By invoking international law, Beijing accidentally spotlights its own UN bribery rings and covert intelligence networks. (Second is a series of three articles.)
Thoughtful breakdown of a strategic own-goal. The conections between Ng Lap Seng and Patrick Ho running paralell operations through the UN is particuarly damning because it shows institutional pattern rather than isolated incidents. What's intresting is how invoking international law as a rhetorical weapon ends up forcing exactly the kind of scrutiny Beijing probably wanted to avoid.
I appreciate the clear headed commentary on what's happening and that the corrupt individuals are only a small number within a vast country, as in our country, but in both cases extremely corrosive to the rule of law. Be clear. Don't delude ourselves as to the actual operations occurring in the long war between nations.
Thank you Jay for your insightful comment. To put a finer point on the idea that a small portion of Chinese are undertaking this brand of political warfare, I discuss the Ye-Xi Clique in this Substack and it is this small group of red princelings that devised the strategy which unfortunately lives on to this day in the hands of Xi Jinping. I understand there is considerable push-back against this strategy in China today and the West should realize this and support the effort instead of making bit coin deals.
Thoughtful breakdown of a strategic own-goal. The conections between Ng Lap Seng and Patrick Ho running paralell operations through the UN is particuarly damning because it shows institutional pattern rather than isolated incidents. What's intresting is how invoking international law as a rhetorical weapon ends up forcing exactly the kind of scrutiny Beijing probably wanted to avoid.
I appreciate the clear headed commentary on what's happening and that the corrupt individuals are only a small number within a vast country, as in our country, but in both cases extremely corrosive to the rule of law. Be clear. Don't delude ourselves as to the actual operations occurring in the long war between nations.
Thank you Jay for your insightful comment. To put a finer point on the idea that a small portion of Chinese are undertaking this brand of political warfare, I discuss the Ye-Xi Clique in this Substack and it is this small group of red princelings that devised the strategy which unfortunately lives on to this day in the hands of Xi Jinping. I understand there is considerable push-back against this strategy in China today and the West should realize this and support the effort instead of making bit coin deals.