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For those of us who aren't American, please provide some context! This report is from the "minority staff" of the house foreign affairs committee. It lists a "l

For those of us who aren't American, please provide some context! This report is from the "minority staff" of the house foreign affairs committee. It lists a "lead republican" as the author on the title page. Was it only authored by republicans? Why does the URL have GOP in it? Is it an unbiased, objective investigation from the US machinery of government that happens to be headed by a republican (I remember news articles about Biden ordering a more thorough investigation?) -- or is it a politically motivated, "political" document? The US republicans seem to be quite happy to be completely counterfactual at times (e.g. denying that trump lost; or legislating locally that pi==3...), and I have genuinely no idea how much credence to lend this document.

sampo 5y ago
I'm not American either, but looks like the Americans have separate Democrat and Republican versions of each of the parliament committees(?).
- dogma1138 5y ago
  This is an HoR Committee, there is only one House Foreign Affairs committee but it like every other committee has a majority and minority split based on the amount of representatives from each party.
niix 5y ago
As an American, I can tell you the fact that this comes from the GOP (and not an unbiased source) is a giant red flag.
- verdverm 5y ago
  Is there anyone in the govt who is unbiased? Or perhaps more accurate, uncompromised?
  - 1MachineElf 5y ago
    In positions of power, No. I would, however, like to be proven wrong. China broke into the US government's primary background check database the last time Biden was in the White House (the OPM hack, 2015). Personal details of millions of government employees with secret and top secret clearances, as well as the contact details for their family, friends, and coworkers over 7+ years (as required by said background checks) were stolen. The vast majority of people with a career in government service have a personal file somewhere in a CCP database - that is the baseline level of compromise. The government did not lift a finger towards China in response. Google "US government compromised by China" and you'll get loads of stories going back several years. This seems like an issue that affects all Americans. Many US institutions are effectively controlled by Democrats. Journalists, educators, Big Tech, Washington D.C bureaucrats - all overwhelmingly Democrat. Same with the US government's executive branch today. Coincidentally, all of these institutions are soft on China, and for those that are capable of it, they will and do censor people who raise too many alarms about what's going on. It's very strange and sad that only Republicans seem to care. The political party that's currently dominating has expressed their desires to have policies similar to those of China. Some examples are forced lockdowns, forced vaccinations, centralized economic control, forced disarmament of citizens, and limits on freedom of speech. Makes one wonder if the CCP is leading them by example.

sampo 5y ago

I'm not American either, but looks like the Americans have separate Democrat and Republican versions of each of the parliament committees(?).

dogma1138 5y ago
This is an HoR Committee, there is only one House Foreign Affairs committee but it like every other committee has a majority and minority split based on the amount of representatives from each party.

niix 5y ago

As an American, I can tell you the fact that this comes from the GOP (and not an unbiased source) is a giant red flag.

verdverm 5y ago
Is there anyone in the govt who is unbiased? Or perhaps more accurate, uncompromised?
- 1MachineElf 5y ago
  In positions of power, No. I would, however, like to be proven wrong. China broke into the US government's primary background check database the last time Biden was in the White House (the OPM hack, 2015). Personal details of millions of government employees with secret and top secret clearances, as well as the contact details for their family, friends, and coworkers over 7+ years (as required by said background checks) were stolen. The vast majority of people with a career in government service have a personal file somewhere in a CCP database - that is the baseline level of compromise. The government did not lift a finger towards China in response. Google "US government compromised by China" and you'll get loads of stories going back several years. This seems like an issue that affects all Americans. Many US institutions are effectively controlled by Democrats. Journalists, educators, Big Tech, Washington D.C bureaucrats - all overwhelmingly Democrat. Same with the US government's executive branch today. Coincidentally, all of these institutions are soft on China, and for those that are capable of it, they will and do censor people who raise too many alarms about what's going on. It's very strange and sad that only Republicans seem to care. The political party that's currently dominating has expressed their desires to have policies similar to those of China. Some examples are forced lockdowns, forced vaccinations, centralized economic control, forced disarmament of citizens, and limits on freedom of speech. Makes one wonder if the CCP is leading them by example.