The Manchurian Candidate and Chinese spies in Australia

[Dry Rot]

Australian authorities are investigating claims that a Chinese espionage ring tried to install an agent for Beijing in a seat in Federal Parliament.

China tried to plant its candidate in Federal Parliament, authorities believe

Bo "Nick" Zhao was in trouble financially when he said he was approached with a million-dollar offer to become China's man in federal Parliament.

www.smh.com.au

The revelations emerged amid the defection to Australia of a man claiming to be a Chinese spy. Wang Liqiang, who says he was an intelligence operative, claimed the Chinese government used front companies and influence campaigns to infiltrate Hong Kong’s independence movement, organise kidnappings and assaults on democracy activists and interfered in Taiwan’s elections.

A Chinese spy has risked his life to defect to Australia and is now offering a trove of unprecedented inside intelligence on how China conducts its interference operations abroad.

Defecting Chinese spy offers information trove to Australian government

Wang “William” Liqiang is the first Chinese operative to ever blow his cover and he has taken his story to ASIO.

www.smh.com.au

And the harassment of journo John Garnault

Power and Paranoia: Why the Chinese government aggressively pushes beyond its borders

The Chinese government’s covert operations in Australia are considerable. Can Australia push back without economic consequences?

www.smh.com.au

And all the alleged involvement with our universities and Chinese students.

Is all this the tip of the iceberg? How far does it go?

 

[Adz]

Fake news. Can’t even speak other languages.
His wife enjoyed their Bondi lifestyle and didn’t want to leave.

 

[Adz]

Australian authorities are investigating claims that a Chinese espionage ring tried to install an agent for Beijing in a seat in Federal Parliament.

China tried to plant its candidate in Federal Parliament, authorities believe

Bo "Nick" Zhao was in trouble financially when he said he was approached with a million-dollar offer to become China's man in federal Parliament.

www.smh.com.au

A Chinese spy has risked his life to defect to Australia and is now offering a trove of unprecedented inside intelligence on how China conducts its interference operations abroad.

Defecting Chinese spy offers information trove to Australian government

Wang “William” Liqiang is the first Chinese operative to ever blow his cover and he has taken his story to ASIO.

www.smh.com.au

And the harassment of journo John Garnault

Power and Paranoia: Why the Chinese government aggressively pushes beyond its borders

The Chinese government’s covert operations in Australia are considerable. Can Australia push back without economic consequences?

www.smh.com.au

And all the alleged involvement with our universities and Chinese students.

Is all this the tip of the iceberg? How far does it go?

Up to 20% of international students are spy for China. Perhaps more.

it be like offering Russians unlimited places at USA university’s during the Cold War.

 

[HairyO]

Id be more worried about the ones already there. And they dont have to be Chinese either.

Why does China pay Bob Carr $1 million per year? What did he do during his time as Premier that made them feel like he deserved $1 million a year when he had far less power?

 

[Heisenberg_]

Fake news. Can’t even speak other languages.
His wife enjoyed their Bondi lifestyle and didn’t want to leave.

Where did Gladys Liu come up with $1 million in donations?
Coincidentally she took the seat they wanted Zhao to run in

 

[QuietB]

I hope they lock the whistleblower up.

Has ScoMo unleashed the feds on them yet?

This is UnAustralian

 

[Dry Rot]

Anyone else remember this?

Gladys Liu's association with Chinese figures who were deemed a security risk was the subject of an ASIO investigation even before she entered Parliament or became a Liberal Party candidate.

The ABC understands ASIO Director-General Duncan Lewis advised that then-prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, based on the guest list, should not attend a "meet and greet" organised by Ms Liu in the Victorian electorate of Chisholm for Chinese New Year in February 2018.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09...list-for-malcolm-turnbull-event-asio/11502564

 

[Brunswick Trap King]

A full investigation into Liu is definitely required.

 

[NSWCROW]

Nothing will come of it because it's the libs and their mates at newscorp will frame it so it's all labors fault and the thick *******s who worship at their feet will lap it up.

 

[its free real estate]

Maybe the Sinophobic sentiment of the 19th century was right all along.

 

[The Warlord]

Fake news. Can’t even speak other languages.
His wife enjoyed their Bondi lifestyle and didn’t want to leave.

Yeah, Nick McKenzie is noted for being a massive fake news merchant.

Do you actually work for the Victorian Libs?

You do don't you.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Guangzhou Gladys fell out of the news pretty quickly. Be hearing about her every day until she's gone in any other party.

 

[Dry Rot]

Headline in The Australian:

Photo links Liu to alleged Chinese spy

Anyone got access?

 

[Adz]

ASIO confirm. He wasn’t a spy. Likely to be deported next week.