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More Beijing espionage Chinese-made cranes at U S ports are coming under scrutiny They are feared to be used for collecting information But how could the Chinese communist regime benefit from them What is the connection between the data on what Americans transport in and out of ports and national security Moreover what would happen if China could control the cranes remotely Would the same supply chain problems that occurred during the pandemic happen again This and much more in today's China in Focus program Welcome to China in Focus My name is Julián Bertone The Chinese spy balloon has already been shot down But a greater danger could be quietly stationed on land Chinese spy drones These massive Chinese-made cranes have dominated American ports for years And the authorities fear that China may be using them to collect important information about maritime transportation data Let's get into it About 80% of the cranes in American ports are made in China The factory is the Chinese company ZPMC and is used to load and unload container ships Pentagon officials compared these cranes to a Trojan horse because China It may be able to track what the United States is moving in and out of the country with advanced sensors and cameras Why does it matter that China knows what the United States is moving in and out of the country We spoke with Michael Secora a former White House intelligence official Secora states that China's strategy is to gather different data to form a complete picture of what the United States is doing In addition to monitoring the containers for years people have wondered if China could control the cranes remotely Maritime historian Sal Mercogliano has been talking about this for more than a year on his channel From YouTube titled "What's Happening with Maritime Transport " According to him there is clear concern about it A logistics expert Ross Kennedy who worked with ships and ports for 20 years He told us that China might have a better idea of how to harm the United States with the data it collects This is a summary of what we just heard In short these cranes could track what enters and leaves the country China could shut down all cranes And China could even control the cranes remotely What can be done about it Ross Kennedy thinks we should get rid of them Michael Secora former White House intelligence official believes it is a complex issue and that we need a complex solution to resolve it Apple is moving a larger portion of its production out of China As it works to diversify its supply chain It could happen faster than expected Let's look at the details Foxconn Apple's manufacturing partner plans to build a 700 million plant Dollars in India This is reported by Bloomberg News The plant will be one of Foxconn's largest in the country State officials add that the factory would generate about 100 000 jobs e next 10 years Bloomberg analysts explain that for Foxconn the plan could announce an accelerated relocation from China The strict restrictions from the Beijing virus disrupted the production of new iPhones and other devices Apple also expects to avoid a blow to its business in the midst of Amid growing tensions between Washington and Beijing In addition to Apple other technology companies are joining the shift Last month Gore-Tec the manufacturer of AirPods announced an investment of 280 million dollars for a new plant in Vietnam The company also revealed that it is considering another expansion in India Every year a completely new show Not only are tech giants leaving China The country has stopped being the e third destination for investments for most American companies This emerges from From a recent survey by the American Chamber of Commerce in China This is the first time in the 25-year history of the survey More than 50% of American companies in China did not make a profit Also For the first time almost a quarter is looking for other locations outside of China They want to reduce the risk in their supply chain Most members report that they are reviewing their investment plans in China Some are reducing their investments while others are completely suspending them The main reasons for reducing investment are the uncertainty in China 's political environment as well as the expectation of economic growth slower for the country and the general uncertainty in the economic relationship betwee The United States and China 24% of members are considering moving their capacity out of the country The Chinese regime continues to block American investigations into the origin of the virus This is what two congressmen Connecticut Democrat Jim Himes and the Republican Mike Turner said in statements to the BBC's Meet the Press program Himes explained that the United States has so few data regarding the origin of the virus he said Himes is the highest-ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee Representatives The controversy over the origin of the virus resurfaced last month It was after a classified document from the Department of Energy was leaked to the Casa Blanca It referenced theory of the Wuhan laboratory leak As the most likely origin of the pandemic The department made no official comment The debate continues surrounding the issue of the virus's origin and legislators officials and agencies Federal officials expressed various opinions from FBI Director Christopher Wright who said at the initial outbreak was probably a laboratory incident in Wuhan to the office of ational intelligence director who stated that it is most likely caused by a natural exposure to an infected animal The Chinese regime on the other hand denies the possibility A laboratory leak The new chief scientist of the WHO introduced a crucial change In an influential article published in 2020 about the origins of COVID-19 It stated tha The new chief scientist of the WHO Jeremy Farrar contributed to the writing of the article Regarding the origin of COVID-19 according to an email published by the House Committee on the Coronavirus Pandemic The email sent by The Columbia University professor Ian Lipkin said to Farrar verbatim Thank you for guiding this document now there are rumors about biotechnology in China Farrar replied that he would advocate for the natural version and added that he wanted to publish the Submit the article as soon as possible In the article from early 2020 Lipkin and four co-authors They stated that it was unlikely the COVID virus leaked from a laboratory but the versio The original stated that it was unlikely the COVID virus leaked from a laboratory That was the case until Farrar wrote to the article's co-author Christian Andersen a day before its publication He asked him to replace "incredible" with "unlikely " Farrar also helped organize a a call with Dr Anthony Fauci in February 2020 The call took place after the A report said that the virus had leaked from a high-level laboratory in Wuhan Some Andersen the participants in the call believed that the COVID did not