Australia didn't blame China for parliament hack in case it upset trade relations – report Australian snoops concluded that China was to blame for a series of hacks on its parliament and leading political parties – but kept it quiet for fear of angering the Middle Kingdom, according to reports. The February cyber-attack saw Aussie MPs told to reset their passwords, with officials publicly insisting that no data had …
Australia has the same problem New Zealand has. They need to balance their relationships with both the US and China.
The leader of New Zealand's main opposition party has just come back from visiting the head of China's secret police. He took with him the Chinese spy who sits in our parliament.
I do not know quite what the Americans think of all that, but I don't imagine they're happy.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/398538/simon-bridges-reveals-what-he-said-when-asked-about-communist-party-of-china
Meh. The Americans are the ones who have turned their backs on the South Pacific, why should we care what they think any more?
And Bridges is a loser, but he's right: it makes perfect sense for NZ politicians to form relationships with powerful figures in the Chinese government. After all, it's an extremely stable government - someone with power there now is very likely to still be in place after the next two NZ elections, which is more than you can say for the US.
Because... China can , in the near term, lower your costs and increase your profits. In the long term, however, they steal your products and secrets, undercut your prices and take your customers.
Tell a CEO and BOD that they will meet or exceed wall street expectations for the next 4 quarters, and thats all they want to hear.... future be damned....
slightly off topic but am halfway through this on my Kindle, and it's truly shocking.
As a long term opponent of authoritarian regimes I thought I already had a handle on what China was up to on the inside. I was wrong. Big time.
Their current dictatorship is much cleverer than Mao and has achieved a degree of control, particularly over the control of dissent, and the citizen's awareness of their own history which makes Big Brother look like a rank amateur. Their crude but effective dominance of their internet and technology sector is way beyond what I imagined possible for those with an authoritarian mindset. And you can see that their "success" - particularly in social control - is already becoming a model for our own authoritarians to aspire to. The only thing we've currently got in our favour is that our authoritarians are nowhere near as intelligent and organised as theirs...
It might have just been a branding excercise, to make sure the Aussie Labor Party was kept distinct from the British Labour Party in the news.
And imagine how much Oz has saved on ink over the years by not having to print that extra vowel. With the cost of printer cartridges being what it is, the savings probably run into billions!
So, the NSA told GCHQ to tell ASD to say it was Chinese hackers.
“The five sources declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the issue”
So, we're just making this up.
“The report .. recommended keeping the findings secret in order to avoid disrupting trade relations with Beijin”
Then why release this report to Reuters, cause if the Chinese read it they'll be upset and stop trading with Australia.
“The timing of the attack .. coming after the cyber-attack on the U.S. Democratic Party”
The so-called DNC hack was a fable thought up to explain how Hilary Clinton lost the election to Donald Trump.
AC, not as chilling as a previous government noted for its materialists adoring the zombie of marxism that allowed known organised crime figures into country, then defended it with ethnic bigotry accusations. BTW what exactly is creepy about his private beliefs ?
a little bit off-topic.
china's surveillance and control on citizen is much deeper than most westerners could imagine.
every thing you do in real life, keywords that you search on search engines, everything thing you said on anti-social networks, everything you buy online and everything else that are relatable to you contribute to a point-based system run by the state, which dictates what you can do, including if you are given suitable medical care and if you can travel abroad. if your points are too low then, sorry, you are in deep trouble.
every corner in big cities are covered with state-operated cameras - even bbc has a documentary that said once you are tagged as a criminal in the state-operated security system, it only take 7 minute for the police to find you out and arrest you.
enjoy the freedom that you are enjoying, and i really hope that your country won't become the next china.
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