Western countries continue to crumble in full view of its enemies. When one looks at globalist leaders and their treasonous actions against their own states and people, such as allowing Black Lives Matter to riot and destroy properties; migrants to break the law by barging into sovereign states and living on the taxpayer dime while posing threats to safety; and Islamic supremacists to shut down the freedom of speech by means of intimidation tactics; it is no wonder that loyalty to the state is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. The actions of “British military pilots to teach the Chinese armed forces how to defeat western warplanes and helicopters” is treasonous. Yet Sky News indicates that the “UK appears powerless to stop recruitment schemes,” despite strong words from the UK Ministry of Defence: “We are taking measures to dissuade current and former pilots from being recruited, and we want to avoid any perception by China that our previous silence on this matter is misinterpreted as our acceptance or approval of this activity.”
China will not view this as “acceptance” or “approval.” China will instead view it as just another opportunity provided by a weak Western country that can be easily manipulated for Communist China’s gain, in much the same way that Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamic supremacist interests view the weak, woke West.
CNN reports that the “UK government has warned that current and former British military pilots are being lured to China with large compensation packages to train the country’s armed forces” and that there “was no evidence to suggest that any former UK pilots have passed on any information which would violate the Official Secrets Act.” Yet James Heappey, Britain’s Minister of State for the Armed Forces and Veterans, acknowledged that “there is no secret in their attempt to gain access to our secrets, and their recruitment of our pilots in order to understand the capabilities of our air force.”
Chances are that China, infamous for its espionage, has already extracted plenty of information that would violate the Official Secrets Act. No one seems to be in control in the UK. Note also that the CNN report indicates that “current” British military pilots, not just former ones, “are being lured.”
“China’s armed forces recruiting dozens of British ex military pilots in ‘threat to UK interests,’” by Deborah Haynes, Sky News, October 18, 2022:
China has recruited dozens of former British military pilots to teach the Chinese armed forces how to defeat western warplanes and helicopters in a “threat to UK interests”, officials have revealed.
One official said some 30 mainly ex-fast jet but also some helicopter pilots – lured by annual salaries of around £240,000 – are currently in China training pilots for the People’s Liberation Army, in what a defence analyst described as a stunning breach of security.
A retired senior Royal Air Force officer said: “Wow… that is appalling. What were they thinking?”
Beijing is actively trying to hire many more serving and former military pilots and other specialists from across the RAF, the Royal Navy and the British Army as well as personnel from other western nations, the western official said.
The situation is so grave, the Ministry of Defence’s Defence Intelligence service on Tuesday issued a “threat alert” to warn serving and former military personnel against such approaches.
Armed Forces Minister James Heappey told Sky News’ Kay Burley the recruitment of UK pilots to train Chinese counterparts had been a concern within the Ministry of Defence “for a number of years”….
The western official said the recruitment schemes posed “a threat to UK and western interests” and were viewed with “concern and disapproval” by the government.
All British former service personnel, who have accepted jobs to train Chinese military pilots, “are almost certainly enhancing China’s military knowledge and capability,” the official said.
Despite the potential for harm to national security, the UK appears to have been powerless to stop the recruitment schemes or to force the former service personnel, who have accepted jobs in China, to return home – beyond appealing to them.
The official said it was not thought that anyone had breached the Official Secrets Act – which would be a criminal offence.
The Ministry of Defence said it was working to make it much harder for China to poach British military talent.
“We are taking measures to dissuade current and former pilots from being recruited, and we want to avoid any perception by China that our previous silence on this matter is misinterpreted as our acceptance or approval of this activity,” the western official said….
Check Burry says
It is truly mad that these guys have done this, I am so disgusted by this unpatriotic activity. China also has Police stations in many countries, in reality we are hosting the enemy. Do the dumbo,s in charge remove them?
milo minderbinder says
Check Burry says
Oct 21, 2022 at 11:21 am
It is truly mad that these guys have done this, I am so disgusted by this unpatriotic activity. China also has Police stations in many countries, in reality we are hosting the enemy. Do the dumbo,s in charge remove them?
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Frank Gaffney at Securing America – https://www.securingamerica.tv/ has been addressing the danger that China represents to the free world for a very long time.
Unfortunately, there are those in our government that have been co-opted by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party). People like the Bidens, the Pelosi’s, Mitch McConnell to name a few.
The CCP has masterfully executed Sun Tzu’s, “The Art of War.”
Frank Gaffney at Securing America – https://www.securingamerica.tv/ has been addressing the danger that China represents to the free world for a very long time.
Unfortunately, there are those in our government that have been co-opted by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party). People like the Bidens, the Pelosi’s, Mitch McConnell to name a few.
“Eric Swalwell, a Chinese ‘honeytrap’ and FBI double standards.”
https://nypost.com/2020/12/09/eric-swalwell-a-chinese-honeytrap-and-fbi-double-standards/
This guy still has a seat on the House Intelligence Committee. It is rumored that his Chinese lover had something to do with his rise to power.
