Cate Cadell
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National security reporter for The Washington Post, covering China. Rural Australian always. Send tips & obscure data sets to [email protected]
Washington, DC
Joined March 2011
RT @ScottNover: "Cutbacks at Radio Free Asia and other news outlets funded by the U.S. Agency for Global Media have allowed China to fill a….
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Beijing expanded its state propaganda, including to the persecuted Tibetan and Uyghur minorities, as RFA pulled back.
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RT @washingtonpost: Elon Musk may be working for President Donald Trump’s America, but he makes billions of dollars by playing nice with Ch….
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The world’s richest man may be working for President Trump’s America, but he makes billions of dollars by playing nice with China.
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China vows to ‘vigorously boost consumption’ to revive weak economy - Beijing unveiled a 30-point plan to boost consumer spending — a task that has become ever more urgent since President Donald Trump ignited a trade war. via @lilkuo
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The indictment suggests the men were targeted by a network of Chinese "cut-outs", civilians positioned to cultivate and finance people including active-duty service men. Check out our full story >> (6/6).
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Two active-duty soldiers and one former service member were charged in plots that prosecutors say were linked to Beijing.
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Their former military contact buying the information seemed to take pains to make it seem like no big deal, saying he could find the same stuff on wiki or reddit (5/6)
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They emailed themselves from military accounts and used Facebook & Wechat to chat and send pictures of stolen intel - including hard drives labelled "secret". (A co-conspirator in China griped that they can't download signal there) (4/6)
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The men didn't have top-secret level clearance, but that doesn't seem to matter, one said he could offer top secret material. They also didn't get paid much - $1800 here for a military computer, $500 for a document. (3/6).
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Active duty soldiers handed classified & sensitive material to a former soldier, who in turn sold it to another unknown buyer in China - in some cases, it was sent via Google Drive links - or just by taking photos of computers under surveillance cameras. (2/6)
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This case of Chinese actors targeting U.S. servicemen fascinating for so many reasons - including the number of intermediaries and the levels of coercion (1/6).
Two active-duty U.S. soldiers stationed in Washington state and one former soldier in Oregon were arrested on Thursday, accused of passing classified information including weapons documents and hard drives to contacts in China as recently as December.
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"Instead of Chinese automakers hoping to secure technology from overseas, it is now increasingly common for international brands to seek out Chinese partnerships" - great story and always cool to see mainland byline stories again from Wapo & @cdcshepherd
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Chinese EV makers have opened up a vast and, some experts say, unassailable lead in the global market despite American and European efforts to level the field.
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RT @nakashimae: NEW: In a final salvo against Beijing's audacious recent cyber espionage, the Biden administration today will penalize Chin….
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The sanctions against a lone hacker and a private company are Biden’s final salvo against the Chinese government’s audacious recent cyberespionage.
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Halfway through this epic @evadou read on #Huawei - I covered tech in China for years, though I knew all there was to know about Huawei, I was so wrong! Strong recommend!.
“House of Huawei” is out today in the US and UK! It’s the story of how one of the world’s most controversial high-tech companies was built, set against the backdrop of the political, social and economic transformation of modern China. Here’s my cat Pigeon inspecting it.
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Trump appointees signal a new hawkish China policy - but the transition from vocal legislators into high-stakes diplomatic roles could prove challenging, not least because of Trump’s transactional tendencies - our latest w @nakashimae
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Trump’s potential appointees Marco Rubio, Mike Waltz and Elise Stefanik at State Department, National Security Council and United Nations signal a hawkish China policy.
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RT @BethanyAllenEbr: New ASPI Exclusive: We obtained internal documents showing that China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs operates a secure….
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China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs operates a secure digital platform that connects it directly with Chinese companies operating abroad, requiring participating companies to submit regular reports...
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RT @ahauslohner: House GOP maneuvers to portray Democrats as weak on China -- with @catecadell & @MariannaReports.
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With its “China Week” blitz of legislation, the House GOP seeks to bolster the party’s foreign policy credentials ahead of November’s election.
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RT @BethanyAllenEbr: This is great work by NPR's Frank Langfitt and team. Many of us have long known that Wang Jingyu is not reliable. NPR….
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A young political dissident in Europe made his name in the news media as a defiant critic of the Chinese Communist Party. His former housemate and alleged victim says he's a grifter.
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These people are also stepping into U.S. at such a fraught political moment, when the percieved line between Chinese migrant and Chinese spy feels razor thin - w the end to visa-free entry to Ecuador and new deportation flights to China - the future of this route is in flux.
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For me, it's a story that comes full circle from my 1st #COVID stories from Beijing in 2019. For so long it was hard to gauge the emotional impact of China's strict lockdowns. At the US border, it's visceral. Our rpt on White Paper protests for context:
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After widespread protests, China relaxed its strict covid controls. But on the protesters themselves, the government unleashed a police state brimming with new surveillance technology.
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Excited to share our deep dive on the influx of Chinese migrants at the southern border w @NickMiroff and very talented photographer Li Qiang - unpacking why people are risking their lives to flee the world's second largest economy
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The Post explores the largest wave of illegal U.S. border crossings by Chinese immigrants in history — part of a wider influx involving migrants from other nations.
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China's MOD yesterday on the ongoing efforts to clean up the PLA:. "(We) must seriously rectify the style of laxity, unreality, and fraud. should focus on supervising and monitoring whether training is discounted . whether exercises have fake tricks".
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