IPAC obtained the database from an anonymous Chinese dissident and then shared it with four media outlets, including the Mail on Sunday.
A vast leaked database of personal details of Communist Party members has revealed they are working in British consulates, universities and some of Britain’s biggest companies. Some of the party members are employees of Boeing, the US aerospace manufacturer, and Pfizer, the pharmaceutical giant.
IPAC has access to the amazing database
According to a report in The Mail On Sunday On Dec. 13, The Transnational Parliamentary Coalition On China Policy (IPAC), a group of global lawmakers, obtained The database from an anonymous Chinese dissident and then shared it with four media outlets, including The Mail On Sunday.
The INTER-Parliamentary Union on China Policy said in a Statement on Twitter on Dec. 13 that one of its representatives had obtained the database from “non-government sources” and that its experts had verified the database.
“The IPU will urge governments and companies to respond by stating how they intend to defend their values in the face of [Communist Party] infiltration,” the IPU said.
The database was first leaked on the encrypted messaging App Telegram and was transmitted in September by Chinese dissidents to the Multinational Parliamentary Union on China policy, a group of more than 150 members of parliament from around the world who follow the activities and influence of the Chinese government.
Security sources say, despite the almost certainly, if (the dissidents) was arrested will be classified as high treason, but the warriors are likely to access the database through the server, and then to download it to a laptop, and published in the Telegram, namely China policy multinational parliamentary coalition found the database.
The Communist Party permeates every aspect of British life
The vast leaked database, containing 1.95 million registered party members, reveals how Beijing’s malign influence now extends to almost every corner of British life, including defence companies, banks and pharmaceutical giants.
Most shocking of all, these solemn vows to “defend the secrets of the [COMMUNIST] Party, be loyal to the Party, work hard, fight for communism all one’s life… Some of the CCP members who “never betray the Party” have secure jobs at British consulates. They include senior officials from the British consulate in Shanghai. It is also home to the intelligence services of the British security services.
Officials at the British consulate in Shanghai describe their job as supporting visiting British ministers and officials when they visit eastern China.
The database, which dates back to 2016, includes the names of Party members in China’s largest city and its financial center, Shanghai. The database lists more than 79,000 branches, many of which are affiliated with companies or organizations.
Detailed analysis of the database by the Mail on Sunday revealed:
A Member of the Chinese Communist Party, who studied at St Andrews University, has worked at various consulates in Shanghai, including the UK;
Chinese academics sworn to assist the Communist Party attended British universities, where they became involved in potentially sensitive research fields, including aerospace engineering and chemistry;
In 2016, there were more than 600 party members in 19 branches of HSBC and Standard Chartered in the UK. Both banks have drawn criticism for Beijing’s response to the crackdown in Hong Kong;
Pharmaceutical giants Pfizer (PFE) and AstraZeneca (AstraZeneca), which are involved in the development of coronavirus vaccines, employ 123 loyal party members;
Companies with interests in the defence industry, including Airbus, Boeing and Rolls-Royce, employ hundreds of Party members.
In addition to the names of Communist Party members, the database contains their place of work, date of birth, Chinese ethnicity and, in some cases, addresses and phone numbers.
Consular officers are registered with a Communist party affiliate called Shanghai Overseas Service Co., a state-owned employment agency.
The company has nearly 2,000 employees and its website says it “provides comprehensive and high-quality services to more than 100 foreign organizations in Shanghai, including foreign consulates, foreign news media and foreign schools.” Data analysis shows that at least 249 Communist Party members registered in Shanghai Overseas Service Company in 2016.
The academics on the party list include some who live and work in Britain. They include a researcher in aeronautical engineering research at a leading university and also work for a private company.
Aerospace engineering, designated by the British government as one of the seven most sensitive university subjects in the military.
Students from non-EU countries, or countries outside the “Five Eyes” alliance of the UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, must obtain an ACADEMIC Technical Approval Programme (ATAS) certificate in order to study or study the subject at a UK university.