originate from nature coauthor of the article was one of them He said that some of the features potentially They appear to be engineering-related Scientists from the so-called wrote later in 2020 a document attempting to refute theory of a lab leak They also published a letter that said verbatim We have joined to strongly condemn conspiracy theories They suggest that COVID-19 does not have a natural origin Here is Dr Fauci shortly after from the publication of the article The mutations needed to reach the point where it is now are entirely consistent with a transmission from one to another A type of animal to a human being Meanwhile a group of senators Republicans urge the Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines to hand over the material Related to COVID-19 They want to see what the latest assessment of their office was based on The COVID Here is Haines in a hearing about the COVID last year We have worked a lot We inform the committee members about our analysis on this issue The senators are led by Senator Roger Marshall Indeed it is a very complicated plot that deserves a full investigation They believe Haines' office was not transparent with Congress or the public American public They say standardizing the conclusions of the agencies ignores the fact tha The breadth of scientific and other knowledge of each agency The truth has to come to light and that is why I am once again calling for an apolitical commission to 9/11 style The Senate voted last week to declassify all of it formation about the origins of COVID-19 When asked for a comment Farrar said He told The Epoch Times by email that he has not yet started in his new position The United States should work to quickly end the war in Ukraine It can focus on its main global threat the Chinese Communist Party or CCP That's what Kate Kellogg a retired Army general and former National Security Advisor to Vice President Mike Pence said in a recent interview Speaking with Sean Jekielek the host of American Thought Leaders Kellogg said That the American army should fight one enemy at a time Let's listen to him He pointed out that until the United States removes the Russians from the scene It will not be able to focus on the predominant threat China Kellogg emphasized that the United States mus do everything possible to help Ukraine face the Russian army and negotiate with the Russian leaders Meanwhile China says it has decided not to supply weapons to Russia The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen stated that we must monitor it every day The Canadian government will investigate allegations of Chinese electoral interference Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement on Monday This is what he said In addition to an independent special rapporteur new investigations will also be conducted on alleged foreign interference The Canadian press recently published Detailed reports alleging Chinese regime plans to interfere in Canadian elections In 2021 and 2019 The reports cited anonymous intelligence sources Last month a former Canadian ambassador to China testified at a congressional hearing Canadian During his speech Charles Button stated that the Chinese Communist Party He used Chinese-language media in Canada to interfere in the elections Canadian federal of 2021 In September of that year then popular Conservative MP Kenny Chiu lost his seat Button believes Chiu could remain in office if it weren't for a Beijing misinformation campaign Chiu voted in favor of declaring the treatment of China towards the Uighurs as genocide Figures in the Xinjiang region Germany plans to ban Huawei and ZTE from participating in parts of its 5G networks The ban could include components You are now part of the networks Germany is deeply reviewing its relationship with its main trading partner China This includes eliminating e security risks posed by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE Critics They claim that their integration into future mobile networks could give Chinese spies And even to saboteurs access to vast sections of critical infrastructure The companies maintain close ties with Chinese security services Germany passed an information security law in 2021 It established significant obstacles for telecommunications equipment manufacturers for next-generation networks Generation However it does not prohibit Huawei and ZTE as other countries have already done A new report shows that Germany has become even more dependent on Huawei for its equipment 5G network access that is in their 4G network And this despite operators avoiding to use it The company's technology for basic networks Amid a widespread fiscal crisis The Chinese regime is asking local officials to tighten their belts It is happening facing a budget deficit of more than 8 billion dollars that casts a shadow over the Perspectives for 2023 in China Let's see what's happening On the eve of the sessions Chinese parliamentarians were informed by Finance Minister Liu Kun about the budget shortfall The country's audience The astonishing figure is 6 trillion yuan that is more than 860 million millions of dollars To reduce debt levels Liu urged local authorities to reduce the costs of administrative operations But where did these large amounts go Funds A columnist from the Epoch Times says they were used to pay the draconian bill PSC's zero-COVID policy Many cities for example rushed to build Improvised hospitals against COVID-19 and now all have been dismantled The communists They also forced citizens to undergo mass COVID-19 testing which also It incurred a considerable expense According to estimates in 2022 the Chinese regime spent more than 50 billion millions of dollars in measures against COVID-19 The figure reaches up to 3% of the country's GDP This year In the capital Beijing health spending reached 4.5 billion dollars 140% more than in 2020 To cover the deficit it was reported that local governments They are cutting the salaries officials Meanwhile protests erupted in several areas Cities where retirees complain about cuts in their healthcare benefits Last year the regime diverted funds from the Urban Disease Insurance for the tests Because of COVID-19 he wanted an excuse to spend that money That's why he 's now renovating the health insurance and cutting benefits for recipients A worse scenario unfolded last July The residents of some regions reported cases of frozen bank accounts whose deposits remained a limbo Whenever there is a fiscal deficit the PSC first denies it Next is He skirts the issue by diverting money from other sources not just the insurance fund of savings held by residents in banks That is why many People cannot access their accounts Although it was not only the cuts due to COVID-19 tha which drained Beijing's coffers Wu adds that other factors are the contraction of Chinese real estate market and its costly Belt and Road initiative Thank you for joining us in China for Foco Don't forget you can also 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