“In March 2021, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy moved to remove Swalwell from his seat on the House Intelligence Committee, which was tabled 218–200–3 on a party-line vote. Swalwell suggested that someone in the Trump administration may have leaked the information to the press, as he had been a vocal critic of Trump and served on two committees involved in Trump’s impeachment.”
Sourcs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Swalwell
The CCP has masterfully executed Sun Tzu’s, “The Art of War.”
gravenimage says
Thanks for those links, Milo.
I had never heard about China having secret police stations in other nations–but you are right; including in *New York City*.
“China Has Opened Up Secret Police Stations in These Countries”
https://www.newsweek.com/china-overseas-police-service-center-new-york-city-crime-1753242
Chilling stuff–both getting at Chinese dissidents who have been able to find asylum abroad, and no doubt hotbeds of surveillance on us, as well.
And there is also a good video at this link about China’s increasing stealth influence at world ports, including in the West–as well as dominance over the supply chain.
Even people who hate Nixon and his policies often make an exception for his having “opened up” China in 1972. But I think that this may have been ultimately *far* more harmful to the free world than was Watergate.
milo minderbinder says
gravenimage says
Chilling stuff–both getting at Chinese dissidents who have been able to find asylum abroad, and no doubt hotbeds of surveillance on us, as well.
Even people who hate Nixon and his policies often make an exception for his having “opened up” China in 1972. But I think that this may have been ultimately *far* more harmful to the free world than was Watergate.
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Yes, it is. The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) have a master plan and they are working their plan quite cleverly. They seem to be masterfully following the teachings of Sun Tzu in his book, The Art of War.
I agree, opening up “Communist” China was harmful to the free world. Sadly, it was the FDR Administration that helped bring the CHI-COMs (Chinese Communist Party) to power by switching support from Chiang Kai-Shek to Mao Zedong during WWII.
Then there are the “global elites” that helped bring about the rise of the CCP, people within the U.S. Government. People like, Zbigniew Brzezinski and Henry Kissinger, and:
“President Clinton signs the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 in October, granting Beijing permanent normal trade relations with the United States and paving the way for China to join the World Trade Organization in 2001. Between 1980 and 2004, U.S.-China trade rises from $5 billion to $231 billion. In 2006, China surpasses Mexico as the United States’ second-biggest trade partner, after Canada.”
Source: https://www.cfr.org/timeline/us-china-relations
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.”
– Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924)
gravenimage says
All very disturbing, Milo.
gravenimage says
China recruiting and paying big bucks to British current and ex-military pilots in ‘threat to UK interests’
China will not view this as “acceptance” or “approval.” China will instead view it as just another opportunity provided by a weak Western country that can be easily manipulated for Communist China’s gain, in much the same way that Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamic supremacist interests view the weak, woke West.
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This is all grimly true.
In a similar vein:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2022/veterans-us-foreign-jobs-saudi-arabia/
There are 15 retired U.S. generals and admirals who have worked as paid consultants for the Saudis since 2016. Suicidal madness.
Hank says
You can include all those military analysts and Journalists in the media explaining Russian military war tactics and failures against Ukraine, clarifying what they are doing wrong, and what they should be doing to get it right next time. “Brilliant” guys!
tim gallagher says
A couple of days back, this was in the news in Australia as well. Apparently, China was trying to recruit former pilots from Australia and I was surprised and disgusted that any former pilot would go and help that loathsome, evil Chinese regime in any way whatsoever. Some people seem to be willing to do anything for money. For Australia and all other countries out here in the Asia-Pacific region of the world, China is a huge threat. To me, helping the Chinese regime out is really treacherous behaviour. Then again, whenever I buy anything these days, it always seems to be made in China, so it is hard to avoid helping that evil, thuggish regime in China economically even if you want to avoid helping it in any way.
Wellington says
Your comment, tg, reminds me of what a Chinese student whom I taught said to me some ten years ago and that is that as bad as you Americans (you can fill in Australians here just as easily) think we are, we’re even worse.
True then. Certainly true now.
Contra the Judeo-Christian and Western tradition, which place such an emphasis on the dignity and worth of the individual, the Chinese, like so many other Oriental cultures and sundry other cultures as well, think in collective terms and I for one am someone who thinks that thinking in collective terms, though with some merit at times, nonetheless takes second place to promoting the individual to paramount importance—AS LONG AS common sense, overall knowledge and individual concepts of self-restraint are also existent.
In brief, the West is best but only if one comprehends why the West is best. Such comprehension is in de minimis mode in our era. And thus why the Chinese, the Islamic sphere of mankind—and other deficiencies among man’s creations—have the ascendancy they presently do. They shouldn’t. But they do. Because the West has lost its sense of things and its balls.