From the US cracking down on China’s treatment of Uighur Muslims to Russia
cracking down on political opposition leader Navalny, the last month...
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John,

 

January has been a month of nonstop breaking news headlines out of Washington
–– but today we’re looking beyond our own borders as we catch you up on all the
can’t-miss stories from around the globe.

 

From the US cracking down on China’s treatment of Uighur Muslims to Russia
cracking down on political opposition leaders, catch up on everything you might
have missed and make sure to share your thoughts using our comment box below.
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[READ] THE CHINA TASK FORCE REPORT
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The bottom line: A policy group consisting of 15 Members of Congress,
including Mike, released a report that outlines an action plan to combat the
CCP’s global activity, which runs counter to the United States’ interests.

 

As a member of the Task Force, Mike was involved in conversations related to a
host of policy issues from trade to national security.

 

The result? 62 of the legislative recommendations have been added to the U.S.
Code and 48 recommendations have been implemented by the Executive Branch since
the report was released.

[READ] US DECLARES HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN CHINA ARE “GENOCIDE”
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The bottom line: “On Jan. 19, 2021, the outgoing Trump administration’s State
Department said that China’s government was committing genocide and crimes
against humanity in its treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement, “I believe this genocide is
ongoing, and that we are witnessing the systematic attempt to destroy Uighurs
by the Chinese party-state.”

 

Over the last three years, China’s mass incarceration of Uyghurs and other
Muslim minorities in the region of Xinjiang has gradually come into sharper
relief — with mounting evidence of a vast network of detention camps, testimony
from survivors, and allegations of forced labor.”

 

Do you believe the U.S. made the right move by labeling China’s actions as
genocide?  

 

Use the comment box below to share your thoughts.
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[READ] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CHARGES ZOOM EXECUTIVE OVER TIES TO CHINA
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The bottom line: “Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice charged a
China-based Zoom executive with disrupting video meetings hosted by users
outside China that commemorated the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. The
complaint reveals the now-terminated employee was sending the private data of
some U.S.-based users directly to the Ministry of State Security (MSS), China's
main civilian spy agency.

 

Researchers and U.S. government officials have warned that the Chinese
government might require China-based employees of U.S. companies to hand over
private company data to Beijing. The DOJ's charges indicate those fears are
valid.”
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[READ] RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER NAVALNY DETAINED IN MOSCOW
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The bottom line: “Navalny was detained on Sunday after flying home for the
first time since being poisoned with what the West says was a military-grade
nerve agent that Navalny says was applied to his underpants by state security
agents.

 

The 44-year-old lawyer, in a Moscow prison pending the outcome of four legal
matters he describes as trumped up, accuses President Vladimir Putin of
ordering his attempted murder. Putin has dismissed that, alleging Navalny is
part of a U.S.-backed dirty tricks campaign to discredit him.”

 

[READ] THOUSANDS ARRESTED AS PROTESTERS DEMAND RELEASE OF NAVALNY
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The bottom line: “Russian police arrested more than 3,000 people Saturday in
nationwide protests demanding the release of opposition leader Alexei Navalny,
the Kremlin’s most prominent foe, according to a group that counts political
detentions.

 

The protests in scores of cities in temperatures as low as minus-50 C
(minus-58 F) highlighted how Navalny has built influence far beyond the
political and cultural centers of Moscow and St. Petersburg.

 

In Moscow, an estimated 15,000 demonstrators gathered in and around Pushkin
Square in the city center, where clashes with police broke out and
demonstrators were roughly dragged off by helmeted riot officers to police
buses and detention trucks. Some were beaten with batons.

 

Navalny’s wife Yulia was among those arrested.”

 

[READ] YEARS OF IGNORED WARNINGS PAVED WAY FOR RUSSIAN CYBER ATTACK
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The bottom line: “The massive cyber-attack by suspected Russian hackers,
disclosed in December, came after years of warnings from a watchdog group and
cybersecurity experts. For instance, the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, which
was created by Congress to come up with strategies to thwart sizable
cyber-attacks, presented a set of recommendations to Congress in March that
included additional safeguards to ensure more trusted supply chains.

 

By then, the alleged Russian hackers may have already breached the
government’s software supply chain, in a brazen attack that targeted federal
agencies, technology giants including Microsoft Corp., and cybersecurity
companies. U.S. officials said the attack, which was disclosed in December
2020, is ongoing; investigators haven’t yet revealed the extent of the damage.”
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[READ] GALLAGHER URGES CONGRESS TO INVEST IN USMC LONG-RANGE MISSILE CAPABILITY

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The bottom line: “A group of high-ranking House lawmakers are pressing to
restore funds cut in the proposed fiscal 2021 defense spending bills for Marine
Corps efforts to develop long-range precision fires capabilities.

 

The cuts would derail the Marine Corps’ plans to field ground-based, anti-ship
missile and long-range, precision fires capabilities needed urgently in the
Indo-Pacific theater.”

 

As always, thanks for reading. You’ll be hearing from us soon. 

 

-Gallagher Foreign Policy HQ





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