{"id":5403,"date":"2023-09-08T13:42:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T18:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=5403"},"modified":"2023-09-08T13:42:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T18:42:25","slug":"chinas-military-targeting-us-troops-veterans-top-air-force-general-warns-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=5403","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s military targeting US troops, veterans, top Air Force general warns: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-28.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-5404\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"827\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-28.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-28.png 827w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-28-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-28-770x406.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-28-293x154.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-28-390x206.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Chinese Communist Party\u2019s (CCP) military, known as the People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA), is directing an exploitation campaign at current and former United States troops in an effort to \u201cfill gaps\u201d in China\u2019s military capabilities, according to a top U.S. military general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. issued the warning in a message\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2023\/09\/08\/china-military-exploit-us-troops-veterans\/\" target=\"_blank\">obtained by<\/a>\u00a0The Washington Post that was distributed to Air Force personnel on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brown warned foreign companies working with the CCP are \u201ctargeting and recruiting U.S. and NATO-trained military talent across specialties and career fields.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBy essentially training the trainer, many of those who accept contracts with these foreign companies are eroding our national security, putting the very safety of their fellow servicemembers and the country at risk,\u201d Brown wrote before encouraging troops to protect \u201cour national defense information.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials said they have detected an alarming rise in China targeting U.S. troops and veterans, but declined to reveal how many have been exploited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The revelations come after President Joe Biden\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2023\/08\/biden-attacks-china-calls-china-bad-folks-ticking-time-bomb\/\" target=\"_blank\">referred to China as a \u201cticking time bomb,\u201d\u00a0<\/a>cautioning, \u201cwhen bad folks have problems, they do bad things\u201d in a candid and somewhat foreboding declaration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the President\u2019s intentions behind the remarks weren\u2019t fully elaborated on, the rising tension between the U.S. and China have been palpable, particularly concerning Taiwan\u2019s independence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The primary concern has been that Chinese President Xi Jinping might eventually decide to assert control over Taiwan, merging it with the Communist-ruled mainland. Jinping has frequently underscored a commitment to such a unification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biden\u2019s critics, especially among Republicans, often rebuke the president for not adopting a more assertive stance toward China on pressing issues like the fentanyl crisis. The China-sourced chemical has resulted in an alarming number of overdose deaths in the U.S. over recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2023\/09\/chinas-military-targeting-us-troops-veterans-top-air-force-general-warns-report\/\">https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2023\/09\/chinas-military-targeting-us-troops-veterans-top-air-force-general-warns-report\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese Communist Party\u2019s (CCP) military, known as the People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA), is directing an exploitation campaign at current and former United States troops in an effort to \u201cfill gaps\u201d in China\u2019s military capabilities, according to a top U.S. military general. Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. issued the warning in a message\u00a0obtained by\u00a0The Washington Post that was distributed to Air Force personnel on Friday. Brown warned foreign companies working with the CCP are \u201ctargeting and recruiting U.S. and NATO-trained [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5403"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5405,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5403\/revisions\/5405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}