeting MP Michael Chong that is likely conducted by China. (1/5)

Pro-Beijing operatives exploiting controversial domestic politics (as always), funding these protests to undermine liberal democracy whilst creating an illusion that the PRC has huge support for whatever issues were on. E.g. "No Re-education camp in Xinjiang"

Plz tell me this is not another Musk’s Twitter policy🫠 Sooo many roadblocks on my work lately😑 Any recommendations on other API/ Tools?

Chinese netizens’ thoughts on Zhihu (Q&A platform like Quora) before anonymous function is banned. I like the first quote: Please believe that the truth will be revealed. Coz we can fail numerous times, but all it takes is for them to fail once. [Source: @whyyoutouzhele Twitter]

China: Our nuclear arsenal and capabilities are at the minimum level for national security, we have no intention to engage in the nuclear arms race. Meanwhile, China: (1) Nuclear arsenal > 410 warheads in 2023—surpassing the limited deterrence of the UK (225) and France(290) [Source: SIPRI]