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Big Chinese spy ring in Ireland

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    #32
    Fiery mutant
    Registered Users Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭Fiery mutant


    I wouldn’t trust them at all. I know the Russians and Americans can be bad, but it would be the Chinese I would worry about.

    I can see this Taiwan issue coming to a head soon too.

    We should defend our way of life to an extent that any attempt on it is crushed, so that any adversary will never make such an attempt in the future.



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    #33
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users Posts: 23,442 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    Chairman Mao. The Chairman of the Communist Party of China. One of the biggest communist parties in the world, and in my view, the best.


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    #34
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users Posts: 12,205 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Hitler was "National Socialist" - own him.

    Suppose trying eliminating all those German socialists and communists was just a big misunderstanding, and invading Russia was just him trying to connect to other fellow socialists :D

    Fcuk Putin. Glory to Ukraine!



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    #35
    Yamanoto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,489 ✭✭✭Yamanoto


    Spanish Eyes wrote: »
    They are work animals really. And very observant of our laws.

    Many appear quite fond of overstaying on a Student Visa, working more hours than is allowed under the terms of their stamp and entering the country with the purpose of living here long-term.


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    #36
    touts
    Registered Users Posts: 6,434 ✭✭✭touts


    biko wrote: »
    hitler-stalin-mao-polpot-kim.jpg

    Odd one out??? Let's see: They are all monsters. They are all mass killers with millions of victims. They all spouted hateful ideology. Oh wait I got it.

    Hitler. He is the only one without a fan base in the Dail today.


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    #37
    corner of hells
    Registered Users Posts: 8,356 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    TheValeyard wrote: »
    Hitler is the odd one out. Rest are communists.

    They all made poplar their own style of haircut too.


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    #38
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    China is now a surveillance state, everyone with a phone now has to register that phone with face recognition technology - you are your phone and your phone is you. And they are watching both.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50587098
    People in China are now required to have their faces scanned when registering new mobile phone services, as the authorities seek to verify the identities of the country's hundreds of millions of internet users.

    The regulation, announced in September, was due to come into effect on Sunday.
    The government says it wants to "protect the legitimate rights and interest of citizens in cyberspace".

    China already uses facial recognition technology to survey its population. It is a world leader in such technologies, but their intensifying use across the country in recent years has sparked debate.

    and this is Orwellian
    China is often described as a surveillance state - in 2017 it had 170 million CCTV cameras in place across the country with the goal of installing an estimated 400 million new ones by 2020.
    The country is also setting up a "social credit" system to keep score of the conduct and public interactions of all its citizens in one database.

    The aim is that by 2020, everyone in China will be enrolled in a vast national database that compiles fiscal and government information to give a "ranking" for each citizen.


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    #39
    steves2
    Registered Users Posts: 284 ✭✭steves2


    We have Chinese neighbors, a young family. Very nice, keep to themselves you don't see them out too much. One thing I noticed was that everything is all about China, most conversations end up being about China and how great it is, never critical in any way of the home country and never talk about Ireland even though they've a good quality of life here. The possible surveillance might explain all of that. Can only imagine the manpower and technology needed to keep an eye on over a billion people .


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    #40
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users Posts: 15,281 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    I’ve been told similar by a friend who teaches Chinese ppl in an English language college.

    Says that the students others refer to discreetly as spies often have very high tech flashy laptops etc which seems out of place given they are fairly poor students on the surface.


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    #41
    corner of hells
    Registered Users Posts: 8,356 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    Beechwoodspark wrote: »
    I’ve been told similar by a friend who teaches Chinese ppl in an English language college.

    Says that the students others refer to discreetly as spies often have very high tech flashy laptops etc which seems out of place given they are fairly poor students on the surface.

    Imagine being recruited into the Chinese secret service and sent to Ireland , then having to report back to your superiors.

    Yeah boss , they all love "Chinese food", bought a printer for 1.8million , have a great compensation culture.

    Yeah but did you find any state secrets, "no , they have none".

    Go back and do your job properly.


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    #42
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    https://twitter.com/IntyPython/status/1200466904734785536

    Chinese version of democracy


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    #43
    rossie1977
    Registered Users Posts: 11,341 ✭✭✭✭rossie1977


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Hitler was "National Socialist" - own him.

    And North Koreas official name is 'Democratic' People's Republic of Korea


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    #44
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users Posts: 28,361 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    Beechwoodspark wrote: »
    I’ve been told similar by a friend who teaches Chinese ppl in an English language college.

    Says that the students others refer to discreetly as spies often have very high tech flashy laptops etc which seems out of place given they are fairly poor students on the surface.
    They'd hardly be here if they were 'fairly poor students' would they? Presumably their families are 'the elite' back home to be able to afford to send the kids here and put them through college?


