A big story dropped in Australia concerning Chinese influence in local politics.  It’s also a story of geopolitics and the pivot and applying the US Russia-threat infowar model to Asia.  But first, a look at how the Western media is handling a story I covered last week on China Watch: the remarkable fact that ISIS had somehow simultaneously inserted itself into three Asian battlefields in ways that support US objectives.

Answer: blame the countries getting attacked!

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Show Notes

Surely Some Mistake: Why Did ISIS Attack Iran?

Executions in Pakistan: Is ISIS Targeting China?

Duterte, Focused on Drug Users in Philippines, Ignored Rise of ISIS

ASIO investigation targets Communist Party links to Australian political system

ANU welcomes new collaborative cyber facility

Chinese “King of the Mountain’ brush with corruption scandal

UN Bribery Faction Implicates CCP’s Jiang Faction

Point Piper mansion off-loaded by son of former Chinese vice-president Zeng Qinghong

Four Corners/Fairfax Levels Up to US-Class National Security Steno Work on China

Clinton to fundraise at L.A. house of tax-evading Clinton Foundation donor

Former top US spy James Clapper warns of China’s Russian-style behavior in Australia

Circular Gratification: Vice President Cheney’s Most Recent Effort to Contain China

The Trump presidency and Australia’s security: don’t panic, don’t relax

The British-American coup that ended Australian independence