Elizabeth Freund Larus

Pacific Forum Adjunct Sr Fellow; China & Taiwan analyst; Fulbright Scholar; E Larus Consulting LLC;
Author, Politics & Society in Contemporary China

[CSIS @CSIS]

New satellite imagery shows recent developments at suspected Chinese-linked intelligence facilities in Cuba. The array of 32 antennas is larger and likely more capable than any Cuban circularly disposed antenna array (CDAA) previously observed by CSIS.

Learn more: https://t.co/gNqlXLCHVM

[Elizabeth Freund Larus @ElizabethLarus]

Yeah, and 🇨🇳 can expand its efforts after completion of its London embassy

[Bloomberg @business]

Two men were jailed for as long as 10 years after being found guilty of spying for China that targeted UK based pro-democracy campaigners https://t.co/9GyWILWjdR

[Bloomberg @business]

Two men were jailed for as long as 10 years after being found guilty of spying for China that targeted UK based pro-democracy campaigners https://t.co/9GyWILWjdR

[Elizabeth Freund Larus @ElizabethLarus]

@Reuters Aye, and That is a That! (Poet Robert Burns)

[Elizabeth Freund Larus @ElizabethLarus]

I believe the article refers to Min Xin, not Minxin Pei

[美国之音中文网 @VOAChinese]

美国务院表示，领事官员已探视过被中国拘押的美籍学者敏辛；美驻华使领馆再发预警提醒美国公民去中国旅行的风险
https://t.co/rFfRAJM0FL

[Derek J. Grossman @DerekJGrossman]

China removed structure on Scarborough Shoal, Manila says.
https://t.co/1AetgpJGT3

[美国之音中文网 @VOAChinese]

台湾学者出席国际海洋会议受阻，台湾政府机构同声谴责中国“政治黑手”
https://t.co/XDkOhHwA23

[Bloomberg @business]

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te has appealed for the world’s media to defy China’s pressure campaign against Taipei, at a rare briefing convened as Beijing escalates its efforts to isolate the island https://t.co/w6HgyqQdw5

[UnveiledChina @Unveiled_ChinaX]

216 days straight: Two armed Chinese Coast Guard vessels are swarming Japan’s Senkaku Islands in an unprecedented gray-zone standoff.

According to a report by Japanese news outlet Sankei News, these ships are equipped with visible deck guns to aggressively challenge Tokyo’s control of the uninhabited islands (claimed by Beijing as Diaoyu).

This relentless deployment is a classic CCP gray-zone tactic using persistent, low-intensity maritime pressure to challenge effective control and exhaust defenses without triggering a full-scale military conflict. While Japan has administered the territory since 1895, the CCP has continuously escalated its incursions ever since Japan nationalized the islands in 2012.

In a firm stance, Japan's Ministry of Defense strongly condemned Beijing's unilateral attempts to alter the status quo by force. Japanese patrol ships continue to actively monitor the vessels, issuing ongoing warnings to stay out of territorial waters alongside formal diplomatic protests.

Amid this sustained pressure in the East China Sea, the United States has explicitly reaffirmed its ironclad alliance with Tokyo. Washington declared that the islands fall squarely under Article 5 of the US-Japan Security Treaty, mandating an American military defense in the event of an attack.

#SenkakuIslands #EastChinaSea #NationalSecurity #CCP #Japan #USAlliance #GrayZoneTactics #Geopolitics

[Ross Feingold (方恩格) @RossFeingold]

今天 #賴清德 總統辦外媒茶叙。

過去幾個小時，外媒一直報亞太領袖動態。G7高峰會除了 #日本 是成員國之外，#南韓 總統 和 #印度 總理也受邀參加。大部分東協國家領袖飛去 #俄羅斯 與 #普丁 辦高峰會，也引起國際關注。

#台灣 很羡慕，想享受一點「出口轉內銷」新聞，是可以理解的。

[Nick Freitas @NickJFreitas]

We appear to be winning the hearts and minds of Europeans visiting for the World Cup with free refills and bbq ribs.

Wait till we take them to a gun range.

[Elizabeth Freund Larus @ElizabethLarus]

What a scream!

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

Eureka!! Hope you all are enjoying the World Cup

[Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital]

Let’s be clear…

UK leadership allowed ~250,000 little girls, their nation’s daughters, to be abused and gang raped by Pakistani-Muslims to protect their policy of open-border multiculturalism.

There should be Nuremberg-style trials and executions for those involved.

[Elizabeth Freund Larus @ElizabethLarus]

@ellee_watson 🙏🙏🙏

[John Schindler @20committee]

Finally.

Almost 25 years ago, after 9/11, I participated in frank discussions with Security Service (MI5) affiliates about Islamic radicalism in Yorkshire. Privately, they spoke frankly about Rotherham (they tactfully called it "a city in South Yorkshire") and what was going on there. They knew all about it and implied that UK police did too.

[InfantryDort @infantrydort]

The British Isles are beginning to remember what every civilization eventually remembers:

A government that cannot protect its people eventually loses the moral authority to govern them.

Everything that follows is just the timetable.

[Kegham Balian @kbalian90]

BREAKING: The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem says Israeli authorities illegally raided and seized Church-owned land in Silwan.

According to a statement released today, Israeli authorities raided the site on June 15, forcibly removed the Church’s representative, confiscated equipment, uprooted trees, and fenced off the property. The Patriarchate says the land is legally registered under Church ownership and has launched legal proceedings to regain access.

The Patriarchate warned that the move sets a dangerous precedent for Christian institutions in Jerusalem and called on the international community to intervene.

[Hollie McKay @holliesmckay]

Report Places Britain’s Grooming Gang Scandal in 149 Authority Areas, Dwarfing Official Tallies https://t.co/JF0APrVUmy @NewYorkSun

[Elizabeth Freund Larus @ElizabethLarus]

@EYakoby Summer Break

[美国之音中文网 @VOAChinese]

G7领导人就东中国海、南中国海、台海局势以及全球贸易失衡等议题发表声明
https://t.co/L0NL4L54GU