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    #45
    Woke Hogan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,630 ✭✭✭Woke Hogan


    There's a fair few people in here feigning surprise at the Chinese government being tyrannical, as if this website is crawling with CPC sympathisers.


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    #46
    4068ac1elhodqr
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    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    China is now a surveillance state, everyone with a phone now has to register that phone with face recognition technology - you are your phone and your phone is you. And they are watching both.


    This is crazy, normal street level FRS can be somewhat bypassed through various means, but this is a shocking development.


    On the other hand, most of the West can't wait to (pay for) an 'all listening' (soon: 'all seeing') box that they place in the centre of their home.


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    #47
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Xi was a natural at the hurling when he was here

    xi-jinping-hurl-i
    President4Life


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    #48
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users Posts: 12,205 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    corner of hells wrote: »
    They all made poplar their own style of haircut too.

    Did the Asian dictators not go for beards?

    Fcuk Putin. Glory to Ukraine!



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    #49
    Chris_Heilong
    Registered Users Posts: 4,973 ✭✭✭Chris_Heilong


    There are some here on the government payroll but only the likes of those in the Confucius institute, who's primary goal is to promote Chinese culture and relations abroad, if there is a big anti China demonstration or something they will mount a counter protest but it is not as nefarious as the paper is making out.
    The vast majority of Chinese people have nothing to do with government policy, they will defend their Government/country yes but they are not a very political people and just care about getting on with life, If someone was crap talking Ireland I would defend it too but unlike myself their education system is similar to the US with all the praise the flag BS so it is even stronger in a lot of ways. Also when a paper says "activists claim..." and base a whole article on said claim it is really something that should be taken with a large pinch of salt. Without hard facts all you have is media talking to activists and it all starts sounding like the blaming Russia on being involved in everything you do not like all over again. If you do not like something then fair enough but do not let ignorance be ones primary reason for the dislike.


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    #50
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users Posts: 19,610 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    Chinas secret service just got caught out by the Australian secret service trying to recruit a Chinese-Australian national called Nick Zhao to run for election to their parliament. Zhao approached the Australian police and told them of the plot, a few days later he was found dead in unexplained circumstances.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-50541082


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    #51
    biko
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    #52
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users Posts: 23,442 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    In China they don't know election.

    We must teach them.


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    #53
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,799 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    In China they don't know election.

    We must teach them.

    Send them viagra


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    #54
    jprboy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,351 ✭✭✭jprboy


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    In China they don't know election.

    We must teach them.

    Nixon went to China on a state visit and met Chairman Mao.

    The discussed the political situation in each other's country.

    Nixon: How often do you have an election?

    Mao: Evly time I see a plitty gell


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    #55
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    Muahahaha wrote: »
    Chinas secret service just got caught out by the Australian secret service trying to recruit a Chinese-Australian national called Nick Zhao to run for election to their parliament. Zhao approached the Australian police and told them of the plot, a few days later he was found dead in unexplained circumstances.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-50541082

    oh id call those circumstances very well explained indeed tbh


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    #56
    Elemonator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭Elemonator


    All countries spy on eachother. That includes the US, Russia, the UK, Germany, France etc. I wouldn't be surprised if there was an international spy ring from all sorts of places placed around Shannon Airport the past 20 years.

    The KGB used to trade information about the US in the Stillorgan shopping centre.


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    #57
    AndrewJRenko
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    Elemonator wrote: »
    The KGB used to trade information about the US in the Stillorgan shopping centre.
    The first floor would be the perfect place for that. Sure no-one ever went up there.


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    #58
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users Posts: 19,610 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    Deleted User wrote: »
    oh id call those circumstances very well explained indeed tbh

    Its a pretty unbelievable case and Im surprised media outlets have not reported more on it. It looks strongly like the Chinese-Australian national was assassinated by the Chinese secret service but the thing is they did it on Australian soil. Its along the lines of what the Russians did to Skirpal on British soil yet has hardly attracted much interest. I'd say the Australians are fuming about it, they dont like being made look like mugs.


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    #59
    Treppen
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Send them viagra

    That's srightrey lacist


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    #60
    LaFuton
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    touts wrote: »
    Odd one out??? Let's see: They are all monsters. They are all mass killers with millions of victims. They all spouted hateful ideology. Oh wait I got it.

    Hitler. He is the only one without a fan base in the Dail today.

    wanna bet?


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    #61
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    Zirconia wrote: »
    They still hate anyone mentioning the Tiananmen Square Massacre; never happened - mention it in China and you'll disappear. Most Chinese don't know anything about it. It was the 30 year anniversary this year!

    imagine that, in a country of nearly one billion people a massacre that no one dare speak of

    now thats control


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