During the application process, they are required to confess to any state-related funds, although some security experts worry that the vetting process is not rigorous enough.
The database also shows that Party members work for a number of UK and international companies based in China, some of them in the defence or pharmaceutical industries.
Rolls-Royce, Boeing, Airbus and Thales, the French defence contractor, all have dozens or more, while HSBC and Standard Chartered, the British banking giants, have hundreds. Jaguar Land Rover is another company with Communist Party members.
Seven members of China’s main shipping company, Cosco, even have two branches in Britain. Three of them are based at Felixstowe in Suffolk, which accounts for almost half of the UK’s container trade.
Overall, the 2016 list shows that Cosco has 2,909 Party members in 118 branches around the world. None of the companies said they would ban Party members.
There is no evidence that any of these companies has been the target or victim of espionage, and each insists it has taken steps to protect data, employees and customers.
The Dangerous “Dance with the Wolf”
While there is no evidence that any of the party members on the list were spying for China, experts say the idea that some were not is absurd.
A group of 30 parliamentarians from the Inter-parliamentary Union on China policy responded to the investigation on Thursday night, saying they would raise urgent questions in the UK House of Commons.
Former Conservative leader Duncan Clark. In an article in the Mail on Sunday, Iain Duncan Smith of The University of California, Davis, wrote: “This survey proves that the Chinese Communist Party now has members all over the world, and that its members work in some of the world’s most important multinational corporations, academic institutions and our own diplomatic service.
“The government must now act to expel all communist party members from our British consulates across China. They either work for Britain or for the Chinese Communist Party. They can’t do both.”
The Foreign Office insisted on the evening of December 12 that it had “robust procedures in place to ensure information security and to vet staff in our overseas posts”. They are understood to have hired Members of the Communist Party.
However, a senior Intelligence source in Whitehall said the Revelations did raise security concerns. “At that [Shanghai] consulate, [officials] sit one floor away from the MI6 team and might recognise British intelligence officers.”
Reacting to the findings, Matthew Henderson, a former FOREIGN Office diplomat and China expert, said: “This is further evidence of how China has been able to cheat and flatter its way into British institutions. We are dancing with a wild Wolf who wants to exploit the gap between Britain and America, overthrow democracy and overtake the West.”
Henry. Sam Armstrong, of the Henry Jackson Society foreign policy think-tank, said: “This is deeply disturbing and illustrates the global spread of the Chinese [Communist Party] that we cannot ignore but must confront directly.”
The United States has repeatedly warned the world about the Communist party’s threats
U.S. security agencies are increasingly concerned about the threat of Chinese spying on campuses. In the nine months to September, 14 Chinese citizens were charged with alleged espionage.
The Trump administration changed the visa rules on December 3, reducing B-1 business and B-2 tourist visas for Communist Party members and their families to one month from the previous maximum 10-year visa.
Last week, John Ratcliffe, head of the US National Security Agency, warned that China posed the “greatest threat to democracy and freedom” since World War II and was trying to “economically, militarily and technologically dominate the planet”.
Australia revoked the visas of two Chinese professors in September on suspicion of spying. One of the men appeared on the leaked party database.
“This is the Chinese Communist Party,” says a former CIA and White House intelligence analyst who specializes in East Asia. “You can’t trust them. They are always looking for opportunities to use guanxi, friendships and so on, to advance the interests of the Communist Party.”
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned repeatedly recently about the threat posed by the Communist Party. Speaking at the Georgia Institute of Technology earlier this month, Mr Pompeo said: “The Chinese Communist Party is poisoning the interests of our higher education institutions for its own purposes… These actions undermine our freedom and the national security of the United States.”
The Party has more than 92 million members in all, but competition to join is fierce, with fewer than one in 10 successful applicants. The rewards of party membership are not purely ideological. Senior positions in business, academia and government are held almost entirely by party members. China has a population of 1.4 billion.
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